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a-

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without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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towards

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adip/o

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fat

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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an-

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without

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angi/o

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vessel

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anti-

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against

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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ather/o

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front

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brady-

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slow

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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bucc/o

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inside of cheek

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cardi/o

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heart

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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chol/e

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bile

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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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chrondr/o

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cartilage

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circum-

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around, surrounding

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cirrh/o

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Yellow, tawny

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-cision

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process of cutting

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-clasia

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breakdown

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-clasis

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breakdown

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29
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-clast

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breakdown

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cost/o

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rib

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cyan/o

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blue

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32
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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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cell

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34
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-cyte

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cell

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35
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-desis

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binding, fixation

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36
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dia-

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complete.through

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dys-

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abnormal,bad,difficult,painful

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38
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-ectasis

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dilation or expansion

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39
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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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40
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-emesis

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the action or process of vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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epi-

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above,upon

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erythema

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redness

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gastr/o

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stomach

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-genesis

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conditioning producing, forming

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gloss/o

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tongue

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-graft

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healthy skin or bone taken from the body

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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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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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heter/o

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two, different

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hist/o

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tissue

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homo-

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same

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hypo-

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deficient,below,less

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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-ia

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condition

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infra-

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within

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-ism

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process, condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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jaund/o

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yellow, jaundice

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kerat/o

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cornea; hard; horny tissue

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leuk/o

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white

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lith/o

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stone

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melan/o

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black

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my/o

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muscle

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nephr/o

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kidney

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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orth/o

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straight

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-osis

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condition, abnormal

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oste/o

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bone

75
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-pathy

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disease condition

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peri-

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surrounding, around

77
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phleb/o

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vein

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

80
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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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deficiency

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pneum/o

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lung

84
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-ptosis

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falling,drooping,prolapse

85
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retro-

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behind

86
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-rrhage

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excessive bleeding

87
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-rrhagia

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excessive bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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repairing, suturing

89
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-rrhea

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flow,discharge

90
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-rrhexis

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rupture

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scler/o

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle

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-stenosis

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constriction, narrowing

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steth/o

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chest

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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sub-

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below, under

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tachy-

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fast

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting, incision

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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ven/o

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vein