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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology Flashcards

1
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What are the four parts of medical terms?

A

word root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel

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The foundation of a medical term, which provides the general meaning of a word (may be a body system, body part, or action)

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word root

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Part of a medical term that makes possible the pronunciation of long terms (most often the vowel ‘o’),

Used in two ways:
-between word root & suffix
*only if suffix begins with a consonant
-between two word roots
*whether suffix begins with a consonant
or vowel

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combining vowel

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Added to the front of a medical term to give information about location, number of parts, or time (frequency)

*Not included in every medical term

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prefix

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Added to the end of a medical term to add meaning about condition, disease or procedure

  • Included in every medical term
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suffix

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bi/o

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life

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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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chem/o

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chemical

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cis/o

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to cut

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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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gynec/o

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female

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hemat/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immunity

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laryng/o

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voice box

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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ophalm/o

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eye

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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a-

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without, away from

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an-

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without

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self

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brady-

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slow

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de-

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without

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dys-

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painful, difficult, abnormal

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endo-

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within, inner

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epi-

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upon, over

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eu-

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normal, good

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ex-

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external, outward

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extra-

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outside of

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hetero-

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different

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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over, above

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hypo-

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under, below

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in-

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not; inward

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inter-

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among, between

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intra-

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within, inside

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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para-

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beside, near; two like parts of a pair; abnormal

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per-

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through

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peri-

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around

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post-

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after

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before

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pseudo-

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false

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re-

A

again

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retro-

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backward, behind

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sub-

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below, under

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tachy-

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rapid, fast

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trans-

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through, across

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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un-

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not

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bi-

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two

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mono-

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one

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multi-

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many

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nulli-

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none

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pan-

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all

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poly-

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many

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quadri-

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four

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semi-

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partial, half

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tetra-

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four

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tri-

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three

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia, protrusion

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-cyte

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cell

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

A

dilation

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-gen

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that which produces

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-genic

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producing, produced by

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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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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

A

one who studies

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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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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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view of

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasm

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formation, development

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-rrhage

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abnormal flow condition

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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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hardening

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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-therapy

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treatment

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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  • ac
  • al
  • an
  • ar
  • ary
  • atic
  • eal
  • iac
  • ic
  • ical
  • ile
  • ine
  • ior
  • nic
  • ory
  • ose
  • ous
  • tic
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pertaining to

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-centesis

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puncture to withdraw fluid

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-ostomy

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surgically creating an opening

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-otomy

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cutting into

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-gram

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record or picture

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-graphy

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process of recording

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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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-scope

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instrument for viewing

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-scopic

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pertaining to visually examining

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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plural form of -a

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-ae

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plural form of -ax

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-aces

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plural form of -ex/-ix

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-ices

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plural form of -is

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-es

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plural form of -ma

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-mata

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plural form of -nx

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-nges

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plural form of -on

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-a

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plural form of -um

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-a

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plural form of -us

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-i

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plural form of -y

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-ies

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