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-ac

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pertaining to

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-gram

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record, recording

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-al

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pertaining to

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-graph

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instrument used to record

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-philia
-phily

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love

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ia

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condition of diseased or abnormal state

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-phobia

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abnormal fear to specific objects

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-eal, -ial

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pertaining to

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-iatry

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physician, treatment

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-phonia

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sound, voice

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-ial

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pertaining to

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  • ician
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one who

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-phoria

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feeling

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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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-physis

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growth

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-ism

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state of

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-plasia

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formation, development, growth

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-itis

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inflammation

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-algia

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pain

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-plasty

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plastic or surgical repair

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-apheresis

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removal

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-lysis

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loosening, dissolution, separating

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ase

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enzyme

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-lytic

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destroy, reduce

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-pnea

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breathing

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-malacia

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softening

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-atresia

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absence of normal body opening, occlusion, closure

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-mania

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madness

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-porosis

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passage

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-prandial

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meal

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-cele

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hernia, protusion

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-praxia

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in front of, before

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-centesis

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surgical PUNCTURE

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-metry

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process of measuring, measurement

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-ptosis

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dropping, sagging

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-cidl

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killing

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-morph

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form, shape

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-clasia

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break

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-odia

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smell

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube

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-clast

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break

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-odynia

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pain

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-clysis

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irrigation, washing

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-oid

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resembling

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-schisis

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split, fissure

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-coccus

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berryshaped (form of bacterium)

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-ologist

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one who studies and practices (specialist)

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-crine

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secrete, separate

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-ology

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study of

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-scope

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instrument used for visual examination

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-crit

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to separate

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-scopy

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process of visual examining

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-cyte

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cell

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-opia

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vision (condition)

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-scopic

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visual examination

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-desis

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surgical FIXATION

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-opsy

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to view

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-sepsis

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infection

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-drome

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run, running

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-orrhagia

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rapid flow of blood

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-sis

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state of

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-orrhaphy

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suturing, repairing

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-ectomy

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surgical removal or excision

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-orrhea

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flow, excessive discharge

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-stasis

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control, stop

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-ectopia

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displacement

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-orrhexis

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rupture

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-emesis

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vomitting

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-stenosis

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constriction, narrowing

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-emia

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blood condition

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-ostomy

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creation of artificial opening

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-thorax

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chest

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-er

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one who

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-otomy

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cut into or incision

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-tocia

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birth, labor

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-esis

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condiiton

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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-iasis

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condition

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces of causes

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-pathy

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disease

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-trophy

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nourishment

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-genesis

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origin, cause

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-penia

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deficiency, lack of, abnormal reduction in number

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-ule

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little

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-uria

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urine, urinating

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-blast, -blasto

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bud, germ

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-dynia

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pain, swelling

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-ity

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pertaining to

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-ium

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structure or tissue

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-lysis, -lytic

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break down, destruction, dissolving

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-phasia

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speech

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-rrhage

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bleeding

2023 HOSA Medical Term (20 decks)

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