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103 Cards in this Set
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-er
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one who
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practitioner
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-ist
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one who
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gynecologist
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-iatrician
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practioner
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pediatrician
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-logist
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one who studies, specialist
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gynecologist
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-ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical
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pertaining to
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psychological
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-iatrics, -iatry
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medical profession or treatment
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psychiatry
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-logy
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study or science of
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psychology
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cardi/o
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heart
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cardiology
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crin/o
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to secrete
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endocrinology
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esthesio/o
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feeling or sensation
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anesthesiology
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gastr/o, enter/o
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stomach, intestines
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gastroenterologist
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
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elderly
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geriatrics
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gynec/o
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female
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gynecology
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immun/o
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immune
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immunology
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ne/o, nat/o
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new, birth
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neonatology
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neur/o
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nerve
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neurology
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obstetr/o
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midwife
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obstetrics
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onc/o
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tumor
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oncologist
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opthalm/o
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eye
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opthalmologist
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orth/o
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straight
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orthopedics
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ped/o
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child
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pediatrician
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ot/o, laryn/o
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ear, larynx
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otolaryngology
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path/o
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disease
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pathologist
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psych/o
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mind
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psychiatry
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radi/o
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radiation
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radiology
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rheumat/o
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rheumatism
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rheumatology
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhinologist
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ur/o
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urinary tract
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urologist
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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amniocentesis
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-ectomy
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excision
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appendectomy
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-lysis
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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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paralysis
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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mastopexy
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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mammoplasty
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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angiorrhaphy
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-scopy
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visual examination with a lighted instrument
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microscopy
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-stomy
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formation of an opening
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tracheostomy
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-tome
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instrument used for cutting
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microtome
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-tomy
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incision
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tracheotomy
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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lithotripsy
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoids
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angi/o
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vessel
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angiogram
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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appendectomy
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bi/o
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life or living
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biology
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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blepharoptosis
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
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brain
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cerebral, encephalitis
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chir/o
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hand
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chirospasm
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col/o
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colon or large intestine
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colonoscopy
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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
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skin
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cataneous, dermatologist
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faci/o
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face
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facial
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hepat/o
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liver
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hepatitis
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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mammogram, masectomy
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muscul/o, my/o
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muscle
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muscular, myalgia
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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myelopathy
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oste/o
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bone
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osteoarthritis
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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmonary, pnemonia
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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tonsillitis
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trache/o
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trachea
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tracheostomy
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vas/o
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vessel
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vasectomy
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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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neuralgia
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-cele
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hernia
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encephalocele
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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dilation
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angiectasis
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-edema
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swelling
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lymphedema
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-emesis
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vomiting
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emesis
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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bacteremia
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-ia, -iasis
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condition
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hysteria, psoriasis
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-itis
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inflammation
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appendicitis, otitis
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-lith
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stone or calculus
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cholelith (gallstone)
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-malacia
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soft, softening
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osteomalacia
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-mania
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excessive preoccupation
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kleptomania
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oid
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resembling
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mucoid, paranoid
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-oma
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tumor
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carcinoma
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-osis
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condition
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neurosis
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-pathy
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disease
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neuropathy
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-penia
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deficiency
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calcipenia
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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hydrophobia
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-ptosis
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prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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excesive bleeding
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hemorrhage
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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gonorrhea
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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cardiorrhexis
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-spasm
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twitching, cramp
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bronchospasm
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-able
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capable of
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preventable
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-bile
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able to
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legible
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary
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pertaining to
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cardiac, thermal, median, alveolar, salivary, peritoneal, lymphatic, invasive, nephrotic
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-ase
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enzyme
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lactase
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-eum, -ium
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membrane
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peritoneum, endocardium
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-ia, -ism
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condition or theory
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synergism
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-iac
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one who suffers
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hemophilliac
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-opia
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vision
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myopia
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-ose
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sugar
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glucose
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
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cancerous
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-y
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state or condition
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atrophy
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amyl/o
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starch
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amylase
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hypoglycemia
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hemat/o
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blood
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hematemesis
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lact/o
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milk
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lactation
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lip/o
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fat
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lipids
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lith/o
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stone
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lithology
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micro-
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small
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microscope
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muc/o
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mucus
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prote/o, protein/o
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protein
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protease
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pyr/o
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fire
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pyromaniac
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