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aden/o

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gland (e.g. adenoid)

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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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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plaque (e.g. atherogenesis)

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axill/o

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armpit

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bronch/o

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bronchial tube

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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cardio

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heart

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chem/o

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drugs (e.g. chemo phylaxis)

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chondr/o

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cartilage (e.g. hypochondrial)

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder (e.g. cystitis)

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encephal/o

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brain

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inguin/o

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groin, thigh

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isch/o

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ischium (e.g. ischial)

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall (e.g. laparotomy)

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laryng/o

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larynx

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mamm/o

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breast, milk gland (e.g. mammary)

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mast/o

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breast (e.g. mastectomy)

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my/o

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muscle (e.g. myocardium)

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord (e.g. myeloma)

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necr/o

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death (e.g. necrosis)

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nephr/o

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kidney (e.g. nephritis)

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neur/o

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nerve (e.g. neuropathy)

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opthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear (e.g. otitis)

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peritone/o

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peritoneum (e.g. peritoneal)

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phleb/o

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vein

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pneumon/o

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lung (e.g. pneumonia)

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pulmon/o

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lung

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ren/o

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kidney (e.g. renal)

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sarc/o

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flesh, muscle (e.g. sarcoma)

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thorac/o

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chest (e.g. thoracentesis)

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-algia

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pain (e.g. fibromyalgia)

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-emia

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blood condition (e.g. leukemia, hypoglycemia)

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-ia

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condition (e.g. pneumonia)

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-itis

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inflammation

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-megaly

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enlargement (e.g. splenomegaly

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-osis

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condition, process (e.g. exocytosis)

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-pathy

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disease condition (e.g. retinopathy)

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhage

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excessive dischjarge, bursting

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-sclerosis

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hardening (e.g. anteriosclerosis)

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-uria

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condition of urine (e.g. proteinuria)

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-ar

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pertaining to (e.g. reticular)

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-ary

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pertaining to (e.g. axillary)

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-ic

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pertaining to (e.g. cystic)

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

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removal, resection (e.g. nephrectomy)

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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process of recording (e.g. encephalography)

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-lysis

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separation, destruction, breakdown (e.g. analysis)

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-scopy

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process of visual examination

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-stomy

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opening (e.g. gastrostomy)

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-tomy

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incision into (e.g. thoracotomy)

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ischemia

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decrease of blood flow to a part of the body, caused by narrowing or obstruction of blood vessels

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infarction

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Heart attack or dead myocardial tissue

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what are the 2 types of suffixes

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diagnostic and procedural

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thoracentesis

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short for thoracocentesis, surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid

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tonsillectomy

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removal of tonsil or tonsils

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myelogram

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x-ray image of spinal cord after contrast is injected within the membranes surrounding the spinal cord in the lumbar area of the back

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angiography

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x-ray recording of blood vessels after contrast is injected

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acute

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sharp, sudden, and intense for a short period of time

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adenocarcinoma

A

cancerous tumor derived from glandular cells

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bronchoscopy

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visual examination of the bronchial tubes by passing an endoscope through the trachea into the bronchi

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cardiomyopathy

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disease of heart muscle

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erythrocytosis

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abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of red blood cells

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hematuria

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blood in urine

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laparoscopy

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visual examination of the abdomen

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mammoplasty

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surgical repair (reconstruction) of the breast

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otalgia

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ear pain

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phlebotomy

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incision of a vein

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rhinoplasty

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surgical repair/reconstruction of the nose

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rhinorrhea

A

discharge from the nose

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salpingectomy

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removal of the fallopian tube

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septicemia

A

infection in the blood

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hyperuremia

A

excessive amounts of urea in the bloodstream

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vascular

A

pertaining to blood vessels

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