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hypo---
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under, below, deficient
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intra---
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within
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peri---
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around
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pre---
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before
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epi---
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above, upon
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Hematology
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Study of blood
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aer/o
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air
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carcin/o
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cancer
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hemat/o
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blood
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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maxill/o
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jaw
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myc/o
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fungus
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orth/o
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straight
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therm/o
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heat
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tox/o
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poison
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toxic/o
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poison
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vagin/o
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vagina
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---al
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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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---ia
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condition
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---ist
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specialist
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---ectomy
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excision, removal
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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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---tome
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instrument to cut
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---tomy
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incision, cut into
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---algia
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pain
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---dynia
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pain
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---emesis
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vomit
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---gram
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record
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---graphy
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process of recording
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---iasis
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abnormal condition
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---itis
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inflammation
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---lith
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stone, calculus
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---logist
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specialist in the study of
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---logy
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study of
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---megaly
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enlargement
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---oma
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tumor
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---osis
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abnormal condition
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---pepsia
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disgestion
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---phagia
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swallow, eat
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---plasty
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surgical repair
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---rrhea
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flow, discharge
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--rrhaphy
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suture
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---scope
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instrument to view
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---scopy
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visual examination
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---spasm
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involuntary contraction
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---stenosis
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stricture, narrowing
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ab---
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away from
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dia---
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through, complete
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dys---
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bad, painful, difficult
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epi---
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above, upon
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hyper---
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above, excessive
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hypo---
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under, below
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peri---
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around
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sub---
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under, below
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eu---
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Normal
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Lingual papillae
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Taste Buds
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Masticate
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Chew
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Abrasion
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Scraping away of a portion of skin or mucous membrane as a result of injury or by mechanical means
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Contusion
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Injury in which skin is not broken
a bruise |
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Laceration
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Wound or irregular tear in the flesh
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Alopecia
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absence of loss of hair, especially of the head
baldness |
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cyst
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closed sac or pouch in or under the skin
has a definite wall that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material |
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gangrene
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Greek: gangraina--an eating sore
French: grao--to gnaw a form of necrosis associated with obstruction or loss of blood supply |
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Psorasis
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French: psora--to itch
common chronic dermatitis characterized by red lesions covered by silvery scales |
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Hypoxia
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deficiency of oxygen
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