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47 Cards in this Set
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absence (of a normal body opening)
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-atresia
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embryonic cell
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-blast
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act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill or destroy
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-cide
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closure
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-cleisis
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pregnancy
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-cyesis
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formation; development; growth
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-genesis
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producing; forming; produced by
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-genic
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woman who is (or has been) pregnant for the nth time (use 'i' as cv preceding)
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-gravida
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woman who has given birth n times (use 'i' as cv preceding)
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-para
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surgical attachment (often of one ogran or tissue to another)
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-pexy
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turning; twisting
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-strophe
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production; formation; development; act of shaping
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-poiesis
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pertaining o formation/development
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-poietic
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condition of the blood; presence of (a substance) in the blood; presence of blood in (an organ)
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-emia
-hemia -aemia -haemia |
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digestion
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-pepsia
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act of breaking (something) up
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-clasis
-clasia |
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irrigation
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-clysis
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proliferation; growth; development (in reference to tissue cells)
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-plasia
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one that eats
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-phage
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eating; chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring
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-phagia
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splitting
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-schisis
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crushing; rubbing; friction
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-tripsy
-tripsis |
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nutrition; growth
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-trophy
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sudden and severe pain
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-agra
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absence of strength; weakness
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-asthenia
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instrument used to break
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-clast
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surgical immobilization; surgical fusion
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-desis
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bearing; containing (use cw 'i' before)
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-ferous
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slight paralysis
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-paresis
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protection (of something); protection against (something); protection by means of (a substance or process)
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-phylaxis
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strength
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-sthenia
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agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce flow (of a substance from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce expulsion (of a foreign body)
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-agogue
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agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress expulsion (of a foreign body)
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anti-...-agogue
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enlargement
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-auxe
-auxis -auxesis |
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secretion
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-crine
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ulceration (of an organ or structure)
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-elcosis
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vomiting (of a substance)
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-emesis
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causing vomiting of a substance
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-emetic
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obstruction
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-emphraxis
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seizure
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-lepsy
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swelling
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-phyma
-phymala [pl.] |
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pore; passage
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-pore
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substance poisonous to (organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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-toxin
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agent used to oppose the substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to oppose poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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anti-...-toxin
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condition of the urine; condition of urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine
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-uria
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absence of (a substance) in the urine
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a-...-uria
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work
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-ergasia
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