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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-centesis:
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surgical puncture
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-lysis
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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-tomy
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incision
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Neuro/tripsy
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surgically crushing a nerve
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Oto/scopy
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visually examining ear
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Amnio/centesis
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surgically puncture of the amnion
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Neuro/lysis
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destruction of nerve tissue
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colo/pexy
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surgically fixation of the colon
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colon(o)
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Colon or large intestine
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col(o)
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Colon or large intestine
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blephar(o)
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eyelid
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chir(o)
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hand
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angi(o)
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vessel
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oste(o)
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bone
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trache(o)
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trachea
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aden(o)
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gland
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append(o)
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appendix
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appendic(o)
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appendix
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mast(o)
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breast
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mamm(o)
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breast
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cerebr(o)
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brain
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encephal(o)
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brain
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nephr(o)
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kidney
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ren(o)
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kidney
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tonsill(o)
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tonsil
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the identification of a disease or condition by scientific evaluation of signs, symptoms (Sx), history, tests, and procedures
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Diagnosis (Dx)
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objective or definitive, evidence of an illness or disordered function
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Signs
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subjective evidence as perceived by a patient
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Symptoms
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objective evidence
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Signs
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subjective evidence
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Symptoms
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ophthalmo/malacia
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abnormal softening of the eyeball
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Ophthalm(o)
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eye
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‐malacia
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softening
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osteo/poro/sis
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A reduction in the amount of bone mass
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Oste(o)
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bone
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por(o)
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pore
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-sis
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condition
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-algia
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pain
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-edema
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swelling
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-penia
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deficiency
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-rrhage
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excessive bleeding
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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terms that represent the names of diseases or disorders
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Pathologies
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path(o)
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disease
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onc(o)
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tumor
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-pathy
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disease
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-itis
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inflammation
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- ia
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condition
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-iasis
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condition
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-emia
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condition in the blood
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-cele
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hernia
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-mania
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excessive preoccupation
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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condition
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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-able
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capable of
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-ible
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capable of
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-al
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-ive
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ia
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condition or theory
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-ism
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condition or theory
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-eum
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membrane
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-ium
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membrane
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-iac
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one who suffers
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-opia
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vision
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-ose
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sugar
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-ase
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enzyme
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
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Cyt(o)
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cell
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-cyte
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cell
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Gen(o)
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beginning or origin
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-genic
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beginning or origin
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metr(o)
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measure
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-meter
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measure
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-metry
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measure
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Leps(o)
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seizure
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lys(o)
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destruction
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-lysin
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destruction
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-lysis
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destruction
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Phag(o)
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eat, digest
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Troph(o)
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nutrition
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-phagia
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eat, ingest
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-phagic
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eat, ingest
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-trophic
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nutrition
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-trophy
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nutrition
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Albin(o) describes what color
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white
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Erythr(o) describes what color
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red
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Cyan(o) describes what color
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blue
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Melan(o) describes what color
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black
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Xanth(o) describes what color
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yellow
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Chlor(o) describes what color
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green
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an individual with congenital absence of pigmentation of the skin, hair or eyes
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albino
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bluish discoloration of the skin
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cyanosis
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red blood cells
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erythrocytes
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a yellow discoloration of the skin
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Xanthoderma
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bi(o)
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life or living
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cephal(o)
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head
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hist(o)
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cell
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electr(o)
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electricity
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my(o)
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muslce
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nas(o)
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nose
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ne(o)
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new
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pod(o)
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foot
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therm(o)
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heat
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therapeut(o)
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treatment, therapy
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narc(o)
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stupor
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‐tic
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pertaining to
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toxic(o)
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poison
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‐logy
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study or science of
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chem(o)
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chemical
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-therapy
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treatment
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an-
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without
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esthesi(o)
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feeling or sensation
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therapeut(o)
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treatment, therapy
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algesi(o)
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sensitivity to pain
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chem(o)
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chemical
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esthesi(o)
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feeling
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pharmac(o)
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drug
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tox(o)
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poison
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Bx
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biopsy
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OD
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overdose
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OTC
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over the counter
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Rx
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Prescription
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Tx
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treatment
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