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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Algia (word part)

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Pain, suffering

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Dynia (word part)

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Pain

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Ectomy (word part)

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Surgical removal, cutting out

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Gram (word part)

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Picture of record,

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Hyper (word part)

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Increased, above, excessive

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Hypo (word part)

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Below, decreased, deficient

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Itis (word part)

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Inflammation

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Osis (word part)

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Abnormal Condition, disease

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Ostomy (word part)

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Surgical creation of artifical opening

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Pre (word part)

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Before, in front of

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Plasty (word part)

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Surgical repair

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Rrhage (word part)

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Bleeding, abnormal fluid discharge

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Rrhaphy (word part)

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Surgical suturing

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Rrhea (word part)

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Flow, discharge

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Sclerosis (word part)

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Abnormal hardening

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Onc

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Tumor

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Carcin

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Cancer

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Cyt

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Cell

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Epitheli

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Epithelum

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Hist

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Tissue

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Tip

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Fat

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My

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Muscle

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Neur

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Nerves

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Path

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Disease

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Plasm

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Growth

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Sarc

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Flesh

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Stasis

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Stop or control

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Viscer

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Internal organs

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Al

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Pertaining to

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Genic

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Producing or causing

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Logist

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Specialist who studies and treats

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Logy

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The study of

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Oid

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Resembling

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Oma

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Tumor

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Meta

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Beyond

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Neo

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New

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Intra

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Within

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Ven

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Vein

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Ous

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Pertaining to

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Oste

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Bone

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Arthr

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Joint

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Trache

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Trachea

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Poly

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Mant

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Cyt

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Cell

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Suffix usually describes what

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Pathology, symptoms, procedure, or part of speech

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What do prefixes usually mean

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Number, time, position, direction

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Centesis

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Surgical puncture

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Desis

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Binding, fixation of bone or joint

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Clasis

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To break, surgical fracture

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Lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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Pexy

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Fixation or an organ

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Stomy

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Forming an opening

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Tome

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Instrument to cut

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Tomy

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Incision

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Tripsy

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Crushing

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Graph

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Instrument for recording

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Meter

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Instrument for measuring

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Metry

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Act of measuring

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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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Cele

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Hernia, swelling

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Ectasis

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Dilation, expansion

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Edema

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Swelling

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Emia

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Blood condition

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Abs

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Away from

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Aero

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Air

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Antero

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Front

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Bio

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Life

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Chrom

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Color

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De-

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To remove

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Dextro

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Right

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Di

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Across

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Dys

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Pain, bad

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Erythro

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Red

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Etio

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Cause

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Ex

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Out, away from

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Febr

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Fever

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Gluc

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Glucose, Sugar

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Gyne

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Women, female

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Latero

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Side

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Lepto

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Thin, slender

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Medio

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Middle

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Mega

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Large

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Meso

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Middle

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Mono

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One, single

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Multi

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Many

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Acro

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Extremities

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Ad

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Toward

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Ambi

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Both

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Ante

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Before

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Anti

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Against

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Astr

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Star

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Auto

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Self

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Brachy

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Short

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Capit

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Head

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Brady

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Slow

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Con

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With

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Cryo

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Cold

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Cyan

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Blue

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Ecto

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On the outside

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Endo

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Inside

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Epi

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Upon

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Eu

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Normal

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Hemi

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Half

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Intra

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Within

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Leuk

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White

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Melan

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Black

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Para

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Beside

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Peri

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Around

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Post

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After

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Peri

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Around

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Para

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Beside

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Pro

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In front of

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Semi

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Half

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Sub

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Under

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Supra

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Above

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Tachy

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Fast

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Aden

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Gland

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Andro

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Man

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Angi(o)

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Vessel

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Bronch

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Bronchus

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Cardi

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Heart

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Cephal

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Head

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Chil

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Lip

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Chol

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Bile

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Chondr

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Cartilage

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Col

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Colon

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Colp, colpos

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Vagina

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Corpus

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Body

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Cost(o)

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Rib

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Cut, cuti, cutane

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Skin

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Cyst(o)

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Sac, bladder

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Dent

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Tooth

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Derm

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Skin

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Enter

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Intestine

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Fibr

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Connective tissue

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