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centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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ectomy
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excision-surgical removal or cutting out
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lysis
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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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pexy
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surgical fixation
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plasty
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surgical repair
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rrhaphy
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suture (uniting a wound by stiches)
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scopy
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visual exam with a lighted instrument (this is not always a surgical procedure)
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stomy
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formation of an opening
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tome
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an instrument used for cutting
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tomy
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incision cutting into tissue
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tripsy
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surgical CRUSHING!
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aden/o
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gland
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angi/o
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vessel
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appendo/o, apendic/o
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appendix
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blepharo/o
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eyelid
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cardi/o
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heart
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cerebro/encephal/cerebro/o
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brain
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chir/o
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hand
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col/o
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colon/large intesting
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cutane/o,derm/a,dermat/o
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skin
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faci/o
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face
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mammo/o, mast/o
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breast
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neur/o
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nerve
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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trachea -windpipe
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vas/o
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vessel, ductus deferens (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle.
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algia, dynia
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pain
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cele
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hernia
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ectasia, ectasis
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dilation or stretching of a structure or part
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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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condition of the blood
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ia, iasis
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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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malacia
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soft, softening
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mania
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excessive preoccupation
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megaly
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enlargement
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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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condition, often abnormal, sometimes an increase
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pathy
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disease
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pathy
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disease
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penia
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deficiency
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phobia
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abnorm fear
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ptosis
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prolapse (sagging)
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rrhage, rrhagia
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excessive bleeding
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rrhea
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flow or discharge
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rrhexis
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rupture
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spasm
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twiching,
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stasis
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stopping, controlling
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able, ible
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capable of , able to PREVENTABLE
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ac, al, an, ar, ary, eal, ic ive, tic
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pertainig to CARDIAC THERMAL
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ase
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enzyme LACTASE
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er, ist
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one who PHYSICAL THERAPIST
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eum, ium
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membrane PERITONEUM
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ia, ism
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condition or theory, SYNERGISM
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iac
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one who suffers HEMOPHILIAC
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logist
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one who studies, NEUROLOGIST
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logy
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study or science of BIOLOGY
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opia
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vision, Diplopia (double vision)
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ose
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sugar GLUCOSE
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pertaining to or characterized by CANCEROUS pertains to cancer
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state or conditon ATROPHY
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amyl/o
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starch, AMYLASE
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glyco/o
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sugar/hypoglycemia
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hemato/o
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blood HEMATEMESIS
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lact/o
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milk lacation
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lip/o
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fat Lipids
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Litho/o
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stone LITHOLOGY; study of rocks!
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micro
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small; microscope
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muc/o
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mucus
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prote/o, protein/o
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Protein!!!!!!!!
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pyr/o
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fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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mono, uni
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one
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bi, di
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two
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tri
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3
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quad, quadri, tetra
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4
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centi
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one hunred or one hundreth
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milli
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one thousandth
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diplo
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double
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hemi, semi
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half partly
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hyper
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excessive, more
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hypo
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beneath, or below normal
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multi, poly
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many
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nulli
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none!
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pan
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All (Pandemic)
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primi
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first (primary)
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super, ultra
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excessive, supercindy supervitamnosis
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ab
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away from
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ad
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toward
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ante, pre
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before in time or in place
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circum, peri
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around PERIMETER
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dia
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through (diameter)
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ecto, ex, exo, extra
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out, w/o, away from
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en, endo
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inside
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epi
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above on
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hypo, intra, sub
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beneath, under
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inter
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between
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intra
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within
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meso, mid, medio
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middle
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para
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near, beside or abnormal
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Per
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through or by
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post
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after, behind
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retro
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behind, backward
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super, supra
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above, beyond
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sym, syn
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joined, together
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trans
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across (transdermal)
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ante, pre, pro
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before
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post
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after, or behind
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macro, mega, megalo
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large or great
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micro
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small
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a, an
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no not without
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in
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not or insdie
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anti, contra
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against
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brady
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slow
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dys
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bad, difficult
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eu
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normal
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mal
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bad MALADJUSTED
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pro
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favoring
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tachy
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fast
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COLORS
alb/o, albin/o |
white
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leuko/o
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white
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eu
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normal
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chlor/o
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green
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mal
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bad MALADJUSTED
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cyan/o
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blue
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pro
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favoring
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erythr/o
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red
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tachy
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fast
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melano/o
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black
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COLORS
alb/o, albin/o |
white
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xanth/o
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YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!
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leuko/o
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white
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cyto/o
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cell
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chlor/o
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green
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gen/o
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beginning, origin
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cyan/o
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blue
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genic
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produced by or in
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erythr/o
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red
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genesis
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producing or forming
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melano/o
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black
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xanth/o
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YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!
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cyto/o
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cell
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gen/o
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beginning, origin
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genic
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produced by or in
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genesis
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producing or forming
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gram
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to record
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gram
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a recordq
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graph
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instrucment to record
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graphy
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process of recording
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kinesio
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movement
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leps/o
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seizure
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lepsy
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seizure
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log/o
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knowledge, words
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logist
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one who studies, specialist
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logy
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study or science of
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lys
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destruction, dissolving
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lysin
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that which destroys
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lysis
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proces or destroying
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lytic
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capable of destroying
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malac/o
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soft sofenting
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malacia
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abn softening
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megal/o
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large, enlarged
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megaly
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enlargement
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metro/o
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measure, uterine tissue
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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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pathy
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disease
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phag
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eat, digest YUM YUM
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phagia, phagic, phagy
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eating or swallowing
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phas
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phasia speech
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pleg
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plegia, PARALYSIS
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schis/o, schiz/o, schisto/o
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schisis, 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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scope
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instrument used to view
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scopy
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process of examing visually
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troph/o
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trophic, trophy means nutrition?????????/
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myc
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fungus
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narc/o
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stupor NARCOTICS
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ne/o
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new
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necr/o
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dead
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onc/o
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swelling/tumor
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optic/o, opt/o
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vision
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ortho/o
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straight, orthodonist
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pharmac/o
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drugs medicine
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pho/o
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voice
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phot/o
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light
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psych/o
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mind
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py/o
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pus
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therm/o
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heat
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trachea/o
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trachea, windpipe, endotracheal
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abdomino/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities arms and leggies
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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cephal/o
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head
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chir/o
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hand
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cyst/o
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cyst, bladder, or sac
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dactyl/o
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digits ldfjldjldj
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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omphal/o
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umbillicus or your navel
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onycho/o
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nail
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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periton/o
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peritoneum
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som/a, somat/o
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body!!!!!!!
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thorac/o
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chest or your thorax!!!!!!!!!!!
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crino/o, crine
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secrete
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dacryo lacrim/o
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wah tear tearing crying
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emia, hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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hidr/o
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sweat or perspiration
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hydro/o
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water
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lymph/o
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lymph sometimes refers to the lymphatics
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muc/o
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mucus
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poiesis
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production
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poietin
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substance that causes production
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py/o
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pus
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sial/o
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saliva or the salivary glands
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ur/o
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urine or urinary tract
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anter/o
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anterior
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poster/o
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posterior
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ventro/o
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ventral belly side
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dors/o
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dorsal; directed toward or situated on the back side
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medi/o
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medial, median
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later/o
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lateral; toward side
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super/o
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superior ABOVE
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infer/o
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inferior BELOW
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Proxim/o
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proximal; nearer to point of attachment
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dist/o
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distal, far or distant from attachement
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cephal/o
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cephalad; toward head
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caud/o
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caudad; toward tail or in posterior direction
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What is ADENoid?
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gland
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What is DERMAtosis?
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skin
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What is cardioLOGY?
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study of
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What is CHIROspasm?
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hand
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What is coloPEXY?
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surgical fixation
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What is lactOSE?
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sugar
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What is MAMMOplasty?
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breast
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What is NEURal?
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nerve
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What is OPHTHALMOscope?
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eye
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What is osteoMALACIA?
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softening
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What is a mastopexy?
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surgical fixation of the breast
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excision of living tissue for microscopic examination
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biopsy
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term which means pertaining to skin
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cutaneous
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means pain along the course of the nerve
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neuralagia
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means stretching of a structure
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dilation
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abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissue resulting in swelling
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edema
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calculus is present
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lithiasis
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medicine specializing in study of nature and cause of disease
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pathology
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pertaining to the ear
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otic
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enzyme that breaks down starches
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amylase
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abnormal fear of fire
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pyrophobia
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any disease of the eye
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opthalmopathy
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cramp or twitching
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spasm
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drooping of the eyelid
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blepharoptosis
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inflammation of the appendix
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appendicitis
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pertaining to a nerve
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neural or nervous
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pertaining to the heart
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cardiac
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surgical crushing of a stone
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lithotripsy
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surgical removal of the tonsils
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tonsillectomy
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surgical repair of the ear
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otoplasty
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ALBINism
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white
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CHLOROplast
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green
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CYANosis
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blue
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MELANcholy
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black
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XANTHOphyll
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yellow
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opposite of continence
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incontinence
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anticonvulsive acts _____ convulsions
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against
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small glands by the thyroid glands
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parathyroid glands
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opposite of hypotension
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hypertension
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diplopia means
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double vision
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white blood cell
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leukocyte
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instrument that records electrical impulses of the brain
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electroencephalograph
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production/orgin cancer
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carcinogenesis
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inflammation of the skin caused by a fungus
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mycodermatitis
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what is the meaning of peritonsillar?
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situated around a tonsil
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able to live without oxygen
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anaerobic
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tachycardia meaning
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increased pulse rate
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term of any condition that renders some particular line of treatment improper
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contraindication
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deals with the problems of the elderly
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gerontology
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a fever producing agent
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pyrogen
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any disease of the eye
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opthalmopathy
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between cells
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intercellular
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excessive thirst
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polydipsia
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increased pulse
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tachycardia
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inside the trachea
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endotracheal
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loss of sensation
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anesthesia
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measurement of the head
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cephalometry
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slowness of speech
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bradyphasia
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study of cells
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cytology
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no fever
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afebrile
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Blephral means pertaining to the?????
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eyelid
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acral means pertaining to the ???
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extremitites
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Thoracotomy means surgical incision of the ??????
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Thorax or chest
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Onychomalacia means softening of the ?????
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NAILS
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The________ cavity of the body is divided into the cranial and spinal cavities
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DORSAL
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What line is a conv method to divide the body into 4 parts?
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abdominal quadrants :)
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What is the incision of the abdominal wall????
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laparotomy!!!!
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What is fluid that is found within cells called?
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inTERcellular fluid
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What does lacrimation refer to ?
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discharge of tears.
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What are blood platelets called?
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Thrombocytes :) :)
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What term is means the opposite of distal?
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PROXIMAL!
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Whta membrane lines the abdominopelvic cavity and enfolds the internal organs?
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PERITONEUM!!!
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What means inflammation of the Navel??????
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omphalitis (I think we are just going to have to memorize that word)
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what term means the presence of lacrimal stones?
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dacryolithiasis (lith: stone)
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What term means sticking together of two structures that are normally seperated??
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UM yeah.....ADHESION!!!!!
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What glands are ductless and therfore secrete their hormaones into the bloodstream
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Ang and Cin better know this: ENDOCRINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What term means formation and excretion of sweat???
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hidrosis
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What term means belly side?
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VENTRAL VENTRAL!
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What is the term for the fluid part of the blood??
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Plasma!!!
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What term means about the immune response and refers to it being weakened by disease?
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immunocompromised!!!!!!!
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Concerning of the umbilicus
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omphalic or umbilical
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Definciency of white blood cells
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leukopenia
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Destroying mucus
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mucolytic
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excessive urination?
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polyuria!!! What are the 3 P's again?
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inflammation of the peritoneum?
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peritonitis!!! (itis means inflammation)
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What is inflammation of the sweat gland?????
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hidradenitis
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What is a lacrimal stone??
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dacryolith
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What occurs OUTSIDE of a cell?
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extracellular
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What produces PUS????
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pyogenic
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What is twiching of your eyelid called/??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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blepharospasm
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