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100 Cards in this Set
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-ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous
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pertaining to
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-agra
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excessive pain
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-algia
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pain
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-apheresis
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removal
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-ase
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enzyme
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-atresia
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absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-cele
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hernia; protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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-cidal
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killing
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-clasia
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break
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-clysis
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irrigating; washing
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-coccus (pl. cocci)
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berryshaped ( a form of bacterium)
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-crine
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separate; secrete
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-crit
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to separate
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-cyte
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cell
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-desis
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surgical fixation; fusion
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-drome
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run; running
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-ectasis
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stretching out; dilatation; expansion
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-ectomy
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excision or surgical removal
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-ectopia
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displacement
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-er, ician
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one who
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-esis, iasis
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condition
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
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origin; cause
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-genic
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producing; originating; causing
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-gram
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record; x-ray film
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-graph
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instrument used to record
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-graphy
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process of recording; xray filming
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-ia
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condition of diseased or abnormal state
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-iatry
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physician; treatment
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-ictal
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seizure; attack
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-ism
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state of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-lysis
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loosening; dissolution; separating
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-lytic
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destroy; reduce
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-malacia
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softening
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-mania
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madness; insane desire
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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measurement
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-morph
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form; shape
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-odia
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smell
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-oid
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resembling
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-ologist
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one who studies and practices (specialist)
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-ology
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study of
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-oma
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tumor; swelling
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-opia
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vision (condition)
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-opsy
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to view
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-oorhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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-orrhaphy
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suturing; repairing
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-orrhea
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flow; excessive discharge
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-orrhexis
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rupture
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-osis
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abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots)
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-ostomy
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creation of an artificial opening
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-otomy
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cut into or incision
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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abnormal reduction in number
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-pexy
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surgical fixation; suspension
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-phagia
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eating; swallowing
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-phobia
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abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
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-phonia
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sound or voice
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-phoria
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feeling
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-physis
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growth
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-plasia
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formation; development; a growth
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-plasm
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growth; substance; formation
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-plasty
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plastic or surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-poiesis
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formation
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-porosis
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passage
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-prandial
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meal
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-praxia
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in front of; before
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-ptosis
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dropping; sagging; prolapse
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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-schisis
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split; fissure
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument used for visual examination
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-scopy, scopic
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visual examination
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-sepsis
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infection
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-spasm
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sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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-stasis
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control; stop
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-stenosis
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constriction; narrowing
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-thorax
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chest
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-tocia
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birth; labor
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-trophy
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nourishment
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-ule
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little
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-uria
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urine; urination
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