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111 Cards in this Set
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-algia
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pain, painful condition
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful
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-ectomy
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surgical removal, excision
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hyper-
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excessive
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hypo-
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decreased, deficient
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-itis
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inflammation
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-osis
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abnormal condition, disease
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-ostomy
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surgically creating an opening
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-otomy
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surgical incision, cutting
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhage
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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
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to suture
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-rrhea
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abnormal flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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caud/o
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lower part of the body, tail
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cephal/o
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head
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col/o
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colon, large intestine
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coron/o
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crown, coronary
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cyt/o
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cell
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hepat/o
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liver
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hist/o
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tissue
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hyster/o
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uterus
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lapar/o
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abdominal, abdominal wall
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nephr/o
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kidney
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oste/o
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bone
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path/o
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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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retr/o
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behind, backward, back of
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ankyl/o
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crooked, bent, stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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cost/o
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rib
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crani/o
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skull
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
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kyph/o
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bent, hump
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lord/o
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curve, swayback bent
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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oss/e, oss/i, oste/o
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bone
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scoli/o
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curved, bent
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
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-um
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singular noun ending
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bi-
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twice, double
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie togehter
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fasci/o
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fascia, fibrous band
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-ia
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abnormal condition, disease, plural of ium
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-ic
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pertaining to
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kinesi/o
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motion
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angi/o
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blood or lymph vessels
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my/o
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muscle
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-plegia
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paralysis, stroke
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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tax/o
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coordination, order
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ten/o, tend/o
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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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ton/o
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tension, tone, stretching
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tri-
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three
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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brady-
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slow
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cardi/o
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heart
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood, relating to blood
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leuk/o
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white
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phleb/o
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vein
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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thromb/o
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clot
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ven/o
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vein
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ambul/o
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walk
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-esthesia
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sensation, feeling
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concuss/o
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shaken together, violently agitated
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contus/o
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bruise
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ech/o
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sound
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encephal/o
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brain
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klept/o
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to steal
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mening/o
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membranes, meninges
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narc/o
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numbness, stupor
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neur/i, neur/o
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nerve, nerve tissue
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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pysch/o
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mind
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somn/o
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sleep
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix
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colp/o
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vagina
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episi/o
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vulva
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-gravida
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pregnant
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gynec
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woman, female
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mamm/o
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breast
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men/o
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menstruation, menses
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metr/o
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uterus
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nulli-
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none
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oophor/o
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ovary
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orchid/o
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testicles, testis, testes
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ov/o
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egg, ovum
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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albumin/o
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albumin, protein
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calc/i
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calcium, lime, the heel
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cin/e
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relationship to movement
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fluor/o
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luminous, glowing
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glycos/o
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glucose, sugar
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-graph
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resulting record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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per-
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excessive, through
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radi/o
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radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-uria
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urination, urine
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