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Vocabulary for test 3 Flashcards

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Aden/o

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gland

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amni/o

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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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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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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Ather/o

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plaque

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axill/o

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armpit

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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Bronchi/o

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bronchial tubes

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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drug or chemical

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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crani/o

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skull

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cry/o

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cold

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder or a sac of fluid called a cyst

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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hem/o

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blood

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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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hyster/o

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uterus

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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laryng/o

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voice box

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leuko/o

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white

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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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men/o

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menses, month

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mening/o

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meninges

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord or bone marrow

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necr/o

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death of cells

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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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oophor/o

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ovary

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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pelv/o

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hip area

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phleb/o

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vein

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pneumon/o

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lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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sarc/o

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flesh

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septic/o

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pertaining to infection

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thorac/o

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chest

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea,windpipe

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ur/o

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urine

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vascul

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blood vessel

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-algia

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condition of pain

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  • emia
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blood condition

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uremia

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urine in the blood

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-ia

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor or mass

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Fibroids

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a benign tumor in the uterus, also calleed a myoma

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myeloma

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cancer in the bone marrow

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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fibr/o

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fibrous tissue

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leiomy/o

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smooth or visceral muscle

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leiomyosarcoma

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cancer of the visceral muscle

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lip/o

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fat

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liposarcoma

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cancer of fatty tissue

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osteogenic sarcoma

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cancer of the bone

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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cancer of the skeletal muscle

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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal muscle

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melan/o

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black

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lymphoma

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malignant tumor of lymph nodes

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mesothelioma

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malignant tumor of the pleural cells

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thymoma

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malignant tumor of the thymus glands

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-osis

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condition, abnormal condition

83
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when -osis is used with blood cell words, what does it mean?

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an increase

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erythrocytosis

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increase of red blood cells

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-pathy

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disease condition

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cardiomyopathy

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chronic disease of the heart muscle with inflammation and weakness

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lymphadenopathy

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disease condition of the lymph nodes

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhage or -rrhagia

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excessive discharge of blood

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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artherosclerosis

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hardened plaque in arteries, a form of arteriosclerosis

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-uria

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condition of urine

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hematuria

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blood in urine

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-al or -eal

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pertaining to

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menorrhea

Menorrhagia

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normal discharge of blood during menstration

abnormally heavy discharge of blood

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-ar , -ary, - ic

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pertaining to

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

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removal, resection, excision

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laminectomy

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excision of a piece of backbone

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myelogram

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xray of the spinal cord

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-lysis

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separation, breakdown, destruction

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hemodialysis

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removal of blood for passage through a kidney machine to filter out waste materials

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-plasty

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surgical repair or correction

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-scopy

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process of visual examination

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-stomy

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opening

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-therapy

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treatment

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anastomosis

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when two tube like structures of the body are surgically connected

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colocolostomy

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new connection between two previously connected portions of the colon

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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