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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, structure

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-tome

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Cutting instrument

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-phoria

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Feeling

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-genesis

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Creating, producing

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-malacia

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Softening of the bone

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-phasia

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Speech

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-oid

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Resembling

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-stomy

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Mouth like opening

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Anter/o

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Front

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Posteriolateral

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Behind and to the side

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-ad

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Toward

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Uni-

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One

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Poster/o

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Back, behind

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Myopathy

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Disease of the muscle

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Hidrosis

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Secretion of sweat

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Cephal/o

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Head

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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Proxim/o

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Near (point of reference)

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Ultra-

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Beyond

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Oncogenic

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Causing tumors

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Dys-

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Pain or difficult

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Caud/o

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Tail (downward)

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Neuroid

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Resembling a nerve

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Dors/o

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Back

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-capnia

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Carbon dioxide

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Circum

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Around

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Lipoid

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Resembling fat

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Dist/o

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Away (from point of reference)

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Ventr/o

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Belly (front)

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Later/o

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Side

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Karyocyte

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Cell with a nucleus

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Organ/o

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Organ

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Sarc/o

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Flesh, connective tissue

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System/o

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System

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Eti/o

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Cause (of disease)

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Leuk/o

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White

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Kary/o

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Nucleus

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Epitheli/o

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Epithelium

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Path/o

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Disease

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Cancer/o

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Cancer

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Somat/o

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Body

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My/o

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Muscle

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Melan/o

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Black

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Angi/o

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Blood vessel

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Vas/o

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Blood vessel

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Vascul/o

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Blood vessel

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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Coron/o

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Heart

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Arter/o

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Artery

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Atri/o

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Atrium

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Valvul/o

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Valve

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Valv/o

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Valve

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Ventricul/o

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Ventricle

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Ventri/o

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Ventricle

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Cephalad

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Toward the head

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Cephalic

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Relating/pertaining to the head

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Caudal

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Downward (tail)

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Anterior

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Front

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Posterior

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Back, behind

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Dorsal

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Toward the back

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Superior

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Above

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Inferior

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Below

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Proximal

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To nearest point

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Distal

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Away from the point

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Lateral

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To the side

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Medial

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Middle

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Mediad

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Toward the middle

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Ventral

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Pertaining to the belly

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Posteroanterior

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Behind the front

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Unilateral

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One sided

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Mediolateral

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Pertaining to middle of one side

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Anteroposterior

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From front to back

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Bilateral

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Two sided

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Aurio

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Ear

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Encenphalo

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Brain

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Myleo

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Spinal cord

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Necro

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Death

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Hemo

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Blood

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Lipo

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Fat

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Oculo

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Eye

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Blasto

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Developing cell

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Osteo

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Bone

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Bio

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Life

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Pachyo

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Thick

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Strepto

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Twisted chains

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Kerato

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Horny tissue, hard; also used to refer to the ???

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Sub

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Under, below

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Masto

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Breast

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Valvulo

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Valve

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Staphylo

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Grape like clusters

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Onych

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Nail

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Rhytido

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Wrinkles

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Dermato

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Skin

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Ventriculo

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Ventricle

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Athero

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Yellowish, fatty plaque

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Aorto

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Aorta

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Erythematous

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Pertaining to red

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Xanth

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Relating to the color yellow

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Phon/o

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Voice; sound

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Phonia

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Voice; sojnd

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Eu-

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Normal; good

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4 main components of the periodontium

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  • gingiva
  • periodontal ligament
  • alveolar bone
  • cementum
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Supra

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Above

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Circum-

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Around

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Iso-

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Same, equal

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Ec-

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Out, outside

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Ecto-

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Out, outside

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Hyper

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Excessive, above normal

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Bi

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Two

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Hemi-

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Half

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Tri

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Three

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Quadri

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Four

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A-

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Without

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An-

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Without, absence of

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Ultra-

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Beyond

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Dys-

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Painful or difficult

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Infra-

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Below normal, beneath

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Ab-

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Away

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Neo-

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New

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Dia-

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Through

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Mal

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Bad, inadequate

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In-

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Not

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Auto-

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Self

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Ad-

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Toward

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Lei/o

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Smooth

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Eupnea

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Normal respiration

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

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-phage

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Eating, swallowing

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-ule

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Small

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-uria

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Urine

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-ole

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Small

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-opsia

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Vision

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-paresis

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Slight or partial paralysis

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-trophy

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Growth or development

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-plasm

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Formation, growth

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-opia

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Vision

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-phoria

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Feeling

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-pepsia

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Digestion

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-tomy

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Incision, cutting into

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plasia

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Growth or decelopmet

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-tome

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Cutting instrument

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-scope

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Instrument used to view

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-ia

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Condition

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Xero

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Dry

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Patho-

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Indicating disease

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Archeo

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First, beginning

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Primi/o

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First

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Tympano

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Eardrum, middle ear

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Opthalmo

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Eye

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Diverticulo

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A sac or pouch in the walls of the intestines

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Chol/e

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Gall, bile

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Isch

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Deficiency, blockage

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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Esophag/o

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Combining form that means esophagus

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Gastr/o

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Combining form that means stomach

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Duoden/o

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Combining form that means duodenum, which is first part of the small intestines

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Hetero

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Other

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Epi

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On, upon, over

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Crypto

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Hidden

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Thrombo

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Clot

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Electro

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Electricity, electrical activity

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Plasma

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Plasma

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Brocho

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Bronchus

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Hidro

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Sweat

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Dermato

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Skin

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Rhabdo

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Rod-shaped, striated

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Somno

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Sleep

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Coccus

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Berry shaped form of bacterium

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Rhizo

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Nerve root

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Sclero

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Sclera; induration or hardness

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Sacro

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Sacrum

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Intra

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Within

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Latero

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Lateral

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Palato

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Palate

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Echo

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Sound

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Tricho

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Hair

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Spleno

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Spleen

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Opsy

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View if, viewing

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Per

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Through

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Coni

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Dust

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Cutaneo

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Skin

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Sphymo

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Measure pulse; blood pressure

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Para

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Beside, beyond, around

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