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1
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-algia

neur/algia

A

pain

nerve/pain

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-audi, -audio

audio/meter

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hear, hearing

hearing/measure

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bio-

bio/logy

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to live

study of living

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cau-, caus-

caus/algia

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to burn

burning/pain

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-centesis

pneumono/ccentesis

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puncture, perforate

lung/puncture

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-clas, -clast, -clasis

cyto/clasis

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to smash, breakdown

cell/breakdown

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-duct, -doch-

ab/duct/ion
chole/doch/itis
duct/al

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canal or to draw

away/draw or lead/process
bile/duct/inflamed
canal/refers to

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-dynia

thoraco/dynia

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pain

chest/pain

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-ecta, -ectasis

vas/ectasis

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to dilate

vessel/dilated

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-edem-

lymph/edema

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to swell

watery/swelling

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-esthes/ia, -phoro-

an/esthesia
eu/phoria

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to feel (physical), to sense (mental)

without/body feeling
good mental feeling

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-fiss-, -schiz-

fiss/ion

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to split

splitting/process of

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-flec, -flex

re/flex

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to bend

again/bend

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flu-, flux-

af/flu/ent
re/flux
flux/ion

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to flow

toward/flow/refers to
again/flow
to become fluid/process

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-gen

carcino/gen/esis

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to produce, form, develop, or begin

crab-leg like/development/condition

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-iatr-, -iatr/o-, -therap/y

ger/iatr/ics
ped/iatr/ics

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to treat, cure

old age/cure/procedure of
children/cure/procedure of

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-kine-, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia

kinesi/ology
pharmaco/prax/ia

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to move

study of motion/procedure of
drug/movement/refers to

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-liga-, -desis

liga/ment

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to bind

to bind/smallness

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-ology

cardi/o/log/y

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to study

heart/science/study of/process of

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-ly, -lysis

auto/lysis

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to break up, to dissolve

cell self destruction

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-morph-, -morpho-

a/morph/ous

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form, shape

no definite form or shape/refers to

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olfact-, -osmia

olfacto/phobia
an/osmia

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to smell

fear of smells
without/smell/refers to

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-op-, opt-, -opto-, -opsy

my/opia
hyper/opia
opto/metr/ist
bi/opsy

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vision, sight, to see

near-sighted
far-sighted
vision/measure/specialist
live/viewing

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palpit-

palpit/ation

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to flutter

flutter/refers to

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-par-, -part, -partus-, -toci-

partur/ition
dys/toc/ia

A

to labor

giving birth/process of
act of difficult/birth/refers to

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-pep-

dys/pep/sia

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to digest

faulty/digestion/refers to

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-pexy

nephr/o/pex/y

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to fix

kidney/surgical fixation/procedure of

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-phag-, -phago-

phago/cytosis

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to eat

eating/cells increase

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-phas-

dys/phas/ia

A

to speak, utter

difficulty/speaking/refers to

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-phil-

hemo/phil/iac
acido/phil/ia

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to like, love, affinity for

blood/loves/refers to
acid stain-liking or staining with acid stains/refers to

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-phob-

hydro/phob/ia

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to fear

water/fear/refers to

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-phrag-

dia/phragm

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fence off, to wall off

across/partition or wall “separates thorax from abdomen”

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-plas-, -plasm, -plast/y

neo/plasm
rhino/plasty

A

repair, to form, grow

new/growth
nose/repairing

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-pleg-

quardi/pleg/ia

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to be paralyzed

four “4 limbs”/paralysis/refers to

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-pnea

a/pnea

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to breathe

lack of/breathing

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-phono-

a/phon/ia

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voice or sound

lack of/voice or sound/refers

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-poie-

hemat/o/poie/sis

A

to make

blood/making/condition

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-ptosis

splanchn/o/ptosis

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to fall, to droop

viscera/dropping

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-o/rrhagia

men/o/rrhagia

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to burst forth, pour

monthly “abnormal bleeding” menstration/refers to

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-o/rrhaphy

nephr/o/rrhaph/y

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to suture

kidney/suture or sewing/procedure of

41
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-o/rrhea

leuk/o/rrhea

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to flow, discharge

white/discharge or flow “from vagina”

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-o/rrhexis

enter/o/rrhexis

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to rupture

intestines/rupture

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-therap/y

chem/o/therap/y

A

heal, treat, cure

chemicals/cure/procedure of

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-tomy

append/ec/tom/y

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to cut, incise

appendage/out/cut/refers to

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-troph-, -troph/y

hyper/troph/y

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to nourish, to develop, formation process

increase/in size or over-nourishment/process of

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-volvo-

volv/ulus

A

to turn, twist

twisting of internal part/refers to

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-vulvo-

vulv/us

A

to cover

female genital covering/refers to

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