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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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Hepat/o
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Liver
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Nephr/o
Ren/o |
Kidney
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Oste/o
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Bone
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Dermat/o
Cutane/o |
Skin
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
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Splen/o
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Spleen
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Hyster/o
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Uterus
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Enter/o
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Intestine
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Angi/o
Vascul/o |
Vessel (blood or lymph)
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Aort/o
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Aorta
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Bronchi/o
Bronch/o |
Bronchus/bronchi
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Pneum/o
Pneumon/o |
Lung
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My/o
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Muscle
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Hem/o
Hemat/o |
Blood
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow
Spinal Cord |
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Cyst/o
Vesic/o |
Bladder
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Epi-
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Above;upon
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Neutr/o
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Neutral; neither
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Hypo-
Infra- Sub- |
Under; below; deficient
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Neutrophilic
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pertaining to (-ic) an attraction for neutral dyes
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Inter-
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Between
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Post-
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After; behind
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Intercostal
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between the ribs
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postnatal
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pertaining to the period after birth
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Pre-
Pro- Ante- |
Before; in front of; forward
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prenatal
prognosis anteversion |
pertaining to the period before birth
knowing before turning forward |
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retro-
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backward; behind
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Retroversion
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turning backwards
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bi-
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Two
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Bilateral
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pertaining to two sides
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Dipl-
Diplo- |
Double
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Diplopia
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double vision
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Hemi-
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One half
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Hemiplegia
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Paralysis of one half of the body
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Hyper-
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Excessive; above normal
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Hypercalcemia
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blood condition of excessive calcium
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Macro-
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Large
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Macrocyte
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Large cell
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Micro-
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small
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Microscope
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instrument for examining small objects
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Mono-
Uni- |
One
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Monotherapy
Uninuclear |
one treatment
pertaining to one nucleus |
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Multi-
Poly- |
Many; much
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Multigravida
Polyphobia |
woman who has been pregnant more than once
fear of many things |
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Primi-
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First
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primigravida
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woman during her first pregnancy
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quadri-
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Four
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quadriplegia
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paralysis of four limbs
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tri-
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three
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Triceps
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three heads
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Ab-
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From; away from
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Abduction
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movement away from the midsagittal plane of the body or one of its parts
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Ad-
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Toward
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Adduction
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Movement toward the midsagittal plane of the body
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Medial
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pertaining to the midline of the body or structure
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Lateral
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Pertaining to a side of the body or structure
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Superior (cephalad)
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Toward the head or upper portion of a structure
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Inferior (caudal)
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Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower portion of a structure
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Proximal
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nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body
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Distal
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further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body
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Anterior (ventral)
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Front of the body
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Posterior (dorsal)
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Back of the body
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Parietal
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Pertaining to the outer wall of the body or cavity
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Visceral
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Pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs
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Prone
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Lying on the abdomen, face down
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Supine
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Lying horizontally on the back, face up
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Inversion
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Turning inward or inside out
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Eversion
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Turning outward
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Palmar
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Pertaining to the palm of the hand
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Plantar
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Pertaining to the sole of the foot
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Superficial
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Toward the surface of the body (external)
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Deep
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Away from the surface of the body (internal)
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Coronal
Frontal |
Vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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Sagittal
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Vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides
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Transverse
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Horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions
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Circum-
Peri- |
Around
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Circumrenal
Peridontal |
Pertaining to around the kidney
Pertaining to around a tooth |
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Dia-
Trans- |
Through; across
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Diarrhea
Transvaginal |
Flow through
Pertaining to across or through the vagina |
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Ecto-
Exo- Extra- |
Outside; outward
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Ectogenous
Exotropia Extracranial |
Pertaining to forming outside the body or structure
Turning outward of one or both eyes Outside the skull |
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Endo-
Intra- |
In; within
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Endocrine
Intramuscular |
Secrete within
Within the muscle |
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Para-
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Near; beside; beyond
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Paranasal
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Beside the nose
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Super-
Supra- |
Upper; above; excessive
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Superior
Suprarenal |
Pertaining to the upper part of a structure
Pertaining to above the kidney |
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A-
An- |
Without; not
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Amastia
Anesthesia |
without a breast
without feeling |
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Anti-
Contra- |
Against
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Antibacterial
Contraception |
Against bacteria
Against conception or impregnation |
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Brady-
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Slow
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Bradycardia
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slow heart rate
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Dys-
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Bad; painful; difficult
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Dystocia
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difficult childbirth
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Eu-
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Good; normal
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Eupnea
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normal breathing
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Hetero-
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Different
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Heterograft
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different transplant
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Homo-
Homeo- |
Same
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Homograft
Homeoplasia |
Same transplant
Formation of new tissue similar to that already existing in a part |
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Mal-
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Bad
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Malnutrition
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bad nutrition
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Pan-
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All
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Panarthritis
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inflammation of all (or many) joints
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Pseudo-
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False
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Pseudoaneurysm
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false aneurysm
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Super-
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Upper; above
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Superior
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Pertaining to the upper (area)
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Syn-
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Union; together; joined
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Syndactylism
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condition of joined fingers / toes
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Tracy-
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Rapid
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Trachypnea
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Rapid breathing
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Trans-
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Across; through
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Transabdominal
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pertaining to across or through the abdomen
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Phag/o
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Swallowing; eating
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Phagocyte
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cell (-cyte) that eats foreign material
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Plas/o
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Formation; Growth
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Aplastic
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Pertaining to a failure to form
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Ser/o
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Serum
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Seroma
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serum filled tumor
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Sider/o
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Iron
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Sideropenia
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deficiency of iron
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-blast
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Embryonic cell
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Erythroblast
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Embryonic red cell
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-globin
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Protein
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Hemoglobin
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blood protein
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-phil
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Attraction for
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-phylaxis
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Protection
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Prophylaxis
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Before protection
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-poiesis
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Formation; production
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Hemopoiesis
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formation of blood
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Disseminated
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Scattered or distributed over a considerable area; scattered throughout an organ or body
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Hematoma
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Localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel
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Hemolysis
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Destruction of red blood cells with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid
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Hemostasis
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Arrest of bleeding or circulation
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Immunity
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State of being protected against infectious disease
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Septicemia
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Serious, life-threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body
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Titer
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Blood test measures the amount of antibodies in blood; indicator of immune status
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