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148 Cards in this Set
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punture
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centesis
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excision, removal
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ectomy
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forming an opening (mouth)
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-stomy
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instrument to cut
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-tome
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incision, cut into
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-tomy
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-desis
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suspension, fixation (of an organ)
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-pexy
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suture
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-rrhaphy
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surgical repair
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-plasty
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break, or fracture
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-clasis
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seperation, destruction, loosening
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-lysis
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crushing
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-tripsy
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pain
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-algia or dynia
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hernia, swelling
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-cele
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dilation, expansion
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-ectasis
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vomiting
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-emesis
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blood condition
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-emia
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forming, producing, origin
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-gen or -genesis
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record, a writing
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-gram
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instrument for recording
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-graph
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process of recording
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-graphy
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abnormal condition (produced by someting specified)
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-iasis
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inflammation
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-itis
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stone, calculus
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-lith
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specialist in the study of
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-logist
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study of
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-logy
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softening
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-malacia
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enlargement
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-megaly
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instrument for measuring
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-meter
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act of measuring
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-metry
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resembling
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-old
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tumor
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-oma
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abnormal condition (used to primarily with blood cells)
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-osis
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to bear (offspring)
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-para
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partial paralysis
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-paresis
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disease
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-pathy
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decrease, dificiency
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-penia
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eating, swallowing
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-phagia
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speech
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-phasia
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attraction to
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-philia
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fear
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-phobia
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paralysis or stroke
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-plegia
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formation, production
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-poiesis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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-ptosis
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bursting forth
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-rrhage or -rrhagia
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discharge or flow
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-rrhea
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rupture
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-rrhexis
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instrument to view or examine
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-scope
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visual examination
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-scopy
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-spasm
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standing still
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-stasis
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narrowing stricture
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-stenosis
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poison
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-toxic
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development, nourishment
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-trophy
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condition
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-ia
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treatment, medicine
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-iatrics, -iatry
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specialist
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-ist
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small, minute, little
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-icle
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before, in front
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ante
pre pro |
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above, upon
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epi-
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under, below
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hypo-
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betweew
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inter-
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middle
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medi-
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after, behind
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post-
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backward, behind
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retro-
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two
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bi-
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double, twofold
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dipl-
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half
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hemi-
semi- |
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excessive, above normal
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hyper-
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large
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macro-
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small
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mircro-
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one
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mono-
uni- |
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many, much
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multi-
poly- |
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first
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primi-
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four
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quadri-
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three
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tri-
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without, not
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a-
an- |
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in, not
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im-
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from, away from
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ab-
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toward
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ad-
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around
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circum-
peri- |
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out, out from
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ex-
ex- |
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through, across
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dia-
trans- |
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outside, outward
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ecto-
exo- extra- |
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in, within
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endo-
intra- |
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near, beside, beyond
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para-
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above, excessive
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super-
supra- |
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against
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anti-
contra- |
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slow
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brady-
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bad, painful, difficult
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dys-
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good, normal
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eu-
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different
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hetero-
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same
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homo-
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bad
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mal-
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all
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pan-
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false
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pseudo
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union, together, joined
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syn-
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rapid
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tachy-
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cell
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cyt/o
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tissue
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hist/o
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nucleus
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nucle/o
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anterior, front
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anter/o
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tail
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caud/o
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far, farthest
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dist/o
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back, (of body)
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dors/o
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lower, below
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infer/o
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side, to one side
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later/o
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middle
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medi/o
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back (of body), behind, posterior
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poster/o
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near, nearest
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proxim/o
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belly, belly-side
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ventr/o
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abdomen
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abdomin/o
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extremely
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acr/o
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groin
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inguin/o
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loin
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lumb/o
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navel
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omphal/o
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pelvis
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pelv/i
pelv/o |
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white
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albin/o
leuc/o leuk/o |
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black, coal
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anthrac/o
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green
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chlor/o
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yellow
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cirrh/o
jaund/o xanth/o |
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blue
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cyan/o
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red
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erythem/o
erythro/o rube/o |
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black
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melan/o
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gray
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poli/o
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band
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fasci/o
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same, alike
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home/o
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unknown, peculiar
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idi/o
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disease
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path/o
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radiation, xray
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radi/o
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body
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somat/o
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internal organs, visera
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viscer/o
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foriegn, strange
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xen/o
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dry
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xer/o
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forming, producing, origin
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-geneisis
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knowing
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-gnosis
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record, a writing
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-gram
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instrument for recording
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-graph
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process of recording
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-graphy
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disease
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-pathy
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from, away from
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ab-
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toward
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ad-
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other, differing from usual
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allo-
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below, under
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infra-
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around
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peri-
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upper, above
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super-
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across, through
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trans-
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excess, beyond
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ultra-
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