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`Acr/o

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extremity, tip

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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arthr/o

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joint

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cardi/o

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heart, upper part of stomach

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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duct/o

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carry

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gen/o

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giving rise to, creating

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glyc/o

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sugar

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water

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lith/o

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stone

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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oste/o

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bone

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ped/o

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child, infant, foot

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ren/o

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kidney

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splen/o

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spleen

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the/o

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put

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ven/o

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vein

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aden/o

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gland

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arteri/o

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artery

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bi/o

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living thing, life

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col/o, colon/o

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large intestine, colon

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cyst/o

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sac of fluid, bladder

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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enter/o

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small

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gloss/o

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tongue

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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hist/o

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tissue

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leuk/o

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white

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muc/o

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mucus

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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norm/o

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proper, rule

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path/o

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disease

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pulmon/o

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lung

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Secti/o

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cut into

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tens/o

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pressure

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therm/o

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heat

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thromb/o

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clot

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gastr/o

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stomach

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Peri/

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surrounding

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Brady/

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slow

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tacky/

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fast

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micro/

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small; tiny

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a/ an/

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absent; without

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ab/

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absent

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ac/

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toward, near

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renal

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relating to the kidney

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perineal

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surrounding the kidney

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cardia

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heart

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bradycardia

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slow heart

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tachycardia

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fast heart

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glossa

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tongue

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macroglossa

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large tongue

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gastric

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relating to the stomach

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leukocytosis

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condition of white cells

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aleukocytosis

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condition of absence of white cells

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a/ an/

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without, absent

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ab/

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away from

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ac/ ; ad/

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toward, near

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anti/

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against, opposed

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Brady/

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slower than usual

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cata/

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negative/down

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de

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lessened, removed

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dia/

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through

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ec/ ex/ ecto/ exto/

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outside, outer

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en/ endo/

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within

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epi/

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upon, in addition

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hemi/

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half

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hyper/

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increased, above

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hypo/

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decreased, below

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in/

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into, not

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infra/

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inferior to, below

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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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micro/

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small, tiny

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pan/

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all, every

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para/

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beside, beyond

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per/

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through

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peri/

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around, surrounding

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post/

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after, past

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pre/

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before

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Re/

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Again/back

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Retro/

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behind/back

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Sub/

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Under, inferior to

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Tachy/

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faster than usual

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is suffix /y a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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noun ; it means the process of

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is suffix /a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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noun ; no meaning

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is /ia a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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noun ; condition

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is /us a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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noun ; no meaning

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is suffix /osis a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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noun; condition

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is suffix /ac a noun or adjective?

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adjective ; relating to

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is suffix /ic a noun or adjective? what does it mean

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adjective ; relating to

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is suffix /ous a noun or adjective? what does it mean?

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adjective ; relating to

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is suffix /al an adjective or noun? what does it mean?

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adjective ; relating to

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/algia

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pain

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/ar

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relating to

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/ary

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relating to

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/centesis

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withdrawing fluid

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/cyte

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cell

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/eal

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relating to

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/ectomy

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removal

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/emia , /hemia

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throughout the blood

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/grade

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go

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/gram

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picture, record, tracing

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/graph

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instrument that creates a picture or recording

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/graphy

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process of creating a picture, recording, tracing

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ia/

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condition to

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/iac

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relating to

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/ic

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relating to

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/ior

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relating to

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/ism

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situation process, condition

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/ist

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one who does

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/itis /itic

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inflammation

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/ium

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structure

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/logy

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study of ; also root word for log/o

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/megaly

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enlargement

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/meter

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distance measure, instrument to measure

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/oid

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like

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/opsy

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look at

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/ose

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like, relating to

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/osis

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pathological condition

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/ous

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relating to

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/pathy

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disease process

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/scope

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instrument to see through or with

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/stasis

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control, hold in

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/tic

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relating to

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/y

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process of

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acu/o

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sudden, sharp

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adip/o

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fat tissues

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angi/o

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vessel containing fluidq

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auto/

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self

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axill/o

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armpit

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bi/o

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two

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carcin/o

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cancer of gland tissue

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cerebr/o

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brain

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chem/o

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chemical drug

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cis/o

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cut

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con/

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with

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contra/

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opposite, great

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cost/o

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rib

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electr/o

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electrical activity

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gynec/o

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female

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iatr/o

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treatment

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klept/o

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steal

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laryng/o

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voice box, larynx

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw

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maxill/o

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upper jaw

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meta/

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change, beyond

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nat/o

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birth, born

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nect/o

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bind

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ox/o

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oxygen

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poly/

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many

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sarc/o

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nongland tissue, flesh

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son/o

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ultrasound, flesh

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Sym/ , syn/

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together with

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trans/

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across

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ultra/

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beyond, higher than

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vit/o

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living, alive

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/blast

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undifferentiated, original

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/drome

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run

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/fusion

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pour, bond

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/genesis

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creating

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/malacia

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softening

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/mania ; /maniac

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excessive preoccupation

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/oma

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tumor, mass

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/partum

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labor, delivery

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penia

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lack of, decrease, poor

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plasty

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restore by surgery

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stoma

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body opening

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stomy

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surgically created body opening

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/therapy

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treatment

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/tome

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cutting instrument

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ana/

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positive

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ante/

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before

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bronch/o

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airway tubes in lungs

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cephal/o

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head

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondro

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cartilage

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crin/o

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to separate from blood, secrete

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cutane/

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skin

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dactyl/o

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digits, fingers, toes

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dys/

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bad, labored

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eosin/o

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rose-colored

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erythr/o

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red

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eu/

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normal, even, good

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furc/o

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branch, fork

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gnos/o,

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knowledge, understanding

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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lymph/o

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watery fluid

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mal/

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bad, abnormal

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meso/

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middle

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morph/o

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form, structure

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mort/o

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death

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necr/o

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death

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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ot/o

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ear

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phag/o, phage

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eat, swallow, engulf

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phob/o

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fear

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physi/o

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fear

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plasm/o

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cell substance

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pneum/o

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air, gas, lung air sacs

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pro/

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before

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pseudo/

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false

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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ray or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm

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rect/o

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upright, rectum

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rhin/o

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nose

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semi/

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half

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seps/o, sept/i

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infection, bacteria

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supra/ or super/

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above, superior to

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thyr/o

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shield, thyroid

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tom/o

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cut, slice or a hole

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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top/o

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location

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tox/o

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poison, damaging

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vertebr/o

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back bones

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/cele

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protruding sac, hernia

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/crine

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secrete

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/cyesis

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pregnancy

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dynia

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pain

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/lysis, /lytic

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break down, or dissolve

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/pexy

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affix, attach into place

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/phobia

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fear

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/phoria

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bear

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/physis

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grow

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/plasia

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growth, development

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/pnea

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breathing

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/poiesis

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formation

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/ptosis

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drooped, slipped down

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/rrhea

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flow

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/sclerosis, /sclerotic

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hardening

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VIP

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very intoxicated person

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a.c.,

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before meals

Medical Terminology (5 decks)

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