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Chapter 3 Understanding Prefixes Flashcards

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a-

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Without, absence of

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ab-

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Away from

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bi-

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Two

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Endo-

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Within

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Hyper-

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Excessive, abnormally high, above

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Hypo-

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Deficiency, abnormally low, bellow

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Intra-

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Within

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Post-

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To follow after

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Pre-

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To come before

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Sub-

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Under, beneath, bellow

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What prefix means?

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fix

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Aphasia

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Absence of speak

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Con-

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Together, with or jointly

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Contra-

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Counter or against

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Contra conception

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Against conception or birth

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Meta-

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After or change

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Anti-

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Without or absence of

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Metabolism

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The process by which the food are changed into energy

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Conjoined

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When twins are joined together

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Aphasia

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The absence of speak

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ambi-

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Both

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Ambidextrous

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Ability to use both hands

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Biofocal

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Pertaining to two focal points as glasses for close vision and far vision

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Cuspis-

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A point

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Bicus

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Cusp

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Pointed flat that forms a heart valve

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Bicuspid

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Refers to a heart with two cusps

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Bilateral

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Pertaining to two sides

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di-

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Double

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Diplegia

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Double paralysis

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Dipl-

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Double

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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hemi-

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Half

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis of half of the body

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Mono

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One

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Monoplegia

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Paralysis of one limb or muscle group

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Multi-

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Many

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Multipolar neuron

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Is a nerve cell that includes many branches

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Multipara

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Means has given birth many times

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Nulli-

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Never

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Nullipara

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Never having pregnant

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Pan-

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All

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Paranasal

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Sinuses on one or both sides of the nose

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Poly-

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Excessive, over, or many

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Polyphagia

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Excessive eating

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Polydipsia

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Excessive thirst

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Polyuria

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Excessive production of urine

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Polyarteritis

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Inflammation of many medium and small arteries where they branch

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Primi-

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First

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Primipara

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A woman who has given birth for the first time is a primipara

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Gravid-

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Pregnant

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Primigravida

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A woman who is pregnant for first time

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Quadri-

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Four

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Quadriplegia

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Paralysis of four limbs

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Tetra-

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Four

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Semi-

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Half or partial

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Semiconscious

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Partially conscious

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Tripara

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A woman who has given birth three times

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Tricuspid

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Valve of the heart containing three cups, to pointed flaps

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Uni-

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One

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Unipara

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Woman has given birth to one child

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An-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Ana-

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Up, toward

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Nat-

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Birth

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Prenatal or antenatal

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Before or to come before

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Dialysis

A

Procedure that filters blood as it moves through a machine a procedure that temporarily replaces the normal function of the kidneys

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Dia-

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Through

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-lysis

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To loose or disolve

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Dis-

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Apart or away

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Dislocated

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Apart or away from its normal position in the body

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Ec- or ecto-

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Outside or out

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Ectopic pregnancy

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The fertilized egg implants somewhere outside the uterus

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Endogastric

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Within the stomach

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Ep- and epi-

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Upon, over, above, or on top

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Epidermis

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Is the outermost layer of skin

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Esotropia

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Condition in which an eye is turned inward

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Eso-

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Inward

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-tropia

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Condition of turning

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Ex- or exo-

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Outside or away from

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Exotropia

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The eye is turned away from its normal position

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Extra-

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Outside

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Extracellular

A

Outside the cell

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Extracorporal

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Outside the body

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Extrauterine

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Outside the uterus

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Infer-

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Below or inferior

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Inter-

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Between

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Intervertebral

A

A position between the vertebrae

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Intra-

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Within

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Intracellular

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Within the cell

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Intrauterine

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Within the uterus

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Intradermal

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Within the skin

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Para-

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Alongside or abnormal

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Paracusis

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Abnormal hearing or a disorder in hearing

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Peri-

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Around

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Pericardium

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Membrane that covers the area around the heart

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Post-

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To follow after

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Postpartum

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To follow after birth

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Postnatal or postpartum

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To follow after birth

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Sub- and hypo-

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Below

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Hypodermis

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Area below the skin

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Subcutaneous

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Below the skin

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Super- and Supra-

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Above or superior

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Supraorbital

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Area above an eye orbit

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Sym- and syn-

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Together or joined

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Symptom

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Form to estimate of a disease

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Syndrome

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Is a group of symptoms or signs that occur together

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Exo-

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Outside, away from

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Abduction

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Away from the midline of the body

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Ectopic

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Pregnancy in which the fertilized egg implants somewhere outside the uterus

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Aseptic

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Sterile or pretending to without pathogenic organism

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Asymptomatic

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Pertaining to not having symptoms

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Anoxia

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Without oxigen

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An-

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Without

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Brady-

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Slow

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Bradycardia

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Abnormally slow heart rate

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Bradykinesia

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Slow motion

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Kinesi/o

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Motion

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Circum-

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Around

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Circumcision

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Process of cutting around the base of the foreskin to remove it from the penis

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Dys-

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Bad, abnormal, painful or diffoculty

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Dyslexia

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It’s a learning disability involving impaired reading, spelling and writing ability

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Eu-

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Normal or good

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Eupnea

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Normal or good breathing

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Pnea

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Breath

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Euthyroid

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Good or normal thyroid

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Thyroid

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Endocrine gland of the neck

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Heter- or hetero-

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Different

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Heterosexual

A

Person that prefers to have sex with someone of a gender different from themselves

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