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1
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  • Tripsy
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Crushing

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  • oid
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Resembling

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-Graph

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Instrument for recording

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Phas/o

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Speech

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-Gram

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Record

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-Stomy

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Creation of an opening

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Re-

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Again or back

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De-

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From, down, or not

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-Genesis

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Origin or production

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Dia-, trans-

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Across or through

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  • poiesis
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Formation

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Ad-

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To, toward, near

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Post-

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After or behind

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-Osis

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Condition or increase

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A-, an-

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Without

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  • Ac,-al, - Ar
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Pertaining to

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-Cele

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Pouching or hernia

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Abdomin/o, lapar/o

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Abdomen

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Col/o, colon/o

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Colon

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Phag/o

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Eat or swallow

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-Oma

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Tumor

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Hemi-, semi-

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Half

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  • Rrhexis
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Rupture

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Para-

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Abnormal, alongside of

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-Plasty

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Surgical repair or reconstruction

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Nas/o, rhin/o

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Nose

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Nephr/o, ren/o

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Kidney

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  • Rraphy
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Suture

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Poly-, multi-

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Many

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  • dynia
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Pain

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Dys-

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Painful, difficult, or faulty

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-Lysis

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Breaking down or dissolution

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Anti-, contra-

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Against or opposed to

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  • desis
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Binding

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Ger/o

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Old age

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-E

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General indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing

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Son/o

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Sound

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Lith/o

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Stone

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Super-, Supra-

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Above or excessive

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Oligo-

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Few or deficient

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Gynec/o

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Woman

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  • Penia
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Abnormal reduction

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Circum-, peri-

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Around

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Hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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  • emia
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Blood condition

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Path/o

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Disease

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-Logy

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Study of

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Sub-, infra-

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Below or under

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Eu-

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Good or normal

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Dextr/o

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Right or on the right side

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Ecto-, exo-, extra-

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Outside

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56
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-Iasis

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Formation or presence of

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57
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  • Centesis
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Puncture for aspiration

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Retro-

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Behind or backward

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Acr/o

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Extremity or topmost

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Ultra-

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Beyond or excessive

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-Logist

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One who specializes in the study or treatment of

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Pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Air or lung

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E-,ec-, ex-

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Out or away

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Meta-

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Beyond, after, or change

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Peri-

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Around

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Tox/o, toxic/o

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Poison

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-Scope

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Instrument for examination

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  • rrhage, - rrhagia
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To burst forth (usually blood)

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-Scopy

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Process of examination

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Orth/o

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Straight, normal, correct

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Phob/o

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Exaggerated fear or sensitivity

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Esthesi/o

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Sensation

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-Iatrics, -iatry

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Treatment

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My/o, muscul/o

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Muscle

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Ped/o

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Child, foot

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Ophthalm/o, opt/o

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Eye

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Morph/o

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Form

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Necr/o

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Death

82
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  • pexy
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Suspension or fixation

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-Ist

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One who specializes in

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Ante-, pro-, pre-

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Before

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  • metry
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Process Of measuring

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-Meter

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Instrument for measuring

87
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  • Ptosis
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Falling downward displacement

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-Tomy

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Incision

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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-Spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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Plas/o

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Formation

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Troph/o

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Nourishment or development

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Enter/o

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S intestine

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Con-, syn-, sym-

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Together or with

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Ab-

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Away from

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  • malacia
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Softening

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  • Ectomy
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Excision, removal

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Gen/o

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Origin or production

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  • ac, - al, - ar, - ary, - eal, -ic, - ous, -tic
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Pertaining to

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Or/o

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Mouth

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En-, endo-, intra-

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Within

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

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Vessel

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Aer/o

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Air, gas

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-Y, -ation

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Condition or process of

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Immun/o

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Safe

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Ot/o

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Ear

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-ium

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Structure or tissue

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Hyper-

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Above or excessive

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Obstetr/o

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Midwife

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Hypo-

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Below or deficient

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-Graphy

A

Process of recording

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Laryng/o

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Voicebox

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Onc/o

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Tumor or Mass

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Crin/o

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To secrete

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-Alia, - dynia

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Pain

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-Philia,-phil

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Attraction for

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Gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o

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Sugar

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-Stasis

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Stop or stand

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Sten/o

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Narrow

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  • ia, -ism
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Condition of

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-Icle, - ole, - ula, -ule

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Small

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Sinistr/o

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Left or on the left side

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Hydr/o

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Water

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  • al, -eal
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Pertaining to

128
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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Mes/o

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Middle

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Ur/o, urin/o

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Urine

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Melan/o

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Black

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Micro-

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Small

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Tri-

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Three

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Quadri-

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Four

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Py/o

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Pus

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Inter-

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Between

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Mono-, uni-

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One

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-itis

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Inflammation of

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-Ia

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Condition of

143
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Esophag/o

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Esophagus

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Pan-

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All

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Derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

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Skin

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Neo-

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New

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Brady-

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Slow

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Hepat/o

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Liver

151
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  • Megaly
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Enlargement

152
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Endo-

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Within

153
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Leuk/o

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White

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Macro-

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Large or long

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Bi-

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Two or both

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Epi-

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Upon

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-ectasis

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Dilation, expansion

159
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-RRhea

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Discharge

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