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62 Cards in this Set
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centesis
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puncture
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ectomy
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excision, removal
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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
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desis
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binding or fixation(of a 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
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plasty
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surgical repair
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clasis
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break or fracture
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lysis
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separation, destruction, loosening
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tripsy
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crushing
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algia - dynia
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pain
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cele
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hernia or swelling
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ectasis
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dilation or expansion
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emesis
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vomiting
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gen - genesis
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forming, producing, origin
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gram
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record, a 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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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 or 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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cephalo
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head
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masto
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breast
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colono
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colon
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encaphalo
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brain
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phlebo
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vein
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gastro
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stomach
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arthro
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joint
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osteo
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bone
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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 condition or increase
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para
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to bear (offspring)
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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 or swallowing
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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 or growth
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plegia
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paralysis or stroke
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poiesis
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formation or production
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ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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rrhage - rrhagia
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bursting forth
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rrhea
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discharge or flow
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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 or sticture
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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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