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Med Term Ch 3 and 4 Flashcards

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abdomin

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abdomen

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acr

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extremities

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acu

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sharp, severe, sudden

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aden

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gland

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adip

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fat

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amni

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sac surrounding the embryo in uterus

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angi

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vessel

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arteri

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artery

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arthr

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joint

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axill

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armpit

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bi

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life

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blephar

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eyelid

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hepat

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liver

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hydr

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water

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inguin

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groin

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isch

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to hold back

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lapar

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng

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larynx

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leuk

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white

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lymph

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clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces

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mamm

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breast

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mast

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breast

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morph

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shape, form

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muc

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mucus

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my

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muscle

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myel

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spinal ford, bone marrow

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necr

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death

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nephr

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kidney

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neur

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nerve

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neutr

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neutrophil

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nucle

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nucleus

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bronch

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bronchial tubes

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carcin

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cancer

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cardi

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heart

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chem

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drug, chemical

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chondr

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cartilage

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chron

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time

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col

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colon

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cyst

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urinary bladder

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encephal

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brain

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erythr

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red

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hem

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blood

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suffixes are next…

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example) -algia means pain

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cele

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hernia

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centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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coccus

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berry shaped bacterium

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cyte

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cell

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dynia

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pain

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ectomy

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removal

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emia

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blood condition

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genesis

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forming

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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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itis

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inflammation

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logy

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study of

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lysis

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breakdown

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malacia

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softening

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megaly

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enlargement

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oma

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tumor

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opsy

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to view

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osis

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abnormal condition

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pathy

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disease condition

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penia

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deficiency

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phobia

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fear

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plasia

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development

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plasty

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surgical repair

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ptosis

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falling

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sclerosis

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hardening

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scope

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instrument for visual examination

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scopy

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process of visual examination

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stasis

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stopping

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stomy

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opening to form a mouth

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therapy

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treatment

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tomy

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incision

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trophy

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development

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er

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one who

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ia

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condition

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ist

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specialist

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ole

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little

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ule

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little

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um, ium

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tissue

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us

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substance

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y

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condition or process

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ac, iac

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pertaining to

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al

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pertaining to

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ar

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pertaining to

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ary

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pertaining to

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eal

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pertaining to

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genic

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in or produced by

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ic, ical

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pertaining to

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oid

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resembling

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ose

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full of

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ous

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pertaining to

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tic

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pertaining to

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protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it

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hernia

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the withdrawing of fluid from the amniotic sac of the uterus

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amniocentesis

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bacteria that grows in twisted chains

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strep

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bacteria that grows in clusters

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staph

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condition of reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in the circulating blood

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anemia

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this is when blood is held back from part of the body

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ischemia

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an endocrine disorder that occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty

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acromegaly

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an inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size because of a defect in cartilage and bone

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achondroplasia

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visual examination of the abdominal cavity using a scope

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laparoscopy

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an incision into the trachea to open it below a blockage

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tracheotomy

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carp

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wrist bones

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cib

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meals

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cis

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to cut

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cost

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rib

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cutane

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skin

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dactyl

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fingers and toes

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duct

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carry

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flex

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bend

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furc

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forking

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gloss

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tongue

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glyc

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sugar

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immun

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protection

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morph

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form

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mort

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death

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nat

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birth

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nect

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to bind

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norm

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rule

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suffixes are next

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example) -blast means embryonic

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blast

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immature

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crine

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to secrete

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cyesis

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pregnancy

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drome

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to run

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fusion

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coming together

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gen

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substance that produces

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lapse

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to slide

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lysis

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breakdown

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meter

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to measure

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mission

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to send

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or

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one who

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partum

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birth

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phoria

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feeling

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physis

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to grow

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plasia

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growth

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plasm

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structure

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pnea

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breathing

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ptosis

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falling, dropping

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rrhea

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discharge

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stasis

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stopping

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trophy

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development

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these are prefixes…

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example) a-, an- means no, not, or without

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ox

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oxygen

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pub

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pubis

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seps

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infection

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somn

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sleep

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son

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sound

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the

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put

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thel

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nipple

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thyr

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thyroid gland

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top

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place, position

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tox

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poison

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trache

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trachea

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urethr

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urethra

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a

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no, not

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an

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no, not

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ab

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away from

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ad

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toward

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ana

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apart

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ante

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before

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anti

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against

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auto

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self

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bi

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two

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brady

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slow

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cata

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down

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ana

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up

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con

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with

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contra

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against

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de

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down, lack of

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dia

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through

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dys

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bad

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ec, ecto

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out

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en, endo

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in

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epi

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above

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eu

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good

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ex

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out

180
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hemi

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half

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hyper

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excessive

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hypo

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deficient

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in

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not

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in

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into

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infra

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beneath

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inter

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between

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intra

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within

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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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meta

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change

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micro

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small

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neo

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new

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pan

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all

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para

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abnormal

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per

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through

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peri

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surrounding

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poly

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many

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post

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after

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pre

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before

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pro

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before

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pseudo

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false

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re

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back, again

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retro

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behind

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sub

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under

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supra

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above, upper

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syn, sym

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together

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tachy

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fast

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trans

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across

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ultra

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beyond

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uni

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one

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usually a foreign substance

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antigen

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protein substances made by white blood cells in response to foreign antigens

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antibodies

213
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the body makes antibodies to fight aginst its own good cells and tissues in these diseases

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autoimmune

214
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irregularity in a structure or organ that a baby is born with

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congenital anomaly

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brain damage on the right side causes paralysis on the paralysis on the left side of the body

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contralateral

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when an organ or tissue does this it slides forward or downward

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prolapse

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a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality

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syndrome

218
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a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage

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symphysis

219
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a diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue

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ultrasonography

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