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119 Cards in this Set
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andr/o
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male
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balan/o
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glans penis
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gonad/o
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gonads sex glands
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orch/o
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testes
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test/o
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testes
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spermat/o
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sperm
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vas/o
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vessel, vas deferens
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varic/o
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a dilated vein
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vesicul/o
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seminal vesicle
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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malignant
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cancerous
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-plasia
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formation or growth
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-esthesia
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feeling
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-pexy
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fixation of an organ
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-cele
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hernia
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-ptosis
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downward displacement
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-ia
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condition
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olig/o
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scanty
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aden/o
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gland
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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calc/o
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calcium
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gluc/o
glyc/o |
sugar
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid glands
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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toxic/o
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poison
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dipsia
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thirst
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-trophy
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development
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neur/o
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nerve
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neurohypophysis
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posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, nervous tissue
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adenohypophysis
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anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, glandular tissue
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hormones??
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know them?? pg. 368
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dwarf
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abnormally small person
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giant
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abnormally tall person
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arc/o
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extremities
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exopthalmos
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bulging of the eyes
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-tomy
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incision
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type 1 diabetes
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insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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type 2 diabetes
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non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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poly
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excessive
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supra
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above excressive
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glue
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mening/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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bone marrow spinal cord
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis
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thrombus
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blood clot
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-sclerosis
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abnormal condition of hardening
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neuroglia
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nerve glue
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-malacia
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softening
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carp/o
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carpus (wrist)
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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cranium
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humer/o
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humerus
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metacarp/o
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metacarpus hand bones
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phalang/o
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fingers and toes
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae (condition)
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vertebr/o
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vertebrae (structure)
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stern/o
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sternum
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calcane/o
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calcaneum (heel bone)
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femor/o
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femor
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fibul/o
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fibula
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patell/o
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patella
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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tibi/o
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tibia
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ankyl/o
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stiffness, bent, crooked
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arthr/o
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joint
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cervic/o
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neck
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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lamin/o
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lamina of vertebral archl
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orth/o
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straight
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oaste/o
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bone
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-clasia
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to break
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-desis
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binding fixation of a bone or joint
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-physis
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growth
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-porosis
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porous
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-blasts
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cell that develops into
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synarthroses
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totally immovable joints
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diathroses
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freely movable joints
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amphiarthroses
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slightly movable joints
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-centesis
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surgical puncture of a joint
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greenstick fracture
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bone is partially broken
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comminuted fracture
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when the bone is broken into many pieces
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impacted fracture
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broken ends of bone segments are wedged together
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lumb/o
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loins (lower back)
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ten/o
tend/o tendin/o |
tendon
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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choroid/o
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choroid
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corne/o
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cornea
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cor/o
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pupil
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dacry/o
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tear
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-ation
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secretion
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lacrim/o
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tears
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dipl/o
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double
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irid/o
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iris
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kerat/o
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horny tissue, hard, cornea
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ocul/o
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eye
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opthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
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eye vision
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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hardening, sclera (white of the eye)
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-opia
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vision
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-opsia
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vision
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aniso-
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unequal
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hyperopia
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farsightedness
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myopia
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nearsightedness
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acous/o
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hearing
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audi/o
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hearing
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane
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ot/o
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ear
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salpingo
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auditory tube
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-acusis
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hearing
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-tropia
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turning
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