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78 Cards in this Set
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-a
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converts a word root to a noun
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-algia
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pain
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-blast
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immature, embryonic
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-cele
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hernia, protrusion
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-cide
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kill
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-cise
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cut
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-cle
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small
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-coccus
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berry shaped
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilation
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-ectopia
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displacement
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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-er
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one who
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-gen
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that which produces
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-genesis
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produces, generates
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-genic
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producing
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-ia
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state, condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-iatric
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medicine, physician
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-ion
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process
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-ism
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state of
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-ist
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one who specializes in
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ium
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converts CF into a noun
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-ize
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to make, use, take away
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-lapse
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to slide, sag
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-lith
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stone
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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destruction
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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enlargement, large
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-ole
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small
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-paresis
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weakness
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-parous
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bearing, giving birth
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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few
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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-phoria
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feeling, mental state
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasia
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development, growth
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-plasm
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formation, development
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-rrhage
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excessive flow
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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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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-sis
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condition
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-spasm
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involuntary muscle contraction
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-stalsis
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constriction, contraction
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-stasis
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stopping
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-ule
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small
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-um
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converts CF to noun
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-uria
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condition of urine
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-us
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converts CF to noun
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-ostomy
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surgically created opening
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-otomy
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cutting into
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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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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-gram
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record or picture
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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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-scope
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instrument for viewing
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-scopy
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process of viewing
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