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1
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-Algia

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Pain, painful condition

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Dys-

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Bad, difficult or painful

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-Ectomy

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Surgical removal, cutting out

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Hyper-

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Excessive, increase

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Hypo-

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Deficient, decreased

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-Itis

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Inflammation

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-Osis

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Abnormal condition, condition

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-Ostomy

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Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-Otomy

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Cutting, surgical incision

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-Plasty

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Surgical repair

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-Rrhage

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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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12
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-Rrhaphy

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Surgical suturing

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13
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-Rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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14
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-Rrhexis

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Rupture

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14
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Word roots

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Contain basic meaning of term. Usually indicates body part

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15
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-Sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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17
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-Megaly

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Enlargement

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18
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-Malacia

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Abnormal softening

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18
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Myelopathy

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Any pathologic change or disease of the spinal cord

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19
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-Necrosis

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Tissue death

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21
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-Scopy

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Visual examination

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21
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Hypertension

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Higher than normal blood pressure

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22
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-Stenosis

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Abnormal narrowing

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23
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Natal

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Pertaining to birth

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24
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Pain is classified as a

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Symptom

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25
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In the term myopathy the suffix pathy means

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Disease

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26
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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

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27
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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

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Prognosis

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28
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Edema

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Swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells tissues or cavities of the body

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29
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Acute

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Rapid onset

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30
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Supination

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Turning the palm of the hand upward

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31
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Palpation

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Examination procedure

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32
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Exudate

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Fluid such as pus that leaks out of an infected wound

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33
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Lesion

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Pathologic tissue change

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34
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Palpitation

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Pounding heart

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35
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Laceration

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Torn or jagged wound or accidental cut wound

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36
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Gastritis

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Inflammation of the stomach

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37
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Suppuration

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Formation of pus

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38
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Wound or injury

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Trauma

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39
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Viral

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Pertaining to virus

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40
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Gastrosis

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Abnormal condition or disease of the stomach

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41
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A set of signs and symptoms

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Syndrome

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42
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Myorrhexis

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Rupture of a muscle

43
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Gastralgia

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Stomach pain

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Pyoderma

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Acute inflammatory pus forming bacterial skin infection

45
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Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries

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Arteriosclerosis

46
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A fever is considered to be a

47
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Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine is Known as

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Gastroenteritis

48
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Pain in a joint or joints

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Arthralgia

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Physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disrders of the skin

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Dermatologist

50
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Hypotension

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Lower than normal blood pressure

51
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The process of recording a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium is known as

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Angiography

52
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Above or outside the ribs

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Supracostal

53
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Differential diagnosis

54
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Abnormal passage usually between two internal organs or leading from the organ to the surface of the body

55
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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

56
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Surgical creation of an artificial opening between the colon and the body surface

57
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Invasion of the body by disease producing organism

58
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Study of the ears nose and throat

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Otorhinolaryngology

59
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Abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus

60
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Viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord

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Poliomyelitis

61
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Study of disorders of the newborn

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Neonatology

62
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Pertaining to the interior lining of an artery

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Endarterial

63
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Screening of patients to determine the relative priority of need in the proper place of treatment

64
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Pyrosis

65
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Surgical repair of the nerve

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Nueroplasty

66
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Between but not within the parts of a tissue

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Interstitial

67
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Enlargement of the liver

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Hepatomegaly

68
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combining form meaning spinal cord is

69
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combining form meaning muscle is

70
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combining form meaning bone is

71
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combining form meaning nerve is

72
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combining form meaning joint is

73
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colors: cyan/o

74
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colors: erythr/o

75
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colors: leuk/o

76
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colors: melan/o

77
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colors: poli/o

78
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enter/o

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small intestine

79
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enter/o combined with itis drops the combining vowel, why?

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because the suffix starts with a vowel

80
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hepat/o

81
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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid (abdominocentesis)

82
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hem/o

83
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ab-

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away from, negative, absent

84
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dextr/o

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right side

85
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ex-

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out of, outside, away from

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macro-

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pre-

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ad-

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toward, to, in the direction of

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sinistr/o

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in-

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in, into, not, without

91
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micr/o

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olig/o

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scanty, few

93
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post-

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after, behind

94
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sub-

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under, less, below (subcostal:below ribs)

95
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eu-

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good, normal, well, easy

96
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intra-

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within or inside

97
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super-, supra-

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above or excessive (supracostal:above or outside ribs)

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ot/o

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rhin/o

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ileum

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longest portion of small intEstine

101
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ilium

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part of the hip bone (I in HIP)

102
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pyel/o

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renal pelvis, part of the kidney

103
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py/o

104
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pyr/o

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fever or fire

105
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virile (VIR-ill)

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qualities of an adult male

Hp 203 test 1 (8 decks)

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