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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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poster/o
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posterior
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anter/o
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anterior
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dors/o
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back part of the body
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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later/o
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side
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lumb/o
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low back
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proxim/o
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nearest
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dist/o
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far, distant
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medi/o
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middle
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hist/o
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tissue
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cyt/o
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cell
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sarc/o
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flesh
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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an/o
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anus
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append/o
appendic/o |
appendix
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cholecyst/o
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gall bladder
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col/o
colon/o |
colon
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dent/i
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teeth
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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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hepat/o
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liver
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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lingu/o
gloss/o |
tongue
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or/o
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mouth
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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pharyng/o
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pharynx, throat
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proct/o
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rectum and anus
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rect/o
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rectum
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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gluc/o
glyc/o glycos/o |
sugar
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lith/o
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stone
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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jejun/o
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jejunum
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ile/o
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ileum
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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-prandial
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meal
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-chezia
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defecation
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-ase
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enzyme
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-emesis
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vomit
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angi/o
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vessel
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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dips/o
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thirst
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hydr/o
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water/fluid
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isch/o
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to hold back
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kal/o
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potassium
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natr/o
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sodium
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nephr/o
ren/o |
kidney
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olig/o
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scanty
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Small or insufficient in quantity or amount
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ur/o
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urine, urination
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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urin/o
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urine
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-lithiasis
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condition of stones
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-tripsy
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to crush
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-uria
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urine condition
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-poietin
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substance that forms
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crypt/o
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hidden
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amni/o
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amnion
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episi/o
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vulva
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Mulva? Dolores!
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gynec/o
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female
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hyster/o
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uterus
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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metr/o
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uterus
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men/o
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menstruation
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nat/i
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birth
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oophor/o
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ovary
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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ov/o
ovul/o |
egg
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-gravida
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pregnant
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-para
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to bear, deliver
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-tocia
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childbirth
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube
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oxy-
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rapid, fast, acid
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estr/o
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female
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andr/o
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male
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eti/o
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cause
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orch/o
orchi/o orchid/o |
testis
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vas/o
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vessel, vas deferens
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prostat/o
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prostate
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terat/o
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monster
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alges/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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skull
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o
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nervous sensation
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kines/o
kinesi/o |
movement
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mening/o
meningi/o |
meninges
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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neur/o
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nerve
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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syncop/o
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to cut off (faint)
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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quadri-
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four
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hemi-
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half
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-paresis
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weakness, partial paralysis
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-phagia
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eat, swallow
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-phasia
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speech
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-kinesis, kinetic
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movement
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angi/o
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vessel
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aort/o
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aort/o
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arter/o
arteri/o |
artery
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atri/o
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atrium
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axill/o
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arm pit, axilla
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brachi/o
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arm
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cholesterol/o
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cholesterol
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coron/o
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heart
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phleb/o
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vein
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pulmon/o
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lung
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rrhythm/o
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rhythm
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steth/o
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chest
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vascul/o
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vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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cardi/o
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heart
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-ole
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small
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-brady
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slow
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-tachy
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fast
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alveol/o
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alveolus
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bronch/o
bronchi/o |
bronchial tube
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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co2
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ox/o
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oxygen
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laryng/o
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larynx
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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nas/o
rhin/o |
nose
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orth/o
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straight
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phon/o
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voice, sound
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o
pneumon/o |
lung
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sinus/o
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sinus
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spir/o
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breathing
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trachea
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coni/o
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dust
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-pnea
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breathing
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eu-
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good
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-ptysis
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spitting
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coagul/o
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clot
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seps/o
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infection
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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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hem/o
hemat/o |
blood
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is/o
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same, equal
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=
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kary/o
nucle/o |
nucleus
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morph/o
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shape, form
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phag/o
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eat, swallow
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sider/o
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iron
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lymph/o
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lymph
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland
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splen/o
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spleen
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tox/o
toxic/o |
poison
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-cytosis
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cell condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-philia
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attraction for
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-stasis
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control, stop
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pan-
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all
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-edema
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swelling
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auto-
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self
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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cervic/o
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neck
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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kyph/o
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humpback
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lord/o
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swayback
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lumb/o
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low back
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oste/o
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bone
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scoli/o
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crooked
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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thorac/o
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chest
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-listhesis
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slipping
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-malacia
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softening
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-porosis
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pore, passage
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-physis
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to grow
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dorsi-
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back
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-blast
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immature
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-clast
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to break
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sarc/o
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flesh
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tendin/o
ten/o |
tendon
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ligament/o
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ligament
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my/o
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muscle
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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ili/o
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ilium
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ischi/o
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ischium
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adip/o
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fat
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caus/o
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burn, burning
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cauter/o
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heat, burn
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cutane/o
derm/o dermat/o |
skin
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kerat/o
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hard, horny, cornea
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lip/o
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fat
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melan/o
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black
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myc/o
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fungus
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py/o
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pus
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xer/o
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dry
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cyan/o
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blue
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ungu/o
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nail
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onych/o
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nail
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iatr/o
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physician, treatment
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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-derma
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skin
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palperbr/o
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eyelid
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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ambly/o
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dim, dull
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aque/o
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water
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audi/o
audit/o |
hearing
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dipl/o
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double
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opthalm/o
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eye
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ocul/o
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eye
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ot/o
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ear
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presby/o
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old age
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tympan/o
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ear drum
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myring/o
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ear drum
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corne/o
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cornea
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cor/o
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pupil
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phot/o
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light
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retin/o
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retina
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-cusis
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hearing
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-opia
-opsia |
vision
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-phobia
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fear
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-tropia
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to turn
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-metry
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process of measuring
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o
adrenal/o |
adrenal gland
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calc/o
calci/o |
calcium
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cortic/o
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cortex
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crin/o
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secrete
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estr/o
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female
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andr/o
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male
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home/o
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sameness
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thyr/o
thyroid/o |
thyroid
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toc/o
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birth
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toxic/o
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poison
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acr/o
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extremities
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-agon
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gather together
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-in
-ine |
substance, pertaining to
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-megaly
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enlarged
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-tropin
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to stimulate the function of
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mal-
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bad
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eu-
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good, normal
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a-
an- |
no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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ana-
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up, apart
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cata-
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down
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ante-
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before, forward
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pro-
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before, forward
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pre-
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before, in front of
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dia-
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through, complete
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per-
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through
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trans-
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through, across
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hypo-
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deficient, under, below
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infra-
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beneath
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sub-
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under
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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meta-
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beyond, change
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dys-
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bad, painful, abnormal, difficult
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mal-
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bad, painful, difficult
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uni-
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one
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bi-
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two
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tri-
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three
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tetra-
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four
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quadri-
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four
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tachy-
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fast
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brady-
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slow
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con-
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together, with
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sym-
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together, with
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syn-
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together, with
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anti-
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against
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contra-
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against, opposite
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epi-
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above, upon
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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supra-
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above, upper
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en-
endo- |
in, within
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ec-
ecto- |
out, outside
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ex-
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out, away from
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in-
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into, within, not
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intra-
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into, within
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inter-
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between
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ante-
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before, forward
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pro-
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before, forward
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pre-
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before, in front of
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eu-
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good, normal
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pseudo-
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false
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poly-
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many, much
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multi-
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many
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mega-
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large
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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neo-
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new
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echo-
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repeated sound waves
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hemi-
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half
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post-
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after
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par-
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other than, abnormal
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para-
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near, beside, abnormal
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cari/o
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decay (of tooth)
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pach/y
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heavy, thick
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chir/o
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hand
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erg/o
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work
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gnath/o
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jaw
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pteryg/o
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wing
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-ac, -iac, ic, ical
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ia
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condition
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-ion
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process
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-y
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condition, process
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-ema
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condition
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-er
-or |
one who
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-ist
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a specialist
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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resembling, derived from
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-ole
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little, small
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-ule
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little, small
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-um
-ium |
tissue, structure
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-us
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structure, substance
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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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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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-itis
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inflammation
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view
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-cyte
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cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-tomy
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incision, process of cutting
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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-malacia
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softening
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-penia
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deficiency
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-plasia
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development, growth, formation
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-phasia
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speech
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-phobia
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fear
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-crine
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secrete
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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to pour, coming together
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-gen
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substance that produces
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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-meter
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to measure
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear, to carry, feeling
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasm
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structure, formation
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhaphy
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to suture
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth (of blood)
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-ase
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enzyme
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-chezia
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defecation
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-prandial
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meal
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-poietin
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substance that forms
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-tripsy
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to crush
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-uria
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urination, urine condition
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-ectasis
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dilation, widening, stretching
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-stenosis
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stricture, tightening, narrowing
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-tresia
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opening
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-stomy
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new opening to create a mouth
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-tocia
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labor, birth
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-version
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act of turning
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-salpinx
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uterine tube
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-gravida
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pregnant
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-one
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hormone
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-praxia
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action
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-sthenia
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strength
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-paresis
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weakness
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-kinesia
-kinesis |
movement
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-kinetic
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movement
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-algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-osmia
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smell
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-phonia
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voice, sound
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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-thorax
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chest, pleural cavity
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