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Chapter 2- Suffixes and Combining Forms Flashcards

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-iatrician

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Practitioner

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-er, -ist

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One who

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-logist

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One who studies, specialist

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-ac, -ic, -al, -ical

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Pertaining to

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-logic, -logical

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Pertaining to the study of

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-iatrics, -iatry

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Medical profession or treatment

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-logy

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The study of

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Crin/o, -crine

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To secrete

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Esthesi/o

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Feeling or sensation

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Gastr/o, enter/o

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Stomach, intestines

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Ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

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Elderly

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Immun/o

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Immune

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Ne/o, nat/o

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New, birth

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Obstetr/o

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Midwife

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Opthalm/o

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Eye

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Orth/o, ped/o

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Straight, child

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Ot/o, laryng/o

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Ear, larynx

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Path/o

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Disease

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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Radiation (or radius)

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Rheumat/o

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Rheumatism

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract (or urine)

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

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-ectomy

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Excision(surgical removal or cutting out)

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-lysis

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Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrgaphy

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Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

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-scopy

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Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)

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-stomy

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Formation of an opening

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-tome

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An instrument used for cutting (ie. microtome)

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-tomy

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Incision (cutting into tissue)

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-trophy

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Surgical cutting

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Append/o, appendic/o

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Appendix

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Bi/o

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Life of living

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Cerebr/o, encephal/o

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Brain

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Chir/o

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Hand

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Col/o

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Colon on large intestine

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Cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

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Skin

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Faci/o

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Face

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Heapat/o

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Liver

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Mamm/o, mast/o

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Breast

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Muscul/o, my/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow or spinal cord

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pnuem/o, pnuemon/o

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Lungs

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsil

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Trache/o

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Trachea (windpipe)

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Vas/o

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Vessel; ductus deferens

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through wall of cavity that contains it)

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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Dilation

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-edema

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Swelling

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-emia

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Condition of the blood

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-ia, -iasis

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Condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lith

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Stone of calculus

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-malacia

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Soft, softening

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-mania

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Excessive preoccupation

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid (forms of adjectives and nouns)

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Condition (often and abnormal condition, sometimes an increase)

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-pathy

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Disease

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-phobia

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Abnormal fear

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-ptosis

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Prolapse (sagging)

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

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Twitching, cramp

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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-able, -ible

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Capable of, able to

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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic

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Pertaining to

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-ase

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Enzyme

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-eum, -ium

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Membrane

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-ia, -ism

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Condition or theory

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-iac

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One who suffers

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-opia

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Vision

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-ose

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Sugar

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-ous

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Pertaining to or characterized by

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-y

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State or condition

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Amyl/o

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Starch

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Adip/o, lip/o

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Fat

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Lact/o

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Milk

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Lith/o

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Stone

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Micro-

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Small

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Muc/o

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Mucus

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Prote/o, protein/o

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Protein

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Pyr/o

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Fire

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Darcy/o, lacrim/o

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Tear, tearing, crying

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Hidr/o

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Sweat or perpetration

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Lymph/o

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Lymph

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Muc/o

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Mucus

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-poiesis

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Production

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-poietin

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Substance that causes production

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Sial/o

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Saliva

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Coagul/o

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Coagulation

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Thromb/o

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Clot (thrombosis)

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