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Apheresis

A

Removal

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Ectomy

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Surgical removal

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Scop

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Study or examination

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Stomy

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Surgical opening

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Carcinoma

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Cancer originating in the skin or tissue cells of internal organs

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Penia

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Lack or deficiency

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Sarcoma

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Cancer originating in the body connective tissue cells

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Plasia

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Growth, development

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Emia

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Abnormal blood condition

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Uria

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Abnormal blood condition

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Cyte

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Cell

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Amnios

A

Amniotic fluid

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Thorax

A

Chest cavity

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Megaly

A

irregular enlargement

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trophy

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nourishment, growth

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stenosis

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abnormal narrowing

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sclerosis

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hardening of a tissue

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stasis

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stability

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Algia

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Pain

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Cele

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hernia

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Emesis

A

vomiting

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itis

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inflammation

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paresis

A

partial paralysis

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plegia

A

paralysis

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pnea

A

breathing

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rrhage

A

flow excessively (hemorrhage)

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phagia

A

eating

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phobia

A

fear

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myo-

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Muscle

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Chole-

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bile or gall

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cyst-

A

Bladder

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Ante-

A

before

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endo-

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within, internal

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epi-

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outer

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hypo-

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low

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hyper-

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high

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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pre-

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before

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post-

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after

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sub-

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under or below

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supra-

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above

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trans-

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across

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Brady-

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slow

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tachy-

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fast

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dys-

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abnormal

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Macro

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large

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micro

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small

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hemi-

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Half

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Nulli-

A

none

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Neo-

A

new

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tort

A

a wrongful act or infringement of a right

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negligence

A

failure to take care in doing something

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malpractice

A

informer, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment

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assault

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an act, criminal or tortious, that threatens physical harm to a person

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Battery

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unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but menacing or offensive

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False imprisonment

A

the state of being imprisoned without legal authority

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