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106 Cards in this Set
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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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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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical procedure to remove fluid
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-clysis
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irrigation or washing
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-coccus
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spherical/berry-shaped bacterium;
plural = bacteria |
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ectomy
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excision; removal; resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-er
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one who
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-genesis
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condition of producing; forming
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-genic
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pertaining to;
OR producing; produced by; produced in |
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-globin
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protein
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-gram
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record (a recording)
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ical
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pertaining to
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-ion
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process
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process OR condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ium
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structure; tissue; membrane
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
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-malacia
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softening
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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; mass; swelling;
collection of fluid |
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-opsy
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view of; to view
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-ose
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sugar; full of;
pertaining to |
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal;
(slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
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-ous
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pertaining to
characterized by |
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development; formation; growth
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-plasm
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formation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping; sagging;
prolapse (falling down/sinking of viscus) |
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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-section
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process of cutting
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-sis
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state of
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-some
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body
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-stasis
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stop, control, place
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-stomy
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surgical opening;
opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-trophy
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nourishment or development
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-type
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picture or classification
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-ule
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little; small; minute
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-um
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structure; tissue; thing
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-y
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process; condition
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-ole
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small
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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coming together;
to pour |
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-gen
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producing; forming
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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-meter
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to measure
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-mission
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to send
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-or
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one who
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear; carry;
OR 'a feeling' (mental state) |
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-physis
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to grow
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-ation
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process; condition
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-phagia
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eating/swallowing
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth of blood
(excessive flow of discharge) |
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-phasia
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speech
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-opia
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vision
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-ectasia
-ectasis |
dilation
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-ase
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enzyme
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-edema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-iasis
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condition
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-kinesia
-kinesis |
movement
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-lytic
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to reduce or destroy
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-mania
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obsessive preoccupation
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-spasm
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twitching
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-esthesia
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feeling
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-schisis
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cleft or cleavage
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-chezia
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defecation
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-lithiasis
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presence; formation;
condition of calculi |
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-desis
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to bind; to tie together
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-listhesis
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slipping
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