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275 Cards in this Set
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adeno
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gland
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amnio
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sac surrounding embryo
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angio
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vessel
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arterio
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artery
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arthro
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joint
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athero
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plaque
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axillo
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armpit
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broncho
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bronchial tube
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bronchi
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bronchial tube
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carcino
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cancerous
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cardio
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heart
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chemo
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drug
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cholecyst
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gallbaldder
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chron
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time
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colo
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colon
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cranio
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skull
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cryo
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cold
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cysto
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urinary bladder, sac of fluid, cyst
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electro
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electricity
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encephalo
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brain
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erythro
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red
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esophago
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esophagus
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hemo
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blood
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hemato
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blood
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hepato
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liver
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hystero
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uterus
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inguino
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groin
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ischo
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to hold back
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laparo
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abdomen
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laryngo
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larynx
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leuko
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white
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mammo
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breast
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masto
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breast
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meno
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menstruation, month
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meningo
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meninges (membrane around brain and spinal cord)
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myo
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muscle
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myelo
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necro
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death
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nephro
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kidney
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neuro
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nerve
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oophor
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ovary
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osteo
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bone
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ot
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ear
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pelvo
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hip
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peritoneo
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peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs of the abdominal cavity)
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phleb
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vein
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pneumono
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lung
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pulmono
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lung
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radio
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x-ray
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reno
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kidney
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rhino
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nose
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salpingo
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fallopian tube
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sarco
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flesh
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septic
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pertaining to infection
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thoraco
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chest
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tonsillo
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tonsil
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tracheo
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trachea, windpipe
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uro
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urine, urea
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vasculo
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blood vessel
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-algia
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pain
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-emia
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blood condition
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-ia
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disease, condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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mass, tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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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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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-urea
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condition of urine
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-al
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pertaining to
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-ectomy
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removal
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-lysis
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separation, breakdown, destruction
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-plasty
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surgical repair or correction
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stomy
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opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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to cut into
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arthralgia
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joint pain
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otalgia
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ear pain
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myalgia
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muscle pain
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neuralgia
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nerve pain
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leukemia
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increase in cancerous white blood cells
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septicemia
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infection in the blood
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ischemia
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deficiency of blood flow to an area of the body due to blood vessel constriction
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uremia
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accumulation of urea in the blood
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pneumonia
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fluid collects in lung, lung is inflamed
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bronchitis
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inflammation of bronchial tubes
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esophagitis
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inflammation of the esophagus
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laryngitis
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inflammation of the larynx
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meningitis
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inflammation of the meninges (membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord)
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cystitis
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inflammation of the urinary bladder
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phlebitis
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inflammation of a vein
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colitis
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inflammation of the colon (large intestine)
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cardiomegaly
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enlargement of the heart
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hepatomegaly
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enlargement of the liver
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adenoma
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benign tumor of the glandular cells
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adenocarcinoma
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cancerous tumor derived from gland cells
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myoma
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tumor of the muscle
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myosarcoma
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cancer of the skin
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myeloma
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bone marrow tumor
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hematoma
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collection of blood fluid
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nephrosis
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abnormal condition of the kidney
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necrosis
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death of cells
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encephalopathy
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disease of the brain
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cardiomyopathy
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disease of the heart muscle
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rhinorrhea
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discharge from the nose
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menorrhea
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normal menstrual flow
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hemorrage
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bursting forth of blood
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abdomino
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abdomen
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ano
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anus
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bio
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life
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cardio
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heart
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carpo
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wrist bones
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ciso
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to cut
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cost
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ribs
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cranio
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skull
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cutaneo
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skin
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duro
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dura mater (outermost meningeal memb surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
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geno
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to produce, begin
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glyco
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sugar
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hemato
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blood
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latero
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side
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meno
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menses (monthly discharge of blood from uterus)
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nati
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birth
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neuro
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nerve
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norm
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rule, order
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osteo
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bone
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peritoneo
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peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in abdomen)
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plaso
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formation, growth, development
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reno
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kidney
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scapulo
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shoulder blade
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sono
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sound
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thyroid
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thyroid gland
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topo
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to put, place, position
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tropho
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development, nourishment
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urethro
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urethra
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utero
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uterus
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veno
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vein
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vertebro
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vertebra, backbone
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ation
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process, condition
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-cision
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process of cutting
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-crine
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secretion
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen
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to produce
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition, process
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-ism
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condition, process
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-lapse
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to fall, slide
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-lysis
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breakdown, separtate, destroy
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-mission
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to send
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-mortem
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death
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-partum
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birth
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-phagia
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eat, swollow
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-phasia
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speak
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-plasm
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formation
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-plegia
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-paralysis
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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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-scopy
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to visually examine
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-section
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to cut
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-stasis
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to stand, control, stop, place
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-tension
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pressure
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-thesis
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to stand, place
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-um
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structure
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-uria
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urine condition
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-y
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process, condition
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a-, -an
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no, not, without
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-ab
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away from
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ad-
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toward, near
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ana-
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up, apart
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ante-
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before, forward
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anti-
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against
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bi-
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two, both
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brady-
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slow
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con-
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with, together
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dia-
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through, complete
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dys-
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bad, painful, abnormal, difficult
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ec-
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out, outside
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endo-
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within
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epi-
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above, upon
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ex-
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out
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extra-
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outside of
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, too much, above
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hypo-
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deficient, too little, below
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in-
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into, in
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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mal-
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bad
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meta-
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change, beyond
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neo-
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new
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para-
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beside, near, along side of
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peri-
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surrounding
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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after, behind
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pre-
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before
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pro-
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forward, before
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pros-
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before, forward
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quadri-
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four
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re-
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back, behind
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retro-
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back, behind
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sub-
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under, less than
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syn-
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with, together
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tachy-
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fast
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trans-
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across, through
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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond
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uni-
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one
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apnea
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not able to breathe
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aphasia
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not able to speak (correctly, well)
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atrophy
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lower than normal red blood cells, or decrease in hemoglobin in cells
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amenorrhea
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absence of menstrual cycle
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adrenal glands
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two endocrine glands above the kidneys
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analysis
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separation of substance into component parts
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antepartum
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before birth
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antibody
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protein made in response to foreign substance
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antigen
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foreign substance in body
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antibiotic
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substance produced outside the body that kills bacteria or germs
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bilateral
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both sider
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bradycardia
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slow heart rate
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congenital
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produced with birth
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diarrhea
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discharge of watery waste from colon
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dialysis
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separation of wates from blood when kidney stops working
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dyspnea
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difficult or painful breathing
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dysphagia
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difficult of painful swollowing
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dysentery
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condition of painful intestines
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dyspepsia
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difficult or painful digestion
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dysphasia
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difficult speech
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dysuria
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difficult or painful urination
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dysplasia
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abnormality of cell development or formation
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endoscopy
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visual examination in inside organs with scope
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endocrine gland
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organs secreting hormones
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epidural hematoma
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mass of blood above the dura mater
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epidermis
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three outer layers of skin
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excision
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to cut out
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extrahepatic
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outside the liver
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hemigastrectomy
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removal of half of the stomach
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hypertrophy
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increase in cell size
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incision
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to cut into body part
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malignant
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cancerous growth
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metastasis
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change of place, spread of cancer
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neoplasm
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new tissue growth, tumor
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neoplastic
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pertaining to new tissue growth, tumor
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paralysis
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loss of movement in part of body
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paraplegia
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loss of movement or function in lower part of body (legs, bladder, etc)
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periosteum
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membrane surrounding the bone
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polyuria
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excessive urniation
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polyneuropathy
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disease of many nerves
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polydipsia
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excessive thirst
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prolapse
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to slide forward, drooping of body part
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prosthesis
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to put forward, an artificial limb
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quadriplegia
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paralysis of all four limbs
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relapse
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return of disease after its apparent termination
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remission
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reduction of disease symptoms
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tachycardia
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fast heart rate
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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tricuspid valve
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three pointed ends, right side of heart
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