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113 Cards in this Set
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-able
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capable of, able to
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-al, -ary
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pertaining to
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-ase
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enzyme
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-cele
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hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it)
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-cyte
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cell
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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-eum
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membrane
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-gen
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that which generates
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-genesis
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producing or forming
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-ia
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condition or theory
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-iac
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one who suffers
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-iasis
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condition
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-ible
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capable of, able to
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-ism
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condition or theory
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ium
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membrane
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-ive
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pertaining to
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-kinesia, -kinesis
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movement, motion
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-lith
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stone or calculus
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study or science of
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-lysin
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that which destroys
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-lysis
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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-lytic
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capable of destroying
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-mania
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excessive preoccupation
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-maniac
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a person who shows excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-oma
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tumor
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-opia
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vision
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-ose
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sugar
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-osis
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condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
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-pathy
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disease
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
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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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abnormal fear
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-plasia
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formation, development
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-plasma
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substance of cells
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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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-ptosis
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prolapse (sagging)
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-schisis
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split, cleft
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-trophic, -trophy
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nutrition
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-y
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state or condition
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alb(o), albin(o)
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white
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bacter(i), bacteri(o)
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bacteria
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bi(o)
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life or living
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cancer(o), carcin(o)
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cancer
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cephal(o)
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head
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chlor(o)
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green
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cyan(o)
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blue
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cyt(o)
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cell
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erythr(o)
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red
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fung(i)
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fungus
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gen(o)
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beginning, origin
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hist(o)
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tissue
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iatr(o)
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physician or treatment
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idi(o)
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individual
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kinesi(o)
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movement
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lact(o)
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milk
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leps(o)
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seizure
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leuk(o), occasionally leuc(o)
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white
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lith(o)
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stone or calculus
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log(o)
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knowledge or words
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lys(o)
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destruction, dissolving
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megal(o)
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large, enlarged
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melan(o)
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black
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metr(o)
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measure; uterine tissue
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muscul(o), my(o)
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muscle
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myc(o)
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fungus
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nas(o)
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nose
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nos(o)
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disease
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onc(o)
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tumor
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path(o)
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disease
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phag(o)
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eat, ingest
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phas(o)
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speech
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plas(o)
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formation, development
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plast(o)
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repair
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pleg(o)
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paralysis
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pod(o)
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foot
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pyr(o)
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fire
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rhin(o)
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nose
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schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o)
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split, cleft
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scler(o)
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hard
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scop(o)
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to examine, to view
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seps(o), sept(i), sept(o)
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infection [sept(o) also means septum]
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staphyl(o)
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grapelike cluster, uvula
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strept(o)
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twisted
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tox(o), toxic(o)
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poison
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troph(o)
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nutrition
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vir(o), virus(o)
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virus
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xanth(o)
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yellow
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ACS
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American Cancer Society
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CDC
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FEMA
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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HPF
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high-power field
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IED
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improvised explosive device
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LPF
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low-power field
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MRSA
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methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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NIH
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National Institutes of Health
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staph
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staphylococci
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STD
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sexually transmitted disease
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strep
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streptococci
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WMD
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weapons of mass destruction
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