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Audi/o

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Ear

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Heter/o

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Different

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Home/o

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Same

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My/o

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Muscle

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Ocul/o

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Eye

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Opt/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-megaly

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Enlarged

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-logy

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Study of

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-gram

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Record or picture

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-pathy

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Disease

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A-

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Without

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An-

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Without

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Bi-

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Two

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Dys-

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Abnormal, difficult, painful

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Inter-

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Between

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Post-

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After

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Sub-

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Below, underneath

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-algia

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Pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia, protrusion

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-centesis

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Puncture to withdraw fluid

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-cide

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To kill

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-clasia

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Surgical breaking

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-cle

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Small

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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-cyte

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Cell

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-cytosis

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Condition of too many cells

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-derma

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Skin condition

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-desis

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Surgical fixation

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-dipsia

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Thirst

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectasis

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Dilated, stretched out

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal, excision

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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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-er

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One who

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-esthesia

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Feeling, sensation

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-gen

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That which produces

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-genesis

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Produces, generate

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-genic

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Producing

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-globin

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Protein

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-globulin

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Protein

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-gram

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Recording or picture

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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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-gravida

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Pregnancy

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-ia

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State, condition

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-iatrist

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Medical specialty

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-iatrist

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Physician

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-iatry

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Treatment, medicine

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-ician

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Specialist

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-ism

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State of, condition

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-ist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-kinesia

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Movement

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-lith

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Stone

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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destruction, loosen, dissolve

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-lytic

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destruction

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-manometer

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instrument for measuring pressure

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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oil

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resembling

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-ole

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small

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-opia

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vision

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-opsy

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view of

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-orexia

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appetite

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-osmia

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smell

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-ostomy

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surgically create an opening

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-otomy

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cutting into, incision

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-para

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to bear (offspring)

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-paresis

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weakness

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partum

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birth, labor

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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too few

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-phil

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attracted to

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-phobia

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fear

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-phonia

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voice

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-plasm

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formation, development

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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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formaton

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-porosis

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porus

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-ptysis

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spitting up, coughing up

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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discharge flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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hardened condition

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-scope

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instrument for viewing

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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-spasm

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involuntary muscle contration

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-stasis

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stopping

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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-taxia

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muscle coordination

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-therapy

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treatment

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-thorax

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chest

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-tocia

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labor, child birth

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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excision, cutting into

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-toxic

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poison

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-trophic

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development

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-trophy

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nourishment,development

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-ule

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small

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-uria

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condition of the urine

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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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-an

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Pertaining to

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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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-atic

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Pertaining to

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ine

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-nic

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Pertaining to

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-ory

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Pertaining to

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-ose

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Pertaining to

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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