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| Symptoms | Evidence of illness
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| Diagnoses | Names of condition or disease
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| -algia, -odynia | pain
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| -cele | pouching or hernia
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genic | pertaining to organ
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| -ia, -ism | condition of
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| -iasis | formation or presence of
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| -ic, -tic, | pertaining to
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -logy | study of
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward or frenzy
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | condition or increase
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| -penia | abnormal reduction
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| -phobia | condition of abnormal fear or sensitivity
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood)
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction
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| -stasis | stop or stand
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| -y | condition of process of
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| a-, an- | without
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| auto- | self
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| bi- | two or both
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| brady- | slow
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| de- | from, down, or not
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| dia- | across or through
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| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty
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| endo- | within
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| epi- | upon
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| eu- | normal
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| hyper- | above or excessive
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| hypo- | below or deficient
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| macro- | large
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| meta- | beyond, after, or change
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| micro- | small
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| neo- | new
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| ortho- | straight, normal, or correct
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| poly- | many
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| tachy- | fast
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| arthr/o | joint
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| cephal/o | head
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| my/o | muscle
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| oste/o | bone
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| ot/o | ear
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| cyst/o | bladder or sac
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| hydr/o | water
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| rect/o | rectum
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| varic/o | swollen, twisted vein
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| cardi/o | heart
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| dips/o | thirst
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| phag/o | eat or swallow
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| phas/o | speech
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| phren/o | diaphragm, mind
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| pneumon/o | air or lung
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| psych/o | mind
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| schiz/o | split
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| thym/o | thymus gland or mind
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| ur/o | urine
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| glyc/o | suger (glucose)
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| leuk/o | white
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| lip/o | fat
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| ox/o | oxygen
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| bronch/o | bronchus (airway)
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| iatr/o | treatment
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| dermat/o | skin
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| hepat/o | liver
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| metr/o, metri/o, uter/o | uterus
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| nas/o, rhin/o | nose
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| oophor/o | ovary
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| pharyng/o | pharynx or throat
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| phleb/o, vein/o | vein
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| salping/o | uterine or fallopian tube
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| tonsil/o | tonsil
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| vagin/o | vagina
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| laryng/o | larynx (voice box)
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| trache/o | trachea (windpipe)
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| necro/o | death
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| acr/o | extremity or topmost
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| megal/o | large
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| splen/o | spleen
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| ather/o | fatty, or lipid, paste
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| arteri/o | artery
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| cyt/o | cell
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| kyph/o | humpbacked
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| lord/o | bent
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| scoli/o | twisted
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| scler/o | hard
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| sten/o | narrow
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| vertebr/o, spnondyl/o | vertebra
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| chol/e | bile
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| lith/o | stone
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| narc/o | stupor or sleep
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| aden/o | gland
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| melan/o | black
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| onc/o | tumer
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| plas/o | formation
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| erthri/o | red
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| phot/o | light
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| hemi/o | half
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| para- | alongside of or abnormal
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| quadri- | four
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| men/o | month (menstruation)
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| nas/o, rhin/o | nose
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| enter/o | small intestine
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| cerebr/o | largest part of the brain
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| throid/o | thyroid gland (shield)
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| lymph/o | clear fluid
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| path/o | disease
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| troph/o | nourishment or development
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