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46 Cards in this Set
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-ectasis
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stretching, dilation, widening
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-ectasia
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stretching, dilation, widening
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-emisis
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vomiting
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, seperate
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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droop, sag, protrude
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-ptysis
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splitting
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-rrhage
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bursting forth of blood
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth of blood
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle
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-stasis
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to stop, control
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-stenosis
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tightening, narrowing
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-tresia
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opening
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bronciectasia
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stretching of the bronchial tubes
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lymphangiactasia
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stretching of lymph vessels
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hematemesis
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vomiting blood, digestive tract
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hemolysis
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destruction of RBC
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dyspepsia
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abnormal digestion
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polyphagia
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excessive appetite, uncontrolled eating
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dysphagia
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difficulty swallowing
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odynophagia
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pain caused by swallowing
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rhinoplasty
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nose job, surgical repair of nose
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enteroplasty
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surgical repair of intestines
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blepharoplasty
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surgical repair of eyelid
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proptosis
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to protrude forward, protrusion of eye
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hemoptysis
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bursting forth of blood
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menorrhea
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menstrual flow bursting forth
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herniorrhaphy
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suture of hernia
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dysmenorrhea
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painful menstruation
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pylorospasm
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involuntary contraction of pyloric sphincter
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bronchiospasm
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involuntary contraction of bronchial tubes
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Cholestasis
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control of bile
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hemostasis
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control of blood flow
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Pyloric stenosis
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narrowing of pyloric shincter
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atresia
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no opening
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esophageal atresia
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lack of an opening between esophagus and stomach
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biliary atresia
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no opening from bile duct into duodenum
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celiac disease
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pertaining to disease in small intestines
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dentalgia
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pain of teeth
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gastroduodenal anastomosis
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pertaining to connection between stomach and duodenum
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glycolysis
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destruction of glucose
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labioglossopharyngeal
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pertaining to lips, tongue, and pharynx (throat)
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