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1
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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease

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-iasis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ion

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condition

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-ism

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condition, state of

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-um

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singular noun ending

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acr/o

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extremities

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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adren/o

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adrenal glands

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-algia

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pain

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angi/o

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blood or lymph vessel

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ankyl/o

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crooked, bent, stiff

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-arche

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beginning

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arter/o arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substanc

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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casu/o, caust/o

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burning, burn

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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chondr/i, chondr/o

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cartilage

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col/o

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colon, large intestine

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colp/o

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vagina

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coni/o

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dust

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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crin/o, -crine

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secrete

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-cusis

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hearing

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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-desis

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surgical fixation of bone or joint to bind, tie together

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dips/o, -dipsia

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thirst

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-drome

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to run, running

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ec-

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out, outside

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ectasia, -ectasis

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stretching, dilation, enlargement

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-edema

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swelling

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-emia

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blood condition

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enter/o

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small intestine

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erythem/o, erythemat/o

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flushed, redness

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eso-

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inward

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-esthesia, esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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exo-

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out of, outside, away from

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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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gravid/o

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pregnancy

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy, rough

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ile/o

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ileum, small intestine

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isch/o

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to hold back

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kyph/o

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bent, hump

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lith/o, -lith

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stone, calculus

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lord/o

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curve, swayback bent

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-lytic

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to reduce, destroy

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men/o

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menstruation

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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o

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uterus

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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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myring

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tympanic membrane

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necr/o

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death

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nephr/o

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kidney

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nulli-

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none

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oligo/o

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scanty, few

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oophor/o

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ovary

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-opia

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vision condition

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orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o

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testicles

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ot/o

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ear, hearing

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-otomy

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cutting, surgical incision

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-oxia

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oxygen condition

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para-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

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-para

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to give birth

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paus/o

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cessation, stopping

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-penia

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deficiency, lack, too few

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peps/i, pepsia, pept/o

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digest, digestion

73
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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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phas/o

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speech

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-phasia

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speak or speech

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phleb/o

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vein

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phon/o, -phonia

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sound, voice

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-poiesis

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formation, to make

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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pyr/o, pyret/o

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fever, fire

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bleeding abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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sapling/o

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uterine tube, auditory tube

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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spondly/o

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vertebrae

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-stenosis

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abnormal narrowing

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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thromb/o

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clot

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trop/o, -tropia

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turn, change

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troph/o, -trophy

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development, nourishment

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-uresis

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urination

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vas/o

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vas deferens, vessel

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xer/o

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dry

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