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-ologist

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Specialist

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-ose

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-rrhage

Sounds like: RAGE

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Bleeding

Abnormal, excessive fluid discharge

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-ism

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Abnormal condition

Disease

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-stenosis

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Abnormal narrowing

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-rrhagia

Sounds like: Rage-e-ah

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Bleeding

Abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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-rrhexis

Sounds like: Rex-is

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Rupture

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-megaly

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Enlarged

Abnormal

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-otomy

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Surgical incision

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-rrhaphy

Sounds like: raffy

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Stitches

Suture

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-gram

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Picture of record

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

Disease

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-algia

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Pain

Suffering

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-graph

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Picture of record

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-necrosis

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Tissue death

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-ology

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Study of

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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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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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-cyte

Sounds like: site

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Cell

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-dynia

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Pain

Suffering

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-rrhea

Sounds like: reah

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Flow

Discharge

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-ostomy

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Creation of an artificial surgical opening

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-graphy

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Procedure of making a picture or record

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Endo-

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Within

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Hypo-

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Below normal
Decreased
Deficient

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Hyper-

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Above normal
Increased
Excessive

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Post-

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After

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Pre-

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Before

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Peri-

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Surrounding

Around

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Dys-

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Bad
Difficult
Painful

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Super-

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Above

Excessive

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Supra-

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Above

Excessive

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Sub-

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Below

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Ad-

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Towards

In the direction of

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Ab-

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Away from

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Neo-

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New

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Append/o

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Appendix

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Colon/o

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Large intestine

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Phleb/o

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Vein

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Path/o

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Disease

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Lapar/o

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Abdomen

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Dia

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Through
Between
Complete

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Melan/o

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Black

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Ather/o

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Fatty plaque

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Laryng/o

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Throat

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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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Pyr/o

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Fire

Fever

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis

Bowl of the kidney

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Nat/o

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Birth

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Poli/o

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Gray

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord

Bone marrow

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Albin/o

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White

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Leuk/o

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White

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Col/o

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Large intestine

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Myos

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Muscle

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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My/o

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Muscle

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Appendic

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Appendix

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsils

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Lith/o

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Stone

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Neo

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New

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Ven/o

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Vein

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Pyr/osis

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“Heart burn”

Abnormal condition of fire

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Prostrate

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Collapsed and lying on the ground

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Prostate

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Male gland

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Diagnosis

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Identifying nature and cause with patient

“What’s wrong?”

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Prognosis

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Predicting the outcome of a disease

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Ilium

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Hip

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Ileum

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Small intestine

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Eponym

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Disease, structure or device named after the person who named it.

(E. G. Alzheimer’s disease or foley’s catheter)

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Acronym

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Word form from the initial letters of major words.

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Triage

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Screening of patients to decide relative priority of who needs to be seen first.

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Syndrome

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Combination of signs and symptoms as part of a disease

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Signs

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Objective evidence of disease

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Symptoms

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Subjective evidence of disease.

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