Delmar Medical Terminology: Ch. 1 – Flashcards

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-algia
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Pain and suffering
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dys-
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Bad, difficult, painful
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-ectomy
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Surgical removal
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hyper-
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Excessive or Increased
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hypo-
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Deficient or Decreased
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-itis
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Inflammation
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-osis
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Abnormal condition or disease
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-ostomy
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Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
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-otomy
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Cutting or surgical incision
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-rrhage
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Bleeding
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-rrhaphy
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Surgical suturing to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples, or surgical glue.
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-rrhea
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Flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
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Rupture
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-sclerosis
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Abnormal hardening
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Abdominocentesis
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Surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid
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Acronym
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Word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term
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Acute
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Rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration
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Angiography
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Process of producing a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible
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Appendectomy
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Surgical removal of the appendix
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Arteriosclerosis
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Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery
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Arthralgia
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Pain in a joint
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Colostomy
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Surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface
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Cyanosis
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Blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of adequate oxygen in blood
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Dermatologist
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Physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin
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Diagnosis
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Identification of a disease
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Diarrhea
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Frequent flow of loose or watery stools
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Edema
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Swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues
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Endarterial
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Pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery
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Eponym
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Disease, structure or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.
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Erythrocyte
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Mature red blood cell
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Fissure
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Groove or crack-like sore of the skin
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Fistula
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Abnormal passage, usually between 2 internal organs, or leading from an internal organ to the surface.
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Gastralgia
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Pain in the stomach
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Gastritis
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An inflammation of the stomach
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Gastroenteritis
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Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
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Gastrosis
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Any disease of the stomach
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Hemorrhage
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Loss of a large amount of blood in a short time
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Hepatomegaly
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Abnormal enlargement of the liver
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Hypertension
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Higher than normal blood pressure
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Hypotension
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Lower than normal blood pressure
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Infection
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Invasion of body by a pathogenic organism
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Inflammation
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Localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues
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Interstitial
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Between but not within, the parts of a tissue
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Intramuscular
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Within the muscle
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Laceration
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Torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound
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Lesion
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Pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury
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Mycosis
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Any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus
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Myelopathy
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Any pathological change or disease in the spinal cord
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Myopathy
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Any pathological change or disease of muscle tissue
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Myorrhexis
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Rupture of a muscle
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Natal
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Pertaining to birth
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Neonatology
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Study of disorders of the newborn
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Neuritis
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Inflammation of a nerve or nerves
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Otorhinolaryngology
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Study of the ears and larynx or throat
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Palpation
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Examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts.
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Palpitation
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Pounding or racing heart.
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Pathology
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Study of all aspects of diseases
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers and toes
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Poliomyelitis
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Viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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Prognosis
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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
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Prostrate
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Means to collapse and be lying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion
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Pyoderma
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Any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection
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Pyrosis
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Fever or fire
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Remission
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Temporary partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure
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Sign
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Objective evidence of disease such as fever
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Supination
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Act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward
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Suppuration
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Formation or discharge of pus
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Supracostal
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Above or outside the ribs
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Symptom
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Subjective evidence of a disease such as pain or headache
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Syndrome
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Set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process
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Tonsillitis
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Inflammation of the tonsils
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Trauma
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Wound or injury
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Triage
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Medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and proper place of treatment
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Viral
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Pertaining to a virus
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-malacia
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Abnormal softening
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-megaly
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Enlargement
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-necrosis
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Tissue death
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-stenosis
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Abnormal narrowing
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
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-graphy
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Process of producing a picture or record
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-gram/graph
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Picture or record
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-scope/scopy
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Visual examination
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-lysis
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Break down, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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-pexy
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Surgical fixation
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Ab-
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Away from
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Ad-
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Towards
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Eu-
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Good, normal, well or easy
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Inter-
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Between or among
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Intra-
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Means within or inside
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Sub-
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Means under, less, or below
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Supra-
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Above or excessive
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Arteri/o
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Artery
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Ather/o
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Plaque or fatty substance
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Ileum
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Last and longest portion of small intestine
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Ilium
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Part of the hip bone
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Mucus/mucous
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Fluid secreted by mucous membranes
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Myc/o
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Fungus
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow or spinal cord
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My/o
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Muscle
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-ologist
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Specialist
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-ology
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Study of
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Prostate
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Male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra
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Py/o
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Pus
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Pyr/o
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Fever or fire
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Ligation
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Tying off of blood vessels or ducts
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-ac
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Pertaining to
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-al
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Pertaining to
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-ar
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Pertaining to
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-ary
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Pertaining to
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-eal
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Pertaining to
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-ical
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Pertaining to
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-ial
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Pertaining to
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-ic
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Pertaining to
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-ine
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Pertaining to
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-ior
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Pertaining to
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-ory
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Pertaining to
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-ous
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Pertaining to
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-tic
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Pertaining to
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-ago
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-esis
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-ia
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-iasis
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-ion
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Condition
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-ism
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Condition, state of
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-osis
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-a
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Noun Ending
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-e
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Noun Ending
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-um
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Singular noun ending
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-us
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Singular noun ending
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-y
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Noun ending
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