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50 Cards in this Set
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-ectomy |
removal; excision; resection |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-plasm |
formation |
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-plasia |
development; formation; growth |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-tomy |
incision; process of cutting |
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-algia |
pain |
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-logy |
study of |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-ism |
process; condition |
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-ist |
specialist |
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-ac, -al, -ar, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ose |
pertaining to |
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-somes |
bodies |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
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-oma |
tumor; mass; fluid collection |
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-drome |
to run |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-cytosis |
increase in cell number |
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-genic |
produced by or in |
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-emic |
pertaining to a blood condition |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-opsy |
view of |
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-ion |
process |
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-gram |
record |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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-ation |
process; condition |
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-dynia |
pain |
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-ectasia, -ectasis |
stretching; dilation; expansion |
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-ema, -ia |
condition |
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-lytic |
to reduce; destroy; seperate; breakdown |
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-meter |
measure |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-rrhea |
flow; discharge |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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-spasm |
sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
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-sphyxia |
pulse |
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-stasis |
stopping; controlling |
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-stenosis |
tigtening; narrowing; stricture |
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-stomy |
new opening to the outside of the body |
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-thorax |
chest; pleural cavity |
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-ase |
enzyme |
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-blast |
immature; embryonic |
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-cele |
hernia |
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-chezia |
defecation; elimination of waste |
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-emesis |
vomiting |
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-gen, -genesis |
producing; forming |
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-iasis |
abnormal condition |
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-lithiasis |
abnormal condition of stones |