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37 Cards in this Set
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-stomy
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* new opening
(forming an opening)mouth |
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into
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-desis
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*fixation
binding(of a bone or joint) |
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-pexy
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*fixation
suspension(of an organ) |
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-clasis
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break,fracture
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-lysis
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separation,destruction,loosening
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-algia -dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia,swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen -genesis
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forming,producing,origin
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-gram
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record, a writing
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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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-iasis
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abnormal condition
(produced by something specified) |
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone,calculus
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-logy
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study of
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/ blood cells)
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-para*
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to bear(offspring)
*may also be used as a prefix, at which time it means near, beside, beyond |
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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