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151 Cards in this Set
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-ac
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-al
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ar
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ary
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-eal
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ic
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ical
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ile
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ior
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-ous
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Pertaining to, relating to or
composed of, producing |
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-tic
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Pertaining to, relating to
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-esis
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Condition
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-ia
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Condition
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-ism
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Condition
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-iatry
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medicine; treatment
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-ist
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specialist
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-y
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condition, process
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-icle
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small, minute, little
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-ole
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small, minute, little
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-ule
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small, minute, little
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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cyt/o
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cell
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hist/o
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tissue
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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anter/o
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anterior, front
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caud/o
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tail
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dist/o
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far, farthest
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dors/o
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back (of the body)
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infer/o
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lower, below
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later/o
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side, to one side
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medi/o
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middle
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poster/o
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back (of the body), behind, posterior
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proxim/o
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near, nearest
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ventr/o
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belly, belly side
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-ad
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toward
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-logist
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specialist in study of
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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separation; destruction; loosening
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-toxic
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poison
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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cephal/o
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head
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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gastr/o
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stomach
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ili/o
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ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
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inguin/o
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groin
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lumb/o
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loins (lower back)
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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spin/o
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spine
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thorac/o
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chest
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umbilic/o
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umbilicus, navel
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-verse
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turning
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epi-
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above, on
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hypo-
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under, below, deficient
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medi-
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middle
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super-
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upper, above
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trans-
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through, across
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adip/o
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fat
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lip/o
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fat
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steat/o
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fat
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cutane/o
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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derm/o
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skin
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hidr/o
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sweat
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sudor/o
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sweat
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ichthy/o
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dry, scaly
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kerat/o
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horny tissue; hard; cornea
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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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onych/o
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nail
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pil/o
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hair
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trich/o
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hair
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scler/o
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hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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seb/o
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sebum, sebaceous
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squam/o
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scale
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xer/o
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dry
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-derma
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skin
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-phoresis
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carrying, transmission
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-therapy
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treatment
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cyan/o
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blue
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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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necr/o
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death
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xanth/o
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yellow
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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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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-esis
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia
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softening
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily in blood cells)
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
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swallowing, eating
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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auto-
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self, own
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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alveol/o
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alevolus (plural, alveoli)
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bronch/o
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bronchus (plural, bronchi)
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bronchi/o
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bronchus (plural, bronchi)
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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nas/o
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nose
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rhin/o
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nose
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or/o
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mouth
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o
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air; lung
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pneumon/o
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air; lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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sinus/o
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sinus, cavity
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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aer/o
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air
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carcin/o
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cancer
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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orth/o
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straight
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasm
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formation, growth
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth (of)
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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eu-
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good, normal
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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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peri-
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around
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angi/o
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vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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cardi/o
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hear
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