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who is the god associated with healing in greek mythology?

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apollo

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who is associated with the snake symbol of medicine?

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asklepios

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what is an asclepion?

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temple dedicate to asklepios

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who are the beginnings of rational medicine attributed to?

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hippocrates

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what were characteristics of hippocrates in medicine?

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  • hippocratic oath
  • strong in prognosis
  • weak in diagnosis
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what was used as drugs in greek medicine?

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-vegetable or mineral remedies
- wine : disinfectant
- leaves of fig and olive trees
- plaster of lentils: bandaging

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what did greek surgery focus on?

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bones and accompanying tissues

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what is the theory of humors?

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the balance of four humors in a person’s body determined their physical health

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what are the four humors?

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blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile

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what was a sanguine temperament attributed to?

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cheerful and lively as a result of the dominance of blood

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what temperament was caused by the excess of phlegm?

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phlegmatic. calm and tough

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what caused melancholia?

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surplus of black bile. gloomy and anxious

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what did it mean to be choleric?

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lively and sometimes irascible due to excess of yellow bile

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what was thought to affect the four humors?

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diet and climate

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what described the appropriate manner of dealing with patients?

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The Physician. advises the doctos to keep himself in good physical condition
- impolite to ask for payment
- humor

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atrium

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-atrium: central courtyard of roman house
- one of the two upper chambers of the heart

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cardiologist

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-cardi: heart
-logist: one who studies

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chlorine

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chlor: light green, yellowish green
- ine :noun forming suffix
yellowish green gas

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cholera

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cholerikos: full of cholera

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complex

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dorsal

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dorsum: back

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heliotherapy

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helio: sun
therapy: treatment of or by

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hematoma

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-haemat: blood
-oma: tumor arising in or consisting of
swelling containing blood, blood blister

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hypodermic

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-hypo: under
-derm: skin]
-ic: adjective forming suffix
under the skin

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jugular

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-jugulum: throat
-jugum: yolk
relating to collarbone or throat

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mycology

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-myc: fungus
-o: combining vowel
- log: study of
-y: noun forming suffix
study of fungus

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mycosis

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myc: fungus
a condition of fungal infestation

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phobia

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phobos- “fear”

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psychosis

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base: psyche- mind
suffix: osis - disease of
disease of the mind

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thermometer

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base: therm - heat
suffix: meter - device for measuring

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toxicology

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base: tox - poison
combining vowel: o
base: log - to study
noun forming suffix: y
meaning: scientific study of poisons

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agoraphobia

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base: agora - meeting place/ marketplace
base: phobia - fear
meaning: fear of leaving environment

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analysis

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prefix: ana - up, back, again
base: lyein - to unfasten
noun forming suffix: is
meaning: breaking down into simpler components

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animus

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mind, spirit
one of the latin words for greek “psyche”

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arete

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“courage” - meaning according to Homer
skill or efficiency at a specific job
what made a person a good or efficient human? one who possessed arete anthropine

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claustrophobia

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base: claustrum- confined space
base: phobos - fear

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egocentric

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base: ego - I
base: kentrikos- referring to the center
meaning: individual viewing the world in relation to oneself and excluding everything else

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egoist

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base: ego - I
ist: noun forming suffix
meaning: someone who views the world around themselves

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logos

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base: logos - word, speech
meaning: logical reasoning

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nous

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used in philosophy
“mind”

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pharmacy

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base: pharmakon - drug
meaning: place to buy and prepare drugs

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philosophy

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base: philo - love
base: soph - wisdom
y: noun forming suffix
meaning: love of wisdom

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Pre-Socratic Philosophers

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interested in the natural world and how it functioned.
- fundamental laws
- origins of universe
- mans role in universe
rational, not interested in religion or mythology

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what were the subsections of the pre-socratic philosophers?

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ionian, pythagoreans, monists, pluralists, and atomists

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psyche

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greek word for mind

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psychology

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base: psyche - soul, spirit mind
cv: o
base: log - study of
nfs: y
study of the mind

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Socrates

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didn’t record his writings, plato did. taught through Socratic dialogues, which were discussions between people of differing views. dialectic method = socratic method: asking questions and using the rules and modes of reasoning. aware of his own ignorance, and claimed that is what made him intelligent.

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suprasensible

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realm beyond the world of experience. studied in metaphysics. aristotle

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thumos

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spirit, passion

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what were the 3 terms plato used to describe the non-physical element of human beings?

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-psyche
-nous (mind, intellect)
-thumos (spirit, passion)

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antimelanin

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prefix: anti - against
base: melan - black ,dark
suffix: in - chemical substance
meaning: somethings that decreases dark marks

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chemotherapy

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base: chem - chemical
base: therapy - treatment of or by
meaning: chemical treatment

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gastrotomy

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base: gastr - stomach
cv: o
base: tomy - surgical operaction on

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hematoma

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base: haemat - blood
suffix: oma - tumor

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hysterectomy

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base: hyster - uterus
meaning: surgical removal of uterus
base: ectomy - surgical cut

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leukemia

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base: leuk - white
suffix: emia - condition of the blood
meaning: abnormal increase of white blood cells in blood

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mastitis

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base: mast - breast
base: itis - inflammation
meaning: inflammation of the breast

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melancholy

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base: melan - black ,dark
base: chole - bile
meaning: black bile

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myograph

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base: myos - muscle
base: graph - to write
meaning: instrument for recording muscular action

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neurologist

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base: neur - nerve
cv: o
base: log - study of
nfs: ist
meaning: physician specializing in treatment of the nervous system

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neurosis

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base: neur - nerve
cv: o
sis: nfs
meaning: emotional or mental disorder accompanied by obsessive behavior

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phlebectomy

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base: phleb - vein
suffix: ectomy - surgical removal

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phlebitis

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base: phleb - vein
suffix: itis - inflammation of

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septicemia

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base: septic - decay
suffix: emia - condition of the blood
meaning: bloodstream infection

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apodeictic

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prefix: apo - off, from, away from
base: deigma - sample, pattern, plan
meaning: necessarily true, beyond contradiction

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cosmos

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greek kosmos
means universe, order, world

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dialectics

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dialectica - to discuss

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epistemology

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base: episteme - knowledge
cv: o
base: log - study of
nfs: y
study of knowledge

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ethical

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base: ethikos - moral, ethical
ethos - way, custom, moral nature
-al: afs
meaning: relating to moral principles

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manner

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base: manus - hand
mores, mos, moris

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material

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base: materia - timber, building material

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metaphysics

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base: meta - after
base: physis - nature
meaning: fundamental nature of reality

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moral

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base: mores - manner, moral

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platonic

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plato - relating to plato
ic - adjective forming suffix
no sexual desire, pure spiritual affection

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sophistry

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word that can mean “trickery” coming from the ancient Sophist philosophers who were skeptical about the possibility of absolute knowledge or truth. their rationality and relativism made people regard them as immoral, and they took money for their teachings.

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suprasensible

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realm beyond the world of experience

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antitoxin

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base: anti -against
base: tox - poison
nfs: in

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appendicitis

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base: appendic - appendix
suffix: itis - swelling of

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arthritis

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base: arthr - joint
suffix: itis - swelling of

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cardiology

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base: cardio - heart
base: log - study of
nfs: y

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cephalitis

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base: cephal - head, skull, brain
suffix: itis - swelling of
meaning: swelling of the brain

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dehydrate

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prefix: de - down
base: hydr - water
nfs: ate
absence of water

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dendroid

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base: dendro - tree
shaped like or resembling a tree

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dendrologist

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base: dendro - tree
cv: o
base: log - to study
nfs: ist
one who studies trees

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hydropathy

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base: hydr - water
base: path - one who suffers from a disease of
using water for treatment or pain relief

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intoxicate

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prefix: in - in
base: tox - poison
vfs: ate
meaning: to poison

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lobotomy

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base: lob - lobe (of the brain)
cv: o
base: tomy - surgical operation on
meaning: operation on lobe of brain

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mastectomy

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base: masto - breast
base: ectomy - surgical operation on
meaning: removal of breasts

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microcephalic

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base: micro- small
base: cepha - head
nfs: ic
having an abnormally small head

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nephrolith

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base: nephro - kidney
base: lith - stone

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osteoma

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base: oste - bone
base: oma - tumor

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psychopathy

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base: psycho - mind, soul
base: path - disease of
nfs: y

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tonsillectomy

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base: tonsill - tonsil
base: ectomy - surgical removal of

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tracheotomy

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base: trach - windpipe
base: ectomy - surgical procedure on

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