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130 Cards in this Set
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a-
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absense of, without
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an-
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absence of,without
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ante-
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before
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bi-
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two
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bin-
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two
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brady-
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slow
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dia-
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through, complete
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dys-
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painful,abnormal,difficult,labored
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endo-
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within
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epi-
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on, upon, over
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eu-
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normal, good
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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hypo-
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below, incomplete,deficient,under
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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meta-
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after, beyond, change
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micro-
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small
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multi-
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many
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neo-
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new
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nulli-
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none
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pan-
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all, total
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para-
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beside, beyond,around, abnormal
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per-
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through
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peri-
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around
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poly-
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many, much
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post-
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after
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pre-
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before
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pro-
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before
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sub-
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under, below
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supra-
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above
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sym-
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together, joined
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syn-
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together, joined
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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trans-
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through, across,beyond
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uni-
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one
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-a
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no meaning
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-ad
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toward
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-al
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-amnios
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amnion,amniotic fluid
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-apheresis
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removal
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-atresia
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absence of normal body opening;occlusion; closure
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- cele
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hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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- clasia
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break
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-clasis
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break
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-clast
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break
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-Coccus (cocci)
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berry-shaped(form of bacteria)
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-cyte
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cell
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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-drome
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run, running
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-e
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no meaning
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ectasis
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stretching out, dilation, expansion
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
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-emia
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in the blood
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-esis
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condition
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genic
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producing, originating,causing
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-gram
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record; radiographic image
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-graph
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instrument used to record; record
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-graphy
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process of recording;radiographic image
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-ia
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diseased or abnormal state; condition of
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-iasis
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condition
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician
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iatry
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treatment ,specialty
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-is
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no meaning
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-ism
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state of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logist
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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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--logy
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study of
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-lysis
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loosening, dissolution, separating
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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measurement
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-oid
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resembling
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- oma
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tumor, swelling
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-opia
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vision (condition)
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-osis
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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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abnormal reduction (in number)
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-pexy
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Surgical fixation, suspension
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-phagia
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eating or swallowing
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-phobia
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abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things
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-physis
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growth
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-plasia
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condition of formation , development,growth
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-plasm
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growth, substance, formation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-poiesis
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formation
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, pwlapse
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-rrhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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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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-salpinx
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uterine tube (fallopian tube)
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-sarcoma
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malignant tumor
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument used for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual exam
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-sis
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state of
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stasis
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control of , stop, standing
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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-stomy
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creation of an artificial opening
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-thorax
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chest, chest cavity
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-tocia
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birth, labor
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-tomy
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cut into, incision
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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trophy
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nourishment, development
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- um
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no meaning
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-uria
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urine, urination
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-us
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no meaning
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-rrhapy
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suturing, repairing
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-ous
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pertaining to
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