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Chapter 1 Test Flashcards

1
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ultima

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last syllable

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penult

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next to last syllable

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antepenult

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third to last syllable

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Which syllable usually has the emphasis in pronunciation

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antepenult

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Root

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first if no prefix

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Prefix

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first

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Suffix

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last

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Rules for combining vowels

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1) “o” is the most common combining vowel
2) do NOT use a combining vowel when suffix begins with a vowel
3) join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant
4) can also be used to join 2 roots together

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hepato

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liver

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cutaneo

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skin

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hemato

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blood

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patho

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suffering/disease

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phag/o

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eat

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gastro

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stomach

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pneumon/o

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lung

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scler/o

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hard

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xen/o

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foreign

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pulmon/o

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lung

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gen/o

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creation/cause

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hemo

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blood

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angio

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vessel

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myo

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muscle

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musculo

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muscle

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arthro

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joint

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morph/o

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change

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vaso

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vessel

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plas/o

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formation

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neuro

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nerve

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entero

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small intestine

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py/o

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pus

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pneumo

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lung

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dermato

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skin

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vasculo

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vessel

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hydr/o

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water

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necr/o

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death

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sten/o

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narrowing

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orth/o

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straight

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troph/o

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nourishment/development

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dermo

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skin

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myc/o

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fungus

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cardio

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heart

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hemi-

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half

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con-

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with, together

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bi-

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two

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circum-

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around

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uni-

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one

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ec-

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out

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inter-

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between

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endo-

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in, inside

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exo-

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outside

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macro-

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large

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eu-

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good

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ecto-

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outside

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en-

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in, inside

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pro-

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before, on behalf of

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micro-

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small

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sub-

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beneath

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multi-

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many

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ad-

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syn-

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with, together

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ex-

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a-

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dys-

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dia-

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oligo-

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de-

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down, away from

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ante-

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peri-

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semi-

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pre-

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extra-

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intra-

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in, inside

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hypo-

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sym-

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with, together

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pan-

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poly-

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post-

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brady-

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epi-

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trans-

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contra-

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hyper-

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re-

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tachy-

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anti-

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e-

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mono-

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an-

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ab-

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-ism

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-ptosis

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-iatrics

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medical science

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-logy

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-algia

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-rrhagia

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excessive flow

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-gram

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written record

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-icle

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-ium

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tissue/structure

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iatry

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medical science

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-rrhexis

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-ole

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-plasty

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reconstruction

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-desis

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binding/fixation

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-penia

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deficiency

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-rrhage

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excessive flow

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-cele

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-ist

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specialist

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-scope

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instrument used to look

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-lysis

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loosen/break down

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-oid

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resembling

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-graph

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instrument used to produce a record

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-y

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condition/procedure

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-tomy

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-ula

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ectomy

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-ule

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-osis

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-dynia

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-iasis

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presence of

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-ia

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-centesis

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-oma

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-rrhea

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-iatrist

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specialist in the medicine of

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-pathy

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-graphy

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writing procedure

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-rrhaphy

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