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81 Cards in this Set
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-algia
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pain
ex: gastr/algia-pin in the stomach |
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-dynia
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pain
ex: gastr/o/dynia- pain in the stomach |
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-emesis
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vomiting
ex. hper/emesis |
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-megaly
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enlargement
ex: gastromegaly- an abnormal enlargement of the stomach |
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-ics
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pertaining to, relating to
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-orexia
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appetite
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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swallowing, eating
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-iasis
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abnormal condiction (produced by something specified)
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-prandial
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meal
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dent/o
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teeth
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odont/o
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teeth
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gingiv/o
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gum(s)
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gloss/o
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tongue
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lingu/o
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tongue
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or/o
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mouth
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stomat/o
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mouth
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ptyal/o
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saliva
TI-a-lizm |
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary gland
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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gastr/o
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stomach
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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duoden/o
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duodenum (usually small intestine)
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enter/o
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intestine (usually small intestine)
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jejun/o
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jejunum (second part of small intestine)
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ile/o
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ileum (3rd part of small intestine)
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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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col/o
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colon
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colon/o
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colon
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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rect/o
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rectum
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proct/o
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anus, rectum
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-tomy
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surgical suffix meaning incision
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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chol/e
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bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o
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bile duct
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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aer/o
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air
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carcin/o
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cancer (CA)
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hemat/o
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blood
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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myc/o
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fungus
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orth/o
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straight
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therm/o
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heat
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tox/o
toxic/o |
poison
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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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 an 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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-dynia
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pain
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-gram
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record, writing
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-graphy
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processo fo recording
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-iasis
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abnormal condition (produced bysomething specified)
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-itis
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inflamation
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-logist
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specialist in study of
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-logy
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study of
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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swallowing, eating
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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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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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noun:
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condition
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noun:
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specialist
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ab-
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away from
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult
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epi-
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above, upon
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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hypo-
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under, below, deficient
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peri-
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around
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sub-
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under, below
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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