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MED TERMS Flashcards

Terminology for ECHO 2023 1st semester

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a-, an-

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without;not

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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-algia

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pain

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ang/o

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vessel

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ante-

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before, in front of

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anti-

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against

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append/o

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appendix

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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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fatty plaque

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audi/o

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hearing

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aur/o

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ear

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auto-

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self,own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o, coron/o

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heart

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-cardia

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heart condition

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cephal/o

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head

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col/o,colon/o

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colon

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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cry/o

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cold

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyst/o

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bladder

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cyt/o,-cyte

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cell

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dent/o

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teeth

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derm/o,-derma

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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cutane/o

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skin

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dipl/o

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double

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-dynia

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pain

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dys-

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bad;painful;difficult

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-edema

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swelling

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en-,endo-

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in, within

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestine

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epi-

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above; upon

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erthem/o

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red

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erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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-genesis

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forming, producing; origin

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar, sweetness

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-gram

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record, writing

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-graphy

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process of recording

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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hemi-

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one half

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hepat/o

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liver

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hetero-

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different

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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excessive;above normal

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hypo-

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under, below; deficient

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-itis

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inflammation

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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-lepsy

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seizure

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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fat

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lith/o

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stone,calculus

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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lymph/o

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lymph

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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-malacia

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softening

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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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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micro-

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small

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my/o

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muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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nas/o

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nose

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necr/o

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death, necrosis

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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-oma

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tumor

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onc/o

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tumor

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-opia

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vision

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optic/o

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eye, vision

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-orexia

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appetite

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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-oxia

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oxygen

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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path/o

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disease

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-pathy

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disease

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-phasia

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speech

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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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-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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breathing

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pneum/o

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air; lung

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-poiesis

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formation; production

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poly-

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many, much

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-porosis

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porous

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post-

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after; behind

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-prandial

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meal

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pulmon/o

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lung

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py/o

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pus

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quadri-

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four

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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-rrhage

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bursting forth (of)

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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salping/o

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tube (usually fallopian)

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scler/o

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hardening

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scoli/o

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crooked,bent

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-scope

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instrument for examining

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-scopy

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visual examination

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septic/o

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infection

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-sis

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state of; condition

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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spin/o

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spine

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steat/o

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fat

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-stenosis

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narrowing, structure

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-stomy

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forming an opening (mouth)

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sub-

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under, below

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super-

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upper, above

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tachy-

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rapid

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-tension

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to stretch

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-therapy

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treatment

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therm/o

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heat

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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-tomy

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incision

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-toxic

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pertaining to poison

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toxic/o

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poison

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-trophy

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development; nourishment

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-uria

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urine

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urin/o

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urine, urinary tract

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vas/o, vascul/o

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vessel

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ven/o

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vein

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vol/o

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volume

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xanth/o

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yellow

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xer/o

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dry

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