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Combining form of Acr/o
Extremities, top, extreme point
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Combining form of Acu/o
Sharp, severe, sudden
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Combining form of Amni/o
Ammion
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Combining form is Angi/o
vessel
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Combining form of Arteri/o
artery
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Combining form of Arthr/o
Joint
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Combining form of axill
Armpit
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Combining form of blephar/o
Eyelid
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Combining form of hydr/o
water,fluid
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Combining form of inguin/o
groin
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Combining form of isch/o
to hold back
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Combining form of lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall
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Combining form of laryng/o
larynx
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Combining form of bronch/o
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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Combining form of chem
drug, chemical
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Combining form of col/o
colon
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Combining form of encephal/o
brain
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Combining form of erythr/o
red
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Combining form of hem/o
blood
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Combining form of hepat/o
liver
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Combining form of lymph/o
lymph a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.
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Combining form of mast
breast
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Combining form of muc/o
mucus
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Combining form of my/o
muscle
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Combining form of myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended.)
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Combining form of necr/o
death
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Combining form of neur/o
nerve
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Combining form of nucle/o
nucleus
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Combining form of ophthalm/o
eye
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Combining form of oste/o
bone
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Combining form of ot/o
ear
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Combining form of path/o
disease
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Combining form of peritone/o
peritoneum
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Combining form of phag/o
to eat, swallow
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Combining form of phleb/o
vein
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Combining form of plas/o
formation, development
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Combining form of pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
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Combining form of pneumon/o
lungs
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Combining form of pulmon/o
lungs
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Combining form of rect/o
rectum
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Combining form of sarc/o
flesh
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Combining form of splen/o
spleen
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Combining form of staphyl/o
clusters
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Combining form of strept/o
twisted chains
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Combining form of thorac/o
chest
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Combining form of thromb/o
clot
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Combining form of tonsill/o
tonsils
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Combining form of trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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Combining form of ven/o
vein
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Noun suffixe -cele
hernia
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Noun suffixe - centesis
a surgical puncture to remove fluid
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Noun suffixe - coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
berry shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
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Noun suffixe - ectomy
excision, removal, resection
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Noun suffixe -genesis
condition of prouducing, forming
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Noun suffixe -graph
instrument for recording
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Noun suffixe - graphy
process of recording
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Noun suffixe -logy
study of
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Noun suffixe -lysis
breakdown destruction, separartion
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Noun suffixe -malacia
softening
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Noun suffixe -megaly
enlargement
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Noun suffixe -oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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Noun suffixe -opsy
to view
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Noun suffixe -osis
condition, usually abnormal
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Noun suffixe -pathy
disease condition
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Noun suffixe -penia
deficieny
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Noun suffixe -plasia
development, formation, growth
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Noun suffixe -plasty
surgical repair
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Noun suffixe -ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
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Noun suffixe -sclerosis
hardening
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Noun suffixe -scope
instrument for visual examination
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Noun suffixe -scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
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Noun suffixe -stasis
controlling, stopping
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Noun suffixe -stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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Noun suffixe -therapy
treatment
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Noun suffixe -tomy
incision, cutting into
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Noun suffixe -trophy
development, nourisment
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Noun suffixe -er
one, who
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Noun suffixe -ia
condition
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Noun suffixe -ist
specialist
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Noun suffixe -ole, -ule
little, small
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Noun suffixe -um, -ium
structure, tissue
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Noun suffixe -us
structure, substance
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Noun suffixe -y
condition, process
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Adjective suffix -ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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Adjective suffix -genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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Adjective suffix -oid
resembling, derived from
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Adjective suffix -ose
pertaining to, full of
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Hernia
protrusion of an organ or the the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it.
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leukocytes?
White blood cells, five different kinds divided into two categories Granulocytes and mononuclear leukocytes... Eosinophils(red), Basophils(blue), and Neutrophils(purple) are the Granulocytes and lympocytes and Monocytes are the monoclear leukocytes
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what is rectocele?
protrusion of the portion of the rectum toward the vaginal wall
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Erythocytes?
red blood cells made in the bone marrow that carry oxygen from the lungs to all body cells (Hemoglobin-blood protein)
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thrombocytes?
known as platelets tiny fragments of the blood cells that are formed in the bone marrow necessary for clotting
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Acromegaly?
An endocrine disorder, that occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after completion of puberty. person is typically of normal hight but bones and soft tissue in the hands, feet, and face grow abnormally
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Splenomegaly?
occurs when excessive hemolsysis (red blood cells are destroyed) if the spleen is removed, other organs carry out its functions
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Laparoscopy?
a form of minimally invasive surgery surgeons insert the laparoscope through an incision in the abdomen to examine abdominal viscera for evidence of diseases for various procedures
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