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-ectomy

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Remove

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-cyte

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Cell

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-emia

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Blood

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-pnea

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Air, breathing

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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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-Oma

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Swelling, tumor

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-penia

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Lacking, deficiency

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-scope

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Instrument for inspecting or viewing

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-tomy

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Cutting, incision

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-al, -ic, -ac, -ous

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Pertaining to, like

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-graphy

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Science, field of study

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-ist

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Person involved in the field

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-lysis

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Decomposition, breakdown

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-megaly

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Growth

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-natal

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Birth

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

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-spasm

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Twitching, involuntary contraction

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-toxin

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Poison