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04/16/2011
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a-; an-
 Definition
no, without
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ab-
 Definition
away form the midline
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anti-
 Definition
against
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brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
carcino-
 Definition
cancer
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cardio-
 Definition
heart
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cephalo-
 Definition
head or toward the head
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chole-
 Definition
gall
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circum-
 Definition
around or about
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col-
 Definition
colon
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contra-
 Definition
against
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costo-
 Definition
rib
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cyano-
 Definition
blue or bluish
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cysto-
 Definition
bladder
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cyto-
 Definition
cell
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derm-
 Definition
skin
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dys-
 Definition
difficult or painful
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon or beside or near to or over
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erythro-
 Definition
red
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eu-
 Definition
well or easy or good or normal
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ex-; exo-
 Definition
out or outside
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gastro-
 Definition
stomach
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hema-
 Definition
blood
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hyper-
 Definition
above or more than normal or increased
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hypo-
 Definition
low or less than normal or decreased
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hystero-
 Definition
uterus
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infra-
 Definition
below or beneath
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inter-
 Definition
among or between
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intra-
 Definition
within or into
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laparo-
 Definition
abdominal wall
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leuko-
 Definition
white
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lipo-
 Definition
fat
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litho-
 Definition
stone
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macro-
 Definition
large
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mal-
 Definition
abnormal or inadequate
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melano-
 Definition
black
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micro-
 Definition
small
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mono-
 Definition
single or having only one
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myo-
 Definition
muscle
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necro-
 Definition
dead
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neuro-
 Definition
nerve
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oophor-
 Definition
ovary
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osteo-
 Definition
bone
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oto-
 Definition
ear
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patho-
 Definition
disease or abnormal condition of
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per-
 Definition
by way of or through
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peri-
 Definition
around
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phlebo-
 Definition
vein
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pleuro-
 Definition
membrane covering the lungs
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pneumo-
 Definition
air or lung
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poly-
 Definition
much or many
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post-
 Definition
after or behind
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pyo-
 Definition
involving pus
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pyro-
 Definition
heat or fire
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recto-
 Definition
rectum or terminal end
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reno-
 Definition
kidney
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retro-
 Definition
behind or posterior
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rhino-
 Definition
nose
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semi-
 Definition
half
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stomato-
 Definition
mouth
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sub-
 Definition
beneath or partially
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super-
 Definition
above or over
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supra-
 Definition
above or upper or on top of
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syn-
 Definition
with or along with
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tachy-
 Definition
fast or increased
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thermo-
 Definition
heat
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thoraco-
 Definition
chest
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trans-
 Definition
across
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uni-
 Definition
one
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viscero-
 Definition
internal organs
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