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Prematriculation Course Flashcards

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Nephro/Reno

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Kidney

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Cutis

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Skin

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crin

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to secrete

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esthesi

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sensation

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onc(o)

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tumor

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ophthalm

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eye

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ortho

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straigh

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ot

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ear

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laryng

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larynx

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path(o)

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disease

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ab

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Away from

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Ad

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Toward

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duceo

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to lead

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ecto, ex, exo, extra

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out, without, away from

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en, end, endo

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inside

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para-

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near, beside, or abnormal

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per

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through or by

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Retro

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behind or backward

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sym, syn

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joined, together

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in-

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not or inside

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ana

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upward or again

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brady

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slow

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dys

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bad, difficult

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eu

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good, normal

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tachy

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fast

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ptosis

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prolapse (sagging)

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scop

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examine, to view

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troph

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nutrition

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algesi

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sensitivity to pain

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narc

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stupor

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lys

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destruction, dissolving

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necro

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death

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phas

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speech

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plas

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formation or development

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plast

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mold or repair

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pleg

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paralysis

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cyano

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blue

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erythro

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red

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xanthro

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yellow

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acro

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extremities

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cephal

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head

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dactyl

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finger or toe

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encephal

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brain

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som, somat

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body

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viscer

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organs

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emia, hemo, hemato

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pertaining to blood

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ectomy

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removal of

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lith

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stone or calculus

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oma

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tumor, swelling

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hidr

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sweat

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muc

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mucus

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py

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pus

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sial

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saliva

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myo

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muscle

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-ectomy

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to cut out

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-otomy

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to cut into

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ostomy

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to make a “mouth”

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stomato

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mouth

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dento

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teeth

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glosso/linguo

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tongue

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gastro

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stomach

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entero

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intestine

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colo

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large intestine

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procto

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anus/rectum

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hepato

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liver

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orchido

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testis

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oophoro

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ovary

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Hystero/metro

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uterus

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salpingo

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uterine tubes

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Masto/Mammo

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breast

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cysto

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bladder

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rhino

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nose

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phlebo/veno

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veins

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Adeno

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gland

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lip

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fat

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lymph

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lymph tissue

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carcin

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malignant

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angi

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vessel

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-stasis

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to stop

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Ischemia

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lack of blood

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mening

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membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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myel

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spinal cord

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neur/o

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nerve

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-cele

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Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

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-pathy

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Disease, abnormality

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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chol/e

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gall, bile

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Emes

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vomit

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Lith/o

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stone

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Lapar/o

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Abdominal wall

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-centesis

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to puncture

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-rrhea

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flow/discharge

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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Trache/o

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trachea/wind pipe

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bronch/o

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lung air passageways

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Pne/u, pnea

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breath, air, lung

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-ptysis

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spitting/coughing

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-plasty

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reconstruction

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Epistaxis

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nosebleed

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Atelectasis

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collapsed lung

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Pyel/o

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Renal Collecting Ducts

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Olig/o

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scanty, less than normal

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-pexy

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to surgically reattach, fix in normal position

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Balan/o

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head of penis

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Andr/o

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Male

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Prostat/o

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prostate

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vas/o

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vessel, duct

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-rrhaphy

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to suture

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colp/o

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Vagina

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Men/o

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menstration

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-pareunia, coitus

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Intercourse

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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arthr/o

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joints

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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-malacia

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softening

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-porosis

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porous

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-asthenia

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weakness/loss of

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-trophy

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development, stimulation,

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-algia, -algesia

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pain

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