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Undergraduate 1
05/13/2025
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brady-
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Slow
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endo-
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inside, within
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Epi-
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upon, over, on top
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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hypo-
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under or below
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peri-
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around
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tachy-
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fast
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-crasia
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a mixture or blending (often used in relation to blood)
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-emia
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blood condition
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lysis
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destruction, breakdown
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhage
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bursting forth, excessive flow
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-cytosis
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condition of cells
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angi/o
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vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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fatty plaque
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capillar/o
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capillaries (the smallest blood vessels)
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cardi/o
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heart
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chrom/o or chromat/o
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color
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o or hemat/o
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blood
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isch/o
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restriction, deficiency
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leuk/o
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white
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my/o
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muscle
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phleb/o
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vein
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scler/o
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hardening
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sten/o
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narrowing
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thromb/o
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clot
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valvul/o
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valve
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vas/o
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vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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