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76 Cards in this Set
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ACR
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highest point extremities
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ACANTH-
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thorn, spike
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AMBLY
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dull faint
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ALG-
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pain
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CARCIN
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carcinoma cancer
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ALGES-
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sensitivity to pain
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-CEL
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hernia tumor swelling
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ALL-
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other, divergence difference from
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CHEIR CHIR
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hand
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ANGI-
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vessel, duct
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CHOL(E)
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bile fall
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CYST CYSTIS
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bladder cyst
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DIPLO
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double twin
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ENTER
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(small) intestine
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BRADY-
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slow
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ERG
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action work
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GASTR
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stomach
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HEM HEMAT EM
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blood
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HEPAR HEPAT
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liver
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LIP
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fat
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MACR MEGA MEGAL
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abnormally large or long
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MELAN
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black dark
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LEPT-
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thin, fine slight
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MICR
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small
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NYCT
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night
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LITH-
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stone, calculus
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ODYN
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pain
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MALAC-
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word study
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ONC
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tumor
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PACHY
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thick
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PSEUD
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false
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NEPHR-
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kidney
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PY
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pus
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SARC
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flesh soft tissue
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STOM STOMAT
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mouth opening
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PROSOP-
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face
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derma
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the skin
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PROT-
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first, primitive, early
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hepar
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the liver
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SCLER-
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hard
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meninx
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one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
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STEN-
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narrow
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soma
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the body
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STERE-
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solid, having three dimensions
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amphi-, ampho-
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on both sides, around, both
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TACHY-
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rapid
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apo-
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away from
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ana-
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up, back, against
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cata-
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downward, disordered
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MALAC-
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the softening (of tissues) of
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dia-
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through, across, apart
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SCLER-
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the hardening (of tissues) of
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eso-
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within, inner, inward
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STEN-
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the narrowing (of a part of the body)
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eu-
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good, normal, healthy
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heter-, hetero-
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different, other, relationship to another
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homo-, homeo-
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same likeness
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meta- (met- before a vowel or h)
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change, transformation, after, behind
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para- (often par- before a vowel)
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alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
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pro-
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before
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pros-, prosth-
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in place of
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-al
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a latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
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-ase
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forms names of enzymes
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-asia, -asis
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form abstract nouns, state condition
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-ema
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combining forms of nouns ending in -ema is -emat`
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-esis
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
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-etic
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forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis pertaining to
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-ics, -tics
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forms nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of
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-ism
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality
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-ismus
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm
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-oid (rarely) -ode, -id
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form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling
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oma
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forms abstract nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat; the plural is -omata
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-ose
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a Latin-derived adjective suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
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-ous
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a Latin-derived adjective suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of.
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-us
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a Latin noun forming ending: condition,person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
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-ize
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a commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, caused to be, subject to, engage in."
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