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120 Cards in this Set
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-malacia
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softening
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-mania
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madness
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medi/o, meso
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middle
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-megaly
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enlargement
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melan/o-
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black
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meta-
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change, transformation
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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measurement
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morph/o
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form, shape
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muc/o, myx/o
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relating to mucus
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narc/o
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numbness, stupor
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necr/o
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dead
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neo-
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new
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noct/i, nyct/o
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night
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nulli-
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none
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olig/o
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few, scant
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-ologist
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specialist
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-oma, onc/o
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tumor
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-orexia
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appetite
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orth/o
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straight, correct
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-ose
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sugar
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-osis
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state or condition
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-osmia
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sense of smell
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malac/o-
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soft, softening
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mamm/o-
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breast
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mandibul/o
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mandible
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mast/o-
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mastoid
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maxill/o
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maxilla
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meat/o
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meatus
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-megaly
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enlargement
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meg/a, megal/o
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large, oversized
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mel/i
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honey or sugar
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mel/o-
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limb
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mening/o-, mening/i
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membranes covering brain & spinal cord
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menisc/o
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meniscus
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men/o
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menstruation
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ment/o
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mind
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mes-, meso-
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middle
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meta-
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change, beyond
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metr/a-
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uterus
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mi/o-
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less, decrease
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mon/o
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one
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-morph
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form, shape
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mucus
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secretion of mucus membranes
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multi-
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many
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myc/o
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fungus
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myel/o-
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bone marrow
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my/o-, myos/o-
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muscle
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myring/o
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eardrum
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nas/o-
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nose
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nat/o
natal |
birth
pertaining to birth |
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natrium
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sodium
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nephr/o-
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve, nerves nervous system
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nyctal/o
nyctophobia |
night
fear of night |
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occiput/o-
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back of head
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ocul/o-
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eye
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odont/o-
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teeth or tooth
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-oid
ovoid |
shaped like, resembling
egg shaped |
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-ole, -ola
arteriole |
small
small artery |
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-ology, -logy
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study of
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om/o-
omalgia |
shoulder
pain in shoulder |
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omphal/o-
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naval or umbilicus
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onych/o-
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nail or nails
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oo-
oocyte |
egg, ovum
incompletely developed ovum |
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oophor/o-
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ovary
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ophthalm/o
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eye or eyes
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-opia
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visiion (condition
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-op/ia
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vision
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opisth/o-
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backward, behind, dorsal
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-opsy
biopsy |
to view
removal of tissue to be viewed microscopically |
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opt/ico-, opt/o-
opticokinetic optometer |
seeing
pertaining o eye movement device for refraction |
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-or
donor |
person or agent
one who donates |
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-orrhagia
menorrhagia |
rapid flow of blood
rapid or hevy menstrual flow |
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-oorhaphy
Cystorrhaphy |
suturing, repairing
suturing the bladder |
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-orrhea
diarrhea |
flow, excessive discharge
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-orrhexis
hysterorrhexis |
rupture
rupture of the uterus |
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osche/o-
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scrotum
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oss/eo-, oss/i-, ost/e-
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bone or bones
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-ostomy
colostomy |
creation of an artificial opening
opening in the colon |
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ot/o-
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ear
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-ous
delirious |
relating to
relating to mental disturbance |
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ov/i, ov/o
ovulation |
egg
use egg |
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-oxia
hypoxia |
oxygen
state of decreased oxygen |
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ox/i
oximeter |
oxygen
instrument used to measure oxygen levels in the blood |
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oxy-
oxyrhine |
sharp, quick
sharp pointed nose |
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hyper-
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excessive, above, beyond
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hypo-
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under, deficient, beneath
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hyster/o-
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uterus
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-ia, -iasis, -ism -ity
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state or condition
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-ible
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capable
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ichthy/o
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fish
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-ic, -ial
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pertaining to
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-ictal
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seizure
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infra-
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below, beneath
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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intro-
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into, within
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irid/o-
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iris of eye
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isch/o
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blockage
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-ize
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use
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kal/i
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potassium
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kary/o
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nucleus
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kerat/o-
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horny tissue or cornea of eye
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kyph/o
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hump
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labi/o
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lip
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lapar/o-
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loin or flank
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laryng/o-
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larynx
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later/o-
lateral |
side
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lei/o-
leiodermia |
smooth
smooth glossy skin |
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lept/o-
leptodactylous |
slender, small
slender fingers |
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lev/o-
levorotation |
to the left, left
turning to the left |
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lien/o-
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spleen
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lingu/o-
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tongue
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lith/o-
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stone or calculus
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lord/o
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bent forward
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luitein
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saffron yellow
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ly/o-
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dissolve
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-lysis
hemodialysis |
loosening, dissolution, separating
removal of impurities from the blood |
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-lytic
leukolytic |
destroy, reduce
destruction of leukocytes |
