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91 Cards in this Set
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a-
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without
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an-
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without
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ante =
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before
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-arche
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beginning
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bi-
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two or both
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-cele
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hernia or pouching
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-centesis
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puncture for aspiration
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cervic/o
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neck or cervix
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cervix (Latin word)
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neck
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cid/o
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to kill
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colp/o
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vagina (sheath)
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cry/o
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cold
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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faulty, painful, or difficult
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-ectomy
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excision or removal
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emesis =
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vomit
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endo-
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within
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episeion (Greek word)
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pubic region
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episi/o
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vulva (covering)
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eunia =
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bed
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fibr/o
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fiber or fibrous
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fistula =
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pipe
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flexus =
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bend
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-genic
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origin or production
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gono =
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seed
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-gram
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a record
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gynec/o
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woman
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hydr/o
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water or fluid
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hyper-
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above or excessive
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hypo-
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below or deficient
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hyster/o
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uterus
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-ia
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condition of
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-intra
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within
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intro-eo (Latin)
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to go into
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ium
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a structure or tissue
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lact/o
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milk
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lei/o
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smooth
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leuk/o
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white
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-lysis
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breaking down or dissolution
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-lytic
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to stop something
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macro-
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long or large
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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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men/o
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menstruation
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metra (Greek word)
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the origin of a third combining form for uterus
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metr/o
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uterus
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-metry
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process of measuring
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micro-
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small
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multi =
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multiple or many
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my/o
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muscle
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nulli =
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none
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obstetr/o
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midwife
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oligo-
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few or deficient
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-oma
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tumor
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oophoros (Greek word)
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egg-bearing
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oophor/o
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ovary
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-osis
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increase or condition
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ovari/o
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ovary
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ov/i
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egg
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ov/o
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egg
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para =
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alongside of
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para =
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to bear
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pelv/i
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pelvis (basin); hip bone
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-pexy
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suspension or fixation
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placenta =
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cake
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poly-
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many
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pre-
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before
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primi =
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first
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rect/o
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rectum
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-rrhagia
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to burst forth
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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discharge
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salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube; also, eustachian tube
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salpinx (Greek word)
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trumpet or tube
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-scope
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an instrument of examination
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-scopy
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process of examination with an instrument
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soma =
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body
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-stomy
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creation of an opening
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thele (Greek word)
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nipple
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toc/o
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labor or birth
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-tomy
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incision
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trans-
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across or through
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uter/o
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uterus
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vagin/o
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vagina (sheath)
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vagina (Latin word)
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sheath
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vagina/kolpos (Greed word)
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hollow
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vesic/o
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vagina
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-via
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the way
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vulv/o
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vulva (covering)
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