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62 Cards in this Set
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cephal/o
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head
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mast/o
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breast
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phleb/o
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vein
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colon/o
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colon
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arthr/o
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joint
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thorac/o
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chest
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encephal/o
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brain
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hemat/o
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blood
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cardi/o
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heart
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-clasis
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to break; surgical fracture
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-desis
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-lysis
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separation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy
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fixation (of an organ)
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-stomy
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forming and opening (mouth)
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-gram
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record, writing
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-algia
-dynia |
pain
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-edema
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swelling
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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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-gen
-genesis |
forming, producing, origin
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-iasis
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abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone, calculus
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
-plasm |
formation, growth
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting (of)
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
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poison
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -ical
-ile -ior -ous -tic |
pertaining to, relating to
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-esis
-ia -ism |
condition
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-iatry
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medicine; treatment
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-ician
-ist |
specialist
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-y
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condition; process
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-icle
-ole -ule |
small, minute
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