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aden/o
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gland
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adrenal or pituitary for example
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carcin/o
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cancer
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Chemotherapy is one of many treatments for...
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cardi/o
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heart
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myocardioinfarct
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Chem/o
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Chemical
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combustible reaction
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cis/o
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cut
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scissor
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dermat/o
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skin
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largest body organ
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enter/o
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small intertines
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opposite of large
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gastr
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stomach
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tummy
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gynec/o
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female
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your mothers doctor
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hemat/o
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blood
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vampires craving
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hydr/o
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water
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covers 2/3 the planet
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immun/o
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immune
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protect
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laryng/o
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voice box
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produces sound
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morph/o
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shape
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change appearence
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nephr/o
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kidney
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transplant organ
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neur/o
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nerve
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bodies information highway
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opthalm/o
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eye
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visual aids
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ot/o
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ear
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listening aids
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path/o
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disease
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cancer, AIDS and others
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pulmon/o
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lung
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breathing bags
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhinoplasty
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ur/o
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urine or urinary tract
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the bodies liquid waste
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Word Root
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The main part of the word that is the foundation of a medical term.
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Combining Vowel
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Usually the letter o, eases pronunciation, used between two word roots or a word root and a suffix, but never between a prefix and a word root.
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Combining Form
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Combination of a word root and its combining vowel, written as word root/vowel form.
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Prefix
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Used at the beginning of a word root to indicate, number, location or time.
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Suffix
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Used at the end of a word to change the meaning of the word.
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Four components of medical terms
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Medical Record
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Chart detailing a patients hospital stay
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Word Building
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Combining several word elements to form a variety of terms
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a-
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without, away from
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apnea
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an-
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without
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ante-
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before, in front of
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anti-
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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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dys-
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painful, difficult
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endo-
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within, inner
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epi-
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upon, over
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eu-
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normal, good
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hetero-
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different
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homo-
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same
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hydro-
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water
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hyper-
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over, above
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hypo-
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under, below
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infra-
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under, beneath, below
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inter-
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among, between
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intra-
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within, inside
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myo-
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muscle
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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neo-
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new
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pan-
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all
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para-
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beside/beyond/near
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per-
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through
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peri-
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around
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post-
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after
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pre-
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before
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pseudo-
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false
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retro-
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backward/behind
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sub-
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below/under
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super
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above/excess
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supra-
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above
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tachy-
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fast
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trans-
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through/across
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ultra-
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beyond/excess
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bi-
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two
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di-
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two
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hemi-
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half
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mono-
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one
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multi-
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many
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nulli-
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none
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poly-
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many
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quad-
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four
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semi-
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partial/half
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tri-
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three
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uni-
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one
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia/protrusion
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-cise
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cut
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilatation
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-ectopia
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displacement
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-gen
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that which produces
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-genesis
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produces or generates
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-genic
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producing
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-ia
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state/condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-ism
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state of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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destruction
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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enlargement/large
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-oma
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tumor/mass
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasia
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development/growth
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-plasm
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formation/development
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-rrhage
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excessive/abnormal flow
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-rrhea
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discharge/flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-thearpy
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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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condition of urine
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-al -an -ar -ary |
pertaining to
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-iac -ic -ical -ile |
pertaining to
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-ory -ose -ous -tic |
pertaining to
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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ostomy
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surgically create an opening
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-otomy
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cutting into
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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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-gram
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record or picture
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-scope
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instrument for viewing
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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singular ending in
-a |
add -e to make plural
vertebra -> vertebrae |
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singular ending in
-ax |
drop -ax, add -aces to make plural
thorax -> thoraces |
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singular ending in
-ex or -ix |
drop -ex or -ix, add -ices to make plural
appendix -> appendices |
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singular ending in
-is |
drop -is, add -es to make plural
metastasis -> metastases |
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singular ending in
-ma |
add -ta to make plural
sarcoma -> sarcomata |
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singular ending in
-nx |
drop -nx, add -ges to make plural
phalanx -> phalanges |
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singular ending in
-on |
drop -on add -a to make plural
ganglion -> ganglia |
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singular ending in
-us |
drop -us, add -i to make plural
nucleus -> nuclei |
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singular ending in
-um |
drop -um, add -a to make plural
ovum -> ova |
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singular ending in
-y |
drop -y, add -ies to make plural
biopsy -> biopsies |
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