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115 Cards in this Set
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a-
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lack of,
no without |
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ab-
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away from,
negative |
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abdomin-
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abdomen,
belly |
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-ac
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pertaining to
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ac-
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addition to
near to toward, |
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acanth-
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spiny,
thorn |
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acar-
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mite, itch
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-aceous
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pertaining to
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acet-
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vinegar
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acetab-
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saucer
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acou-
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hearing,
sound |
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-acousia
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condition of hearing
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-acoustic
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pertaining to the organs of hearing
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acr-
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extremities (ie head, hands, feet)
eg acromegaly - overgrowth of soft tissues and bones - large spadelike hands and feet, prominent brow |
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actin-
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ray
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acu-
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sudden, sharp, severe
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acute
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-acy
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quality of
or state |
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-ad
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toward (a specific terminus)
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ad-
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addition to,
near to, toward |
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aden-
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gland
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-adenia
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condition of the glands
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aden - gland
-ia/ a specific condition or disease |
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adenoid-
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gland-like, glandular
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adip-
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fat, fatty tissue
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-adol
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an analgesic
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adren-
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adrenal gland
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-aemia
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condition or presence of blood
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aemia-
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blood
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aesthesi-
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feeling or perception
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-aesthesia
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condition involving sensation
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aesthes-/ feeling or perception
-ia/ a specific condition or disease |
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-aesthetic
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a person's sensation of something
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aestheically pleasing
pleasant to the eye |
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aeti-
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cause
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af-
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toward, near to, addition to
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ag-
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toward,
near to, addition to |
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-age
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rate, action or process
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-agnosia
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loss of faculty to peceive
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Gk, a+ gnosis - not knowlege
autotop/agnosia, par/agnosia |
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-agogue, -agog
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expulsing,
inducing, stimulating, leading |
galactogogue - stimulating milk supply, inducing milk supply in nursing mothers
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-agra
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pain or painful seizure
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-al
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pertaining to
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ala-
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wing
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alb-
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white
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alg-, algesi-
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pertaining to sense of pain
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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ali-
ala- |
wing
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aliment-
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food, nourishment
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-alis
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pertaining to
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all-
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other, different
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alveol-
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air sac, small hollow, cavity
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ambly-
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dim, dull
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ametr-
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disproportionate
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amm-
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sand
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amnio
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pertaining to the amnion
(foetal membrane) |
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amph
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on both sides
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amphoteric, a substance that can act as acid or base depending on conditions
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amyl-
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starch
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an-
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anus, anal
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an-
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up,
back, again |
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an-
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without, lack of, not
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-ance
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quality or state
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-ency, -ance, -ancy, -ence
deffici/ency, depend/ence lat/ency emerg/ency |
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-ancy
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quality or state
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andr-
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man, male
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angi-
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vessel
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anis-
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unequal, dissimilar
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ankyle-
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fused or bent
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Gk- ankylosis, bent condition
Ankylosis - fixation of a joint, often in an abnormal position, ankylosing spondylosis |
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anomalo-
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uneven, irregular
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-ans
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'ing'
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ante-
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before,
prior to, in front of in time or place |
ante/natal - before birth
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antero-
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anterior, forward
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anth-
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flower, floral
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-anthema
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specific type of rash
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anthra-
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coal, charcoal, carbon
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anthrop-
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prefix
man or human being |
anthoproid
Gk, anthropos, human, eidos human-like apes or other primates |
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anti-
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against, combating, alleviating
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antr-
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antrum, sinus
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ankyle-
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bent or crooked
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ap-(1)
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toward, near to
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ap-(2)
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away from, derived from, separation
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aph-
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away from, derived from, separation
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api-
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bee
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aqua-
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water
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-ar
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pertaining to
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arch-
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chief, first, beginning
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-arche
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beginning
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menarche Gk- men, month archaios, from the beginning; the first menstruation, commencement of cyclical menstrual function
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argyr-
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silver
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aristo-
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best
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-arit
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anti arthritic drug
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arrhen-
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male
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arteriol-
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small artery
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arthr-
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joint
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articul-
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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as-
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toward, near to
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see -ad toward a specific terminus - cephalad, toward the head, away from the tail
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-ase
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pertaining to an enzyme
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amylase
protease |
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-aster
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star shaped
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aster-, astr-
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star
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asthen-
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weak, weakness
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-asthenia
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weakness
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at-
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toward, near to
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-ate
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to use,
act like, make into, subject to |
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atel-
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imperfect,
incomplete |
atelectasis - Gk, ateles, incomplete, ektasis, expansion
collapse of the alveoli resulting in "collapsed lung" Failure of the lung to fully expand |
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ather-
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fatty degeneration
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atm-
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steam or vapour
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-atresia
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condition of occlusion
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atreto-
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closed, imperforate
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atri-
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chamber of heart, atrium
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-atrophia
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condition of malnutrition
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audi-
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hearing, sound
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aur-
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ear
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auricle (pinna) - the external ear
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auri-
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gold
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auricul-
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flap of ear,
appendage of atrium of heart |
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auto-
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self, spontaneous, independent
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aux-
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growth, increase
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-auxe
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enlargement
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axi-
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axis, axle
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axilla-
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armpit
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azot-
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nitrogen, urea
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