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169 Cards in this Set
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kerato-
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horny
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leuko-
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white
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lipo-
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fat
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maculo-
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stain
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melano-
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black
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myco-
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fungus
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onycho-
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nail
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papulo-
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pimple
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pilo-
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hair
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pyo-
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pus
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sclero-
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hard
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seb-
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oil
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squamo-
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scale-like
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steato-
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fat
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tricho-
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hair
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xero-
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dry
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vesico-
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blister
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ventr-
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belly
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viscero-
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internal organ
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adipo-
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fat
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caus-
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burn
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chromo-
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color
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cryo-
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cold
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cyano-
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blue
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dermato- or dermo-
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skin
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diaphoro-
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profuse sweating
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erythemo-
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flush
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erythemato-
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redness
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hidro-
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sweat
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histo-
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tissue
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ichthy-
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dry
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myo-
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muscle
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-blast
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immature
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-clasia
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to surgically break
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-desis
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fuse
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-kinesia
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movement
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-malacia
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softening
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-porosis
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porous
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-scopy
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visually examine
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-atrophy
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development
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-centesis
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to withdrawl fluid
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-ostomy
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surgically create an opening
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-otomy
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cutting into
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-gram
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record or picture
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-phasia
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speech
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-penia
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few
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-phoria
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feeling
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasia
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growth
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-plasm
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formation
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-stasis
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stopping
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-stalsis
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contraction
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-sis
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condition
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-rrhea
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flow
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-rrhage
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excessive
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-pnea
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breathing
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-lith
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stone
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-lysis
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destruction
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-megaly
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large
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-paresis
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weakness
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-coccus
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berry-shaped
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilatation
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-ectopia
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displacement
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-emia
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condition of blood
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-genic
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producing
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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ankylo-
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crooked/bent
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kypho-
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crooked/bent
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steno-
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narrow
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brachy-
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short
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ortho-
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straight
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edem-
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swelling
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ecto-
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outside
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dys-
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painful
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dent-
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tooth
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cirrho-
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yellow
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erythro-
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red
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encephalo-
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brain
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endo-
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inside/within
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entero-
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intestine
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epi-
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above/upper
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genu-
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knee
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pan-
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all
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para-
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beside
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peri-
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around
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phleb-
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vein
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pleur-
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lung
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phrenic
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diaphram
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pneumo-
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lung
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poly-
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many
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post-
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behind
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pre-
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before
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pro-
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forward
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procto-
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rectum
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pseudo-
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false
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pyelo-
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kidney
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retro-
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backward
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rhin-
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nose
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salpingo-
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tube
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semin-
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seed
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sub-
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below
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super- or supra-
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above
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stric-
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narrowing
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tachy-
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rapid
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thel-
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nipple
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therm-
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heat
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thrombo-
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clot
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trans-
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across
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vas-
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vessel
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vesic-
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bladder or sac
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viscero-
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organ
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain/swelling
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-ectasis
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expansion/dilation
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-gen
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beginning, producing
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phagia
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eating/swallowing
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-crine
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secrete within
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-dactyl
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finger/toe
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-duct
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opening
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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enlargement
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-olysis
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breakdown
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-graph
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picture
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prone position
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lying face down
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lithotomy position
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a supine position with buttocks at the end of the operating table, the hips and knees being fully flexed with feet strapped in position.
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Babinski sign
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negative plantar response
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papilledema
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edema of optic disk due to increased cranial pressure
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nystagmus
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involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyeballs
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Romberg sign
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is positive when unsteadiness occurs upon closing eyes while standing; alternating opening and closing eyes in this position
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Homans sign
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pain in calf when ankle is gently dorsiflexed; indicates DVT
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Natrecor
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given for CHF and SOB; vasodilator
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malaise
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general discomfort or uneasiness feeling
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anorexia
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decreased appetite
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dysmenorrhea
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painful menstruation
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dyspareunia
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painful sex
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menorrhagia
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hypermenorrhea; prolonged or profuse menses
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menometrorrhagia
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excessive bleeding during menses or irregular between menses
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achalasia
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failure to relax
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atelectasis
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decreased air in lung due to loss of lung volume.
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telangiectasia
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lesion on the skin from dilated capillary
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introitus
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entrance into a canal
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blepharoplasty
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correct of eyelid defect
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chondromalacia patellae
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note spelling
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hematochezia
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passage of bloody stool
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melena
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passage of dark-colored stool
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oligohydramnios
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insufficient amniotic fluid
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