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115 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Word Beginings
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Prefixes
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Word Endings
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Suffixes
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A Foundation of a Word
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Root
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A leter linking a suffix and root or linking two roots in a term
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Combining Vowel
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The combination of a root and combining vowel
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Combining Form
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Bi/o
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Life
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum,or the largest part of the brain
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Cephal/o
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Head
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Carcin/o
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Cancer,Cancerous
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Cyst/o
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Urinary Bladder or Cyst
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Derm/o or Dermat/o
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Skin
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Electr/o
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Electricity
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-Oma
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Tumor/ Mass/Swelling
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-Al
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Pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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Process of study
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-scopy
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Process of visual examination
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-ic
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Pertaining to
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-gram
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Record
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-opsy
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Process of viewing
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Cerebral
Cerebr/al |
Pertaining to the Cerebrum,or the largest part of the brain
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Biopsy
Bi/opsy |
Process of viewing life (removing tissue to view with a microscope
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Adenitis
Aden/itis |
inflammation of the gland
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Cephalic
Cephal/ic |
Pertaining to the head
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Carcinoma
Carcin/oma |
Cancerous tumor
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Cystoscopy
Cyst/o/scopy |
Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder
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Electrocardiogram
Electr/o/Cardi/o/Gram |
A record of the electricity in the heart
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Cardiology
Cardi/o/logy |
The study of the heart
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Dermatitis
Dermat/itis |
Inflammation of the skin
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Arthroscopy
Arthr/o/scopy |
Visual Examination of the joint
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Erythr/o
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Red
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Enter/o
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Intestines (Usually small)
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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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Gnos/o
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Knowledge
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Hemat/o
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Blood
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Cis/o
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to cut
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Nephr/o
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Kidneys
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Leuk/o
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White
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Iatr/o
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Treatment
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Hepat/o
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Liver
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Gynec/o
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Female/Woman
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Leukocyte
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White Blood Cell
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Gastritis
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Inflammation of the Stomach
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Gastroenteritis
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Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
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Iatrogenic
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Pertaining to being produced by treatment
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Nephrology
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Study of the Kidneys
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Erythrocyte
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Red blood cell
RBC |
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Hematoma
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Mass of Blood
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Neuralgia
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Pain of the Nerves
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Enteritis
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Inflammation of the small intestine
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Ophthalmoscopy
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Process of visual examination of the eye
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Ophthalmoscope
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Instrument to visually examine the eye
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Oncology
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The study of Tumors
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Osteitis
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Inflammation of the bone
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Psychosis
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Abnormal Condition of the Mind
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Thrombocyte
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Clotting Cell (platelet)
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Renal
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Pertaining to the kidney
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Nephr/o
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Kidney
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Path/o
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Disease
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Ophthalm/o
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Eye
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Cis/o
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To Cut
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Rhin/o
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Nose
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Sacr/o
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Flesh
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Psych/o
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Mind
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Ur/o
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Urinary Tract
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Onc/o
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Tumor
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Oste/o
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Bone
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Radi/o
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X-Rays
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Thromb/o
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Clotting
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Nephroectomy
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Removal (Excision or resection of the kidney
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Osteotomy
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Incision (Process of cutting into a bone)
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Resection
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Process of cutting back (in the sense of "Cutting out" or removal)
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Carcinogenic
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Pertaining to producing cancer
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Sarcoma
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Tumor of the flesh (Cancerous tumor of the flesh tissue,such as bone,fat and muscle)
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-Algia
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Pain
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-ion
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Process
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-emia
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Blood Condtion
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-gram
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Record
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-ectomy
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removal,excison,resection
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-genic
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pertaining to producing,produced by,produced in
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-tomy
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incision,process of cutting into
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-itis
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inflammation
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-cyte
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Cell
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dia-
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Complete,through
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pro-
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before
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aut-,auto-
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self
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a-,an
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no,with out
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Hyper-
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Excessive,above,more than normal
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Hypo-
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deficient,below,less than normal
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epi-
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above,upon
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endo-,endo-
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with in
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retro-
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behind
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trans-
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across,through
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Peri-
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surrounding
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ex-,exo-
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out
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sub-
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below,under
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re-
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back
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Platelet
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Thrombocyte
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Cystocopy
Cyst/o=urinary bladder or cyst |
Visual examination of the urinary Bladder
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Diagnosis
Dia-=complete/through -gnois=Knowledge |
Is made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patients condition
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Gastrectomy
Gastr/o-=stomach ectomy=resection |
Gastric Resection
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Osteotomy
Oste/o=bone -tomy=incision |
Incision of a bone
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Microscopic examination of living tissue
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Biopsy
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Pain in a joint
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Arthroalgia
Arthr/o=Joint -algia=pain |
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Removal of a gland
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Adenectomy
Aden/o=gland -ectomy=removal |
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Study of Cells
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Cytology
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Endocrine glands
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Thryroid gland
adreanal gland mammary gland pituitary gland |
