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246 Cards in this Set
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-algia
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condition of pain, pain
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-emia
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blood condition
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-ia
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation |
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-osis
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condition, abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhage or -rrhagia
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excessive discharge of blood
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-uria
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condition of urine
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-al or -eal
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid |
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-ectomy
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removal, resection, excision
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-gram
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record
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-lysis
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separation, breakdown, destruction
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-plasty
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surgical repair, or surgical correction
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stomy
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opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
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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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ad-
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toward, near
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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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bi-
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two, both
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brady-
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slow
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con-
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with, together
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dia-
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complete, through
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
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out, outside
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-plasia |
formation
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-phagia
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eating or swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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endo-
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within, in, inner
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epi-
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above, upon
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ex-
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out
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extra-
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outside of
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, too much, above
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hypo-
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deficient, too little, below
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in-
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in, into
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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mal-
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bad
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meta-
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change, beyond
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neo-
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new
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NICU
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neonatal intensive care unit
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MICU
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medical intensive care unit
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MSICU
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medical/surgical intensive care unit
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PACU
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post anesthesia care unit
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PICU
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post anesthesia care unit
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SICU
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surgical intensive care unit
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para-
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beside, near, along the side of
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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
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pro-
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before, forward
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pros-
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before, forward
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quadri-
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four
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re-
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back, behind
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retro-
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back, behind
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sub-
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under, less than
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syn-
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with, together
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tachy- |
fast
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trans-
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across, through
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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond
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uni-
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one
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aden/o
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gland
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amni/o
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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
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angi/o
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vessel (usually blood vessel)
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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ather/o
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plaque ( a yellow, fatty material)
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axill/o
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armpit (underarm)
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bronch/o
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bronchial tube
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bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug; also chemical
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine or bowel)
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold |
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cyst/o |
urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
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red
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esophag/o
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esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hyster/o
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uterus
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inguin/o
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groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen (abdominal wall)
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laryng/o
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voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
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white
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mamm/o
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breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, -plasty)
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mast/o
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breast (use with -ectomy, -itis)
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men/o
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menses (menstration); month
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mening/o
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meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord , bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells)
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nephr/o
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kidney (use with all suffixes except -al and -gram)
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ren/o
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kidney (use with -al and -gram)
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neur/o
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nerve
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oophor/o
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ovary
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oste/o |
bone
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ot/o
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ear
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pelv/o
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hip area
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peritone/o
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peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)
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phleb/o
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vein
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pneumon/o
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lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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radi/o
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x-rays
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rhin/o |
nose
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salping/o
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fallopian (uterine) tube |
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sarc/o
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flesh
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septic/o
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pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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windpipe; trachea
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ur/o
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urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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an/o
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anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
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bi/o
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life
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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carpals (wrist bones)
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cis/o
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to cut
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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skull
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cutane/o
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skin
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dur/o
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dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
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gen/o
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to produce, to begin |
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hemat/o
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blood
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later/o
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side
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men/o
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menses (monthly discharge of blood fro the lining of the uterus)
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nat/i
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birth
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neur/o
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nerve
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norm/o
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rule, order
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oste/o
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bone
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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plas/o
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formation, growth, development
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ren/o
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kidney
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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son/o
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sound
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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top/o
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to put, place, position
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troph/o
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development, nourishment
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urethr/o
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urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)
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uter/o
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uterus
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ven/o
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vein
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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-ation
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process, condition
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-cision
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process of cutting
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-crine
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secretion
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen
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to produce
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-ism
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condition, process
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-lapse
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to fall, slide
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-lysis
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loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
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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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-mortem
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death
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-oma
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tumor, mass |
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-partum |
birth
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-plasia
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formation (condition)
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-plasm
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formation (tissue)
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-section
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to cut
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-stasis
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to stand, place, stop, control
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-tension
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pressure
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-thesis
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to put, place (state of putting or placing)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-trophy
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nourishment; development
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-um
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structure
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-uria
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urine condition
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-y
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process, condition
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ab-
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away from |
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ad-
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toward, near
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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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bi-
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life
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brady-
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slow
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con-
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with, together
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dia-
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complete, through
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
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out, outside
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endo-
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within, in, inner
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epi- |
above, upon
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ex-
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out
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extra-
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outside of
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, too much, above
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hypo-
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deficient, too little, below
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in-
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in, into
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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mal-
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bad
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meta-
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change, beyond
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neo-
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new
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para-
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beside, near, along the side of
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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
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pro-
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before, forward
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quadri- |
four
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re-
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back, behind
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retro-
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back, behind
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sub-
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under, less than
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syn-
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with, together
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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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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond
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uni-
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one
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-lapse
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slide
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-drome
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running or occurring
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-cuspid
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pointed end
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