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94 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities; top; extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp; severe; sudden
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aden/o
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gland
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agor/a
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market place
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryro in the uterus)
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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carcin/o
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cancer
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chem/o
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drug; chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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hydr/o
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water; fluid
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen; abdomainal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx--VOICE BOX
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lymph/o
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lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces which is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.)
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape; form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (white blood cell)
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ot/o
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ear
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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to eat; swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation; development
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pleur/o
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pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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rect/o
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rectum
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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ven/o
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vein
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
-cocci (pleural) |
berry-shaped bacterium or bacteria (plural)
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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excision; removal; resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing; forming
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-genic
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pertaining to producing; produced by; or in
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument used for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown; destruction; separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development; formation; growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping; sagging; prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stasis
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stopping; controlly
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth--STOMA
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision; to cut into
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-trophy
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development; nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole
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little; small
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-ule
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little; small
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-um; -ium
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structure; tissue; thing
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-y
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condition; process
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-oid
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resembling
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-ose
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pertaining to ; full of
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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