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1
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Define -crine

A

secrete

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2
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Define -drome

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run

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3
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Define -fusion

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coming together/to pour

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4
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Define -gen

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substance that produces

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5
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Define -lapse

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slide/fall/sag

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6
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Define -lysis

A

breakdown/destruction/seperation

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7
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Define -meter

A

measure

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8
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Define -mission

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send

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9
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Define -or

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one who

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10
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Define -oxia

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oxygen

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11
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Define -pertum

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birth/labor

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12
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Define -phoria

A

bear/carry/feeling (mental)

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13
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Define -physis

A

grow

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14
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Define -plasia

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development/formation/growth

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15
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Define -plasm

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structure/formation

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16
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Define -pnea

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breathing

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17
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Define -ptom

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happening/occurence

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18
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Define -ptosis

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falling/drooping/prolapse

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19
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Define -rrhea

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flow/discharge

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20
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Define -stasis

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stopping/controlling

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21
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Define -trophy

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development/nourishment

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22
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Define -algia, -dynia

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pain

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23
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Define sclerosis

A

hardening

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24
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Define penia

A

deficieny

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25
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Define plasia

A

growth

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26
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Define stomy

A

new opening

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27
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Define ac, iac, al, ar, ic, arty, ical, tic

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pertaining to

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28
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Define oid

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resemble/derive from

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29
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Define ose

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pertaining to/full of

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30
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Define centesis

A

surgical puncture

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31
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Define desis

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fusion

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32
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Define ectomy

A

excision/removal

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33
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Define pexy

A

fixation of

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34
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Define plasty

A

surgical repair

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35
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Define orrhaphy

A

suture/stitch

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36
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Define scopy

A

visual examination

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37
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Define sect

38
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Define tome

39
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Define tripsy

40
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Define opsy

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view/examine

41
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Define isch

A

to hold back

42
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Define aise

43
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Define mycin

44
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Define logy

A

the process of study

45
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Define tome

A

instrument to cut

46
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Define osis

A

abnormal condition

47
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Define emia

A

blood condition

48
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Define ous

A

condition/structure

49
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Define scope

A

instrument to examine

50
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Define gram

51
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Define graphy

A

the process of recording

52
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Define ism, y

53
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Define ist

A

specialist

54
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Define itis

A

inflammation

55
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Define phage

A

eat/swallow

56
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Define gnosis

57
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Define pathy, path

58
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Define tachy

59
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Define tripsy

60
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Define ion

A

action/process

61
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Define ian

A

specialist

62
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Define malacia

63
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Define megaly

A

enlargement

64
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Define ule, ole

A

small/little

65
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Define er

A

specialist/one who

66
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Define brady

67
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Define sepsis

68
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Define thesis

A

to put/to place

69
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Define -crine

70
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Define -drome

71
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Define meter

A

instrument for measuring

72
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Define -mission

73
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Define partum

A

birth/labor

74
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Define -ptom

75
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Define porosis

76
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Define lithiasis

A

abnormal condition of gallstones

77
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Define chezia

A

defecation/elimination of waste

78
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Define ectasis

79
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Define optysis

A

spitting up

80
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Define stenosis

81
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Define esthesia

82
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Define kines

83
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Define lepsy

84
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Define phasia

85
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Define plegia

86
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Define praxia

87
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Define syncope

88
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Define taxia

A

corrdination

89
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Define rrhagic

A

excessive bleeding/bursting forth

91
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Define plakia

A

abnormal patch

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