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carp/o

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Wrist bones

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Cib/o

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Meals

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers, toes, polydactyl

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Duct/o

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To lead, carry

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Flex/o

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To bend

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Furc/o

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Forking, branching

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Glyc/o, gluc/o, glycogen/o

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Sugar

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Immun/o

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Protection

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Mort/o

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Death

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Nat/i

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Birth

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Nect/o

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To bind, tie, connect

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Norm/o

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Rule, order

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Ox/o

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Oxygen

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Pub/o

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Pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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Seps/o

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Infection, sepsis

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Somn/o

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Sleep, insomnia

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Son/o

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Sound

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The/o

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To put, place

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Thel/o, theli/o

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Nipple

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Thyr/o

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Thyroid gland; shield

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Top/o

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Place, position, location

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Tox/o

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Poison, toxicology

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Trache/o

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Windpipe, trachea

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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Tars/o

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Tarsal bones

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Cib/o: Ante cibum (AC)

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Take the medication before the meal

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Cib/o: Post cibum (PC)

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Have the meal first, then take the medication

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Cib/o: Cum cibum (CC)

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Take the medication with a meal (Advil)

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Cost/o

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Intercostal nerves

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Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o

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Skin

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Flex/o

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Flexion

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Glyc/o

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Hypoglycemia (blood condition of sugar that is low)

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Ox/o

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Hypoxia (oxygen concentration in blood is low)

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Somn/o

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Insomnia

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Son/o

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Ultrasonography

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-gram

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Record

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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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Tox/o

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Toxicology

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-blast

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Embryonic, immature (erythroblast)

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-crine

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To secrete (endocrine vs. exocrine)

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-drome

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To run

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-fusion

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Coming together; to pour

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-gea

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Substance that produces

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-lapse

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To slide, fall, sag, (relapse)

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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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To measure

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-mission

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To send

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-or

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One who

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-partum

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Birth, labor, (post partum)

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-phoria

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To bear, carry; feeling, (euphoria vs. dysphoria)

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-physis

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To grow

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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Structure or formation, (cytoplasm)

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-pnea

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Breathing, (apnea), (dyspnea)

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge, (diarrhea)

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling, (hemostasis)

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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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A-, an-

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No, not, without

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Ab-

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Away from (abduction)

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Ad-

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Toward (adduction)

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Ana-

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Up, apart

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self, own

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Cata-

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Down

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Con-

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With, together

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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De-

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Down, lack of

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Dia-

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Through, complete

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Dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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Ec-, Ecto

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Out, outside

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Endo-

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In, within

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Epi-

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Upon, on, above

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Ex-

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Out, outside, away from

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above

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Hypo-

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Deficient, under

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In-

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Not, insufficient, insomnia, into, within

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Infra-

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Beneath, under

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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In, within, into

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Macro-

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Meta-

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Beyond, change

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Micro-

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Small

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Neo-

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New

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Pan-

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All, (pancytopenia)

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Para-

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Abnormal, beside, near

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Post-

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After, behind

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Pre-

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Before, in front of

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Pro-

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Before, forward

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Pros-

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Before, forward

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Re-

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Back, again

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Sub-

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Under

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Supra-

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Above, upper

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Syn-, sym-

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Together, with

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Tachy-

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Fast, (vs. brady-)

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Trans-

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Across, through

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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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Uni-

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One

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Antigen

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A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.

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Antibodies

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Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.

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Rh Condition

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An antigen- antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).

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Congenital anomaly

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An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with

Includes webbed fingers or toes, heart defects, and clubbed feet.

Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern or physical and mental defects in the infant at birth.

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Syndrome

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A group of signs and symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition.

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Reye syndrome

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Is characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin.

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TURP

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Transurethral resection of the prostate gland.

A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra.

The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination.

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Ultrasonography

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A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.

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Echocardiogram

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Ultrasound image of the heart

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Sonogram

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Fetal ultrasound image

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