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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-oid

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resembling

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus (cocci)

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berry-shaped bacterium

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-dynia

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pain

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-er

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one who

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-ole

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little, small

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, sagging, prolapse

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-therapy

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treatment

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-ule

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little small

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

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structure, substance

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death

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neutr/o

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neutrophil

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-ar

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pertaining to

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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rec/o

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rectum

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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ven/o

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vein

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hernia

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portrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it.

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hiatal hernia

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occurs when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm

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inguinal hernia

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occurs when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male.

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cystocele

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occurs when part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall as a result of weakness of the pelvic muscles

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rectocele

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the protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vagina

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omphalocele

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a herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth

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staphylococcus

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a berry-shaped bacterium, grows in twisted chains. One group causes such conditions as “strep throat”, tonsillitis, rheumatic fever, and certain kidney ailments, whereas another group causes infections in teeth, in sinuses (cavities) of the nose and face, and in the valves of the heart.

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staphylococcus

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berry shaped bacteria, grow in small clusters like grapes. Lesions may be external (skin abscess, boils, styes) or internal (abscesses in bone and kidney)

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abscess

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a collection of pus, white blood cells, and protein that is present at the site if infection

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