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Medical Terminology
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the words used by the medical profession to describe the human body in health and illness
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Where are medical terms derived from?
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Latin and Greek
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Four Basic Word Parts
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- Roots
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Root
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the foundation of a word
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Compound Word
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any word containing more than one root word
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Prefix
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a syllable or group of letters at the beginning of a word that modifies the root and changes its meaning
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Suffix
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a group of letters added to the end of the word that changes its meaning
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When the word ends in um, you change it to?
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a
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When a word ends in ex, you change it to?
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-ices
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When a word ends in -on, you change it to?
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-a
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When a word ends in -en, you change it to?
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-ina
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When a word ends in -ma, you change it to?
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-mata
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When a word ends in a-, you change it to?
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-ae
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Combining Vowel
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a vowel aids in the pronunciation of a word, used to combine a root and suffix or two roots
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angi
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vessel
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arteri
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artery
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arteriol-
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arteriole (small artery)
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arthr-
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joint
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bronch-
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bronchus
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calc-
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calcium
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carcin-
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cancer
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cardi-
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heart
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cyan-
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blue
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derm-
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skin
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duoden-
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duodenum
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enter-
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intestines
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erythr-
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red
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esophag-
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esophagus
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gastr-
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stomach
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heme-, hemat-
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blood
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hepat-
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liver
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hyster-
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uterus
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iatr-
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medicine, physician
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lapar-
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abdomen
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laryng-
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larynx
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leuk-
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white
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lith-
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stone
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nephr-
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kindey
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ocul-
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eye
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oste-
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bone
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pachy-
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thick
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path-
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disease
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pneum-
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lung
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pseud-
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false
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splen-
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spleen
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steth-
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chest
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stomat-
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mouth
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therm-
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heat
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ur-, urin-
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urine
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ab-
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away from, outside of, beyond
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ad-
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toward, near to
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ante-, pre-
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toward, near to
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anti-
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against
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bi-
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two
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brady-
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abnormally slow rate
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con-, sym-, syn-
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with
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contra-
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against
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dia-
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across, through
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dys-
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difficult, bad
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ed-, ecto-
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outside
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en-, endo-
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within, inside
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epi-
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upon, subsequent to
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ex-, exo-
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outside
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extra-
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beyond
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hemi-, semi-
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half
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hyper-
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above, beyond normal
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hypo-
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below, below normal
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infra-
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outside or below
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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inside
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macro-
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bid
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meso-
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middle
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meta-
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beyond
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micro-
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small
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mono-, uni-
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one
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neo-
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new
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oligo-
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a few
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pan-
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everywhere
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post-
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after
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quadri-
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four
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retro-
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backward, behind
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tachy-
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abnormally high rate
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tri-
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three
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-ac, -al, -aneous, -ar, -eous, -iatric-, -ic, -oid, -otic, -ous, -ular
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converts a root or a noun term to an adjective
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-cele
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protrusion, hernia
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-entesis
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surgical puncture
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-cyte
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cell
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-desis
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surgical binding
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis, -ectasia
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expansion or dilation
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-edema
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excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood
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-gen, -genic, -genesis
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origin, producing
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-globin
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the protein of hemoglobin
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-gram
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written or pictorial record
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-graph
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device for graphic or pictorial recording
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-graphy
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act of graphic or pictorial recording
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-ian, -iatrics, -iatrist, -iatry, -ics, -ist, -logist, -logy
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specialty of, study of, practice of
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-iasis
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a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a conditino
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-ism
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a noun forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone, calculus, or calcification
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-lysis
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disintegration
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-malacia
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softening
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-mania
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a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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device for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-oma
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tumor
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-opsy
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visual examination
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-osis
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condition
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-pathy
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disease of
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-penia
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reduction of the size or quantity
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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abnormal formation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-poiesis
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producing
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-ptosis
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drooping, downward displacement
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-rrhage
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flowing 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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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hard
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-scope
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device for viewing
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-scopy
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act of viewing
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-sis
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condition
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-spasm
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muscular contraction
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-stasis
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level, unchanging
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-stenosis
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narrowed, blocked
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-stomy
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permanent opening
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-tome
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instrument for cutting
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-tomy
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incision
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-tripsy
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crushing
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Combining Form
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the root plus the combining vowel
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Homonyms
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word that sound identical but have different spellings and meanings
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Soundalike Words
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words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings
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