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99 Cards in this Set
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-algia
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pain, painful condition
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dys-
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bad, difficult, or painful
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-ectomy
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surgical removal, cutting out
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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hypo-
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deficient, decreased
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-itis
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inflammation
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-osis
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abnormal condition, disease
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-osotomy
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the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
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-otomy
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cutting, surgical incision
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhage
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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
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surgical suturing
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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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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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my/o
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muscle
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oste/o
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bone
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neur/o
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nerve
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arthr/o
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joint
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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poli/o
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gray
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enter/o
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small intestine
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gastr/o
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stomach
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tonsill-
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tonsils
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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crani-
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skull
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-um
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noun ending, pertaining to
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-a
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pertaining to, noun ending
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-e
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pertaining to, noun ending
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-um
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pertaining to, noun ending
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-y
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pertaining to, noun ending
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-us
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pertaining to, noun ending
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-ac
-al -an -ar -ary |
pertaining to suffixes
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-eal
-ical -ial -ic -ine |
pertaining to suffixes
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-ior
-ory -ous -tic |
pertaining to suffixes
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-ago
-esis -ia -iasis -ion |
abnormal condition
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-ism
-osis |
abnormal condition
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path-
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disease
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-ology
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study of
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-ology
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the study of
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-algia
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pain and suffering
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gastr/o-
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stomach
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-dynia
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pain
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-necrosis
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tissue death
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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arteri/o
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artery
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-graphy
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process of producing a picture or record
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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-gram
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picture or record
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-scopy
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visual examination
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arthr/o
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joint
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-rrhagia
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sudden, severe bleeding
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nat
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birth
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pre-
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time and events before
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peri-
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time and events surrounding
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post-
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time and events after
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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ad-
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toward, to, in the direction of
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dextr/o
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right side
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sinistr/o
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left side
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ex-
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out of, outside, away from
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in-
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in, into, not, without
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macro-
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large, abnormal size, or long
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micr/o-
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small
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micro-
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small
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mega-
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large, great
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megal/o
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large, great
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olig/o
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scanty, few
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inter-
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between, amoung
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eu-
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good, normal, well, or easy
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intra-
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within or inside
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super-
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above or excessive
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supra-
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above or excessive
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laryng
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larynx, throat
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rhin/o
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nose
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ot/o
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ear
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lith/o
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stone
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appendic-
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appendix
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arteri/o-
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artery
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arteri-
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artery
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ather/o
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plaque, fatty substance
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-oma
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tumor
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col/o
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colon
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myc/o
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fungus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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py/o
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pus
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-derma
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skin
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vir
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virus or poison
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