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| Amniocentesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo
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| Tonsillitis | Inflamation of lymph tissue in the throat
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| Prolapse | -ptosis
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| Ischemia | Blood is held back from an area
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| Death | Necr/o
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| Acromegaly | Enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland ptoblem
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| Otalgia | Pain in the ear
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| Chronic | Continuing over a long period of time
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| Arteriole | small artery
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| Instrument to visually examine | -scope
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| Cystocele | Hernia of the urinary bladder
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| Malignant myeloma | Tumor of bone marrow (cancerous)
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| Myelogram | X-ray of the spinal cord
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| -cocci | berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria
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| Neutrophil | polymorphonuclear leukocyte
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| -graph | instrument to record
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| -oid | resembling
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| Leukocyte | An eospinophil is a__
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| Laryngectomy | Removal of the voice box
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| Angioplasty | Surgical repair of a blood vessel
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| Lymphocyte | A blood cell that produces antibodies
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| Opposite of -malacia | -sclerosis
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| Excessive development | hypertrophy
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| -theraphy | treatment
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| -stomy | Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body
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| -cele | hernia
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| - coccus | berry shaped bacterium
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -genesis | forming, condition of producing
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation
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| -pathy | disease condition
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -malacia | softening
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| - megaly | enlargement
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -plasia | development, formation, growth
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse
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| -stomy | opening to form a mouth
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| -tomy | Incision, to cut into
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| -ule | little or small
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| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | Little or small
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| -opsy | View
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| -ectomy | Excision, removal, ressection
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| Amni/o | Sac around the embryo in the uterus
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| Angi/o | Vessel
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| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder
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| Isch/o | To hold back
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| Laryng/o | Larynx (voice box)
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| My/o | Muscle
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| Myel/o | Spinal cord bone marrow
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| Staphyl/o | Clusters
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| Thorac/o | Chest
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| Myleogram | Record of the spinal cord
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| Angiogram | process of recording blood vessles
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| Erthrocyte | A red blood cell
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| Thrombocyte | A clotting cell; platelet
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| Monocyte | A granulocytic white blood cell that destrpys cells by engulfing and digesting them; polymorphonuclear leukocyte
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| Eosinophil | A leukocyte whose granules turn red with stain and whose numbers are elevated in allergic reactions
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| Neutrophil | A granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulphing and digesting them; polymorphonuclear leukocyte
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| Lymphocyte | A mononuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by making antibodies
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| Pulmonary | Pertaining to(lungs)
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| Necrotic | Pertaining to death (of cells or whole body)
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| inguinal | Pertaining to inguin (groin)
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| To hold back blood from cells | Ischemia
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| Hernia of the urinary bladder | Cystocele
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| Fear of heights | acrophobia
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| Flesh (malignant) tumor of muscle | myosarcoma
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| Study of the shape (of cells) | morphology
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| Inflamation of an eyelid | blepharitis
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| Softening of cartlage | chondromalacia
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| Tumor of the bone marrow | myeloma
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| Disease of heart muscle | cardiomyopathy
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| Myalgia | muscle pain
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| Thoracentesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest
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| surgical repair | -plasty
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| disease condition | -pathy
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