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dermat/itis
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inflammation of the skin
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nephro/oma
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tumor of the kidney
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stomat/o/pathy
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any disease of the mouth
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sub/cutane/ous
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beneath the skin
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or/al
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pertaining to the mouth
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ren/al
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pertains to the kidney
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gastr/itis
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inflammation of the stomach
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gastro/megaly
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enlargement of the stomach
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gastr/oma
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tumor of the stomach
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a/mast/ia
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w/out a breast
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hyper/therm/ia
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condition of excessive heat
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intra/muscul/ar
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w/in the muscle
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macro/card/ia
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condition of a large heart
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micro/card/ia
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condition of a small heart
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hepat/itis
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inflammation of the liver
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hepato/cyte
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liver cell
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osteo/chondr/itis
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inflammation of the bone and cartilage
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osteo/arthr/itis
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inflammation of the bone and joint
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hemat/emesis
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vomiting of blood
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arthr/itis
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inflammation of the joint
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gastro/dynia
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pain in the stomach
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hemato/logy
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study of blood
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arthro/centesis
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surgical puncture of a joint
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gastro/enter/itis
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inflammation of stomach and intestine
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encephalo/mening/itis
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inflammation of brain and meninges
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oste/o/clasis
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surgical fracture of bone (in order to correct a deformity)
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arthr/o/desis
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binding together of a joint
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append/ectomy
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excision of the appendix
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thromb/o/lysis
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destruction of a blood clot
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mast/o/pexy
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fixation of the breasts
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rhin/o/plasty
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surgical repair of the nose
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my/o/rrhaphy
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suture of the muscle
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trache/o/stomy
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formation of an opening into the trachea
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oste/o/tome
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surgical instrument for cutting through bone
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lith/o/tripsy
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crushing of a stone
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electr/o/cardio/gram
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recording of the electrical activity of the heart
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cardi/o/graph
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instrument used to record heart activity
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angi/o/graphy
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process of recording blood vessels (after injection of contrast medium)
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pelv/i/meter
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instrument for measuring the pelvis
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endo/scope
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instrument for examining hollow organ or cavity
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pelv/i/metry
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act/process of measuring the pelvis
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endo/scopy
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visual examination of a cavity/canal
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neur/algia
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pain along the path of a nerve
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ot/o/dynia
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pain in the ear
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hepat/o/cele
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hernia of the liver
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bronchi/ectasis
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abnormal dilation of brnochi
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lymph/edema
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swelling of lymph tissue
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hyper/emesis
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excessive vomiting
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an/emia
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decrease in RBC
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carcin/o/gen
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substance that causes cancer
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carcin/o/genesis
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process of forming cancer
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chol/e/lith/iasis
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gall stone presence in gallbladder or common bile duct
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chol/e/lith
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gallstone
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chondr/o/malacia
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softening of cartilage (articular, usually patella)
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neur/oma
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tumor made of nerve cells
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cyan/osis
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dark blue discoloration of skin
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my/o/pathy
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disease of muscle
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erythr/o/penia
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abnormal decrease in RBC
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dys/phagia
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difficulty swalowing
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hem/o/phobia
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fear of blood
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dys/plasia
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bad growth (of cells, tissues, organs)
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neo/plasm
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new growth of tissue
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hemi/plegia
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paralysis of one side of the body
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hem/o/rrhage
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bursting of blood
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men/o/rrhagia
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profuse discharge of blood during menstruation
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dia/rrhea
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flow of fluid fecal matter
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arteri/o/rrhexis
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artery rupture
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blephar/o/spasm
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eyelid twitching
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arteri/o/stenosis
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artery narrowing
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hepat/o/toxic
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toxic to the liver
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dys/trophy
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bad nourishment (abnormal condition caused by defective nutrition)
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cardi/ac
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pertaining to heart
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neur/al
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pertaining to nerve
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muscul/ar
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pertaining to muscle
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pulmon/ary
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pertaining to lungs
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esophag/eal
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pertaining to esophagus
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thorac/ic
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pertaining to chest
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path/o/log/ical
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pertaining to the study of disease
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pen/ile
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pertaining to penis
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poster/ior
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pertaining to the back of the body
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cutane/ous
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pertaining to the skin
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acous/tic
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pertaining to hearing
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di/ur/esis
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double urine condition (abnormal secretion of large amts of urine)
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pneumon/ia
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lung condition
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hyper/thyroid/ism
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excessive thyroid condition
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pod/iatry
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foot medicine
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obstetr/ician
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midwife specialist
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hemat/o/log/ist
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study of blood specialist
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neur/o/pathy
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nerve disease process
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ventr/icle
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belly side small (cavity)
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arteri/ole
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smallest artery
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ven/ule
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small vein
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pre/nat/al
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pertaining to before birth
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peri/nat/al
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pertaining to around birth
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post/nat/al
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pertaining to after birth
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epi/derm/is
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outermost skin (noun ending)
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hypo/derm/ic
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under skin, pertaining to
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infra/cost/al
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below ribs, pertaining to
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sub/nas/al
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under the nose, pertaining to
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inter/cost/al
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between the ribs, pertaining to
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pro/gnosis
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before knowing, prediction of disease outcome
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retro/version
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backward turning, tipping backward of an organ from its normal position
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bi/later/al
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pertaining to two sides
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dipl/opia
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double vision
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diplo/bacteri/al
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pertaining to bacterial cells linked in pairs
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hemi/plegia
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one half (side) paralysis (of the body)
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hyper/calc/emia
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excessive calcium blood condition
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macro/cyte
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large cell
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micro/scope
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small instrument for examining
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mono/chromat/ism
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one color condition, complete color blindness
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uni/nucle/ar
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pertaining to having only one nucleus
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multi/gravida
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woman that has been pregnant more than once
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poly/phobia
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fear of many things
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primi/gravida
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woman in her first pregnancy
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quadri/plegia
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paralysis of all four limbs
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tri/plegia
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hemiplegia w/paralysis of one limb on the other side of the body
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ab/duction
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mvt of a limb away from the body
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ad/duction
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mvt of a limb toward the axis of the body
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circum/duction
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mvt if a part in a circular direction
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peri/odont/al
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located around the tooth
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trans/vagin/al
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across the vagina
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ecto/gen/ous
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originating outside of the body
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exo/tropia
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abnormal turning outward of one or both eyes
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extra/crani/al
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outside of the skull
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endo/crine
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secreting internally
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para/nas/al
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beside the nose
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super/ior
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pertaining to above
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supra/pelv/ic
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above the pelvis
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ultra/son/ic
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pertaining to sound frequencies too high to hear
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a/mast/ia
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without a breast
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an/esthesia
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without feeling
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contra/ception
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against conceiving
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brady/cardia
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slow heart
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dyst/tocia
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painful childbirth
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eu/pnea
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normal breathing
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hetero/graft
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different transplantation, transplant of tissue from one species to another aka xenograft
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homeo/plasia
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same growth, formation of new tissue similar to that already exisiting in that part
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pan/arthr/itis
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all joint inflammation, abnormal condition characterized by the inflammation of many joints of the body
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pseudo/cyesis
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false pregnancy, condition in which a woman believes she is pregnant when she is not
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syn/dactyl/ism
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joined fingers/toes/ condition, congenital anomaly characterized by the fusion of the fingers or toes
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caud/ad
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tail toward
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albin/ism
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white condition
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leuk/o/cyte
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white blood cell
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chlor/opia
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disorder in which viewed objects appear green
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hetero/chrom/ic
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different color eyes
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cirrh/osis
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abnormal yellowing
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xanth/o/cyte
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cell containing yellow pigment
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polio/mye/itis
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inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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acr/o/cyan/osis
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abnormal condition where extremities are blue
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eti/o/logy
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study of the causes of disease
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fasci/itis
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inflammation of any fascia
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idi/o/path/ic
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unknown disease cause
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xer/osis
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abnormal dryness of skin
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path/o/genesis
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source of an illness
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adip/osis
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abnormal accumulation of fat
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dermat/o/plasty
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surgical repair of the skin
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hidr/aden/itis
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inflammation of the sweat glands
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sudor/esis
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sweating condition, profuse sweating
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ichthy/osis
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dermtologic conditions in which the skin is dry and hyperkeratotic, resembling fish scales
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kerat/osis
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abnormal condition with horny growth on the skin
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melan/oma
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black tumor, tumor of melanocytes
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onych/o/malacia
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nail softening
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ungu/al
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pertaining to nails
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pil/o/nid/al
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pertaining to hair nest, growth of hair in a cyst or other internal structure
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trich/o/pathy
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hair disease
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scler/o/derna
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hardening of the skin (caused by new collagen formation)
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seb/o/rrhea
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sebum flow, excessive secretion of sebum
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squam/ous
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pertaining to scales
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py/o/derma
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pus skin, pyogenic infection of the skin
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cry/o/therapy
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cold treatment
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an/hidr/osis
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without sweat, abnormal condition
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dia/phoresis
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through carrying, condition of profuse sweating
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stomat/itis
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inflammation of the mouth
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gloss/ectomy
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removal of tongue
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cheil/o/plasty
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surgical repair of defect of the lip
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sial/o/lith
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salivary gland calculus
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gastr/algia
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stomach pain
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rect/o/cele
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herniation of the rectum
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pancreat/o/lysis
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destruction of the pancreas by pancreatic enzymes
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chol/e/lith
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gallstone
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cholecyst/ectomy
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removal of the gallbladder
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choledoch/o/plasty
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surgical repair of the common bile duct
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chol/e/lith/iasis
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presence of gallstones in the gallbladder
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dys/pepsia
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painful digestion
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pleur/o/clysis
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washing of the pleural cavity
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pneum/o/coni/osis
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lung disease caused by inhalation of dust
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orth/o/pnea
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condition in which the patient experiences difficulty breathing in any position other than sitting or stand erect
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pector/algia
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pain in the chest
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an/osmia
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without smell,loss of the sense of smell
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py/o/thorax
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accumulation of pus in the chest cavity, empyema
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anerurysm/o/rraphy
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suturing of a widened blood vessel
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sten/o/tic
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pertaining to a narrowing or stricture
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ven/o/statis
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abnormally slow flow of blood in the veins
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sphygm/oid
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resembling a pulse
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bas/o/phil
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granulocytic white blood cell whose granules have an attraction for alkaline dies
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erythr/o/blast/osis
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abnormal condition marked by embryonic red cells in circulating blood
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myel/o/gen/ic
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relating to having origin in bone marrow
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lymphangi/oma
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benign tumor composed of a mass of dilated lymph vessels
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a/plast/tic
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failure of a tissue or organ to grow normally
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poikil/o/cyt/osis
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abnormal increase in RBC that are irregular in shape
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reticul/o/cyte
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immature erythrocyte characterized by a meshlike pattern of threads and particles at the former site of the nucleus
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sider/o/penia
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iron deficiency
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ana/phylaxis
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against protection, exaggerated hypersensitivity rxn to a previously encountered antigen
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hem/o/poiesis
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production of blood cells, normally w/in the bone marrow
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allo/graft
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graft transplanted bt genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species
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aniso/cyt/osis
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condition where RBC are of unequal size
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ankyl/osis
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immobility and stiffness of a joint
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kyph/osis
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humpback posture
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carp/o/ptosis
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wrist drop
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fibul/o/calcane/al
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pertaining to the fibula and calcaneus
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ili/o/pelv/oc
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pertaining to the iliac area of the pelvis
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spondyl/itis
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inflammation of the vertebrae
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rhabd/oid
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resembling a rod
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rhabdomy/oma
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tumor of striated muscle tissue
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ten/o/desis
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fixation of a tendon
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my/asthenia
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muscle weakness
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epi/physis
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growing part of a bone; end of a long bone
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vesic/o/cele
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herniation of the bladder into the vagina
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meat/o/tomy
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incision of the urinary opening
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pyel/o/plasty
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renal pelvis surgical repair
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andr/o/gen/ic
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pertaining to or causing masculinization
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peritone/o/clysis
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introduction of fluid into the peritoneal cavity
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balan/o/plasty
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surgical repair of the penis
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azot/emia
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presence of nitrogenous products in the blood
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bacter/uria
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presence of bacteria in urine
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crypt/orchid/isma
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hidden testes condition
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hypo/kal/emia
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low potassium in blood
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olig/o/sperm/ia
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scanty sperm cells in semen
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py/o/rrhea
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flow of pus
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lith/iasis
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abnormal condition of stones
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hypo/spadias
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congenital defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the glans penis
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dia/lysis
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across separation, procedure that uses a membrane to separate and selectively remove substances from a solution
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lact/o/gen
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substance that stimulates milk production
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