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239 Cards in this Set
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-al, -eal
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pertaining to
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albumin/o
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albumin
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-ation
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process
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-cele
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hernia
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de-
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down, from, or reversing
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dia-
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through
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-esis
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action, process, or result of
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-extra
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outside
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glycos/o
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sugar
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hemat/o, hem/o, -emia
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blood
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later/o
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side
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lith/o
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stone
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-lysis
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process of destroying
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-megaly
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enlargement
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olig/o
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few
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periton/o
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peritoneum
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poly-
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many
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prote/o, protein/o
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protein
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proxim/o
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near
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py/o
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pus
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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scop/o
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to view
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spin/o
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spine
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son/o
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sound
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-stomy
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formation of an opening
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ur/o
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urine or urinary tract
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urin/o
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urine
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-uria
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urine or urination
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cyst/o
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bladder
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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nephr/o, ren/o
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kidney
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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cervic/o
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cervix
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colp/o, vagin/o
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vagina
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genit/o
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genitals
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gon/o
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genitals or reproduction
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hyster/o, uter/o
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uterus
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metr/o
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uterine tissue
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oophor/o, ovar/o
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ovary
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salping/o
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uterine tube (fallopian tube)
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vulv/o
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vulva
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chem/o
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chemical
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-cidal
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killing
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cyst/o, vesic/o
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bladder, cyst, or sac
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extra-
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outside
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gynec/o
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female
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hydr/o
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water
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immun/o
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immune
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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men/o
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month
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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rect/o
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rectum
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ser/o
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serum
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son/o
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sound
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spir/o
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spiral, or to breathe
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tox/o
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poison
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immun/o
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immune
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trans-
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across
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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tri-
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three
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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men/o
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month
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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rect/o
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rectum
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ser/o
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serum
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son/o
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sound
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spir/o
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spiral, or to breathe
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immun/o
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immune
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tox/o
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poison
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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trans-
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across
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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tri-
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three
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men/o
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month
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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rect/o
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rectum
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ser/o
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serum
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son/o
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sound
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spir/o
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spiral, or to breathe
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tox/o
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poison
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trans-
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across
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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond or excess
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ur/o
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urine or urinary tract
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urin/o
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urine
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fet/o
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fetus
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nat/i
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birth
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par/o
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to bear offspring
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-para
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a female who has given birth
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orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o
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testes
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pen/o
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penis
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prostat/o
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prostate
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scrot/o
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bag, scrotum
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spermat/o
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sperm
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urethr/o
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urethra
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vas/o
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vessel or duct
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adip/o, lip/o
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fat
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alb/o, albin/o
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white
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axill/o
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axilla (armpit)
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o, derm/a, derm/o, dermato/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythemat/o
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follicle
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hidr/o
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sweat
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ichthy/o
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fish
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kerat/o
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horny (sometimes, cornea)
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
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dead or death
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onych/o, ungu/o
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nail
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pil/o, trich/o
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hair
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scler/o
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hard
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seb/o
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sebum
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seps/o
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infection
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sept/o
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infection or septum
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therm/o
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heat
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xer/o
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dry
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dia-
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through
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ecto-
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outside
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epi-
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above
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in-
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in, into, or not
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sub-
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under
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-cidal
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killing
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-derm
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skin
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-static
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keeping stationary
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acr/o
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extremities, arms or legs
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algesi/o
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sensitivity to pain
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audi/o
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hearing
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aut/o
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self
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum or brain
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cervic/o
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neck
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chem/o
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chemical
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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dacry/o, lacrim/o
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tear
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dendr/o
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tree
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dipl/o
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double
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/e
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brain
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esthesi/o
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feeling
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gli/o
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neuroglia or a sticky substance
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kerat/o
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cornea, hard or horny
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kinesi/o
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movement
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lumb/o
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lower back
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mening/o
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meninges
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ment/o, psych/o
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mind
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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my/o
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muscle
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narc/o
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stupor
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nerv/o, neur/o
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nerve
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ocul/o, ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o, optic/o
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vision
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phot/o
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light
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phren/o
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mind or diaphragm
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physi/o
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nature
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pyr/o
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fire
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retin/o
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retina
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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schist/o, schiz/o
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split
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spin/o
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spine
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thorac/o
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thorax
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vascul/o
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vessel
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agora-
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marketplace
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contra-
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against
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di-
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twice
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hemi-
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twice
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inter-
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between
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quadri-
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four
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semi-
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half or partly
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-esthesia
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sensation, perception
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-iatric, -iatry
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medicine
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-kinesia
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-lexia
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words, phrases
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-mania
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excessive
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-opia
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vision
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-orexia
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appetite
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-phagia
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eating
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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abnormal
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-crine
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secrete
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-gen
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beginning, origin
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-physis
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growth
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-tropic
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stimulate
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-tropin
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that which stimulates
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-uria
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urine, urination
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myx/o
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mucus
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andr/o
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male or masculine
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toxic/o
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poision
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urea
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a major waste product found in the urine of a normal individual
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nephrotomography
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a special procedure that produces images that appear to be cross sections of the kidney
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diuretic
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an agent that increases urination
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nephron
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the name of the functional unit of the kidney
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cystocele
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a bladder hernia that protrudes into the vagina
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uremia
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toxic condition of the body that is associated with failure of the kidneys to function properly
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nephrosis
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condition when one finds degenerative changes in kidney
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nephrolithotomy
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surgical procedure to remove a renal calculus
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name of instrument used in cystoscopy
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cystoscope
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pyelography
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procedure in which x-rays of the renal pelvis are taken after injection of contrast medium
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laparoscopy
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procedure uses lighted instrument that allows direct visualization of the abdominal contents
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obstetrics
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branch of medicine specializes in the care of females during pregnancy & childbirth
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estrogen
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hormone has the primary responsiblity of developing & maintaining female sexual characteristics
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unipara
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means a women who has had one pregnancy that resulted in viable offspring
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genitalia
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reproductive organs
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amniotic sac
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name of the transparent sac that encloses the fetus in utero
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climacteric
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menopause
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fistula
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abnormal tubelike passage
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parturition
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childbirth
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polyp
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tumor found on a mucous membrane
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pilomotor muscles
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cause erection of the hairs on the skin
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laceration
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type of skin lesion is the result of skin being scraped or rubbed away by friction
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puncture
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means piercing wound
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atrophy
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thinning of the skin & loss of characteristic markings
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furuncle
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also called a boil
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seborrheic dermatitis
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inflammatory skin disease that begins on the scalp but may involve other areas, particulary the eyebrows
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fat
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adipose
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debridement
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removal of foreign material & dead or damaged tissue from a wound
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erosion
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ulceration of tissue
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abscess
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cavity that contains pus
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craniocele
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protrusion of the brain through a defect in the skull
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intracerebral
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type of hematoma is blood found w/in the brain tissue itself
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narcolepsy
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sudden attacks of sleep
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multiple sclerosis
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infectious eruption that usually occurs on the trunk of the body
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goiter
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enlargement of the thyroid gland
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encephalitis
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inflammation of the brain
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cephalalgia
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headache
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neurosis
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minor disorder of the nervous systew w/ anxiety as its chief symptom
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pancreas
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gland is responsible for the production of insulin
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akinesia
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means complete loss of muscle movement
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