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arthr/o

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Joint

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Carcin/o

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Cancer,cancerous

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Crin/o

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To secrete (to form and give off)

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, a sac or cyst (containing fluid)

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Erythr/o

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Red blood cell

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Enter/o

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Intestines (usually the small Intestines)

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derm/ or dermat/o

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skin

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glyc/o

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Sugar

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gnos/o

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Knowledge

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gynec/o

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Female,Woman

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/o

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treatment,physician

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leuk/o

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White

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log/o

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Study of

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Onc/o

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Tumor (cancerous)

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Path/o

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Disease

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Ped/o

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Child

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rhin/o

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Nose

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Radi/o

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X-rays

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Psych/o

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Mind

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sect/o

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To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot,clotting

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract,urine

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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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-algia

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Pain

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-ectomy

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Excision,removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to producing,produced by or produced in

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globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ic, -ical

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Process of study

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-oma

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Tumor,mass, swelling

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-opsy

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Process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease condition

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of visual examination

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-sis

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State of; condition

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-tomy

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Process of cutting, incision

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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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aut-,auto

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Self, own

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dia-

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Complete, through

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Endo

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Within

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epi-

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above, upon

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ex-, exo-

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Out, outside of, outward

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Hyper-

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excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo-

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Deficient,below, under, less

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in-

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Into

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peri-

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Surrounding, around

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pro-

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Before

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re-

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Backward, back, again

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retro-

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behind

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sub-

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below, under

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trans-

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across, through

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hist/o

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tissue

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Dors/o

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back

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ventr/o

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belly

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abdomin/o

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abdomen: region below the chest containing internal organs (liver,Intestines, stomach, and gallbladder)

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adip/o

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fat or lipid

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chondr/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue) chondroma: this is a benign of tumor

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chrom/o

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color (chromosomes) absorbs the color of dyes used to stain the cell.

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coccyg/o

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coccyx(tailbone) coccygeal.

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crani/o

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skull (craniotomy)

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dist/o

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far,distant (distal)

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kary/o

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nucleus

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inguin/o

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groin (inguinal)

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later/o

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side; lateral

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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middle (medial)

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nucle/o

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nucleus, nucleic

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sacr/o

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sacrum, sacral

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proxim/o

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nearest, proximal

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spin/o

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spine,backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple epithelial cell

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thorac/o

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chest, thoracic (thoracotomy

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trache/o

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trachea,windpipe (tracheal)

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umbilic/o

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nevel, umbilicus. (umbilical)

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viscer/o

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internal organs. (visceral)

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body. (Ventral)

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-iac

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pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to (bodies )

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-ism

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process,condition (type)
means: picture,classification

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acu/o

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sharp,severe,sudden

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall, abdomen

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mamm/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord; bone marrow

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necr/o

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death ( of cell or whole body)

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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opi/o

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opium

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ot/o

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eye

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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pleur/o

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to cell wall)

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-cele eg. rectocele, cystocele.

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hernia

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-centesis

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means puncture; to remove fluid

Terminology; thoracentesia
shortened from thoracocentesis

126
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-coccus
-cocci (plural)

A

berry- shaped bacterium.
bacteria (plural)

Terminologies: streptococcus

straphylococci
(stah-fih-lo-KOK-si)

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-dynia

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pain.

Terms; pleurodynia: pain in the chest wall muscle that is aggravated by breathing.

128
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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation.

term: hemolysis (normal breakdown of the red blood cells)

129
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-malacia

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softening

terms: osteomalacia
chondromalacia

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-megaly

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enlargement

Term: acromegaly, splenomegaly

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-penia

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deficiency

Terms: erythropenia, neutropenia

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

Term: achondroplasia (an inherited disorder or can be a result of mutation ( change) in specific gene. Bones of the arm and leg do not grow to normal size because of the defect in cartilage and bone formation.
Results to Dwarfism.

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

137
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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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hypertrophy

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Cells increase in size, not number. Muscles of weight lifters often hypertrophy

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atrophy

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Cells decrease in size. Muscles atrophy when immobilized in a cast and not in use.

Medical Coding and Billing (2 decks)

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