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230 Cards in this Set
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gynec/o
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female; woman
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-logy
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the study of
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obstetr/o
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pregnancy and childbirth
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-ics
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practice; knowledge
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genit/o
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genitalia
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-al
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pertaining to
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re-
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again and again, backward, unable to
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product/o
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produce
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-ive
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pertaining to
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urin/o
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urine
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ovar/o
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ovary
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-an
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pertaining to
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gon/o
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seed (ovum, spermatazoan
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-ad
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toward, in the direction of
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o/o
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ovum (egg)
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ov/I
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ovum
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ov/o
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ovum
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ovul/o
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ovum
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-cyte
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cell
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uter/o
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uterus (womb)
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-ine
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pertaining to
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peri-
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around
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stal/o
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contraction
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-sis
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process, condition, abnormal condition
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-duct
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duct (tube)
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adnex/o
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accessory connecting parts
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-al
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pertaining to
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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fund/o
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fundus, farthest from opening
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cervic/o
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neck
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intra-
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within
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os (not a suffix, combining form or prefix)
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little section between the vagina and the beginning of the cervix
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peri-
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around
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metri/o
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uterus (womb)
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-um
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structure, period of time
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my/o
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muscle
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endo-
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innermost, within
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ante-
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forward, before
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flex/o
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bending
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-ion
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action, condition
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cul-de-sac
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small pouch between the uterus and rectum
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culd/o
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cul-de-sac
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vagin/o
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vagina
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colp/o
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vagina
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labi/o
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lip
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ureth/o
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urethra
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vul/o
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vulva
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-ar
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pertaining to
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perine/o
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perineum
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mamm/o
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breast
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-ary
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pertaining to
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mast/o
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breast
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lact/I
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milk
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fer/o
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to bear
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-ous
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pertaining to
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galact/o
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milk
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lact/o
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milk
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lob/o
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lobe of an organ
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-ule
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small thing
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gen/o
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arising from
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estr/o
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female
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di-
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two
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-ol
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chemical substance
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men/o
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month
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-arche
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a beginning
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menstru/o
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monthly discharge of blood
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-ation
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process, being, having
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secret/o
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produce, secrete
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isch/o
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keep back, block
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-emic
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pertaining to blood condition/substance
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fertil/o
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able to conceive a child
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-ization
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process of making/ creating, inserting
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concept/o
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concieve or form
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-tion
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action/condition
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preg/o
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being with child
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-ancy
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state of
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amni/o
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amnion (fetal membrane)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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fratern/o
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close association or relationship
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gonad/o
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gonads
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trop/o
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having an affinity for; stimulating; turning
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-in
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a substance
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placent/o
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placenta
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umbilic/o
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umbilicus, naval
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-ic
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pertaining to
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fet/o
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fetus
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gestat/o
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from conception to birth
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pre-
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before
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nat/o
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birth
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par/o
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birth
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contract/o
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pull together
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cephal/o
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head
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ox/y
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oxygen, quick
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toc/o
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labor and childbirth
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partuit/o
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to be in labor
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dilat/o
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dilate, widen
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efface/o
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do away with, obliterate
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-ment
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action, state
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post-
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after, behind
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involut/o
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enlarged organ returns to normal size
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ne/o
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new
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arc/o
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extremity, highest point
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an-
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without, not
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cancer/o
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cancer
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malign/o
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intentionally causing harm, cancer
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poly-
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many
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cyst/o
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bladder, fluid filled sac, semi solid cyst
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salping/o
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uterine tube (fallapian)
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-itis
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inflammation of, infection of
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hydr/o
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water filled
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-salpinx
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uterine (fallopian) tube
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py/o
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pus
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ca
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tumor of
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lei/o
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smooth
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sarc/o
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connective tissue
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-oma
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tumor or mass
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inflammat/o
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redness, warmth
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retr/o
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behind, backward
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vers/o
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to travel, to turn
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a-
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away, without
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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dys-
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painful, difficult
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-pause
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cessation
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rrhag/o
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excessive flow, discharge
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phor/o
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to bare
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in situ
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in one area, localized
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carcin/o
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cancer
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plas/o
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growth, formation
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-ia
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condition
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-iasis
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state of, process of
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-cele
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hernia
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pareun/o
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sexual intercourse
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rect/o
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rectum
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-osis
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condition, abnormal condition, process
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candid/o
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candida-yeast
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tox/o
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poison
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-ic
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pertaining to
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Aden/o
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gland
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carcin/o
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cancer
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hyposecretion
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failure to produce milk
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cephal/o
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head
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toc/o
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labor and delivery
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ectop/o
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outside of a place
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hydatid/o
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fluid filled vesicles
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gestat/o
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from conception to birth
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-ion
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action, condition
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eclamps/o
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a seizure
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pre-
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before, in front of
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-amnios
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amniotic fluid
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mast/o
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breast
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-form
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having the form of
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-emesis
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condition of vomiting
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abort/o
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stop prematurely
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depress/o
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press down
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chol/o
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bile; gall
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-pnea
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breathing
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pne/o
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breathing
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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-emia
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condition of the blood; substance in the blood
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phot/o
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light
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-therapy
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treatment
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aspir/o
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to breath in or suck out
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nuch/o
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neck
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-atory
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-opsy
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process of veiwing
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stere/o
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three dimensions
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tact/o
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touch
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incis/o
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to cut into
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excis/o
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to cut out
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recept/o
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receive
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-or
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person or thing that produces or does
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ecto-
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outermost, outside
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix
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anti-
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against
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-body
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a structure or thing
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amni/o
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amnion (fetal membrane)
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-centesis
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procedure to puncture
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chorion/o
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chorion (fetal membrane)
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hyster/o
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uterus
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salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-gram
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a picture or recording
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xer/o
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dry
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ultra-
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beyond; higher
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son/o
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sound
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pariet/o
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wall of a cavity
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trans-
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across; through
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colp/o
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vagina
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-scopy
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process of using an instrument to examine
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-probe
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rodlike instrument
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-tomy
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process of cutting or making an incision
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dur/o
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dura mater
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an-
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without, not
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epi-
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upon; above
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esthes/o
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sensation; feeling
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fund/o
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fundus (part farthest from the opening)
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induct/o
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a leading in
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physic/o
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body
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null/I
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none
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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par/o
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birth
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-ous
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pertaining to
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vers/o
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to travel; to turn
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intra-
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within
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fallopi/o
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uterine (fallopian tubes)
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insemin/o
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plant a seed
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ablat/o
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take away; destroy
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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endo-
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innermost ; within
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om/o
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tumor; mass
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later/o
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side
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oophor/o
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ovary
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ligat/o
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to tie up; to bind
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anastom/o
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create an opening
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embol/o
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embolus (occluding plug)
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-ization
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process of making, creating, or inserting
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suspens/o
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hanging
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-pexy
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process of surgically fixing in place
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con/o
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cone
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-rrhaphy
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procedure to suturing
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-plasty
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process of reshaping by surgery
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reduct/o
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to bring back; decrease
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construct/o
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to build
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radic/o
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all parts including the root
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dissect/o
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to cut apart
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phylact/o
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guarding; protecting
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episi/o
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vulva
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iatr/o
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physician; medical treatment
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-ician
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a skilled professional or expert
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