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Capstone: Healthcare 21 > Medical Terminology Chs. 1-3 > Flashcards

Medical Terminology Chs. 1-3 Flashcards

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caud

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tail

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or/o

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mouth

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trich/o

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hair

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pil/o

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hair

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ocul/o

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eye

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opthalm/o

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eye

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nas/o

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nose

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rhin/o

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nose

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oro/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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mouth

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thorac/o

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chest

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ot/o

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ear

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eponym

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name for disease/organ/etc. that is derived from name of a person

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abbreviation

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shortened form of written word/phrase
–> could be acronym (letters) or shortened word

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pharmacology

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study of the preparation, properties, uses, and actions of drugs

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-is plural

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-es (ex. diagnosis –> diagnoses)

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-um plural

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-a (ex. atrium –> atria)

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-us plural

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-i (ex. bacillus –> bacilli)

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-a plural

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-ae (ex. vertebra –> vertebrae)

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-ix plural

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-ices (ex. appendix –> appendices)

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-ex plural

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-ices (ex. cortex –> cortices)

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-ax plural

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-aces (ex. thorax –> thoraces)

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-ma plural

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-s or -mata (ex. carcinoma –> carcinomas or carcinomata)

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-on plural

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-a (ex. protozoon –> protozoa)

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-nx plural

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-nges (ex. larynx –> larynges)

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-er / -ist

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one who (specializes)

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-iatrician

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practitioner

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-logist

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one who studies; specialist

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-ac / -al / -ic / -ical / -an / -ar / -ary / -eal / -ive / -tic

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pertaining to

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-logic / -logical

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pertaining to the study of

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-iatrics / -iatry

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medical profession or treatment of

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-logy

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study or science of

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internist

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one who specializes in internal medicine (internal structure of body)

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cardi/o

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heart

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crin/o

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to secrete

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dermat/o

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skin

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cutane/o

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skin

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esthesi/o

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feeling or sensation

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gastr/o, enter/o

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stomach / intestines (ex. gastroenterologist)

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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

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elderly

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gynec/o

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female

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immun/o

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immune

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ne/o, nat/o

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new / birth

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neur/o

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nerve

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obstetr/o

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midwife

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onc/o

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tumor

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orth/o, ped/o

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straight / child
–> ped/o can also mean foot

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laryng/o

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larynx

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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radiation

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rheumat/o

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rheumatism

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ur/o

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urinary tract / urine

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pathology

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general study of characteristics, causes, effects of disease

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pathologist

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someone who studies disease
clinical: using lab tests, methods
surgical: studying tissues, organs removed during surgery

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plastic surgery

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surgical repair or reconstruction of the body

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elective procedure

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procedure performed by choice of patient (ex. aesthetic plastic surgery)

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orthopedics

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preservation, restoration of bones and associated structures

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psychiatry

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medical profession: causes, treatment, prevention of mental disorders
–> psychology (diagnosis of personality, behavioral disorders) is not a branch of medicine

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intensivists

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physicians who specialize in the ICU

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triage

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method of sorting ICU patients based on immediacy of their needs

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hospitalists

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physicians who specialize at hospitals

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anesthesiology

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administration and effects of anesthetics

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anesthetist

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not a physician, but trained to administer anesthetics
–> think: assistant, nurse

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epidemiologist

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physician who studies prevalence, spread, prevention of disease

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therapist

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person with special skills to care for certain areas of healthcare

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate / remove fluid (ex. amniocentesis)

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-ectomy

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excision (ex. appendectomy)

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-lysis

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process of loosening, freeing, or destroying (ex. hemolysis)

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-pexy

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surgical fixation (ex. mastopexy = fixation of breasts)

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-plasty

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surgical repair (ex. rhinoplasty)

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-rraphy

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suture (stitching)

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-scopy

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visual examination (ex. microscopy)

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-stomy

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formation of opening

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-tome

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instrument used for cutting (ex. microtome)

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-tomy

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incision (cutting into tissue)

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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bi/o

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living / life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerebr/o, encephal/o

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brain

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chir/o

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hand

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col/o

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colon / large intestine

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faci/o

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face

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hepat/o

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liver

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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muscul/o, my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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bone marrow / spinal cord

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oste/o

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bone

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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lungs

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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vas/o

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vessel (specifically: vas deferens)

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-algia, -dynia

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pain (ex. neuralgia: pain in nerve)

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-cele

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hernia (protrusion of part of organ) (ex. encephalocele: hernia of brain)

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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dilation

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-edema

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swelling (ex. lymphedema: swelling of lymphatic vessel)

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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condition of blood (ex. bacteremia: bacteria in blood)

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-ia, -iasis

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condition (ex. psoriasis)

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone (ex. cholelith: gallstone)

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-malacia

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soft, softening

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-mania

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excessive preoccupation (ex. kleptomania)

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

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resembling (ex. mucoid: resembling mucus)

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-oma

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tumor (ex. carcinoma)

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-ptosis

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prolapse / sagging

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-rrhage, -rraghia

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excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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flow / discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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twitching, cramp

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-stasis

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stopping / controlling

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-able / -ible

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capable of

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-ase

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enzyme

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-eum, -ium

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membrane

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-iac

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one who suffers (ex. hemophiliac: suffers from hemophilia)

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-opia

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vision

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-ose

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sugar

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-ous

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pertaining to / characterized by

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-y

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state or condition

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adip/o, lip/o

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fat (ex. liposuction)

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amyl/o

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starch

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glyc/o

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sugar

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hemat/o

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blood

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lact/o

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milk

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lith/o

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stone

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micro

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small

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muc/o

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mucus

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prote/o, protein/o

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protein

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pyr/o

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fire

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mono- / uni-

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one

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bi- / di-

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two

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tri-

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three

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quad- / quadra- / tetra-

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four

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centi-

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one hundred / one hundredth

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milli-

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one thousandth

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diplo-

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double

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hemi-, semi-

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half / partly

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

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under

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multi-, poly-

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many

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nulli-

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none

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pan-

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all

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primi-

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first

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super-, ultra-

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excessive

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ab-

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away from (ex. abduct: carry away from)

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ad-

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toward (ex. addiction: drawn towards)

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ante-, pre-

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before, in time or place

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circum-, peri-

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around (ex. perimeter)

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contra-

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against / opposed

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dia-

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through (ex: diameter)

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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-

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outside / without

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en-, end-, endo-

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inside

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epi-

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above / on (ex. epipen: held above the skin)

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hypo-, infra-, sub-

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beneath / under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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ipsi-

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same

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meso-, mid-

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middle

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para-

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near / beside / abnormal

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per-

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through / by

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post-

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after, behind

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retro-

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behind / backward

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super-, supra-

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above / beyond

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sym-, syn-

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joined together

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trans-

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across

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anti-

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against

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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bad / difficult / disordered

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eu-

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good / normal

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mal-

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bad / abnormal

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pro-

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favoring / supporting

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tachy-

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fast (ex. tachycardia: increased pulse rate)

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macro-, mega-, megalo-

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large / great

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a-, an-, in-, non-

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no / not / without

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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o

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white

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chlor/o

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green

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cyt/o
-cyte

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cell

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gen/o
-genic, -genesis

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beginning / origin

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gram/o
-gram, -graph, -graphy

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record / recording

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kinesi/o
-kinesia
-kinesis

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movement / motion

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leps/o
-lepsy

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seizure

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lys/o
-lysin
-lysis

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destruction / dissolution

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malac/o
-malacia

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soft / softening

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megal/o
-megaly

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enlargement

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metr/o
-meter
-metry

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measure

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phag/o
-phagia
-phagic
-phagy

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eat / ingest

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phas/o
-phasia

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speech

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pleg/o
-plegia

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paralysis

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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis

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split / cleft

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scler/o
-sclerosis

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hard / hardening

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troph/o
-trophic

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nutrition

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aer/o

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air

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blast/o

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embryonic form (ex. osteoblasts: embryonic bone cells)

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cancer/o, carcin/o

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cancer

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cephal/o

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head

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cry/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hidden

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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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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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narc/o

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stupor (ex. narcotics: render person into a stupor)

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necr/o

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dead

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optic/o, opt/o

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vision

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phon/o

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voice

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therm/o

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heat

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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top/o

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position / place

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