Vocabulary Acquisition Flashcards
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Root Word
A
The most basic part of words.
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Prefix
A
Added to the beginning to change a word
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Suffix
A
Added to the end to change a word
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Dress
A
Clothing
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Form
A
Shape
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Normal
A
Typical
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Phobia
A
Fear Of
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Port
A
Carry
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Stand-Alone Word
A
A root word that doesn’t need a suffix or prefix to mean something
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Ami,Amic
A
Love
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Anni
A
Year
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Aud
A
To Hear
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Bene
A
Good
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Biblio
A
Book
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Cap
A
Take, Seize
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Cent
A
One Hundred
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Chrom
A
Color
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Chron
A
Time
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Circum
A
Around
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Cred
A
Believe
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Corp
A
Body
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Dict
A
To Say
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Equi
A
Equal
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Fract; Rupt
A
To Break
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Ject
Throw
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Mal
Bad
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Min
Small
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Mort
Death
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Multi
Many
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Ped
Foot
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Rupt
Break
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Sect
Cut
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Script
Write
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Sol
Sun
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Struct
Build
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Terr
Earth
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Therm
Heat
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Vid, Vis
To See
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Voc
Voice; To Call
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Auto-
Self
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Con-
With
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Hydro-
Water
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Im,In,Non,Un-
Not
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Inter-
Between
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Mis-
Incorrect, Badly
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Over-
Too Much
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Post-
After
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Pre-
Before
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Re-
Again
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Sub-
Under, Below
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Trans-
Across
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-able
Can Be Done
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-an,ean,ian
Belonging or relating to
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-ed
Happened in the past
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-en
Made Of
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-er
Comparative (more than)
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-est
Comparative (most)
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-ful
Full Of
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-ic
Having Characteristics Of
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-ion, tion, ation, ition
Act, Process
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-ist
Person Who Practices
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-less
Without
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-logy
Study Of
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Context
Using other words around an unfamiliar word in a sentence
65
Multiple Meaning Words
More than one definition or meaning.
66
Part of Speech
Category of words that have the same grammatical properties.
Main parts in English are: Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs.
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Noun
A Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
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Adjective
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
69
Verb
An action or state of being
70
Adverb
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
71
Domain-Specific Words
Academic Vocabulary
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Dysentery
Abnormal condition of the intestines
73
Endoscopy
Visual examination of the inside of the body
74
Exoskeleton
Pertaining to the external skeleton
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Hypertension
High blood pressure
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Hypoglycemia
Low blood sugar
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Interarticular
Between the joints
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Intravenous
In a vein
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Neoplasm
Abnormal new growth of tissue
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Pericardium
Tissue surrounding the heart
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Postmortem
After death
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Prenatal
Before birth
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Subcutaneous
Under the skin
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Unformed
Not formed
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Acoust, Ot
Ears
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Angi
Vessel
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Arteri
Arteries
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Arthr
Joints
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Capill
Capillaries
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Carcin
Cancer
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Card, Cardi
Heart
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Chondr
Cartilage
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Col
Large Intestines
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Cutane, Dermat, Derm
Skin
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Cyto
Cell
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Enceph
Brain
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Enter
Small Intestine
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Fasci
Fascia
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Gastr
Stomach
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Hem, Hemat
Blood
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Hepat
Liver
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Hidr
Sweat Gland
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Malign
Harmful
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Mort
Death
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Myel
Spinal Cord, Bone Marrow
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My
Muscles
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Nas, Rhin
Nose
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Nat
Birth, Born
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Nephr, Ren
Kidneys
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Neur
Nerves
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Ocul, Ophthalm
Eyes
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Or
Mouth
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Oste, Oss, Ost
Bones
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Path
Disease
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Phleb, Ven
Veins
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Pil
Hair
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Pneum, Pneumon
Lungs
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Ten, Tend, Tendin
Tendons
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A-
Without
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An-
Without
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Ab-
From, Away
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Ad-
Toward
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Ana-
Up
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Ante-
Before
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Anti-
Against
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Append-
To Hang
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Bi-
Two
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Bin-
Two
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Brady-
Slow
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Contra-
Against
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Di-
Two
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Dis-
Undo or Free From
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Dys-
Difficult
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Ecto-
Outside
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Exo-
Outside
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Extra-
Outside
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Epi-
Above or Surrounding
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Endo-
Within
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Erythr-
Red
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Glyc-
Sweet
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Hypo-
Below
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Hyper-
Above
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Infra-
Under, Below
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
Inside
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Iso-
Equal
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Macro-
Large
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Mal-
Bad
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Meso-
Middle
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Meta-
After
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Micro-
Small
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Mono-
One
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Multi-
Many
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Muti-
Change
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Neo-
New
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Para-
Beside
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Peri-
Surrounding
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Poly-
Many
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Post-
After
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Pre-
Before
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Re-
Back
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Retro-
Behind or Back
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Semi-
Half
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Sub-
Under
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Super-
Above or Over
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Syn-
Together, Joined
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across, Through, Beyond
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Tri-
Three
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Ultra-
Beyond, Excess
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Uni-
One
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-al
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-ase
Enzyme
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-centesis
Surgical puncture
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-clast
Broken
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-crit
To separate
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-cyte
Cell
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-ectomy
Surgical removal, excision
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-emia
Blood condition
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-emisi
Vomiting
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-gen
Causing, producing
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-genesis
Causing, producing
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-genic
Causing, producing
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-gram
Written
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-ia
Condition of, diseased or abnormal state
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-iac
Pertaining to
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-ic
Pertaining to
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-ior
Pertaining to
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-ism
State of
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-itis
Inflammation of
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-ist
One who specializes in
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-logy
Study of
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-lyte
Dissolvable
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-lytic
Destroy, reduce
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-mania
Madness
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-odia
Smell
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-ologist
One who practices or studies
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-oma
Swelling, tumor
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-opia
Vision
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-opsy
To view
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-orrhea
Flow, excessive discharge
204
-orrhexis
Rupture
205
-osis
Abnormal increase in production
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-ostomy
Creation of an artificial opening
207
-otomy
Incision, cut into
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-oxia
Oxygen
209
-plasty
Surgical repair
210
-sclerosis
Hardening of
211
-scope
Instrument used for visual examination
212
-scopy
Visual examination of
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-sepsis
Infection
214
-statis
Stop or control
215
-tomy
Cutting
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-tropic
Influencing
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-toxic
Poison
218
Pathology
The study of diseases
219
Epidermis
Pertaining to the outer part of the skin
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Rhinorrhoea
Flow from the nose
221
Tachycardia
Rapid heart beat
