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-a

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no meaning

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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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-algia

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pain

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-amnios

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amnion, amniotic fluid

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-apheresis

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removal

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-cele

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hernia or protrusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-cleisis

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surgical closure

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-coccus / pl. -cocci

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berry-shaped (clusters) (form of bacterium)

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cyte

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cell

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-desis

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surgical fixation, fusion

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-drome

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run, running

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-e

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no meaning

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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excision or surgical removal

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-emia

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in the blood

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-esis

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condition

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-gram

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the record, radiographic imaging

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-graph

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instrument used to record; the record

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-graphy

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process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-ia

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diseased or abnormal state, the condition of

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-iasis

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condition

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-iatrist

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specialist, physician

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-iatry

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treatment, specialty

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ictal

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seizure, attack

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-is

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no meaning

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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation of

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-logist

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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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loosening, dissolution, separating

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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measurement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-opia

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vision (condition)

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-opsy

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view of, viewing

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-osis

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abnormal condition (means “increase” when used with blood cell word roots)

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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abnormal reduction in number

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation, suspension

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-phagia

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eating or swallowing

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-phobia

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abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things

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-physis

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growth

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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formation

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-ptosis

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drooping, sagging, prolapse

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-rrhagia

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rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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suturing, repairing

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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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-salpinx

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uterine tube (fallopian tube)

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-schisis

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split, fissure

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument used for visual examination

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-scopic

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pertaining to visual examination

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-sis

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state of

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-stasis

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control, stop, standing

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-stenosis

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constriction, narrowing

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-stomy

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creation of an artificial opening

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-thorax

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chest, chest cavity

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-tocia

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birth, labor

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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-tomy

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cut into, incision

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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-um

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no meaning

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-uria

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urine, urination

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