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Abdomen/o

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abdomen

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An/o

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anus

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Bi/o

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life

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Cardi/o

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heart

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Carp/o

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carpals

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Cis/o

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to cut

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Cost/o

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ribs

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Crani/o

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skull

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Cutane/o

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skin

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Dur/o

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dura mater (outer layer of membrane around brain)

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Gen/o

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to produce, to begin

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Glyc/o

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sugar

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Hemat/o

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blood

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Later/o

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side

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Men/o

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menses, menstruation

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Nat/i

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birth

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Neur/o

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nerve

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Norm/o

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rule, order

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Oste/o

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bone

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Ox/o

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oxygen

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Peritone/o

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peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in abdomen)

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Plas/o

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formation, growth, development

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Ren/o

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kidney

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Scapul/o

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scapula

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Son/o

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sound

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Thyroid/o

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thyroid

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Top/o

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to put, place, position

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Troph/o

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development, nourishment

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Urethr/o

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urethra

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Uter/o

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uterus

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Ven/o

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vein

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Vertebr/o

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vertebra

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ation

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process, condition

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-cision

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process of cutting

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-crine

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secretion

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gen

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to produce

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ine

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pertaining to

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-ism

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condition, process

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-lapse

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to fall, slide

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-lysis

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loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction

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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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-mortem

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death

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-partum

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birth

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-phagia

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eating

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-phasia

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speech

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-plasm

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formation (tissue)

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptom

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a happening

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-scopy

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process of visual examination

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-section

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to cut

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-stasis

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to stand, place, stop, control

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-tension

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pressure

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-thesis

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to put, place

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-trophy

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nourishment; development

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-um

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structure

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-uria

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urine condition

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-y

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process, condition

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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, near

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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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Bi-

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two, both

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Brady-

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slow

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Con-

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with, together

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Dia-

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complete, though

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Dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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Ec-

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out, outside

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Endo-

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within, in, inner

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Epi-

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above, upon

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Ex-

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out

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Extra-

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outside of

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Hemi-

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half

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Hyper-

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excessive, too much, above

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Hypo-

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deficient, too little, below

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In-

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in, into

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Inter-

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between

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Intra-

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within

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Mal-

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bad

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Meta-

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change, beyond

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Neo-

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new

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Para-

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beside, near, along the side of

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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

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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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Quadri-

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four

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Re-

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back, behind

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Retro-

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back, behind

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Sub-

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under, less than

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Syn-

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with, together

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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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Tri-

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three

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Ultra-

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beyond

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Uni-

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one

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Cervic/o

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cervix

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Colp/o

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vagina

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Vagin/o

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vagina

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Hyster/o

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uterus

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Mamm/o

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breast

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Mast/o

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breast

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Metri/o

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uterus

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Uter/o

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uterus

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o/o

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egg

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oophor/o

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ovary

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ovari/o

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ovary

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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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balan/o

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penis

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orch/o

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testis, testes

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orchi/o

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testis, testes

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orchid/o

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testes

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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scrot/o

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scrotum

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urethr/o

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urethra

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vas/o

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vas deferens

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Antibodies

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a substance that works against germs, produced by white blood cells when germs enter the bloodstream

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Antigen

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foreign protein that stimulates white blood cells to make antibodies

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Epidural hematoma

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pathological mass of blood above the dura mater (outermost membrane around brain)

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Subdural hematoma

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collection of blood under the dura mater

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Malignant

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pertaining to cancerous tumors that invade and spread to distant organs; tending to become progressively worse

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Benign

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not cancerous; a tumor that does not spread and is limited in growth

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