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Medical Term.

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thick; abnormal thickness in skull   pachy; pachycephalic  
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near, departure from the norm; abnormal pain   para; paralgia  
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disease; study of disease   path; pathology  
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deficiency; lack of cellular elements in the blood   penia; cytopenia  
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around; around the heart   peri; pericardium  
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fixation, suspension; surgical repair of detached retina   pexy; retinopexy  
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fear of; fear of water   phobia; hydrophobia  
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transmission; perspiration, transmission of sweat   phoresis; diaphoresis  
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plastic surgical correction; surgical straightening   plasty; orthoplasty  
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paralysis, stroke; paralysis from the waist down   plegia; paraplegia  
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many; arthritis in numerous joints   poly; polyarthritis  
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after; after death   post; postmortem  
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before; before surgery   pre; preoperative  
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in front of, on behalf of; tip of the tongue   pro; proglossis  
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false; false thirst   pseudo; pseudodipsia  
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falling; sagging breast (a/k/a Cooper's Droop)   ptosis; mastoptosis  
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back, again; flex response to stimulation   re; reflex  
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back; bent backward, posterior   retro; retroflexed  
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suture; suturing of the heart   rrhaphy; cardiorraphy  
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rupture; ruptured blood vessel   rhexis; angiorrhexis  
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exam; bronchus exam   scopy; bronchoscopy  
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half; half-conscious   semi; semicomatose  
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pulse; pulse meter   sphygmo; sphygmomanometer  
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below; under the tongue   sub; sublingual  
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above; highly severe   super, supra; superacute  
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together; dependent on one another   sym, syn; symbiotic  
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swift/fast; rapid heart beat   tachy; tachycardia  
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distance; distance signal monitor interpretation   tele; telemetry  
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toxic, poison; skin disease caused by poison   toxo; toxicoderma  
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across; transfer of blood into an individual   trans; transfusion  
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three; three cusps   tri; tricuspid  
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above; high frequency sound   ultra; ultrasonic  
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one; having one working eye   uni; uniocular  
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foreign; a graft from one species to another   xeno; xenograft  
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dry; dry lips   xero; xerochilia  
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