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135 Cards in this Set
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poly-
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many
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-ose
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pertaining to
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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-pathy
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disease, feelings
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ureter/o
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ureter, the vessel that conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder
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spondyl/o
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spinal column, vertebra
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ptyal/o
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saliva
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myring/o
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eardrum
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-lysis, -lytic
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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-ium, -um
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structure, tissue
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salping/o
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fallopian tube or eustachian tube
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lymph/o
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lymph
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lei/o
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smooth
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eu-
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good, well, normal
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glyc/o
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sugar, sweet
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-itis
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inflammation
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sarc/o
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flesh or fleshy
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-ist
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one who specializes in
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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rect/o
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rectum
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process
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dactyl/o
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digit, fingers, toes
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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chol/o, chole
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bile, gall
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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irid/o
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iris of the eye
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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pneum/o
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lungs, air
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gingiv/o
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gums
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
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bronchus, bronchial tubes
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pleur/o
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pleura, side or rib
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labi/o
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lip, especially lip of the mouth
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gloss/o
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tongue
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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amyl/o
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starch
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mes/o
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middle
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum, a part of the brain
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-fusion
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to pour
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magna-, magni-
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large, great
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infra-
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below, inferior
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cholangi/o
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bile duct capillaries or vessels, or the bile duct
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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atri/o
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atrium, upper chamber of the heart
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-er
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one who
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im-, in-
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in, into, not
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arthr/o
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joint
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hyper-
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over, above, excessive
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epi-
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upon, on, above
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arteri/o
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artery
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-drome
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to run
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angi/o
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vessel, usually a blood vessel
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endo-
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within, in
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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diplo-
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double, twice
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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cheir/o, chir/o
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hand
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mening/o
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meninges, covering of the brain and spinal cord
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galact/o
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milk
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de-
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down, lack of
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cata-
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down
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-tomy
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process of cutting, incision, section
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dent/a, dent/i
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tooth or teeth
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kerat/o
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cornea or horny tissue
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circum-
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around, about, surrounding
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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ambi-
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both
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ab-
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away from
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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larng/o
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larynx, voice box
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacteria
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-ectasis, ectasia
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dilate, stretching, expansion
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com-, con-
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with, together
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edem-
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swell
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-plasm
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formation
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dis-
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reversal, apart from, separation
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ante-
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before, forward
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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blephar/o
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eyelid or eyelash
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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cervic/o
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neck or neck-like part
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-crine
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to seperate, secrete
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-pepsia
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digestion
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olig/o
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few, scanty, little
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necr/o
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dead
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-pnea
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breathing
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orchi/o, orchid/o
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testicle or testis
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-poiesis, poie
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formation, make
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palat/o
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palate, or roof of mouth
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trans-
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across, through, beyond
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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pseud/o
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false
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re-
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back, again, contrary
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pharyng/o
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throat or gullet
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crani/o
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skull
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audi/o
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hear/ hearing
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derm/a, dermat/o
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skin
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core, coro
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pupil of the eye
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hyster/o
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womb, uterus
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cili/o, cilium
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eyelid or eyelash or any minute hair-like process attached to the free surface of a tissue or cell
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pan-
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all
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neo-
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new
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-gram
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record
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove, perforate
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-al
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pertaining to
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ad-
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toward
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-genesis, gen/o, -genic
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condition of producing, forming, origin
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-cele
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hernia, herniation
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-ar
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pertaining to
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bi-
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twice, two, double
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-ary
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pertaining to
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ana-
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up, back, again, excessive, apart
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gastr/o
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stomach
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tachy-
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fast
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inguin/o
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groin
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syn-, sym-
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together, with
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sten/o
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narrow
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retro-
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backward, located behind, back
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kary/o
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nucleus
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ile/o
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ileum, part of the intestinal tract
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scler/o
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hard
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hepat/o, hepatic/o
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liver
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ili/o
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ilium, or flank, part of the pelvic bone
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para-
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beside, beyond, near to, abnormal
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peri-
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around, surrounding
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per-
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through, excessive
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