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105 Cards in this Set
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Amphi-
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Prefix meaning on both sides, around, both
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Ana-
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Prefix meaning up, against, back
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Apo-
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Prefix; away from
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Cata-
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Prefix; downward, disordered
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Cat-
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Prefix before a vowel or h; downward, disordered
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Dia-
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Prefix; through, across, apart
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Di-
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Prefix before a vowel; through, across, apart
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Eso-
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Prefix; within, inner, inward
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Eu-
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Prefix; good, normal, healthy
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Heter-
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Prefix; different, other, relationship to another
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Homo-
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Prefix; same, likeness
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Meta-
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Prefix; change, transformation, after, behind
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Met-
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Prefix before a vowel or h; change, transformation, after, behind
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Para-
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Prefix; alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
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Pro-
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Prefix; before
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Pros-, prosth-
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Prefix; in place of
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-al
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Suffix; Latin derived adjectival suffix; pertaining to, located in
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-ase
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Suffix; forms the name of enzymes
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-asia, -asis (rare)
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Noun-roaming suffix; state, condition
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-ema
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Noun-forming suffix; state condition; combining form is -emat-
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-esis
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Noun-forming suffix; state, condition, procedure
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-etic
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Adjective-forming suffix; often form adjectives from nouns ending in -esis; pertaining to
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-ics, -tics
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Noun-forming suffix; indicates a particular science or study; science or study of
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-ism
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Noun-fom ing suffix; state, condition, quality
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-ismus
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Noun-forming suffix; state, condition; muscular spasm
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-oid
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Alternative forms rarely used are -ode and -id; forms both noun and adjective suffixes; meaning particular shape, form, or resemblance; like, resemblance
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-oma
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Noun-forming suffix; usually refers to a tumor, sometimes a disease; combining form is -omat-, plural form often is -omata
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-ose
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Latin derived adjectival suffix; also used to form names of. Hemical substances;meaning full of, resembling
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-ous
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Latin derived adjectivial suffix; pertaining to, characterized by, full of
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-us
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Lation noun-forming suffix; condition, person, sometimes, malformed fetus
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acr-
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combining form; [highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
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ambly-
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combining form; dull, faint
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carcin-
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combining form; carcinoma, cancer
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-cel-
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combining form; hernia, tumor, swelling; swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid
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cheir-, chir-
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combining form; hand
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chol(e)-
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combining form; bile, gall
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col(i)-, colon-
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combining form; colon
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cyan-
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combining form; blue
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cyst(i)-, -cystis
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combining form; bladder, cyst
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diplo-
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combining form; double, twin
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enter-
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combining form; (small) intestine
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erg-
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combining form; action, work
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gastr-
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combining form; stomach
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hem-, hemat-, -em-
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combining form; blood
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hepar-, hepat-
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combining form; liver
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lip-
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combining form; fat
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macr-
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combining form; (abnormally) large or long
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mega-, megal-
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combining form; (abnormally) large or long
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melan-
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combining form; dark, black
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micr-
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combining form; (abnormally) small
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nyct-
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combining form; night
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odyn-
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combining form; pain
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onc-
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combining form; tumor
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pachy-
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combining form; thick
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pseud-
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combining form; false
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py-
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combining form; pus
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sarc-
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combining form; flesh, soft tissue
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spasm-
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combining form; spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
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splen-
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combining form; spleen
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stom-, stomat-
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combining form; mouth, opening
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ize-
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Greek derived verb-forming suffix; to make, to become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
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suffixes used to form names of chemical substances
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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coli-
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words containing this in some way usually refer to the colon bacillus E. coli
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cyst(i)-
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usually refers to the urinary bladder
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cholescyst-
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refers to the gall bladder
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synergy/ synergism
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an action of two or more agents or organs working with each other
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anastomosis
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formation of a passage between any two normally distinct spaces or organs
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-stomy
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words that end in this indicate surgical procedures
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enteroenterostomy
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creation of a communication between two noncontiguous segments of the intestine
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colostomy
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formation of a more or less permanent passage between the colon and the surface of the abdomen
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-oma
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suffix that often indicates an abnormal or diseased condition
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trachoma
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a chronic contagious form of conjunctivitis
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glaucoma
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a destructive disease of the eye caused by an increased introcular pressure
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sarcoma
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a malignant tumor originating in connective tissue like a muscle
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angiosarcoma/hemangiosarcoma
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a tumor arising in the muscular tissue of a blood vessel
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neurosarcoma
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a sarcoma containing nerve cells
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hepatoma
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tumor of the liver
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nephroma
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tumor of a kidney
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cholangioma
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tumor of the bile duct
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hemangioma
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a tumor of the blood vessel
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hematoma
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swelling that contains blood
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melanoma
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a malignant tumor composed of cells of melanin
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melanin
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the substance that gives pigmentation to the hair, skin, and other tissues
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melanometosis
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the formation of numerous melanomas on or beneath the skin
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mastoncus
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tumor of the breast
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oncology
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the branch of medicine dealing with tumors
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-cele
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generally used as a suffix and usually means hernia; sometimes indicates swelling due to an abnormal accumulation of fluid
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gastrocele
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hernia of the stomach
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cystocele
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hernia of the bladder
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rectocele
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hernia of the rectum into the vagina
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urocele
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an accumulation of urine in the scrotal sac
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hydrocele
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an accumulation of serous fluid in the a saclike structure such as the scrotum in a newborn male child
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galactocele
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milk-filled tumor cause by obstruction of a milk duct
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keloid
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a scarlike growth of tissue on the skin
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cyst
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refers to a cyst or the bladder; defined as a closed pouch, with a definite wall, that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material
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dermoid cyst
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cyst containing elements of hair, teeth, or skin
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ovarian cyst
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a sac that develops on the ovary
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sebaceous cyst
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a cyst of sebaceous, or oil-secreting, glands of the skin
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cystalgia
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pain in the bladder
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cholecystitis
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inflammation of the gallbladder
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dacrocyst
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in opthalmology, the lacrimal sac
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phacocyst
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the capsule of the cyrstalline lens of the eye
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cystoid
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refers to the growth of a cyst
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colinephritis
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inflammation of the kidney cause by the presence of E. coli
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-gaster
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some of the words ending with this suffix refer to embryonic structures
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