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145 Cards in this Set
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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ante-
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before
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circum-
peri- |
around
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endo-
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within
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epi-
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upon, above
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hyper-
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above
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hypo-
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below, deficient
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infra-
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below
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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para-
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beside
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retro-
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backward
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sub-
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below, under
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supra-
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above, beyond
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ambi-
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both
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bi-
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two, double
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centi-
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one hundredth; 1/100th
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deca-
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ten
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dipl-
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double
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di (s)
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two
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milli-
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one-thousandth
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multi-
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many, much
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nulli-
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none
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poly-
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many
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primi-
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first
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quadri-
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four
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semi-
hemi- |
half
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a-. an-
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without, not
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anti- contra-
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against
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auto-
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self
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brady-
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slow
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dia-
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through
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dys-
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bad, difficult
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eu-
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good, normal
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hydro-
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water
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mega-
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large, great
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micro-
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small
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oligo-
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scanty. little
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pan-
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all
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pseudo-
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false
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sym, syn-
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together
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-ac
-al -ar -ary |
pertaining to, relating to
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-eal
-ic -ical -ile |
pertaining to, relating to
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-ior
-ous -tic |
pertaining to, relating to
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-esis
-ia -iasis -ism |
condition of
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-osis
-y |
condition of
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-iatry
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medicine, treatment
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-ist
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specialist
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-y
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process
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-algia
-dynia |
pain
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-itis
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infammation
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-lith
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stone
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-llysis
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destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plegia
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paralysis, stroke
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth of
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-desis
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binding
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-ectomy
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surgical excision
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-gram
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weight, mark, record
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-graph
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to write, record
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-meter
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measure
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-opsy
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to view
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-scope
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instrument
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-scopy
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to view
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-stasis
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control, stopping
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-stomy
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new opening
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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-blast
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immature cell
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-cyte
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cell
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-duct
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to lead
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-ist
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one who specializes
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-logy
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study of
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-phagia
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to eat
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-phasia
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to speak
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-phraxis
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to obstruct
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-physis
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growth
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-plasia
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formation, production
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-pnea
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breathing
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--poiesis
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formation
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-uria
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urine
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-icle
-ole -ula -ule |
small
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abduct
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to draw away from the body or its parts
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adduct
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to draw toward the body or a limb
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circumduct
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around the body or limb
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endoscope
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instrument to examine inside
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endoscopy
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procedure to examine inside
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hyperemesis
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excessive vomiting
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hyperpnea
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excessive breathing
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hypertrophy
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excessive nourishment or development
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hypotrophy
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deficient nourishment or development
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centimenter
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1/100th of a meter
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decameter
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ten meters
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decagram
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ten grams
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milligram
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one-thousandth of a gram
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millimeter
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1/1000th of a meter
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polyuria
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excessive secretion/discharge of urine
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polyphagia
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eating abnormally large amounts of food
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polycystosis
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condition characterized by many cysts
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quadriplegia
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paralysis of all four extremities
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of half (the body)
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aphasia
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absence of speech
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aplasia
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without formation or production
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atrophy
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without nourishment or development
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auria
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without urine (no urine production)
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aphea
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not breathing
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aphagia
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without swallowing, eating (can't swallow)
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bradypnea
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slow breathing
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autophilia
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self-love
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autophobia
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fear of self (being alone)
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diarrhea
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flow or discharge through body
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dysuria
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difficult urination
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dysplasia
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bad formation
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dysphasia
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difficulty speaking
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dysphagia
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difficulty swallowing or eating
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dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
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dystrophy
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bad nutrition or development
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eupnea
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normal breathing
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homeostasis
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constant state of control
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hydrophobia
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fear of water
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hydrotherapy
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treatment with water
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microgram
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small weight (one millionth of a gram)
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oliguria
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scanty, little urine
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pan/ cyto/ penia
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deficiency in all cellular elements of blood
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pseudodynia
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false pain
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symphysis
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growth together
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microtome
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small instrument to cut
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