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Medical Terminology (Jane Rice) Chapter 2

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-algesia   show
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show Process of scraping away from a surface, such as skin or teeth, by friction. Skinned knee, or wearing down teeth by mastation. (Away from, to scrape off, process)  
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anesthetize; an- esthet, -ize   show
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-ase   show
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arousal;arous, -al   show
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-ate   show
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Asymmetrical; a- , symmetric, -al   show
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-blast   show
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Comatose; comat -ose   show
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show to kill  
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Epithelium; epi- thel/I, -um   show
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-crit   show
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-cuspid   show
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show bladder, sac  
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-cyte   show
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show thirst  
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show that which runs together  
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show relating to, one who  
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-gen   show
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show formation, produce  
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show having a particular quality  
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-ive   show
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show liter  
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-logy   show
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show clear fluid, serum, pale fluid  
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show one who, a doer  
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-phil   show
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-stasis   show
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-therapy   show
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show heat  
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show tissue, structure  
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-uria   show
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show pertaining to the heart  
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show pertaining to the head  
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show pertaining to the presence at birth  
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show pertaining to the muscles  
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show pertaining to the skin (a covering)  
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norm/o/cephal/ic   show
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pen/ile   show
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show pertaining to a surface or part situated toward the front of the body  
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grandi/ose   show
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show pertaining to an abnormal condition in which the body tissues contain an accumulation of fluid  
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cyan/o/tic   show
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de/cubit/us   show
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a/ton/y   show
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show condition of involuntary emission of urine; bedwetting  
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a/lopec/ia   show
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pod/iatry   show
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obstetr/ician   show
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embol/ism   show
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show physician who specializes in the study of the heart  
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show condition of excessive sweating  
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an/encephal/y   show
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ventr/icle   show
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show one of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchial tubes  
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show small spot of discolored area of the skin  
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pust/ule   show
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show use, action, having the form of, possessing  
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show immature cell, germ cell, embryonic cell  
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-ectasis   show
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show formation, produce  
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show formation, produce  
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-genic   show
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show a weight, mark, record  
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-ive   show
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-lymph   show
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show destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution  
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show lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction  
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-plasm   show
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show stroke, paralysis, palsy  
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-ptosis   show
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show flow, discharge  
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show to view, examine, visual examination  
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show tension, spasm, contraction  
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-staxis   show
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-trophy   show
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-y   show
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-algia   show
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show Weakness  
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show To go  
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-cele   show
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-cusis   show
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-derma   show
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-dynia   show
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show Dilation, distention  
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show Vomiting  
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-ion   show
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show Inflammation  
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-kinesis   show
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-lepsy   show
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show Diction, word, phrase  
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show Softening  
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show Madness  
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show Enlargement, large  
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-mnesia   show
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show Mind  
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show Resemble  
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show Tumor  
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-opia   show
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show Oxygen  
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show Disease, emotion  
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-penia   show
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show To digest  
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-phagia   show
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show To speak, speech  
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-phobia   show
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-plasia   show
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-plasm   show
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show Paralysis, stroke  
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-pnea   show
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-ptosis   show
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-ptysis   show
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-rrhage   show
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-rrhea   show
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show Rupture  
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show Tension, spasm, contraction  
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-trophy   show
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show Surgical puncture  
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show A break  
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-desis   show
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-ectomy   show
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show A weight, mark, record  
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-graph   show
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show Recording  
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-ize   show
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show Destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening  
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-meter   show
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-metry   show
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-opsy   show
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show Surgical fixation  
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-pheresis   show
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show Surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   show
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show Instrument for examining  
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show Visual examination, to view, examine  
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show New opening  
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-tome   show
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-tomy   show
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-tripsy   show
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show process of scraping away from a surface, such as skin or teeth, by friction. (ex scraped knee or worn down teeth from grinding);ab- away from, ras- to scrape off, -ion process  
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show to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of an anesthetic; an- without, lack of esthet- feeling, sensation, -ize to make  
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