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61 Cards in this Set
- Front
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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- clasis
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surgical fracture, to break
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-desis
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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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-rraphy
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suture
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-stomy
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forming an opening
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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 examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-algia
-dyna |
pain
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
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expansion, dilation
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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 |
origin, forming, producing
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-iasis
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abnormal condition due to a specific cause
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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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enlargment
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal increase - usually used for 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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swallowing, eating
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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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-logy
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study of
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-gnosis
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knowing
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-cyte
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cell
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-derma
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skin
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-therapy
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treatment
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-orexia
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appetite
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-prandial
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meal
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-osmia
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smell
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-phonia
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voice
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-pytsis
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spitting
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-thorax
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chest
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