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Chapter 1: Introduction Flashcards

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Pre-

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Before

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Peri-

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Around

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Post-

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After

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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Traumatic

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Pertaining to injury

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Uria

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Urination

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Ab-

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Away from

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Abduction

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To take away from the midline

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Emetic

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Pertaining to vomiting

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful, or bad

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty eating or swallowing

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Endo-

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Within or inside

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Endocrine

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To secrete internally

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Endoparasite

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Organism that lives within the body of the host

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Hyper-

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Elevated, higher, or more than normal

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Hyperglycemia

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Elevated amounts of blood glucose

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Inter-

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Between

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Intercostal

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Between the ribs

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Poly-

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Many or excessive

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Polyuria

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Excessive amount or frequency of urination

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Preanesthetic

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Pertaining to before anesthetic

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Sub-

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Below, under, or less

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Sublingual

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Under the tongue

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A-

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Without or no

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Atraumatic

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Without injury

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An-

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Without or no

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Anuria

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Absence of urine

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Ad-

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Toward

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Adduction

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To move toward the midline

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Anti-

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Against

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Eu-

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Good, easy, or normal

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Euthyroid

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Having a normally functioning thyroid gland

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Ex-

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Without, out of, outside, away from

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Exocrene

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To secrete externally (via a duct)

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Ecto-

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Outside

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Ectoparasite

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An organism that lives on the outer surface of the host

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Hypo-

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Depressed, lower, less than normal

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Hypoglycemia

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Depressed amounts of blood glucose

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Intra-

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Within

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Intramuscular

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Within the muscle

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Oligo-

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Scant or little

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Oliguria

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Scant amount or frequency of urination

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Postanesthetic

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Pertaining to after anesthesia

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Super-

Supra-

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Above, beyond, excessive

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Supernumary

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More than the regular number

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Suprascapular

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Above the shoulder blade

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Pan-

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All

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Leuk/o

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White

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-penia

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Deficiency or reduction in number

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Panleukopenia

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Deficiency of all types of white blood cells

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-tomy

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Cutting into or incision

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Gastrotomy

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Incision into the stomach

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Epi-

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Upper

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Extra-

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Outside

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Infra-

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Below or beneath

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Meta-

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Beyond

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Per-

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Throughout

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Trans-

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Across

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Ultra-

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Above, increased, or more than normal

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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Cardiac

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Pertaining to the heart

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Renal

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Pertaining to the kidney

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-an

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Pertaining to

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Ovarian

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Pertaining to the ovary

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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Lumbar

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Pertaining to the loin, lower back

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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Alimentary

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Pertaining to the gastrointestinal tract

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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Laryngeal

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Pertaining to the larynx

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-in

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Pertaining to

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Enteric

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Pertaining to the small intestine

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-ine

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Pertaining to

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Uterine

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Pertaining to the uterus

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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Cutaneous

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Pertaining to the skin

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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Nephrotic

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Pertaining to the kidneys

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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Mastectomy

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Surgical removal of the breast or mammary glands

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-pexy

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Suture to stabilize

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Gastropexy

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Surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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Rhinoplasty

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Surgical repair of the nose

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-stomy

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Surgically created opening

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Colostomy

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Surgically created opening between the colon and the body surface

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-tomy

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Cutting into

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Laparotomy

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Incision into the abdomen

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

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Cystocentesis

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Surgical puncture of the urinary bladder

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-gram

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Record of

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-graph

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Instrument that records

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Electrocardiograph

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Instrument that records the electrical activity of the heart

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-graphy

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Procedure that records

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-lysis

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Separation or breakdown

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Urinalysis

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Separation of urine into its constituents

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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Endoscope

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Instrument to visually examine inside the body

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-scopy

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Procedure to visually examine

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Endoscopy

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Procedure of visually examining inside the body

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-therapy

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Treatment

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  • rrhagia

- rrhage

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bursting forth

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Hemorrhage

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Bursting forth of blood from the vessels

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-rrhaphy

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To suture

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Enterorrhaphy

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Suturing of the small intestine

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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Myorrhexis

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Rupture of the muscle

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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Arthralgia

Arthrodynia

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Joint pain

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-ia

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State or condition

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-ion

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Action, process, state, or condition

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Infarction

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Condition of blood flow obstruction

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-itis

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Inflammation

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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-ive

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Performs or tends toward

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Congestive

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Tends toward accumulation of fluid

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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Osteomalacia

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Abnormal softening of bone

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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Cardiomegaly

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Enlargement of the heart

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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Cardiosis

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Abnormal condition of the heart

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-pathy

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Disease

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Enteropathy

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Disease of the small intestine

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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Arteriosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of the arteries

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-um

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Structure

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Pericardium

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Structure surrounding the heart

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-us

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Thing

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