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1
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Arth/ro

combining vowel O

A

joint

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gastro
My stomach is gasey

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stomach

combining vowel O

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Nephro
I gave my nephew a kidney

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Kidney

combining vowel O

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Neuro

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Nerve

combining vowel O

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Osteo
I love veal osteo bucco, it is veal on a giant bone

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bone

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spleno

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spleen

combining vowel O

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hystero
Why is does it start with His when a woman a uterus

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uterus

combining vowel O

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entero
the intestines is where food enters for nutrients

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intestine

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ot/o
You ought to see my mother’s big ears

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ear

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dermato

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skin

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hydro

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water

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append

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appendix

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colono

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colon

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chondr

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cartilage

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masto
I am a master at buying bras for my breasts

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breast

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-ectomy
get it outomy

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excision, removal

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-itis

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inflammation

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scope

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instrument for examining

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centisis
a hole about the size of a centimeter

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a puncture

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pathy
I gave him sumPathy because he had a disease

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disease

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pre

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before

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post

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after

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malacia

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softening

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nat/al

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birth

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-gram

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record, writing

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graph

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instrument for recording

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electro

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electricity

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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pelvi

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pelvis

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-metry

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act of measuring

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endo

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in or within

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algia or dynia

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pain

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pyo

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pus

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cele

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hernia, or swelling

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ectasis

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dialation, expansion

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edema

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swelling

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hyper

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excessive

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emesis

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vomiting

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an or a

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without

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nemia

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blood condition

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lith

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stone or calulus

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chol/e

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bile, gallbladder

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

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megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition, increase

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my/o

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muscle

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-penia

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decrease, deficiancy

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erythr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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phobia

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fear

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hemi

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half

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plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhage or rrhagia

A

bursting of

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men/o

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menstruation

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

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nas

A

nose

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muscul

A

muscle

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tox

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poison

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muc

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mucus

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necr/o
necrosis

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death

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leuko

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white

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psych

A

mind

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iatry

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medicine, treatment

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-ist

A

specialist

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esthesia

A

feeling

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circum, peri

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around

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-duction

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act of leading, bringing, conducting

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odont

A

teeth

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dia

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through across

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therm

A

heat

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trans

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across, beyond

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dipl, diplo

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double

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opia

A

vision

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dys

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bad, painful, difficult

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phonia

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voice

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-crine

A

secrete

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homo

A

same

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graft

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transplantation

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plasia

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formation or growth

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mono or uni

A

one

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therapy

A

treatment

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uni

A

one

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nucle

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nucleus

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pro

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in front of

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gnosis

A

knowing

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primi

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first

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gravida

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pregnant

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retro

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backward, behind

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version

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turning

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super

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upper, above

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plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptosis
my organs are moving downward soon they will be touching my toes

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prolapse or downward displacement of an organ

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downward movement or prolapse of the colon

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coloptosis

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proct/o and rect/o

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relating to the anus and rectum

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narrowing or constriction of the anus or rectum

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proctostenosis or rectostenosis

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herniation of the rectum

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rectocele or proctocele

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paralysis of the rectal muscles

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proctoplegia or proctoparalysis

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myel/o/gen/ic
(mī-ĕ-lō-JĒN-ĭk)
gen: forming, producing, origin
-ic: pertaining t

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pertaining to, producing or originating in the bone marrow

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adenopathy
aden/o/pathy

A

a disease of the gland

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immun/o/gen
-gen: forming, producing, origin

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substance that produces immunity

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-poiesis: formation, production

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lymph/o/poiesis
formation of lymphocytes or lymphoid tissue

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lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)

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lymphadenitis
inflammation of the lymphnode(lymph gland)

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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel

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lymphangi/oma
Tumor of a lymph vessel

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phag/o
swallowing, eating

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phag/o/cyte
cell the ingests, destroys microorganisms and other cell debris

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splen/o/megaly

A

enlarged speen

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thym/o
thymus gland

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thym/oma
tumor of the thymus gland

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-phage
eating, swallowing
macro-large

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macro/phage
eating or swallowing large (pathogens) monocyte that transforms into phagocyte capable of ingesting pathogens

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ana/phylaxis
ana-: against; up; back
phylaxis: protection

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life-threatening allergic reaction to previously encountered antigen

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-poiesis
formation, production
hem/o: blood

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hem/o/poiesis
formation or production of blood
a wrote a poem about blood

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hem/o/stasis
stasis: standing still
hem/o: blood
when something is static or stationary it is not moving

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hemostatis
standing still of blood

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macro/cyte
macro: large
cyte:cell

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macrocyte
a large (red) cell

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micro/cyte
micro:small
cyte: cell

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microcyte

small (red) cell

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mono/nucle/osis
mono: one
nucle: nucleus
-osis: -abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

A

mononucleosis
abnormal increase of mononuclear leukocytes in blood

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resembling the thrombus

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thromboid, it is NOT THROMBIC

116
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separation, removal or loosening of a blood clot

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thrombolysis

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producing immunity

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immunogen

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producing or origin of clumping and gluing

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agglutinogen

119
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enlargement of the liver and the spleen

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hepatosplenomegaly

120
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pertaining to forming, producing or origin of bone marrow

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myelogenic

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-ic

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pertaining to

122
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against protection

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anaphylaxis

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meat/us
-us: condition, structure

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opening or tunnel through any part of the body

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hydr/o

A

water

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