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P1: Patient-Centered Communication > Medical Terminology > Flashcards

Medical Terminology Flashcards

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a-

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no, not, or without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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an-

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not or without

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ante-

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before

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contra-

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against

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de-

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down, from, or reversing

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di-

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twice

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dys-

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bad or difficult or painful

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epi-

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above or upon

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ex-

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out, without, or away from

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extra-

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outside

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hemi-

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half

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in-

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in, inside, or negative

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multi-

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many

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neo-

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new

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nulli-

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none

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peri-

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around

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ploy-

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many

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before

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pseudo-

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false

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retro-

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backward or behind

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super-

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above or excess

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supra-

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above

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trans-

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across or through

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anti-

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against

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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en-

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in or inside

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eu-

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normal or good

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hyper-

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excessive or more than normal

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hypo-

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beneath or below normal

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intra-

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within

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abdomen/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremity

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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bi/o

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life or living

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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cheil/o

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lip

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chir/o

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hand

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crani/o

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cranium or skull

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cyan/o

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blue

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dactyl/o

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digit (finger or toe)

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dent/o

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tooth

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derm/a, dermat/o

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skin

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dips/o

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thirst

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electr/o

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electricity

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esthesi/o

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sensation or feeling

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fruct/o

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fruit

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fung/i

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fungus

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gen/o

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origin or benining

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ger/o, geront/o

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aged or elderly

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gingiv/o

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gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gram/o

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to print or record

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gynec/o

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female

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hist/o

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tissue

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immune/o

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immune

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is/o

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equal

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lingu/o

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tongue

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medi/o

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middle

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myc/o

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fungus

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neuro

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nerve

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odont/o

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tooth

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onc/o

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tumor

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opt/o, optic/o

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vision

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or/o

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mouth

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orth/o

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straight

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-ad

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toward

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-clysis

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irrigation or washing out

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-crine

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secrete

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-cyte

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cell

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-dynia

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pain (ex: gastrodynia)

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-emia

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blood

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-er

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one who

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-gram

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a record

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-graph

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instrument that records

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition

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-iatric

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medicine

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-iatry

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medicine

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ist

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one who

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-logy

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the study or science of

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-logist

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one who studies or a specialist

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-lysin

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substance that dissolves or destroys

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-ose

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sugar

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-osis

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condition, disease, or abnormal increase

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-pathy

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disease

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pnea

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breathing

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-pod

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foot

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-poiesis

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production

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-scopy

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viewing

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-spasm

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cram or twitching

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-stasis

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stopping or controlling

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-tomy

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cutting (incision of)

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onco-

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tumor

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par-. para-

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near or beside or abnormal

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path(o)-

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disease

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poly-

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many

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sub-

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below or under

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tachy-

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fast

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tri-

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three

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uni-

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one

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ot/o

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ear

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child or foot

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pharmac/o

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drugs

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phot/o

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light

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physi/o

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refers to nature

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pleg/o

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paralysis

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pneum/o

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lung or air

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pneumon

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lung

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pod/o

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foot

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proct/o

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anus or rectum

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proxim/o

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near (proximal)

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psych/o

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mind

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pulm/o, pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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somat/o

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body

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son/o

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sound

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steth/o

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chest

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stomat/o

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mouth

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super/o

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uppermost (superior)

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thorac/o

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chest or thorax

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tom/o

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to cut

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tox/o, toxic/o

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poision

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ur/o

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urine or urinary tract

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valv/o

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valve

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ven/o

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vein

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an/o

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anus

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angi/o

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vessel

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anter/o

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front (anterior)

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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cec/o

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cecum

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cephal/o

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head (cephalad)

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix uteri

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chrom/o

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color

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-algia

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pain

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-cele

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hemia

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-centesis

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surgical procedure

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-cidal

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killing

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-ectasia

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stretching or dilation

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-ectasis

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stretching or dilation

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-ectomy

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excision (removal)

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-emesis

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vomiting (ex: hyperemesis gravidarum- morning sickness)

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-genic, -genous

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origin, beginning

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-genesis

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origin, beginning

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-iasis

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condition

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-iurn

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membrane

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lith

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stone

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-lysis

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destruction or dissolving

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-lytic

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capable of dissolving

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-malacia

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softness

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-mania

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excessive preoccupation

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oid

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resembling

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-ole

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little or small

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-oma

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tumor or swelling

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-opia

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vision

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-osis

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condition, disease, or abnormal increase

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-ous

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pertaining to (or characterized by)

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-enia

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decreased or deficient

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-plasia

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formation or development

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col/o

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colon

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colon/o

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colon

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cyt/o

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cell

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dipl/o

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double

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dist/o

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distant or far (distal)

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dors/o

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back side (dorsal)

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encephal/o

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brain

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fet/o

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fetus

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gastro/o

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stomach

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glycos/o

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sugar or sweet

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hydr/o

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water

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hyster/o, uter/o

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uterus

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hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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infer/o

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situated below (inferior)

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kary/o

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nucleus

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lact/o

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milk

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lip/o

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fats

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later/o

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side (lateral)

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lith/o

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stone or calculus

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lumb/o

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lower

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lys/o

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destruction or dissolving

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macr/o

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large or enlarged

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medi/o

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middle, medial, median

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men/o

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menstruation

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micr/o

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small

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mon/o

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one or single

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morph/o

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shape or form

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muc/o

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mucus

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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narc/o

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sleep

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nas/o

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nose

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nat/o

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birth

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nepro/o, ren/o

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kidney

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norm/o

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normal

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nos/o

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disease

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nucle/

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nucleus

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odont/o

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teeth

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olig/o

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few

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oohor/o

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ovary

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or/o

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mouth

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oste/o

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bone

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-plasty

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surgical repair (ex: rhinoplasty- nose job)

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptysis

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spitting (ex: hemoptysis- spitting up blood)

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge (ex: diarrhea)

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-scope

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instrument used to view or examine

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-scopy

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viewing

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-stenosis

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stricture or narrowing

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-stomy

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artificial opening

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-tome

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cutting instrument

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-y

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state (or condition)

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ox/o

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oxygen

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par/o

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bearing offspring

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phag/o

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to eat

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phas/o

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speech

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phil/o

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attraction

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phon/o

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voice

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

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prote/o

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protein

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rect/o

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rectum

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sclera/o

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hard or hardening

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scop/o

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to view or examine

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som/a

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body

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somat/o

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body

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spleen/o

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spleen

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urin/o

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urine

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