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110 Cards in this Set
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An/o
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anus
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Antr/o
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antrum
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Cec/o
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cecum
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Col/o, colon/o
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colon (usually denoting the LI)
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Duoden/o
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duodenum
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Enter/o
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intestine (usually denoting the SI)
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Esophag/o
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esophagus
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Gastr/o
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stomach
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Ile/o
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ileum
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Jejun/o
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jejunum
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Or/o, stomat/o
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mouth
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Proct/o, rect/o
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rectum
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Sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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Appendic/o
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appendix
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Cheil/o
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lip
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Cholangi/o
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bile duct
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Chol/e
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gall, bile
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Choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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Diverticul/o
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diverticulum, or blind pouch, extending from a hollow organ
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Gingiv/o
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gum
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Gloss/o, lingu/o
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tongue
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Hepat/o
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liver
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Herni/o
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hernia, or protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall
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Palat/o
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palate
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Pancreat/o
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pancreas
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Peritone/o
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peritoneum
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Polyp/o
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polyp, small growth
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Pylor/o
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pylorus, pyloric sphincter
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Sial/o
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saliva, salivary glands
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Uvul/o
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uvula
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Hemi-
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half
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-pepsia
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digestion
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Carp/o
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carpals (wrist boens)
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Clavic/o, clavicul/o
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clavicle (collarbone)
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Cost/o
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rib
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Crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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Femor/o
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femur (upper leg bone)
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Fibul/o
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fibula (lower leg bone)
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Humer/o
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humerus (upper arm bone)
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Ili/o
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ilium
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Ischi/o
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ischium
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Lumb/o
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loin, lumbar region of the spine
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Mandibul/o
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mandible (lower jawbone)
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Maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jawbone)
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Patell/o
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patella
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Pelv/i, pelv/o
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pelvis, pelvic bone
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Phalang/o
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phalanges (finger or toe bones)
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Pub/o
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pubis
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Rachi/o
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spine, vertebral column
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Radi/o
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radius
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Sacr/o
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sacrum
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Scapul/o
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scapula
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Spondyl/o, vertebr/o
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vertebra
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Stern/o
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sternum
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Tars/o
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tarsals (ankle bones)
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Tibi/o
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tibia (lower leg bone)
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Uln/o
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ulna (lower arm bone)
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Aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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Arthr/o
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joint
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Burs/o
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bursa (cavity)
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Chonr/o
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cartilage
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Disk/o
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intervertebral disk
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Menisci/o
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meniscus (cresent)
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Synovi/o
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synovial membrane, synovia
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Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
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: tendon
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Ankyl/o
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crooked, stiff, bent
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Kinesi/o
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movement, motion
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Kyph/o
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hump
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Lamin/o
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lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
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Lord/o
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bent forward
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Myel/o
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bone marrow
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My/o, mys/o
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muscle
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Oste/o
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bone
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Petr/o
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stone
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Scoli/o
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crooked, curved
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Inter-
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between
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Supra-
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above
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Sym-, syn-
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together, joined
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-clasia, -clasis, -clast
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break
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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-physis
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growth
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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Cereball/o
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cerebellum
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Cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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Dur/o
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hard, dura mater
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Encephal/o
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brain
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Gangli/o, ganglion/o
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ganglion
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Mening/o, mening/o
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meninges
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Myel/o
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spinal cord
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Neur/o
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nerve
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Esthesi/o
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sensation, sensitivity, feeling
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Mon/o
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one
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Phas/o
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speech
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Poli/o
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gray matter
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Quadr/i
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four
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Tetra-
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four
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician (-logist means specialist)
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-iatry
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treatment, specialty
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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-paresis
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slight paralysis (-plegia also means paralysis)
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Abdomin/o
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abdomen
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celi/o
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abdomen
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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Radic/o
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nerve root
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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rhiz/o
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nerve root
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Ment/o
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mind
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phren/o
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mind
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psych/o
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mind
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