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arthr/o
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joint
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hepat/o
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liver
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ven/o
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vein
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oste/o
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bone
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intra-
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within
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sub-
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under
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-tis
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inflammation
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-pathy
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disease
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aden/o
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gland
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cyt/o
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cell
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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fibr/o
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fiber
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hist/o
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tissue
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kary/o
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nucleus
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lip/o
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fat
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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system/o
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system
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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cancer/o
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cancer
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carcin/o
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cancer
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eti/o
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cause (of disease)
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gno/o
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knowledge
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine, treatment
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lei/o
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smooth
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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path/o
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disease
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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somat/o
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body
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chlor/o
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green
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chrom/o
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color
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cyan/o
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blue
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errthr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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dia-
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throough, complete
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dys-
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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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hypo-
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below, incomplete, deficient
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meta-
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after, beyond, change
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neo-
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new
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pro-
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before
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-cyte
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cell
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
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origin, cause
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-genic
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producing, originating, causing
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-logist
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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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-logy
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study of
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
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-osis
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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasis
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condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
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growth, substance, formation
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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-sis
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state of
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-stasis
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control, stop, standing
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail (downward)
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cephal/o
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head (upward)
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dist/o
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away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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dors/o
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back
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infer/o
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below
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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super/o
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above
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ventr/o
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belly (front)
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bi-
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two
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uni-
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one
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-ad
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toward
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-ior
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pertaining to
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cutane/o
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skin
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derm/o
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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hidr/o
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sweat
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kerat/o
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horny tissue, hard
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onych/o
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nail
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ungu/o
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nail
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seb/o
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sebum (oil)
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trich/o
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hair
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aut/o
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self
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bi/o
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life
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coni/o
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dust
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crypt/o
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hidden
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heter/o
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other
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
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death (cells, body)
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pachy/o
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wrinkles
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staphyl/o
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grapelike clusters
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strepto/o
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twisted chain
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xer/o
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dry
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epi-
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on, upon, over
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intra-
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within
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para-
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beside, beyond, around
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per-
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through
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sub-
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under, below
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-a
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noun suffix, no meaning
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-coccus
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berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
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-ectomy
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excision or surgical removal
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-ia
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disease or abnormal state, condition of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia
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softening
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-opsy
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view of, viewing
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-phagia
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eating or swallowing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhea
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flow, excessive discharge
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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alveol/o
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alveolus
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bronch/i/o
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bronchus
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diaphragmat/o
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diaphragm
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lob/o
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lobe
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nas/o
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nose
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rhin/o
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nose
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o
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lung, air
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pneumat/o
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lung, air
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pneumon/o
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lung, air
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pulmon/o
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lung
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sept/o
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septum (wall off, fence)
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sinus/o
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sinus
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thorac/o
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thorax (chest)
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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trachea
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atel/o
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imperfect, incomplete
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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hem/o
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blood
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hamat/o
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blood
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muc/o
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mucus
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orth/o
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stright
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ox/i/o
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oxygen
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py/o
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pus
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somn/o
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sleep
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spir/o
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breathe, breathing
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a-, an-
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without or absence of
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endo-
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within
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eu-
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normal, good
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pan-
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all, total
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poly-
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many, much
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-algia
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pain
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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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-eal
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pertaining to
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-cele
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hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspire fluid (with a sterile need)
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-ectasis
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stretching out, dilatation, expansion
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gram
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record, x-ray image
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-graphy
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process of recording, x-ray imaging
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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measurement
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-pexy
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surgical fixation, suspension
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-phonia
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sound or voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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-scope
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instrument used for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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-stomy
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creation of an artificial opening
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-thorax
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chest
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-tomy
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cut into or incision
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