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acro?
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top, extremities
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carcino?
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cancer
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dono?
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donates
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fluoro?
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luminous
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glyco?
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sugar
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pharmaco?
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drug
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physio?
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nature
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practitiono?
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practice
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secto?
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cut
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micro?
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small
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-algia?
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pain
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cephalgia?
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headache
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arthralgia?
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joint pain
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otalgia?
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earache
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-cele?
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hernia (protusion or displacement of an organ through the structure that normally contains it)
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cystocele?
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hernia of the urinary bladder
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rectocele?
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hernia of the rectum
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encephalocele?
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hernia of the brain
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-dynia?
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pain
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gastrodynia?
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stomach pain
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mastodynia?
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breast pain
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-emesis?
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vomiting
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hematemesis?
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vomiting of blood
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-emia?
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blood condition
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glycemia?
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sugar in the blood
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-ia?
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state of, condition
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pneumonia?
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condition of the lung (usually inflammation)
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-itis?
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inflammation: includes pain, swelling, heat, and redness that occurs when body protects itself from injury
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enteritis?
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inflamed small intestine
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stomatitis?
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inflamed mouth
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None
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spondylitis?
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inflamed vertebra
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-lysis?
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destruction, seperation, breakdown
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hemolysis?
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breakdown of blood
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-malacia?
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softening
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cerebromalacia?
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softening of the brain
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chondromalacia?
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softening of the cartilage
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-megaly
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enlargement
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visceromegaly
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enlargement of internal organs
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-oma?
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tumor, mass
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lipoma?
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tumor containing fat
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myoma?
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tumor of muscle
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-osis?
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abnormal condition
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nephrosis?
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abnormal condition of the kidney
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-pathy?
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disease process
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ureteropathy?
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disease process of the ureter to the bladder for the passage of urine
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-penia?
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decrease, deficiency
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cytopenia?
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defiency of cells
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-phobia?
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irrational fear
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acrophobia?
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fear of heights
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-ptosis?
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downward displacement, drooping, sagging
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blepharoptosis?
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drooping eyelid
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nephroptosis?
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drooping kidney
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-ptysis?
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spitting
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hemoptysis?
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spitting up blood
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-rrhage or -rrhagia?
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bursting forth
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hemorrhage?
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bursting forth of blood, bleeding
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gastrorrhagia?
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bleeding from the stomach
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-rrhea?
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flow, discharge
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otorrhea?
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discharge from the ear
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-rrhexis?
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rupture
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splenorrhexis?
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ruptured spleen
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-sclerosis?
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hardening
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arteriosclerosis?
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hardening of the arteries
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-spasm?
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sudden, involuntary contraction
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blepharospasm?
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sudden involuntary contraction of the eyelid
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-stenosis?
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narrowing, stricture
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phlebostenosis?
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narrowing of a vein
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-y?
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process
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neuropathy?
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disease process of the nerve
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microencephaly?
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small brain
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-gram?
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record, writing
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lymphangiogram?
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record of the lymph vessel
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-graph?
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instrument used to record
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cardiograph?
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instrument used to record heart activity
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-graphy?
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process of recording, producing images
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computed tomography?
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x-ray beam rotates around the patient detailing the structure at various depths. Info is computer analyzed and converted to a picture of the body part.
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mammography?
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producing images of the breast
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myelography?
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producing images of the spinal cord
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-meter?
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instrument used to measure, process of measuring
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craniometer?
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instrument used to measure the skull
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metry?
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to measure, measurement
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pelvimetry?
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measurement of the pelvis
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-opsy?
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to view
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biopsy?
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a procedure involving the removal of a piece of living tissue which is then microscopically examined for abnormalities
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-scope?
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instrument used to visually examine a body cavity or organ
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bronchoscope?
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instrument used to visually examine the interior of the bronchus
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-scopy?
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process of visually examining a body cavity or organ
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bronchoscopy?
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process of visually examining the bronchus
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fluoroscopy?
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x-ray of moving structures such as the movement of substances through the digestive tract
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-centesis?
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surgical puncture to remove liquid
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abdominocentesis?
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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen?
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thoracocentesis?
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surgical puncture of the chest wall to remove excess fluid from around the lungs
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-desis?
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surgical binding, surgical fusion
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arthrodesis?
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surgical fusion of a joint
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-ectomy?
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excision, surgical removal
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oophorectomy?
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excision of the ovary
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tonsillectomy?
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excision of the tonsils
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-pexy?
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surgical fixation
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nephropexy?
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surgical fixation of the kidney
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-plasty?
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surgical reconstruction, surgical repair
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orchidoplasty?
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surical reconstruction of the testicle
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-rrhaphy?
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suture, sew
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colporrhaphy?
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suturing of the vagina
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-stasis?
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stoppage, stopping, controlling
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hemostasis?
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stoppage of blood
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-stomy?
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new opening, artificial opening
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tracheostomy?
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new opening into the trachea
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-tome?
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instrument used to cut
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myotome?
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instrument used to cut muscle
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-tomy
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process of cutting, incision
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tenotomy?
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process of cutting a tendon
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-cyte?
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cell
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adipocyte?
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fat cell
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histiocyte? histocyte?
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tissue cell
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-er?, -ician?, -logist?, -ist?
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specialist, one who specializes in the study of
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practitioner?
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one who has obtained the proper requirements to work in a specific field of study
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physician?
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specialist in the study of medicine who has graduated from a recognized school of medicine and is licensed be the appropriate authority to practice
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neurologist?
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specialist in the study of the nervous system and its disorders
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pharmacist?
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specialist licenced to prepare and dispense drugs
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-ion?
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process
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section?
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process of cutting
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-logy?
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study of, process of study
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hepatology?
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study of the liver
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physiology?
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study of function
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-or?
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one who, person or thing that does something
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organ donor?
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one who donates organ tissue to be used in another body
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-plasia?
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formation, development
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chondroplasia?
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formation of cartilage
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-poiesis?
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production, manufacture, formation
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hematopoiesis?
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production of blood
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-genic?
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produced by, producing
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carcinogenic?
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producing cancer
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-oid?
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resembling
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osteoid?
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resembling bone
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-ole?, -ule?
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small
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bronchiole?
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small bronchus
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venule?
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small vein
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-ac?, -al?, -ary?, -eal?, -ic?, -ous?
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pertaining to
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cardiac?
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pertaining to the heart
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renal?
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pertaining to the kidney
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mammary?
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pertaining to the breast
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pharyngeal?
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pertaining to the throat
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gastric?
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pertaining to the stomach
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venous?
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pertaining to a vein
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