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174 Cards in this Set
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a-, an-
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no; not; without
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brachy-
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short |
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dia-
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through; complete
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dolicho-
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long |
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en-, endo- |
in; within |
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epi- |
above; upon; on |
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ex-, exo-
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out; away from
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extra-
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outside
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hyper-
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above; excessive
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hypo-
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deficient; below; under;
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in-
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in; into; not
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intra-
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within; into
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meso-
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middle
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pro-
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before; forward
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re-
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back; again; backward
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retro-
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behind; back; backward
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sub-
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under; below
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trans-
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across; through
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary,
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pertaining to
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-algia, -dynia
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pain |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to remove
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-cyte |
cell |
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-cytosis, -philia
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increase in cell number
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-drome
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to run
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-ectomy
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removal; excision; resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-emic
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pertaining to a blood condition
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-gram
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record
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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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-ion
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process
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-oma
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tumor; mass; fluid collection
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-opsy
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view of
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-iasis, -osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease condition; emotion
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-sis
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state of; condition
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-tomy
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incision; process of cutting
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ana- |
up |
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cata- |
down |
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inter- |
between |
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meta- |
change; beyond |
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neo- |
new |
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uni- |
one |
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-ation, -ism |
process; condition |
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-plasia |
development;
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-plasm
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formation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-somes |
bodies |
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ab- |
away from |
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ad- |
toward |
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amph- |
around; on both sides; doubly |
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anti- |
against |
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de- |
lack of; down; less; removal of
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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pan-
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all |
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peri- |
surrounding; around
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poly-
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many; much
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supra-
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above; upper
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sym-, syn-
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together; with
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-blast
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immature; embryonic
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-clast
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to break
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-desis
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surgical fixation; to bind;
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-fication
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process of making
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-gen, -genesis
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producing; forming
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-kinesis
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movement
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-malacia
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softening
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-metry
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measurement
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-pexy |
surgical fixation; to put in place
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-physis
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to grow
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-poiesis
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formation
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-porosis
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condition of pores (spaces)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-therapy
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Treatment
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-trophy
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development; nourishment
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-tome |
instrument to cut
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-ia, -y |
condition |
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ante- |
before; forward
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mal- |
bad |
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macro-, mega- |
large |
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para- |
near; beside; abnormal; apart
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post-
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after; behind
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pre-
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before; in front of
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-ase |
enzyme |
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-cele |
hernia |
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-chezia |
defecation; elimation of
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-ectasis, -ectasia
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stretching; dilation; dilatation
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-lithiasis |
abnormal condition of stones
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-lysis
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breakdown; separation;
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-orexia
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appetite
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-ose
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full of; pertaining to; sugar
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-otic
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pertaining to the abnormal
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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eating; swallowing
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-prandial
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meal
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-ptyalo
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spit; saliva
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhea
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flow; discharge
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-spasm
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sudden involuntary contraction
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-stasis
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stopping; controlling
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-stenosis
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tightening; narrowing; stricture
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-stomy
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new opening to the outside of
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-tresia
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opening
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-um
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structure; tissue; thing;
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-lytic
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to reduce; to
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-one
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hormone
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bi-
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two; both
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di-
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twice
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nulli-
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none
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oxy-
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sharp; swift; rapid;
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primi-
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first
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pseudo-
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false |
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vivi- |
live; life |
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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-ium
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structure; tissue
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-mortem
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death
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-parous
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to bear; bring forth
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-partum
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birth; labor
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-tocia
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labor; birth
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-version
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to turn
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brady- |
slow |
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tachy- |
fast |
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-meter |
measure |
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-ole |
small; little |
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-ole |
small; little |
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-oxia
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oxygen |
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-tension
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pressure
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-ule
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small; little
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em- |
in |
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-pnea
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breathing
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-sphyxia
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pulse |
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-thorax |
chest; pleural cavity
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micro- |
small |
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mono- |
single; one |
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-genous
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producing
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-globin, -globulin
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protein
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-oid
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resembling
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phage
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eat; swallow
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-phil
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attraction for
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-rrhage
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bursting forth
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auto-
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self; own
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-coccus; -cocci
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berry-shaped bacterium
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eu-
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good; normal; true
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tetra-
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four |
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tri- |
three |
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-agon
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to assemble; gather
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-in, -ine
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a substance
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-tropic
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turning |
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-tropin
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stimulate; act on |
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-uria |
urination; condition
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par- |
other than; abnormal
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per- |
through |
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-derma
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skin |
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bini-
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double
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ec-
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out; outside
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eso-
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inward |
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-opia
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vision
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-phobia
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fear
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-plegia
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paralysis; palsy
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-ptosis
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drooping; sagging; prolapse
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-otia
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ear condition
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-poietin
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substance that forms
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-tripsy
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to crush
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