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Health sciense vocabulary

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Gastr/o   Stomach  
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Lapar/o   abdomen in general  
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-otomy   A cutting operation  
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Dys   bad, painful, dificult, abnormal  
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-pnea   respiration  
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Hemat/a   Blood  
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Ology   A subject of study  
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Cardi/o   heart  
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Ologist   doctor  
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Osteo   bone  
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Malacia   softening  
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Gastro   Stomach  
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scope   denoting an instrument for viewing, but extended to include other methods of examination.  
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pre-   before  
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Uni-   one  
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bi-   two  
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tri-   three  
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sub-   under  
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trans-   across  
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hypo-   low  
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negation-   negative  
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a-   with out  
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an-   not  
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post-   after  
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peri-   around  
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endo-   inside  
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dermat   skin  
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dent/o   teeth  
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pulmon/o   lungs  
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enter/o   intestines  
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hepat/o   liver  
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arthr/o   joints  
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rhin/o   nose  
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cyan/o   blue  
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melan/o   black  
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luek/o   white  
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erytthr/o   red  
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poli/o   grey  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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-itis   inflamed  
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-ectomy   surgically removed  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-algia   pain  
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-plasty   repair  
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-megaly   inlarged  
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brady-   slow  
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laryn/o   throat  
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Dys-   Bad, difficult  
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Thorac/o   chest  
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centesis   Puncture, especially when used as a suffix, as in paracentesis  
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Crani/o   The cranium  
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Renal   kidney  
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nephro-   kidney  
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myo-   muscle  
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hepat   liver  
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angio   Denotes blood or lymph vessels; a covering, an enclosure  
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-oma   A tumor or neoplasm  
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Arteri/o   artery  
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sten   A statistical term that uses the standard deviation to convert data into standardized scores that define ten steps along a normal distribution, with five steps on either side of the mean.  
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Neur/o   Nerve, nerve tissue, the nervous system  
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pathy   The sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system  
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Hypo-   Prefix denoting deficient, below normal  
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-ic   Suffix indicating an acid  
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-cyte   cell  
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hyster-   uterus  
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-necrosis   Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage.  
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-sclerosis   In neuropathy, induration of nervous and other structures by a hyperplasia of the interstitial fibrous or glial connective tissue.  
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-stenosis   A stricture of any canal or orifice.  
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-centesis   Puncture  
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-scopy   An action or activity involving the use of in instrument for viewing.  
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-graphy   A writing, a description.  
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-gram   A recording, usually by an instrument.  
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-rrhage   excessive fluid  
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-rrhapy   to fix  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-rrhea   destructive fluid  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ic   Suffix indicating an acid.  
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-osis   Suffix meaning a process, condition, or state, usually abnormal or diseased  
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-pathy   Disease.  
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-ostomy   Artificial or surgical opening  
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-otomy   A cutting operation  
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-ectomy   Removal of an anatomical structure  
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supra-   A position above the part indicated by the word to which it is joined; in this sense, the same as super-; opposite of infra-.  
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sub-   Beneath, less than the normal or typical, inferior  
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ab-   From, away from, off.  
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ad-   Prefix denoting increase, adherence, to, toward; near; very  
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inter-   Among, between  
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intra-   Inside, within; opposite of extra-.  
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cephal/o   (The head)/ towards the top  
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caud/o   tail bone  
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coron/o   towards the head  
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dist/o   far apart  
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anter/o   the front  
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midsagitt/o    
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poster/o   the back  
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proxim/o   Nearest the trunk or the point of origin  
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trans-   across  
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medi/o   middle  
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later/o   Side view  
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ventr/o   front  
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dors/o   back  
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infer/o   lower  
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Arteri/o   artery  
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Arthr/o   joint  
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Ather/o   plack  
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ankyl/o   Bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed.  
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arthr/o   A joint, an articulation; corresponds to L. articul-.  
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chondr/o   Cartilage or cartilaginous.  
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cost/o   The ribs  
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crani/o   The cranium.  
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-desis   to bind or tie together.  
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kyph/o   humpback  
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lord/o   curve;swayback  
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-lysis   breakdown;separation;destruction;loosening  
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myel/o   spinal cord;bone marrow  
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oss/e,oss/I,ost/o,oste/o   bones  
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-poietic   substance that forms  
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scoli/o   spine  
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spondyl/o   vertebra  
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-um   structure;tissue  
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ligament/o   ligament  
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synovi/o   membrane-> sheath around a tendon  
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burs/o   bursa(sac of fluid near joints)  
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my/o,myos/o   muscle  
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oblique   Slanted/sideways  
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-lysis   breakdown, seperation, setting free, destruction, loosening  
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kinesi/o   motion  
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Ton/o   tension, tone, stretching  
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sphincter   tight band  
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-trophy   development, nourishment  
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bi-   twice, double, two life  
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quadr/I   four  
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-ai   abnourmal conditon, dieaseas, plural of -im  
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-rrhexis   repture  
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teen/o, tend/o, tendin/o   tendon  
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electr/o   electricity, electrec  
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ankyl/o   crooked, bent, stiff  
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fasci/o   face, form  
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-plegia   paralysis, stroke  
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rectus   rectum, straight  
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transverse   Across  
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-cele   hernia, tumor, swelling  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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tri-   three  
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-desis   surgical fixation of the bone or joint, to bind, tie together  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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tax/o   coordination, order  
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Kinesiology   The science or the study of movement, and the active and passive structures involved  
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astrophy   A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from death and reabsorption of cells, diminished cellular proliferation, decreased cellular volume, pressure, ischemia, malnutrition, lessened function, or hormonal changes.  
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ergonomics   A branch of ecology concerned with human factors in the design and operation of machines and the physical environment.  
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ligament   A muscle that connects muscles to bone.  
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tendon   A fibrous cord that connects bone to bone.  
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ROM   range of motion  
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ADL   aktivities of daily living  
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DTR   deep tendon reflex  
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Cardio/o   Heart  
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Phleb/o, ven/o   Vein  
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Aort/o   aorta  
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Coron/o   Heart  
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Leuk/o   White  
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Ven/o   Vain  
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Thrombo/o   Clot  
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Arteri/o   artery  
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Hem/o, Hemat   Blood  
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Arther/o   Plaque  
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-emia   Blood condition  
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Tachy-   Fast  
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Aneurysm/o   aneurysm  
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Valv/o   Valve  
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Capill/o   Capillares  
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Angi/o   blood vessel  
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Brady-   slow  
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erythr/o   red  
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thromb/o   Clot  
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Plasm/a, plasm/o-   Plasma  
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Hypertension   . High blood pressure; transitory or sustained elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure to a level likely to induce cardiovascular damage or other adverse consequences.  
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Srtoke   A harmful discharge of lightning, particularly one that affects a human being.  
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Arteriosclerosis   Hardening of the arteries; types generally recognized are: atherosclerosis, Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis, and arteriolosclerosis.  
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aneurysm   Circumscribed dilation of an artery or a cardiac chamber, in direct communication with the lumen, usually resulting from an acquired or congenital weakness of the wall of the artery or chamber.  
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Coronary artery disease (CAD)    
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Heart Attack    
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Congestive heart failure (CHF)    
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Anemia, Hemophilia, and Leukemia    
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-ema   Condition of  
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-ectasis   streching, dialation, enlargment  
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-osmia   smell, odor  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-sphyxia   breathing  
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-spasm   sudden involuntary contrac-  
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-ia   abnormal condition, disease  
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dys-   bad, difficult, painful  
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-osis   abnormal condition, disease  
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-tachy   fast  
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-brady   slow  
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Adenoid/o   adenoids  
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Alveoli/o   alveolus, air sac, small sac  
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Bronchi/o   bronchial tube, bronchus  
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Bronchiol/o   bronchiole, bronchiolus  
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capn/o   carbon dioxide, sooty or smooky appearance  
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coni/o   dust  
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cyan/o   blue  
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Epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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Laryng/o   larynx, throat  
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Lob/o   lobe, wel-defined part of an organ  
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Mediastin/o   mediastinum, middle  
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Nas/o   nose  
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Orth/o   straight, normal, correct  
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Ox/o   oxygen  
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Pector/o   chest  
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Pharyng/o   throat, pharynx  
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Phon/o   sound, voice  
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Phren/o   diaphragm, mind  
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Pleur/o   pleura, side of the body  
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Pneumon/o   lung, air  
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Plumon/o   lung  
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Rhin/o   nose  
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Sinus/o   sinus  
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Spir/o   to breathe  
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Tel/o   distant, far  
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Thorac/o   chest  
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-thorax   chest  
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Tonsil/o   throat  
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Trache/o   trachea, windpipe  
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