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ot/o
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ear
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angi/o
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vessel
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vas/o
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vessel
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cephal/o
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head
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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cardi/o
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heart
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chir/o
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hand
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-er
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one who
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-ist
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one who
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-iatrician
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practitioner
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-logist
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one who studies; specialist
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-logic/al
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pertaining to
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-iatrics/-iatry
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medical profession or treatment
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-logy
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study or science of
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GP
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General Practitioner
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nonsurgical specialty of medicine that deals specifically with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal structures of the body
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internal medicine
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internist
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internal medicine specialist
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crin/o
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to secrete
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dermat/o
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skin
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esthesi/o
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feeling or sensation
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gastr/o, enter/o
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stomach, intestines
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
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elderly
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gynec/o
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female
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immun/o
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immune
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ne/o, nat/o
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new, birth
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neur/o
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nerve
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obstetr/o
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midwife
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onc/o
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tumor
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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orth/o
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straight
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ped/o
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child or sometimes foot
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laryng/o
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larynx
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path/o
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disease
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psych/o
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mind
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radi/o
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radiation and sometimes radius
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rheumat/o
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rheumatism
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rhin/o
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nose
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ur/o
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urinary tract and sometimes urine
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
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excision-surgical removal or cutting out
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-lysis
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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
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surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scopy
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visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
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formation of an opening
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-tome
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an instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
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incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-ary, -eal
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pertaining to
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corpor/o
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body
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extra-
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outside
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lith/o
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stone (calculus)
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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urin/o
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urine or urination
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aden/o
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gland
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angi/o
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vessel
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
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bi/o
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life or living
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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cerebr/o
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brain
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encephal/o
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brain
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chir/o
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hand
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col/o
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colon or large intestine
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cutane/o
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skin
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derm/a, dermat/o
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skin
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faci/o
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face
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hepat/o
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liver
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hepat/o
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liver
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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muscul/o
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muscle
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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oste/o
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bone
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
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lungs
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
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lungs (sometimes air or gas)
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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trachea
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vas/o
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vessel, ductus deferens
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-scope
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instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-ia
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condition
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micro-
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small
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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amni/o
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amnion
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-centesis
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puncture
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trans-
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across
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-ectasia
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dilatation, dilation, or enlargement, or stretching of a structure or part
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-ectasis
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enlargement or stretching of a structure or part
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-edema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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-ia, -iasis
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone or calculus
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-malacia
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soft, softening
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-mania
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excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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condition
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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-ptosis
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prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-spasm
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twitching, cramp
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-edema
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swelling
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lymph/o, lymphat/o
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lymph, lymphatics
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-able, -ible
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capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
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pertaining to
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-ase
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enzyme
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-eum, -ium
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membrane
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-ia, -ism
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condition or theory
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-iac
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one who suffers
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-opia
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vision
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-ose
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sugar
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
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state or condition
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amyl/o
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starch
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hemat/o
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blood
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lact/o
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milk
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lip/o
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fat
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lith/o
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stone
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muc/o
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mucus
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prote/o, protein/o
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protein
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pyr/o
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fire
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diplo-
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double
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hemi-, semi-
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half, partly
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hyper-
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excessive, more than normal
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hypo-
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beneath or below normal
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multi-, poly-
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many
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nulli-
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none
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pan-
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all
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primi-
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first
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super-, ultra-
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excessive
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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ante-, pre-
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before in time or in place
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circum-
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around
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peri-
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around
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dia-
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through
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ecto-
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out, without, away from
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ex-, exo-, extra-
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out, without, away from
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en-, end-, endo-
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inside
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epi-
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above, on
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hypo-
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beneath, under
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infra-
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beneath, under
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sub-
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beneath, 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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meso-, mid-
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middle
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para-
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near, beside, or abnormal
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per-
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through or by
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post-
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after, behind
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retro-
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behind, backward
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super-, supra-
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above, beyond
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sym-, syn-
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joined, together
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trans-
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across
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ante-, pre-, pro-
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before
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post-
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after or behind
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ven/o
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vein
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
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large or great
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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in-
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not or inside (in)
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anti-, contra-
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against
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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bad, difficult
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eu-
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good, normal
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mal-
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bad
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pro-
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favoring, supporting
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tachy-
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fast
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o
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white
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chlor/o
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green
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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cyt/o
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cell
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-cyte
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cell
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gen/o
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beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
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-genic, -genesis
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produced by or in producing or forming
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gram/o
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to record
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-gram
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a 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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kinesi/o
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movement
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-kinesia, -kinesis
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movement, motion
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leps/o
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seizure
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lys/o
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destruction, dissolving
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-lysin
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that which destroys
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-lysis
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process of destroying
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-lytic
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capable of or producing destruction
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malac/o
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soft, softening
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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megal/o
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large, enlarged
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-megaly
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enlargement
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metr/o
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measure, uterine tissue
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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process of measuring
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path/o
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disease
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-pathy
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disease
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phag/o
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eat, ingest
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
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eating, swallowing
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phas/o
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speech
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-phasia
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speech
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pleg/o
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paralysis
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-plegia
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paralysis
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
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split, cleft
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-schisis
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split, cleft
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scler/o
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hard
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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scop/o
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to examine, to view
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-scope
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instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
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process of examining visually
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troph/o
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nutrition
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-trophic, -trophy
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nutrition
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aer/o
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air
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blast/o
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embryonic form
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cancer/o, carcin/o
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cancer
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cephal/o
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head
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cry/o
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cold
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crypt/o
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hidden
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dips/o
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thirst
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electr/o
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electricity
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fibr/o
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fiber
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hist/o
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tissue
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myc/o
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fungus
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narc/o
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stupor
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necr/o
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dead
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optic/o, opt/o
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vision
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pharmac/o
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drugs, medicine
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phon/o
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voice
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phot/o
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light
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py/o
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pus
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therm/o
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heat
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top/o
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position, place
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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AMA
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American Medical Association
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ARRT
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American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
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ED
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emergency department
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ENT
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ear, nose, and throat
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ER
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emergency room
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GP
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General Practitioner
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Gyn
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gynecology
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ICU
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intensive care unit
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LPN
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licensed practical nurse
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LVN
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licensed vocational nurse
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OB
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obstetrics
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OR
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operating room
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OTC
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over the counter
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PA
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physician assistant; posteroanterior
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PT
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physical therapy, prothrombin time
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RN
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registered nurse
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Rx
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prescription
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a.c.
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before meals (ante cibum)
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ad lib.
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freely as needed, at pleasure (ad libitum)
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Aq.
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water (aqua)
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b.i.d.
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twice a day (bis in die)
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b.i.n.
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twice at night (bis in die)
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CS, C-section
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cesarean section
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DOA
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dead on arrival
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ECG, EKG
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eletrocardiogram
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I & O
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intake and output
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IM
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intramuscular
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IU
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international unit
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IV
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intravenous
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Noct.
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night
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NPO
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nothing by mouth (nil per os)
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OD
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right eye (oculus dexter); overdose
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po, PO
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by mouth (per os)
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p.r.n.
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as the occasion arises, as needed (pro re nata)
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q.i.d.
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four times a day (quater in die)
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t.i.d.
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three times a day (ter in die)
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