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71 Cards in this Set
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-malacia
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softening
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-dynia
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pain
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-cele
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hernia
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacterium
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plas/o
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formation, development
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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necr/o
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death
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (a white blood cell), (neutral)
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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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-megaly
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enlargement
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mast/o
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breast
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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isch/o
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to hold back
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my/o
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muscle
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-therapy
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treatment
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-graphy
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the process of recording or tracing
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-stomy
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new opening to the outside of the body to form a mouth.
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling, standing still
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leukemia
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a blood condition of increased malignant white blood cells.
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prolapse
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fall forward
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cytosis
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slight increase of cells
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-phobia
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fear
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-penia
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deficiency
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-um
-ium |
structure, tissue, thing
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-oid
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resembling
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arteri/o
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artery
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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-plasm
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formation
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ia
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condition
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-er
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one who
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-ole
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little, small
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chron/o
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time
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lymph/o
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lymph
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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muc/o
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mucus
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mamm/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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pleur/o
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pleura
(membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles) |
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ot/o
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ear
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pneaumon/o
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lungs
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splen/o
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spleen
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rect/o
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rectum
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ven/o
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vein
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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axill/o
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armpit
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amni/o
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amnion
(the sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
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agor/a
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marketplace
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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angi/o
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vessel
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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