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58 Cards in this Set
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-centesis
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puncture
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-ectomy
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removal,excision
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stomy
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forming an opening
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into, metszes
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-desis
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binding, fixation of bone or joint
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-pexy
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suspension,fixation of an organ
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-rrhaphy
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suture, sawing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-clasis
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break,fracture
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-lysis
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separation,destruction,loosening
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-tripsy
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crushing (kidney stone)
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia,swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation,expansion
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen
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forming,producing,origin
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-genesis
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forming,producing,origin
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-gram
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record,writing
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process for recording
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone,calculus
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-logy
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study of
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal cond.,increase (blood cells)
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-para
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to bear
(can be prefix too-----near,beside,beyond) |
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease,deficiency
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-phagia
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eating,swalloing
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-phasia
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speech
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-philia
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attraction to
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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formation,growth
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-plegia
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paralysis,stroke
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-poiesis
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formation,production
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-ptosis
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prolapse,downward replacement
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-rrhage
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brusting forth (lots of fluid)
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-rrhagia
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brusting forth (lots of fluid)
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-rrhea
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discharge,flow (less fluid)
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-scope
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instrument to view or examine
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction,twitching
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-stasis
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standing still
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-stenosis
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narrowing,stricture
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-toxic
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poison
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-trophy
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development,nourishment
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