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97 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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a-, an-
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without
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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to burst forth (usually blood)
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-logist
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One who specializes in the study or treatment of
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-logy
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study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
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treatment
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-scope
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instrument for examination
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-ist
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One who specializes in
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-oma
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tumor
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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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-genesis
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origin or production
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-inter
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between
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nas/o, rhin/o
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nose
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necr/o
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death
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hepat/o
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liver
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eu-
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good or normal
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melan/o
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black
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leuk/o
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white
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hydr/o
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water
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-ectasis
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expansion or dilation
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-ia, -ism
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condition of
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dys-
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painful, difficult, or faulty
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or/o
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mouth
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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-graph
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instrument
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-gram
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record
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morph/o
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form
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-stasis
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stop or stand
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-stomy
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creation of an opening
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ab-
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away from
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e-, ec-, ex-
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our or away
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neo-
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new
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-malacia
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softening
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quadr-
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four
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poly-, multi-
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many
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-oid
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resembling
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gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o
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sugar
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meso-
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middle
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retro-
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backward or behind
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micro-
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small
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sub-, infra-
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below or under
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bi-
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two or both
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-ectomy
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excision or removal
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-plasty
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surgical reparir or reconstruction
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-megaly
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enlargment
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-rrhea
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discharge
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en-, endo-, intra-
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within
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-penia
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abnormal reduction
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meta-
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beyond, after, or change
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-itis
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inflamation
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-emia
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blood condition
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hyper-
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above or excessive
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction
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anti-, contra-
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against or opposed to
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic
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"pertaining to"
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-poiesis
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formation
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-osis
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condition or increase
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-ptosis
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falling or downward displacement
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pan-
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all
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circum-, peri-
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around
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epi-
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upon
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ecto-, exo-, extra-
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outside
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mono-, uni-
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one
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hemi-, semi-
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half
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macro-
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large or long
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dia-, trans-
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across or through
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hypo-
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below or defficient
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con-, syn-, sym-
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together or with
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re-
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again or back
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post-
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after or behind
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brady-
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slow
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tachy-
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fast
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ante-, pre-, pro-
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before
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ultra-
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beyond or excessive
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tri-
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three
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-ation, -y
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condition or process of
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-tomy
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incision
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super-, supra-
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above or excessive
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-e
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noun marker
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para-
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alongside of or abnormal
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oligo-
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few or difficient
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-cele
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pouching or hernia
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ad-
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to, toward, or near
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-phil, -philia
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attraction for
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
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suffixes meaning small
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-scopy
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examination
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lith/o
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stone
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de-
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from, down, or not
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-pexy
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suspension or fixation
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-ium
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structure or tissue
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-desis
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binding
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-iasis
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formation or presence of
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-centesis
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puncture for aspiration
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