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| show | short | Brachycephalic= short head
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| brady | show | Bradycardia= excessively slow heart rate
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| show | down, under, lower | Catabolism= breaking down
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| show | opposed, against | Contraindicated= something that is not indicated
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| crypto | show | Cryptorchidism=
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| show | remove, take away, loss of | Dehydrated= excessive loss of body water
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| show | apart from, free from | Disinfection= to free from infection
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| show | long | Dolichocephalic= long head
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| e-, ec-, ex- | out of, from, away from | show 🗑
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| glyco, gluco | show | Hyperglycemia= a condition of excessive sugar in the blood
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| hema-, hemato-, hemo- | show | Hematuria= blood in the urine
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| eu- | show | Euthanasia= inducing death painlessly
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| hemi | half | show 🗑
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| show | water, fluid | Hydrocephalus= fluid in the brain
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| hyper | high, excessive | show 🗑
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| hypo | low, insufficient | show 🗑
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| marco- | large | show 🗑
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| show | bad, poor | Malocclusion= poor fit of upper and lower teeth when jaw closes
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| mega-, megalo | show | Megacolon= abnormally enlarged colon
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| show | small | Microphthalmos= abnormally small eye
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| show | death | Necropsy= examination of dead animal
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| neo | show | Neoplastic= new tissue growth
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| oligo- | few, little | show 🗑
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| pan- | show | Panzootic= throughout an animal population
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| poly- | show | Polyphagia= excessive eating
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| show | false | Pseudocyesis= false pregnacy
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| show | pus | Pyometra= pus in the uterus
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| show | fast, rapid | Tachycardia= excessively rapid heart rate
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| show | urine, urea | Glucosuria= sugar in the urine
Uremia= urea in the blood
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| show | without or not having | Anemia= not having enough red blood cells
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| -emesis | show | Hematemesis= vomiting blood
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| show | blood condition | Anemia= lack of blood
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| -esis | show | Paresis= partial paralysis
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| show | a condition characterized by | Lithlasis= condition characterized by formation of calculi
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| show | development, origin | Carcinogenesis= development of cancer
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| -ism | a state or condition, a fact of being, result of a process | show 🗑
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| -itis | inflammation of | show 🗑
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| -megaly | show | Hepatomegaly= enlarged liver
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| show | tumor | Leiomyoma= tumor of smooth muscles
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| -osis | abnormal condition or process of degeneration | show 🗑
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| show | disease | Pathogenic= disease causing
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| show | deficiency or lack of | Leukopenia= deficiency of white blood cells
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| -phage, -phagy | show | Coprophagy= eating fences
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| show | abnormal fear or intolerance of | Photophobia= intolerance of light
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| show | forming, changing , growing | Anaplasia= changing structure of cells
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| -pnea | show | Dyspnea= difficulty breathing
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge | show 🗑
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| show | to puncture, perforate, or tap-permitting withdrawal of substances (e.g., fluid, air) | Abdomincentesis= surgical puncture of the abdomen to remove fluid from peritoneal cavity
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| -ectomy | to exercise or surgically remove | show 🗑
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| -ize | use, subject to | show 🗑
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| -pexy | fixation or suturing ( a stabilizing type of repair) | show 🗑
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| -plasty | show | Cheiloplasty= plastic repair of the lips (to improve looks and function)
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| -rrhaphy | show | Herniorrhaphy= surgical repair of a hernia
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| -stomy | to make a new , artificial opening in a hollow organ ( to the outside of the body) or to make a new opening between two hollow organs. | show 🗑
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| -tomy | to incise or cut into (making an incision) | show 🗑
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| show | instrument or machine that writes or records | Electrocardiograph= machine that records electrical impulses produced by the beating heart
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| show | procedure of using an instrument or machine to record | Electrocardiography= procedure of using an electrocardiograph to produce an electrocardiogram
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| -gram | product, written record, "picture", or graph produced | show 🗑
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| -meter | instrument or machine that measures or counts | show 🗑
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| show | procedure of measuring | Dosimetry= act of determining the amount , rate and distribution of ionizing radiation
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| -scope | instrument for examining, viewing or listening | show 🗑
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| -scopy | show | Laparoscopy= procedure of using a laparoscope to view the abdominal cavity
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| -tome | instrument for cutting such as into smaller or thinner sections | show 🗑
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| -algia | show | Myalgia= muscular pain
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