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carp/o

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wirst bones

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cib/o

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meals

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cis/o

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to cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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to lead, carry

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flex/o

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to bend

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furc/o

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forking, branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protection

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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nect/o

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to bind, tie, connect

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis, anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland, shield

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-blast

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embryonic, immature

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-crine

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to secrete

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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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coming together, to pour

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-gea

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, seperation

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-meter

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to measure

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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolaspse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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antigen

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A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.

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antibodies

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Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.

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Rh condition

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An antigen-antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).

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congential anomaly

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An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with
Includes webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects, and clubbed feet
Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern of physical and mental defects in the infant at birth

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Recombinant DNA:

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Taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.
Recombinant techniques are used to manufacture insulin outside the body

105
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polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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the method of producing multiple copies of a single gene

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syndrome

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A group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition

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reye syndrome

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characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin

108
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Transurethral

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resection of the prostate gland (TURP)
A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra

The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination

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Ultrasonography

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A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.

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Echocardiogram

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ultrasound image of the heart

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Sonogram

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fetal ultrasound image

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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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