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lymphatic&respiratory system
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Undergraduate 1
05/15/2025
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-oma
 Definition
tumor or mass
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-scopy
 Definition

viewing

examining
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for viewing
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-gram
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record 

image
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-logy
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study of
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-ologist
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specialist
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-lysis
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breakdown

destruction
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-genesis
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formation

origin
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-rrhea
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discharge

flow
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-rrhagia
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excessive flow or 

bleeding
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-spasm
 Definition
sudden involuntary contraction
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-pnea
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breathing
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-oxia
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oxygen level
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide level
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-phonia
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voice or sound
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-phasia
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speech
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-blast
 Definition
mature cell
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-philia
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affinity or increase
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-plasia
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growth or formation
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-tomy
 Definition
incision or cut into
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-genic
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produced by or causing
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-algia
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pain
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-al
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pertaining to
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-adenia
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gland condition
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-crinia
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secretion
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