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323 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
A-, an-
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Without or not
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Ab-
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Away from
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Acr(o)-
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Extremity, tip
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Ad-
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Toward
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Alba-
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White
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Ambi-
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Both, on sides
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Ana-
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Upward, backward, excessive, through
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Andr(o)-
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Male
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Ankyl(o)-
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Crooked, fused, stiff
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Ante-
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Before, forward
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Anti-
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Against, opposed
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Audi-
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Hear
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Auto-
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Self
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Bi-
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Double, two
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Bio-
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Life, living matter
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Brach-
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Short
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Brady(o)-
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Slow, short, dull
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Carcin(o)-
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Cancer, malignant
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Cata-
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Down, negative, under, against, lower
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Caud-
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Tail, inferior
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Cent(i)-
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Hundred
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Chron(i, o, us)-
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Time, long time
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Circum-
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Around
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Contra-
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Against, opposite
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Counter-
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Against, opposite
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Cry(mo, o)-
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Cold
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De-
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Down, from, away from, not
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Dext-
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Right
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Di-
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Two, double, twice
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Dia-
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Across, through, apart
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Dis-
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Separation, away from
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Febr(i, o)-
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Fever, boil
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Fract-
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Break, broken
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Fund-
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Base, bottom
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Gen-
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Beginning, origin, produce
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Gluc-
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Sweet, sugar, glucose
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Gyn(a, e, eco, o)-
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Female
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Hemi-
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Half
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Heter-
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Other, different
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Hol-
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Whole, all
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Hom(eo, o)-
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Unchanged, alike, same
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Hyg(ei, ie)-
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Health
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Hyper-
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Excessive, too much, high
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Hypo-
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Under, decreased, less than normal
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Iatr(o)-
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Physician
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Idio-
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Distinct, peculiar to the individual
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Immuno-
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Protection
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In-
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In, into, within, not
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Infra-
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Within
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Intro-
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Into, within
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Iso-
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Equal, like, identical
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Juxta-
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Adjoining, near to
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Kyph(o)-
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Bend, hump
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Lact(o)-
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Milk
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Later(al, o)-
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Side
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Leuk-
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White
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Levo-
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Left
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Macro-
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Large
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Mal-
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Bad, illness, disease
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Mega-
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Large
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Onc(o)-
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Tumor, mass
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Orth(o)-
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Straight, erect, correct
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Osm(o)-
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Smell, odor
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Oxy-
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Sharp, acute, acid
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Palp-
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Touch, feel
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Pan-
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All
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Para-
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Abnormal, near
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Path(o)-
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Disease, suffering
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Pept(o)-
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Digestion
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Per-
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By, through
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Peri-
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Around
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Phag(o)-
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Eat, consume
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Pharmaco-
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Drugs, poison, medication
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Physio-
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Natural, physical agents
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Poly-
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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, prior to
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Pro-
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Before, in front
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Pseudo-
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False
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Quadr(a, i)-
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Four
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Re-
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Again
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Retro-
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Backward
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Schist(o)-
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Split, divided
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Scler(o)-
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Hard
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Semi-
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Half
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Sepsi-
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Putrid, rotten
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Son(o)-
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Sound
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Steno-
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Contracted, narrow
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Strat(i)-
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Layer
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Sub-
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Under
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Super-
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Above, over, excess
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Supra-
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Above, over
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Therm-
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Warm
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Tort(i, o)-
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Twisted
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Tract-
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Pull down
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Trans-
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Across
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Ultr(a, o)-
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Escessive, extreme, beyond
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Uni-
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One
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Zyg(o, us)-
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Yoke, join, together
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Dys-
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Bad, difficult, abnormal
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Ecto-
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Outer, outside
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En-
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In, into, within
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Endo-
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Inner, inside
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Epi-
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Over, on, upon
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Eryth-
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Red
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Esthesi-
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Sensation
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Etio-
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Cause
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Ex-
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Out, out of, from, away from
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Micro-
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Small
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Mono-
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One, single
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Morph(o)-
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Form, shape
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Multi-
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Many
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Necr(o)-
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Death, destruction, corpse
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Neo-
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New
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Noct(i, o)-
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Night
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Non-
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Not
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Olig-
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Small, scanty
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Abdomin(o)-
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Abdomen
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Aden(o)-
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Gland
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Adren(o)-
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Adrenal gland
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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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Bronch(o)-
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Bronchus, bronchi
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Card-, cardi(o)-
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Heart
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Cephal(o)-
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Head
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Chondr(o)-
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Cartilage
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Col(o)-
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Colon
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Cost(o)-
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Rib
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Crani(o)-
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Skull
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Cyan(o)-
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Blue
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Cyst(o)-
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Bladder, cyst
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Derma-
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Skin
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Duodend(o)-
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Duodenum
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Encephal(o)-
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Brain
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Enter(o)-
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Intestines
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Fibr(o)-
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Fiber, fibrous
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Gastr(o)-
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Stomach
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Gloss(o)
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Tongue
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Gyn-, gyne-, gynec(o)-
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Woman
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Hem-, hema-, hem(o)-, hemat(o)-
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Blood
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Hepat(o)-
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Liver
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Hydr(o)-
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Water
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Hyster(o)-
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Uterus
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Ile(o)-, ili(o)-
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Ileum
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Laryng(o)-
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Larynx
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Mamm(o)-
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Breast, mammary gland
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Mast(o)-
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Mammary gland, breast
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Men(o)-
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Menstruation
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My(o)-
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Muscle
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Myel(o)-
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
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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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Ocul(o)-
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Eye
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Ophthalm(o)-
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Eye
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Orth(o)-
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Straight, normal, correct
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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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Ped(o)-
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Child, foor
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Pharyng(o)-
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Pharynx
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Phleb(o)-
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Vein
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Pnea-
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Breathing, respiration
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Pneum(o)-
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Lung, air, gas
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Proct(o)-
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Rectum
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Psych(o)-
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Mind
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Pulm(o)-
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Lung
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Py(o)-
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Pus
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Rect(o)-
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Rectum
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Rhin(o)-
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Nose
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Salping(o)-
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Eustachian tube, uterine tube
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Splen(o)-
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Spleen
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Sten(o)-
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Narrow, constriction
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Stern(o)-
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Sternum
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Stomat(o)-
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Mouth
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Therm(o)-
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Heat
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Thorac(o)-
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Chest
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Thromb(o)-
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Clot, thrombus
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Thyr(o)-
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Thyroid
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Tox(o)-
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Poison
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Toxic(o)-
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Poison, poisonous
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Trache(o)-
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Trachea
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Ur(o)-
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Urine, urinary tract, urination
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Urethr(o)-
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Urethra
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Urin(o)-
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Urine
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Uter(o)-
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Uterus
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Vas(o)-
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Blood vessel, vas deferens
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Ven(o)-
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Vein
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Vertebr(o)-
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Spine, vertebrae
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-able
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Capable of, suitable for
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-ago
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Disease
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-algesia
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Pain
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-algia
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Pain
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-ase
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Enzyme
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-asis
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State or condition of, usually abnormal
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-cele
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Hernia, herniation, pouching
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-cide
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Kill, causing death
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-cule
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Very small
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-cyte
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Cell
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-dom
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State of being
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-duct
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Tube, channel
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-eal
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Pertaining to
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-ease
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Condition
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-ectasis
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Dilation, streching
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-ectomy
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Excision, removal of
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-ema
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Swelling, distention
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-emesis
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Vomiting
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-emia
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Blood condition
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-ferent
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Bear, carry
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-feron
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To strike
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-form
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Shape, structure
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-genesis
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Development, production, creation
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-globin
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Protein
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-gram
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Record
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-graph
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Diagram, recording instrument
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-graphy
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Making a recording
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-hood
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State, quality of, condition
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-iasis
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Condition of
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-ician
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One skilled in, one who practices
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-ism
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Condition
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-itis
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Inflammation
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-ity
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Quality of, state of
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-ive
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Having power to, that which performs
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-ize
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To treat by a special method
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-kenesis
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Motion
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-lemma
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Sheath, covering
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-logy
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The study of
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-lysis
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Destruction of, decomposition
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-malacia
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Softening
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-megaly
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Enlargement
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-oid
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Form, like, resemble
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-oma
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Tumor
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-opsy
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View of
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-osis
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Condition
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-otomy
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Cutting into
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-paresis
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Paralysis
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-pathy
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Disease
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-penia
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Lack, deficiency
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-phobia
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An exaggerated fear
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-phylaxis
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Protection
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-plasty
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Surgical repair or reshaping
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-plegia
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Paralysis
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-pnea
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To breathe
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-porosis
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Passage
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-ptosis
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Falling, sagging, dropping, down
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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Excessive flow
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-rrhea
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Profuse flow, discharge
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-sclerosis
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Dryness, hardness
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-scoliosis
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Curvature, crooked
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-scope
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Examination instrument
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-scopy
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Examination using a scope
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-sepsis
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Putrefaction
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-some
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Body
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-stasis
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Maintenance, maintaining a constant level
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-stenosis
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Narrow, tighten, short, constrict
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-stomy, -ostomy
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Creation of an opening
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-thymia
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Thymus gland, mind, soul, emotions
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-tomy, -otomy
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Incision, cutting into
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-tonia
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Streching, putting under tension
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-trophic
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Related to growth, development, or nutrition
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-ule
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Little, small
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-uria
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Condition of the urine
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-version
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To turn
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-vert
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Turn
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ABD
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Abdomen
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ADL
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Activities of daily living
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ad lib
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As desired
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alt dieb
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Every other day
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alt hor
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Alternate hours
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alt noct
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Alternate nights
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AM, am
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Morning
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a.m.a.
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Against medical advice
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ANS
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Autonomic nervous system
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approx
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Approximately
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as tol
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As tolerated
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BM
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Bowel movement
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BP
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Blood pressure
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Ca
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Cancer
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CC
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Chief complaint
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c/o
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Complains of
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CPR
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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CSF
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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CVA
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Cerebrovascular accident, stroke
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DJD
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Degenerative joint disease
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DM
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Diabetes mellitus
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Dx
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Diagnosis
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ext
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Extract
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ft
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Foot, feet
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fx
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Fracture
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GI
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Gastrointestinal
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GU
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Genitourinary
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h, hr
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Hour
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H₂O
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Water
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Hx
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History
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IBW
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Ideal body weight
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ICT
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Inflammation of connective tissue
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id
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The same
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L
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Left, length, lumbar
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lig
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Ligament
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M
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Muscle, meter, myopia
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MM
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Muscle
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ML
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Midline
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meds
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Medications
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n
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Normal
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NA
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Nonapplicable
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OB
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Obstetrics
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OTC
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Over the counter
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P
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Pulse
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PA
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Postural analysis
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PM, pm
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Afternoon
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PT
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Physical therapy
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Px
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Prognosis
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R
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Respiration, right
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R/O
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Rule out
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ROM
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Range of motion
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Rx
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Perscription
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SOB
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Shortness of breath
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SP, spir
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Spirt
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Sym
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Symmetric
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T
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Temperature
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TLC
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Tender loving care
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Tx
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Treatment
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URI
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Upper respiratory infection
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WD
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Well Developed
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WN
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Well nourished
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