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Ab

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Ambi

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Both

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An

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Ana

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Up

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Ante

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Before

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Anti

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Auto

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Self

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Bi

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Double

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Brachy

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Short

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Cac

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Bad

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Circum

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Around

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Contra

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Together

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Di (a)

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Through

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Di

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Two

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Dys

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Bad painful

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Ecto

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Outside

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Endo

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Within

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Epi

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Upon

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Ex

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Out

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Extra

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Outside

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Hemi

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Half

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Homo

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Same

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Hydro

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Water

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Hypo

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Below

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Hyper

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Above

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Infra

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Intra

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Within

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Inter

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Between

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Macro

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Large

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Mal

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Bad

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Meso

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Middle

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Meta

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Beyond

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Neo

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New

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Oligo

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Little

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Pan

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All

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Par

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Around

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Para

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Beside
Alongside
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Peri

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Around

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Post

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After

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Pseudo

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False

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Retro

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Backward

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Tachy

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Fast

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Trans

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Across

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ultra

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Beyond

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Acro

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Extremity

Point

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Aden

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Gland

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Adip

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Fat

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Albin

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White

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Anastom

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Opening

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Angi

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Vessel

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Arthr

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Joint

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Chloe

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Green

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Chym

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Juice

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Cirrh

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Yellow

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Coag

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To clot

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Crani

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Skull

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Cryo

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Cold

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Cyst

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Bladder

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Cyt

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Cell

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Derm

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Skin

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Hem

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Blood

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Hyster

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Womb uterus

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ili

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Ilium

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Jaund

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Yellow

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Leuk

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White

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Lip

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Fat

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Lith

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Stone

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Myo

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Muscle

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Necr

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Death

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Ocul

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Eye

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Oste

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Bone

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Ped

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Foot

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Phleb

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Vein

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Pollex

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Thumb

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Posteri

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Back

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Pulmo

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Lung

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Py

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Pus

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Pyret

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Fever

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Reno

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Kidney

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Stom

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Mouth

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Tendo

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Tendon

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Thorac

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Chest

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Thromb

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Clot

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-able

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Capable

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-algesia

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Pain

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-blast

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Immature cell

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-cide

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Kill

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-Clysis

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Injection

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-cyst

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Bladder

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-derma

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Skin

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-ectomy

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Surgical excision

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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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-graphy

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Recording

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-iasis

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Condition

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-ist

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One who specializes

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Destruction

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-Oma

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Tumor

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-opsy

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To view

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-osis

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Condition

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-penia

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Lack of

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-phagia

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To eat

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-phasia

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To speak

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-rrhage

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To bust forth

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-rehea

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Flow

Discharge

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-scope

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Instrument

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-scopy

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To view

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-sepsis

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Decay

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-stomy

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New opening

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-systole

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Contraction

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-tomy

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Incision

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-trophy

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Nourishment

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-Uria

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Urine

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Viscosity

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Thick

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Vasoconstriction

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Narrowing of vessels

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Febrile

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Pt with fever

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Afebrile

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Without fever

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Hypothermia

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Below normal temperature

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Hypovelima

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Loss of blood volume

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Apnea

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Absence of breathing

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Dyspnea

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Difficulty breathing

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-meter

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Measuring device

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-globulin

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Protein

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-emia

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Blood

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Patho

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Disease

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Melan

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Black

Dark

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Scler

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Hardening

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Xanth

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Yello

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Eosin

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Red

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Therm

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Heat

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Glyc

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Sugars

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Bacilli

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Bacteria

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Onch

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Tumor

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Dorso

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Back

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Hypno

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Sleep

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Echo

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Reflecting exam

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Poly

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Multiple

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Iso

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Equal

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Abduct

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Moving away from the body

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Adduct

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Moving towards the body

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Inhale

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Breathing in

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Exhale

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Breathing out

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Pre

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Before

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Unconscious

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Not conscious

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Dermititis

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Inflammation of the skin

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Hepatomegaly

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Enlarged liver

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Gastralgia

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Stomach ache

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Gastro

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Stomach

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-phobia

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Fear

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-phoria

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Feeling

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-cele

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Hernia

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-cytosis

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Condition of cell

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-ectasia

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Dilation

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-crine

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Secreting

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-Pnea

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Breathing

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Hemorrhage

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Bleeding profusely

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Eu-

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Normal

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Hemoglobin

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Protein of red blood cells

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Anoxia

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Lack of oxygen

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Colostomy

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Surgical opening in the colon

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Hemostatic

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Stopping blood flow

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Thrombolytic

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Breaking down a thrombus (blood clot)

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-crit

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Separate

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-pheresis

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Removal

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Biopsy

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Removal of living tissue to view

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Cutane-

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Skin

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing up blood

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Colitis

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Inflammation of Colin

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Fistula

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Small opening

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Lithotripsy

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Breaking up stones

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-tripsy

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Breaking up

Crushing

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-plasty

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Repair

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Urethroplasty

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Repair of urethra

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Hematoturia

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Blood in urine

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Oo

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Egg

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Mastectomy

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Removal of breast

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No
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