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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)
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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
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-scopy
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visual exam using lighted instrument ( surgiacl & nonsurgical)
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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 (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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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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cardi/o
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heart
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cerebr/o, encephal/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 or large intestine
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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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mamm/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 (vas deferens)
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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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dilataion (dilation,enlargement) 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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conditon
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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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conditon ( abnoraml,usually an increase)
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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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abnormal fear
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-ptosis
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prolapse, sagging
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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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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twitching or cramping
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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
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal,
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pertaining to
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-ase
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enzyme
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-er, -ist
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one who
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-eum, -ium
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membrane
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-ia, -ism
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condition or theory
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-iac
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one who suffers
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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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-opia
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vision
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-ose
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sugar
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
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state or condition
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amyl/o
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starch
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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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lact/o
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milk
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lip/o
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fat
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lith/o
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stone
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micro-
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small
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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
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pyr/o
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fire
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