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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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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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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-algia

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pain

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-apheresis

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removal

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-ase

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enzyme

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-atresia

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absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-cele

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hernia; protrusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-cidal

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killing

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-clasia

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break

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-clast

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break

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-clasis

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break

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-clysis

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irrigating; washing

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-coccus (pl. cocci)

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berryshaped (form of bacterium)

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-crine

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separate; secrete

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-crit

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to separate

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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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-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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-ectopia

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displacement

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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-er

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one who

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-esis

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condition

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-iasis

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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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-genesis

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origin; cause

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-genic

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producing; originating; causing

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-gram

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record; x-ray film

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-graph

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instrument used to record

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-graphy

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process of recording; xray filming

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-ia

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condition of diseased or abnormal state

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-iatry

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physician; treatment

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-ician

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one who

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-ictal

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seizure; attack

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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lysis

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loosening; dissolution; separating

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-lytic

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destroy; reduce

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-malacia

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softening

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-mania

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madness; insane desire

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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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-morph

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form; shape

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-odia

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smell

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-odynia

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pain

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-oid

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resembling

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-ologist

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one who studies and practices (specialist)

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-ology

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study of

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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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to view

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-oorhagia

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rapid flow of blood

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-oorhaphy

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suturing; repairing

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-orrhea

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flow; excessive discharge

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-orrhexis

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rupture

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-osis

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abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell root words)

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-ostomy

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creation of an artifical opening

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-otomy

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cut into or incision

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-oxia

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oxygen

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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; deficiency

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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; swallowing

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-philia

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love

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-phily

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love

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-phobia

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abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things

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-phonia

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sound or voice

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-phoria

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feeling

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-physis

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growth

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-plasia

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formation; development; a growth

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-plasm

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growth; substance; formation

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-plasty

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plastic or 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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-porosis

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passage

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-prandial

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meal

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-praxia

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in front of; before

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-ptosis

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dropping; sagging; prolapse

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-salpinx

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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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-scopy

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visual examination

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-scopic

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visual examination

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-sepsis

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infection

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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

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-stenosis

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constriction; narrowing

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-thorax

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chest

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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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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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-trophy

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nourishment

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-ule

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little

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-uria

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urine; urination

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