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adamantin-
enamel [use longer Greek root]
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adamant-
enamel [use shorter Greek root]
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amel-
enamel [don't use adamantin-; adamantin]
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alve-
tooth socket; any bodily socket or cavity [use shorter root]
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alveol-
tooth socket; any bodily socket or cavity [use longer root]
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alve-; alveol
tooth socket; any bodily socket or cavity [both roots]
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append-
appendix [shorter root]
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appendic-
appendix [longer root]
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cholecyst-
bile bladder; gall bladder
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choledoch-
common bile duct; duct which carries bile from gall bladder and liver to duodenum
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col-
colon; large intestine [shorter root]
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colon-
colon; large intestine [longer root]
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duoden- duodenum; the first part of the small intestine
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epipl-
omentum; fatty membrane lining abdominal cavity [greek root]
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oment-
omentum; fatty membrane lining abdominal cavity [latin root]
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esophag-
esophagus; tube connecting the pharynx and the stomach [shorter root]
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oesophag-
esophagus; tube connecting the pharynx and the stomach [longer root]
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gastr-
stomach [shorter root]
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stomach-
stomach [longer root]
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gingiv-
gums (longer root)
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ul-; gingiv-
gums (2 roots)
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gloss-
tongue; language (not lingu-)
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lingu-
tongue; language (not gloss-)
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gloss-; lingu-
tongue; language [2 roots]
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ile-
ileum; portion of small intestine between jejunum and cecum
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jejun-
jejunum; portion of small intestine between duodenum and ileum
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mandibul-
mandible; lower jaw
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maxill-
maxilla; upper jaw
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odont-
tooth; teeth (longer root)
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dent-
tooth; teeth (shorter root)
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pancreatic-
pancreatic duct
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peritone-
peritoneum; serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity
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proct-
rectum; anus; rectum and anus (longer root)
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rect-
rectum; anus; rectum and anus (shorter root)
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proct-; rect-
rectum; anus; rectum and anus (2 terms)
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ptyal-
saliva (longer root, greek root)
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sial-
saliva (shorter root)
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sial-; ptyal-
saliva (2 roots)
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pylor-
pylorus; lower portion of stomach
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sphincter-
sphincter (any circular muscle closing an orifice)
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splanchn-; viscer-
viscera; the internal organs, collectively (longer root)
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splanchn-
viscera; the internal organs, collectively (longer root)
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viscer-
viscera; the internal organs, collectively (shorter root)
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staphyl-; uvul-
uvula (2 roots)
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staphyl-
uvula (greek root)
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-
stom-; stomat-; or-
mouth (3 roots)
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typhl-
cecum; first part of large intestine (Greek root)
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caec-; cec-
cecum; first part of large intestine (Latin roots)
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uran-; uranisc-; palat-
palate (3 roots)
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uran-
palate (shorter Latin root)
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uranisc-
palate (longer Latin root)
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palat-
palate (greek root)
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acr-
extremities (of the body); height; tip(s)
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dors-
back (as opposed to front)
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febr-
fever [followed by the connecting vowel “i”]
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-
hom-*; home-; homoi-
same; unchanging [See Mod. 4, hom-]
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phag-
eating; chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring
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-
nutri-; nutrit-
nutrition (2 roots, not troph-)
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troph-
nutrition [Note: may also mean "growth," see Discussion] (not nutri, nutrit)
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ventr-*
front [See Mod. 4]
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anter-
before; front; in front
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dextr-
right (as opposed to left)
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dist-
distal; farthest (from the centre or from the point of reference)
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lev-
left; counter-clockwise
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opisth-
behind; back; receding
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proxim-
proximal; nearest (from the centre or from the point of reference)
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super-
above [not a prefix when it is followed by a connecting vowel]
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tel-; tele-
distant; at a distance; end [end is a noun, but these 2 terms also act as adjective roots; no connecting vowel follows one of them]
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-clasis; -clasia
act of breaking (something) up (2 terminations)
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-plasia
proliferation; growth; development [applied mostly to tissue or cells]
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-phagia; -phagy
eating; chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring (2 terminations)
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-tripsy; -tripsis
crushing; rubbing; friction
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-trophy
nutrition; growth
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