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85 Cards in this Set
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o
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fat
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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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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axill/o
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armpit
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bi/o
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life
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes-branch from the traches to enter the lungs
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leuk/o
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white
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lymph/o
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lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue saces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
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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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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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my/o
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muscle
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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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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neutr/o
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neutrophil ( a white blood cell)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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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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path/o
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disease
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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conditino of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole
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little, small
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-ule
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little, small
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
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-us
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structure, substance
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-y
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condition, process
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-ac, -iac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by, or in
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-ic, ical
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pertaining to
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-oid
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resembling
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tie
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pertaining to
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ischemia
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to hold back blood from a part of the body
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achondroplasia
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inherited disorder in which the arms and legs fail to grow to a normal size because of a defect in both cartilage and bone
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adenoids
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small masses of lymphatic tissue in part of the pharynx near the nose and nasal passages
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