medical assistant prefix/suffix
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around
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around
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normal
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of the blood
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paralysis
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part
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disease
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super-
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tachy-
fast
quadra-, tetra-
four
card-
heart
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incision
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inflammation
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instrument for viewing
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kidney
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kidney
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large
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less, decreased
multi-
many
poly-
many
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measure
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more, increased
muscul-
muscle
myo-
muscle
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record
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record
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removal
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repair
cost-
ribs
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rythm
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scanty
uni-
single, one
skelet-
skeleton
brady-
slow
micro-
small
gastr-
stomach
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surgical creation of an opening
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suturing
epi-
upon, above
ur-
urine
ab-
away from
retro-
backward, behind
pre-
before
infra-
below, beneath
hemat-, hem-
blood
hemi-
blood
vascul-
blood vessels
corp-
body
oste-
bone
ambi-
both
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breathing
meta-
change
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condition or process
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condition or process
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condition or process
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condition or process
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contraction of the heart
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crushing
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death or breakdown
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process of measuring
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process of recording
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process of viewing with an instrument
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three
per-
through
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toward
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treatment
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