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carp/o
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writst bones
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cib/o
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meals
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cost/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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teradactyl
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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to bend
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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gloss
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protection
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morph
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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mortuary
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nat/i
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birth
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cis/o
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to cut
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nect/o
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to bind, tie, connect
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
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shield; the shape of the thyroid gland resembles a shield
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top/o
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place, position, location
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tox/o
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poison
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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urethr/o
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urethra
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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pseudocyesis - false pregnancy
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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coming together; to pour
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-gen
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producing, forming
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, loosening
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-meter
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to measure
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-mission
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to send
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-or
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one who
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear, carry;
feeling (mental state) |
euphoria
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasia
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development, formation
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-plasm
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development, formation
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptosis
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droop, sag, prolapse
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-stasis
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stop, control; place
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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notice that the "b" faces away from the "a"
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ad-
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toward
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notice that eh "d" faces toward the "a"
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ana-
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up, apart
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ante-
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before, forward
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anti-
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against
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auto-
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self, down
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bi-
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two
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brady-
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slow
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cata-
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down
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con-
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with, together
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contra-
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against, opposite
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de-
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down, lack of
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dia-
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through, complete
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-, ecto-
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out, outside
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en-, endo-
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in, within
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epi-
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upon, on, above
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eu-
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good, normal
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ex-
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out, away from
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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hypo-
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deficient, under
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in-
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not
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in-
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into, within
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infra-
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beneth
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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into, within
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macro-
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large
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mal-
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bad
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meta-
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beyond, change
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micro-
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small
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neo-
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new
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pan-
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all
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para-
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abnormal, beside, near
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per-
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through
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peri-
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surrounding
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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after, behind
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pre-
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before, in front of
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pro-
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before, forward
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pseudo-
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false
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re-
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back, again
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retro-
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behind, backward
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sub-
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under
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supra-
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above, upper
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syn-, sym-
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together, with
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tachy-
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fast
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trans-
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across, through
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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uni-
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one
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abductor
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a muscle that draws a limb AWAY from the body
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adductor
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a muscle that draws a limb TOWARD the body
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adrenal glands
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pertaining to toward the kidney (adrenal glands are located above each kidney)
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anabolism
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building up complex material
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analysis
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breaking apart
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anoxia
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pertaining to without oxygen
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ante cibum
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before meals
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anteflexion
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process of bending forward
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antepartum
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before birth
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antibiotic
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destroys or inhibits bacterial growth
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antibody
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what our body produces to fight disease
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antigen
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a substance that produces antibodies
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antisepsis
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a condition against infection
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antitoxin
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acts against a toxin in the body
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apnea
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not breathing
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autoimmune
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self protection
(the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues causing inflammation and injury |
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benign
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not cancerous
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bifurcation
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branching into two
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bilateral
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pertaining to two sides
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bradycardia
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slow heart
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congenital anomaly
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an irregularity that an infant is born with
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connective tissue
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supports and binds together
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contraindication
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against an indication
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contralateral
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opposite sides
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dehydration
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lack of water
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dialysis
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complete seperation
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diameter
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measure complete, through
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diarrhea
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complete discharge
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dysplasia
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formation that is abnormal
(ectopic pregnancy) |
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dyspnea
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difficult breathing
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ectopic pregnancy
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pertaining to outside the location (the embryo implants outside the uterus)
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endocardium
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structure within the heart
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endoscope
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instrument to view within
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endotracheal
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pertaining to within the trachea
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epithelium
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skin cell
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euphoria
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exaggered feeling of well-being
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euthyroid
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normal functioning thyroid
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exophthalmos
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protusion of the eyeball
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hemiglossectomy
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removal of half the tongue
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hyperglycemia
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excessive sugar in the blood
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hyperplasia
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increase in number of cells
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hypertrophy
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increase in the size of each cells
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hypodermic injection
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an injection under the skin
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hypoglycemia
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deficiency of sugar in the blood
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infracostal
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pertaining to below the ribs
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insomniac
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unable to sleep
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intercostal
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between the ribs
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intravenous
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into the vein
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macrocephaly
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large head
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malaise
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vague feeling of discomfort
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malignant
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very bad condition
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metacarpal bones
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bones located beyond the wrist
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metamorphosis
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change in shape and form
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metastasis
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cancerous tumor that has spread beyond its original site
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microscope
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instrument for viewing small things
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neonatal
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new birth (1st 28 days)
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neoplasm
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new formation, development
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pancytopenia
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defeciency of all cells
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paralysis
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abnormal breakdown
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parathyroid glands
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four endocrine glands located on the dorsal side of the thyroid
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percutaneous
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structure through the skin
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periosteum
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tissue surrounding the bones
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polymorphonuclear
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nucleus that is multi shaped
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polyneuritis
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inflammation of many nerves
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postmortem
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after death
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postpartum
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after birth
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precancerous
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before cancer
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prenatal
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before birth
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prodrome
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before onset of actual illness (ie: migraines before illness)
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prolapse
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sag forward
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pseudocyesis
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false pregnancy
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recombinant DNA
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a technique used to manufacture outside the body
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relapse
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disease or symptoms that return
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remission
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symptoms go away but you still have the disease
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retroflexion
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abnormal position of an organ
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retroperitoneal
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pertaining to behind the peritoneal
(peritoneum: membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
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subcutaneous
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under the skin
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suprapubic
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above the pubis
(pubis is one of a pair of pubic bones that forms the anterior part of the pelvic (hip) bone) |
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symbiosis
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two organisms living together in close associatin
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symmetry
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equality of parts on opposite sides of the body
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symphysis
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growing together
(a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage) |
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syndactyly
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webbed fingers and toes
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syndrome
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a group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicte a particular disease or abnormal condition
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synthesis
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putting together or formation of
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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transfusion
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transfer of blood or blood parts from one person to another
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transurethral
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pertaining to through the urethra
(urethra tube goes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body) |
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ultrasonography
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process of recording by using ultrasound waves to procuce an image of an organ
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unilateral
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pertaining to one side
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retroperitoneal
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pertaining to behind the peritoneal
(peritoneum: membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
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subcutaneous
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under the skin
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suprapubic
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above the pubis
(pubis is one of a pair of pubic bones that forms the anterior part of the pelvic (hip) bone) |
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symbiosis
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two organisms living together in close associatin
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symmetry
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equality of parts on opposite sides of the body
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symphysis
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growing together
(a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage) |
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syndactyly
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webbed fingers and toes
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syndrome
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a group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicte a particular disease or abnormal condition
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synthesis
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putting together or formation of
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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transfusion
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transfer of blood or blood parts from one person to another
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transurethral
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pertaining to through the urethra
(urethra tube goes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body) |
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ultrasonography
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process of recording by using ultrasound waves to procuce an image of an organ
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unilateral
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pertaining to one side
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