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60 Cards in this Set
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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dys-
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difficult, painful, or bad
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eu-
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good, easy, or normal
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a- or an-
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without or no
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anti-
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against
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endo
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within or inside
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ex- or exo-
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without , out of, outside, away from
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hyper-
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elevated, more than normal
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hypo-
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depressed, less than normal
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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poly-
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many
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oligo-
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scant, little
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peri-
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around
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sub-
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below, under, less
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super- or supra-
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above, beyond, excessive
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epi-
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upper
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extra-
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outside
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infra-
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below or beneath
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meta-
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beyond
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per-
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throughout
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trans-
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across
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ultra-
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above, increased, or more than normal
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eponym
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word formed from a person's name
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pan-
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all
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leuk/o
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white
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-penia
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deficiency or reduction in number
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-tomy
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cutting into or incision
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-stomy
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surgically created opening
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-ectomy
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surgical removal or excision
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-pexy
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suture to stabilize
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-centesis
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sugical puncture to remove fluid or gas
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-gram
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record of
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-graph
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instrument that records
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-lysis
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separation or breakdown
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-scope
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instrument used to visually examine
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-scopy
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procedure to visually examine
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-therapy
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treatment
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-rrhagia or -rrhage
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bursting forth
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-rrhaphy
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to suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-algia or -dynia
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pain
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-um
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structure
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ren/o
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kidney
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hepat/o
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kidney
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prefix
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found at beginning of word usu. indicates number, location, time, or status
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root
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word part that gives the essential meaning of the word
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combining vowel
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single vowel ended to end of root word to make it easier to pronounce
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combining form
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combination of the root and combining vowel
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suffix
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found at end of word. indicates procedure, condition, disease, or disorder
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic
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pertaining to
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