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  1. viscer/o
    organs
  2. rrhaphy
    suture or sew
  3. olig/o
    scanty
  4. retrograde
    gradient
  5. eec
    electroencephalography
  6. adeno
    gland
  7. crani/o
    skull, cranium
  8. ase
    enzyme
  9. angi/o
    vessel
  10. colp/o
    vagina
  11. what are meninges?
    covering of the cns
  12. stenosis
    narrowing
  13. what i sthe myelin sheath?
    insulation of the nerve
  14. grade
    normal flow
  15. pyel/o
    renal pelvis
  16. phagia
    swallowing
  17. plegia
    paralysis
  18. phasia
    speech
  19. plasia, plasm
    developement or formation
  20. cirrh/o
    yellow
  21. vesic/o
    urinary bladder
  22. ectasis
    dialation, expansion
  23. hepat/o
    liver
  24. ligation
    to tie prostate specific antigen
  25. emesis
    vomit, vomitting
  26. aneurysm
    weakness in the arteriole wall
  27. npo
    nothing by mouth
  28. viscer/o
    organs
  29. ulcer
    open lesion
  30. cva
    cerebrovascular accident
  31. oophoro
    ovary
  32. lingu/o
    tongue
  33. adeno
    gland
  34. what is the myelin sheath?
    insulation of nerve
  35. gloss/o
    tongue
  36. pharyng/o
    pharyx
  37. tia
    transient ischemic attack
  38. cephalic
    pertaining to head
  39. bucc/o
    cheek
  40. rrhagia
    bursting forth or rupture
  41. aneurysm
    weakness in the arteriole wall
  42. sagittal
    divides body in l. and r. portions
  43. colpo
    vagina
  44. iasis
    the presence of
  45. paritoneum
    lining of the abdominalpelvic cavity
  46. urethr/o
    urethra
  47. erythr/o
    red
  48. myelo
    spinal cord
  49. or/o
    mouth
  50. ectasis
    dialation, expansion
  51. obstetric
    childbirth
  52. ren/o
    kidney
  53. stasis
    stopping or controlling
  54. nephr/o
    kidney
  55. word root for uterus
    hyster/o
  56. menarche
    onset of menstration
  57. meta
    beyond or change
  58. andr/o
    male
  59. macro
    large
  60. tachy
    fast or rapid
  61. py/o
    pus
  62. salpingo, salpinx
    fallopian tubes
  63. men/o
    meses, menstration
  64. lapar
    abdomen
  65. cirrh/o
    yellow
  66. gravida
    pregnant
  67. what is another name for the peripheral nervous system
    autonomic
  68. ism
    the state of
  69. infarct
    area of dead tissue or necrosis
  70. hemat, emia
    blood
  71. a, an
    lacking or without
  72. iasis
    the presence of

    • odont/o, denti
    • tooth, teeth
  73. lyth/o
    stone, calculus
  74. nat/i
    birth
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