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87 Cards in this Set
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-a
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noun suffix, no meaning
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-ad
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toward
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-al
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-apheresis
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removal
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-atresia
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absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
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-cele
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hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with sterile needle)
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-coccus, (pl. – cocci)
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berry-shaped (from of bacterium)
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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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-dynia
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pain
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-eal
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pertaining to
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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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-emia
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blood condition
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-esis
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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 image – is the recording
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-graph
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an instrument/machine to record
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-graphy
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process of recording, x-ray imaging
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-ia
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diseased or abnormal state, condition of
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-ial
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pertaining to
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-iasis
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condition
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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state of, condition
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-ist
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one who specializes
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logist
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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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-logy
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the study of
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-lysis
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loosening, dissolution, separating
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-malacia
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softening
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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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process of measurement
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-odynia
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pain
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
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-opsy
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view of , viewing
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-osis
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abnormal condition (increase when used w/ blood cells)
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-pathy
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disease process
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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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-phalgia
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eating or swallowing
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-phonia
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sound or voice
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-plasia
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condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
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formation, growth, substance
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-pnea
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breathing
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-poiesis
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formation
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-rrhage
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bursting forth
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-rrhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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-rrhaphy
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suturing, repairing
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-rrhea
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flow, excessive discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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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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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument used for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-sis
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state of
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic contraction)
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-stasis
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control, stop, standing
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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-stomy
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creation of an artificial opening, a new opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-thorax
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chest
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-tomy
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cut into or incision
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-tripter
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an instrument to crush
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-um
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noun ending usually meaning a structure
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-uria
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urine, urination
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-us
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noun ending
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-y
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noun ending usually meaning the process of
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