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cachexia
condition of wasting of the body (end-stage seen in cancer)
coryza
a head cold including a runny nose
pruritus
itching of the skin
ab-
from, away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
abort/o
to miscarry
acid/o
acid
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremity
acromi/o
acomion (projection of scapula)
-acousis
hearing
ad-, af-
toward
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
,adip/o
fat
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
aer/o
air
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
agora-
marketplace
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
allo-
other, differing from the normal
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
ambly/o
dull, dim
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
,amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel
angi/o
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked
anter/o
anterior, front
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
aque/o
water
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
, arteriole
arter/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
asbest/o
asbestos
-asthenia
weakess, debility
astr/o
star
atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
ax/o
axis, axon
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
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