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55 Cards in this Set
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Compound Words
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Words that contain more than one word root
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Centesis
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Surgical puncture
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Clasis
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To break; surgical fracture
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Desis
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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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Ectomy
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Excision, Removal
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Lysis
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Separation; destruction; loosening
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Pexy
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Fixation (of an organ)
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Plasty
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Surgical repair
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Rrhaphy
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Suture
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Stomy
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Forming an opening (mouth)
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Tome
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Instrument to cut
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Tomy
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Incision
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Tripsy
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Crushing
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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 of recording
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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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Scope
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Instrument for examining
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Scopy
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Visual Examination
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Algia/ 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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edema
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swelling
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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/ genesis
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forming, producing, orgin
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iasis
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abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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itis
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inflamation
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lith
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stone, calculus
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malacia
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softening
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megaly
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enlargement
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oma
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tumor
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osis
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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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, swallowing
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phasia
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speech
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phobia
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fear
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plasia / plasm
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formation, growth
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plegia
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paralysis
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ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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rrhage / rrhagia
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bursting forth (of)
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rrhea
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discharge, flow
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rrhexis
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rupture
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sclerosis
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abnormal condition of hardening
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spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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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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nourishment, development
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esis, ia, ism
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condition
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iatry
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medicine, treatment
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ician / ist
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specialist
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condition, process
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icle / ole / ule
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small, minute
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