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macro

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large

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micro

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small

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hyper

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high

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hypo

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low

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eu/normo

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normal

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pan/omni

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all

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a/an

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absent , lacking

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megalo

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large

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mono

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single

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di

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two , double

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tri

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three , triple

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quad

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four , quadruple

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poly

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many , a lot

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oligo

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few , several , very little

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tachy

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rapid , fast

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brady / brachy

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slow

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epi / peri / circum

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around

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endo / intra

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inside , inner , interior

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exo / extra

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outside , outer , exterior

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inter

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between

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trans

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cross

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dia / per

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through , complete

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media (o/a)

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middle

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para

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nearby

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juxta

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next to , beside , adjacent

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ab

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away

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ad

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toward

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dis

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to separate

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leuko

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white

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erythro

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red

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cyan

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blue

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chloro

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green

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melan

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black

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flav

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yellow

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homeo

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like / similar

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cephalo

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head

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cerv

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neck

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thoraco

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chest

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abdomino

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abdominal

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pelvo/i

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pelvic

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periton

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peritoneum

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derm

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skin , dermis

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cyte

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cell , cellular

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neuro

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nerve

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hemo

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blood

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arterio / angio

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arteries

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veno / vena

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venous

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vasculo

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vascular

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musculo

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muscle

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sarco

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tissue

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skelet

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skeleton , bone

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osteo

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bone

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cyto

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cell

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thyro

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thyroid

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tracheo

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trachea

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esophago

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esophagus

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thymo

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thymus

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masto / mammo

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mammary gland

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plumo / pneumo

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lung

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cardio

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heart

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gastro

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stomach

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hepato

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liver

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cholecysto

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gallbladder

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spleno

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spleen

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pancreato

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pancreas

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adreno

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adrenal gland

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nephro

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kidney

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entero

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intestines

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colo

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colon / large intestine

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ology

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study of

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philia

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love of

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phobia

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fear of

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tension

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pressure

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xia

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oxygen

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capnea

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carbon dioxide

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pnea

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breathe

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ase

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enzyme

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tomy

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to cut into temporarily

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analysis

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to asses various parts

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scopy

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to observe

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stomy

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to create an opening

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graphy

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to make a written record

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tome

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instrument used to cut

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scopy

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process of viewing

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ectomy

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to remove

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incision

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to cut into

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excisio

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to cut or remove

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coronal

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top of the head

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frontal

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front , first

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anterior

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front surface of the body

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ventral

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front , first

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posterior

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back surface of the body

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dorsal

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back surface of the body

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horizontal

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parallel to the surface

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transverse

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horizontal

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superior

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situated above , directed upward

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cephalic

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head region

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inferior

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situated below, directed downward

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caudal

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toward low part of the body

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medial

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nearest to the middle

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proximal

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nearest to the beginning

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distal

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away from the beginning

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cavity

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opening , surrounding

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cranial

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head region

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thoracic

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chest region

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pericardial

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around the heart

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spinal

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spinal cord region

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abdominal

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abdominal region

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umbilical

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ilium region

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pelvic

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pelvis region

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epigastric

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above stomach

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hypogastric

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below stomach

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hypochondriac

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beneath the ribs

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lumbar

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lower part of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis

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inguinal

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related to the groin

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groin

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area of the inferior abdomen, lateral to the pubic region

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iliac

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related to the ilium (hip/pelvis)

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RUQ

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right upper quadrant

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LUQ

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left upper quadrant

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RLQ

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right left quadrant

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LLQ

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left lower quadrant

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