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171 Cards in this Set
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a- , an- |
no; not; without, absence of
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ante-
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front; forward; before
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anti-
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against
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bi-
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two
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dys-
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abnormal; painful; difficult
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ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
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out; outside of
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en-, endo-, end-
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within
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epi-
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above, upon, on top of
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive; above
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hypo-
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deficient; below
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infra-
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beneath
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intra-
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within
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inter-
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between
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neo-
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new
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par-, para-
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abnormal ; near, beside
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per-
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through
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peri-
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surrounding; around; near
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poly-
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many; muxh; excessive; frequent
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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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sub-
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under, below
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trans-
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across; through
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ab-
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away
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ad-
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toward
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af-
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toward
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contra-
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opposite
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ef-
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away
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ipsi-
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same
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meta-
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beyond; change
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mid-
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middle
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uni-
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one
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dia-
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complete; through
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orth-
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straight; upright
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syn-, sym-
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joined; together, with
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re-
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back, backward; again
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retro-
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back; behind
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circum-
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around
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non-
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not
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multi-
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many; more than one
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nulli-
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none; never
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oxy-
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rapid
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primi-
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First
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pseudo-
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false
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auto-
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self
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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mono-
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one
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pan-
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all; total
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pro-
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before
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brady-
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slow
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echo-
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sound
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tachy-
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rapid, fast
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eu-
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normal; good
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in-
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in; not
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di-
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two
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mono-
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One ;single
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quadri, tetra-
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four
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eso-
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in; inward
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presby-
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old age; elderly
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-ac,-al, -ar,-ary,-eal, -lac, -ior,-ose,-ous
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p/to, pertaining to.
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-ad
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toward
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-icle,-ole,-ule
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little, small
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-um,-us,-is
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tissue; structure; membrane ; area
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-algia, -dynia,-odynia |
pain |
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-cele |
protrusion;hernia |
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-emia |
blood condition; in the blood |
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-ia |
condition;state |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-megaly |
enlargment |
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-oma |
tumor;mass |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-pathy |
disease;disease process |
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-ptosis |
drooping;sagging;prolapse
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-rrhage |
to burst forth |
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-rrhagia |
excessive or prolonged bleeding |
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-rrhaphy |
suturing |
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-rrhea |
discharge;flow |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-sarcoma |
malignant tumor |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-stenosis |
narrowing;stricture;constriction |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
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-clasis; -clasia |
breaking; to break ( intentionally)
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-desis |
fusion;binding;fixation |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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-lysis |
destruction;dissolution;separation;loosening |
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-lytic |
p/to -lysis |
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-plasia |
formation of; growth; development |
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-syndesis |
fusing;fused together |
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-trophy |
development;nourishment |
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-y |
condition; process of |
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-cide |
substance that kills |
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-derma |
skin |
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-rrhea |
discharge;flow |
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-rrehic |
p/to discharge |
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-atresia |
absence of an opening, condition of no opening |
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-chalasia; chalsis |
relaxation |
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-chezia |
defecation,bowel movement |
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-emesis |
to vomit; vomiting |
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-flux |
flow |
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-lithiasis |
condition of having stones |
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-pepsia |
digestion; digestion condition |
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-stomy |
creation of a new opening into; creation of new connection between |
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-cele |
herniation;hernia;protrusion |
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-dipsia |
thirst; condition of thirst |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation; suspension |
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-ptosis |
drooping, sagging; prolapse |
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-tripter;-triptor |
machine used to crush |
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-trite |
instrument used to crush |
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-tripsy |
crushing;process of crushing |
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-uria |
urine or urinary condition; urination; urination of ___________; ________in the urine
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-cision |
process of cutting |
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-gen |
substance of agent that causes or produces |
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-genic |
producing or forming;originating in; causing |
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-genesis |
formation of, production of |
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-ism |
state of; condition |
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-amnios |
amnion; amniotic fluid |
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-arche |
first; beginning |
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-cyesis |
pregnancy |
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-gravida |
pregnancy; a pregnant woman |
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-para |
a woman who delivered viable offspring |
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-partum |
childbirth;labor&delivery |
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-pause |
stopping;cessation |
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-tocia |
labor;childbirth |
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-salpinx |
tube (fallopian tube, uterine; Eustachian) |
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-apheresis |
removal of ( separating out) |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-edema |
fluid retention |
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-emia |
blood condition; ____________ in the blood |
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-globin |
protein sunstance |
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-in, -ine |
substance |
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-penia |
deficiency; abnormal decrease in number of cells |
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-philia |
an increase ( condition of attraction) |
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-plastic |
pertain to formation |
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-poietin |
sunstance that forms |
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-poiesis |
formation of |
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-siderin |
iron substance |
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-stasis |
controlling; stopping |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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-cardia |
heart condition; heart beat |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-tension |
pressure;process of stretching |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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-capnia |
carbon dioxide condition |
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-ectasis, -ectasia |
expansion,dilation (c/o stretching out) |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-ptysis |
couching up;spitting |
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-spasm |
sudden involuntary contraction |
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-thorax |
pleural cavity or space; chest |
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-calculia |
ability to calculate |
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-ethesia |
nervous sensation,sense of feeling- |
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-geusia |
sense of state |
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-gnosia |
knowledge |
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-kinesia,-kinesis |
movement |
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-lepsy |
seizure,attack |
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-lexia |
reading a writing |
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-osmia |
sense of smell |
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-paresis |
slight paralysis |
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-phasia |
ability to speak,speech |
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-plegia |
paralysis (muscles cannot move) |
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-praxia |
purposeful movement |
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-acusis,-cusis |
hearing |
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-opia,opsia |
vision; vision condition |
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-phobia |
fear of; aversion to |
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-tropia,-tropion |
turning; turning condition |
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-crine |
to secrete |
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-in,-ine-one |
substance |
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-tropin |
hormone that simulates |
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-tropic |
pertaining to hormone that simulates |
