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47 Cards in this Set
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-al, -an, -ic
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pertaining to
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albin/o, leuk/o
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white
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bi-
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two
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cusis
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hearing
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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erythem/o, erythr/o
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red
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eti/o
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cause
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-fuge
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drive away
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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hypo-
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deficient, decreased
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-ion
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state of, condition
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laps/o
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slip, fall, slide
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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mens/o
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menses
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-ostomy
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surgically creating an opening
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-otomy
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surgical incision
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oste/o
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bone
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-path/o, -pathy
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disease
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-pause
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stopping
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per-
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excessive, through
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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plast/o
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growth, development
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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re-
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back, again
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ren/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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excessive fluid discharge (blood)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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abnormal discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-salping/o
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fallopian tube
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-sis
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disease
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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stric-
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narrowing
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ten/o, tend/o
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tendon
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tetra-
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four
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trans-
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across
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tri-
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three
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uni-
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one
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-uria
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urine
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-us
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thing
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