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-ium

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Tissue, structure

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-icle

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Small

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ia

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Condition

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-logy

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Study of

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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-ist

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Specialist

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-iatrist

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Specialist in the medicine of

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-iatrics

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Medical science

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-old

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Resembling

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-iasis

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Presence of

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-cele

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Hernia

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15
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-penia

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Deficiency

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-rrhea

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Flow

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-lysis

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Loosen, break down

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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Pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After

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Re-

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Again

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Contra-

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Against

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Anti-

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Against

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Pro-

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Before, on behalf of

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De-

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Down, away from

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A-

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Not

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An-

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Not

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Ante-

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Before

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Vascul/o

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Blood vessel

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Vas/o

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Blood vessel

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Pmeumon/o

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Lung

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Pneum/o

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Lung

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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My/o

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Muscle

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Angi/o

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Blood vessel

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Cutane/o

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Skin

44
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-meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-metry

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Process of measuring

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-scope

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Instrument used to look

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-scopy

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Process of looking

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-graph

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Instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-gram

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Written record

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-centesis

A

Puncture

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Pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After

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Re-

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Again

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Contra-

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Against

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Anti-

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Against

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Anti-

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Against

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Pro-

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Before, on behalf of

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De-

A

Down, away from

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A-

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Not

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An-

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Not

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Ante-

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Before

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Tachy-

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Fast