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Urinary, Endocrine, Reproductive Flashcards

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1
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adren/o , adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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calc/o

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calcium

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crin/o

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secrete

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gluc/o, glyc/o, glycose/o

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sugar, sweetness

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home/o

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same, alike

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ket/o keton/o

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ketone bodies

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kal/i

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potassium

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natr/o

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sodium (salt)

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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parathyroid/o

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parathroid glands

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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thyr/o thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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toxic/o

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posion

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-crine

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secrete

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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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forming, producing, orgin

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-iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something else)

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-ism

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condition

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-megaly

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enlargment

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition (usually involving blood cells)

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-stasis

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standing still

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-toxic

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pertaining to posion

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-uria

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urine

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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separation, loosening; destruction

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anti-

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against

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endo-

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in, within

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eu-

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good, normal

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exo-, ex-

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outside, outward

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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under, below

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metabol/o

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change, transformation

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para-

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beside; near; beyond

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poly-

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many, much

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DM

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diabetes mellitus

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FBS

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fasting blood sugar. Blood test to check glucose levels in blood after not eating for 8 hours.

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HRT

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hormone replacement therapy. Taking supplemental hormones to replace those your body is not producing on its own.

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TSH

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thyroid-stimulatimg hormone. Stimulates the thyroid to secrete hormones.

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acr/o

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extremity

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albumin/o

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albumin, protein

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azot/o

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nitrogenous compounds

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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cyst/o

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bladder

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vesic/o

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bladder

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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kal/i

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potassium (an electrolyte)

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kenton/o

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ketone bodies

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lith/o

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stone or calculus

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meat/o

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opening, meatus

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ren/o

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kidney

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olig/o

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scanty, few

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py/o

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pus

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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ureter/o

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ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-uria

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urine suffix

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dia-

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through, across

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noct/o

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night

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

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blood condition suffix

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-lith

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stone, calculus suffix

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-lysis

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separation; destruction; loosening

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-pexy

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fixation (of an organ)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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-stomy

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forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision

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-tripsy

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crushing

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult suffix

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hydro-

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water

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retro-

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backward, behind

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BUN

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blood urea nitrogen

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C&S

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culture and sensitivity

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ESRD

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end stage renal disease

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UA

A

urinalysis

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US

A

ultrasound

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UTI

A

urinary tract infection

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amni/o

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amnion (amniotic sac)

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cervic/o

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cervix (neck of uterus)

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colp/o

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vagina

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galact/o

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milk (not lact/o)

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hyster/o

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uterus

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lact/o

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milk

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mamm/o , mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses, menstuation

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metr/o

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uterus or measure

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metri/o

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uterus

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nat/o

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birth

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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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perine/o

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perineum

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salping/o

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tube (usually Fallopian or Eustachian tubes)

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vagin/o

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vagina

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-arche

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beginning

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-gravida

A

pregnant woman

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-para

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to bear ( off-spring )

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-salpinx

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suffix for tube (Fallopian or Eustachian )

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-tocia

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childbirth, labor

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-version

A

turning

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ante-

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before, in front of

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dys-

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bad

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endo-

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in, within

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multi-

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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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primi-

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first

126
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pseudo-

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FALSE

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balan/o

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glans penis

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crypt/o

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hidden

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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genit/o

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genitalia

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gonad/o

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gonad sex glands

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olig/o

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scanty

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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

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testis (plural: testes)

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test/o

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testis (not the WR that begins with o)

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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spermat/o, sperm/o

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spermatozoa, sperm cells

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varic/o

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dilated vein

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vas/o

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vessel; vas deferns; duct

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle

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-cide

A

killing

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-ism

A

condition

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-spadias

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slit, fissure

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

145
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-gen or -genesis

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forming, producing, orgin

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-therapy

A

treatment

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brachy-

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short

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epi-

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above, upon

150
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LMP

A

date of the female’s last menstrual period

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BPH

A

hypertrophy of the prostate

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PSA

A

blood test to check the health of the prostate Prostate-Specific Antigen

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STD

A

Sexual Transmitted Disease

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US

A

Ultrasound; Ultrasonography

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