Medical Terminology Flashcards

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aer

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air, gas

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ather

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plaque, fatty substance

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blast

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immature cell

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chondrio, chodro

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cartilage, grainy, gritty

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cyst(o), cysti

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bladder

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cyt

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cell

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glue, glyc

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glucose, sugar

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hydr

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water

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lip

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fat

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salping

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tube

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alges, algi, alg

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pain

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cry

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cold

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kin

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movement

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phon

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sound

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therm

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heat

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andr

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masculine

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crypt

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hidden, obscure

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eosin

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red

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gyn, gyne, gynec

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women

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home, hom

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same

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ichthy

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dry, scaly, fishy

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idi(o)

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distinct, unkown

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Macr, meg, megal

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large

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melan

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dark

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micr

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small

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pseud

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false

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scler

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hardness

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sten

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narrow

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xanth

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yellow

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anteri

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front

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dextr

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right

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dors

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back

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later

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lateral, to one side

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medi

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middle

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mes

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middle, median

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orth

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straight, normal

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crin

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secrete

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gen

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producing

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log

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speech, word, thought

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phago

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eating, devouring, swallowing

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spri

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breath, breathe

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carcin

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cancer

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pachy

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thick

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path

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disease

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pyr

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fever, fire, heat

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bar

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weight

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chrono

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time

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eti

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cause

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fibr

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fiber

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galact, lact, lacti

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milk

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lith

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stone

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lys

A

dissolution, destruction

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necr

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death, dying

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py(o)

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pus

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troph

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food, nutrition

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brachy

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short

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hemi

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half

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iso

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equal, same

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mega, megalo

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large

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pan, pant(o)

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all

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ab, abs

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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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up, toward

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circum

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around

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di, Dif, dir, dis

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not, seperated

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ect(o)

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outside

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epi

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over

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ex

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out of

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exo, extra

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outside

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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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mes(o)

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middle

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para, peri

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near, adjacent, beside

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retro

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behind, backward

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sub

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less than, under

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supra

A

above, over

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trans

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across, through

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ante

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before

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post

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after

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pre

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before

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primi

A

first

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a, an

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without

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anit

A

against

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brady

A

slow

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co, col, con

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together

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contra

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against

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dys

A

abnormal, difficult, painful

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eu

A

well, good, normal

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hyper

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above normal

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hypo

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below normal

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mal

A

bad, inadequate

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syl, syn sys

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together

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tachy

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fast

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ultra

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beyond, excessive

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auto

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self

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meta

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behind, after, beyond

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par(a)

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beside, abnormal, involving two parts

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algia

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pain

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asthenia

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weakness

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dynia

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pain

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esthesia

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sensation

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kinesis, kinesis

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movement

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phobia

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fear

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phonia

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sound

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phoria

A

feeling, carrying

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cele

A

hernia

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cytosis

A

condition of cells

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ectasia, ectasis

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expanding, dilating

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edema

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swelling

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iasis

A

pathological condition, presence of

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ism

A

disease, conditon

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itis

A

inflammation

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lithiasis

A

presence of stones

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mealy

A

enlargement

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oma

A

tumor

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opia, opsia

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vision

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osis

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condition, state, process

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paresis

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slight paralysis, feeling of numbness or tingling

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pathy

A

disease

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penia

A

deficiency, small

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philia

A

attraction, affinity for

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phrenia

A

of the mind

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plegia, pelgic

A

paralysis

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ptosis

A

falling down, drooping

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rrhea

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flow, discharge

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rhagia

A

excessive bleeding

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rrhexis

A

rupture

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trophic, trophy

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nutrition

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blast

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immature, forming

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cidal, cide

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destroying, killing

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crine

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secreting

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malacia

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softening

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pepsia

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digestion

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phage, phagia

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eating, devouring

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phagy

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swallowing

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phasia

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speaking

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plasia

A

formation, development, growth

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pnea

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breath

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poiesis

A

production, formation

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para

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bearing

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porosis

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lessening in density

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rrhage

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discharging heavily

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rhea

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flowing

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somnia

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sleep

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stalsis

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contration

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stasis

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stopping, constant

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stenosis

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narrowing

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cyte

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cell

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derma

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skin

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emir, emic

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blood

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global, globulin

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protein

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oxia

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oxygen

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plasm

A

thing formed

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uria

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urine

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ectomy

A

removal of all or part of an organ or body part

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lysis, lytic

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destruction

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ostomy

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opening to the outside of the body

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pexy

A

fixation

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plasty

A

surgical repair

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graphs

A

surgical surturing

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static, stasis

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maintaining a state

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stomy

A

opening

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tome, tomy

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cutting, cutting instrument

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gen, gensis

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producer, origin

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gram

A

a recording

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graph

A

a recording instrument

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meter, metry

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measuring device, measurement

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pheresis

A

removal

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phil

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attraction, affinity for

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scope, scopy

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instrument used for observing or measuring

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class, clast

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breaking, breaking instrument

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ic, ics,

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pertaining to, treatment, practice, body of knowledge

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logs, logy

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one who studies, study, practice

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oid

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resembling

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phylasis

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prevention, protection

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plegic

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one who is paralyzed

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state

A

agent that maintains protection

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trophic, tropic

A

turing towards

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version

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turning