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aer/o
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air
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bucc/o
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cheek
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chem/o
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drug
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cutane/o
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skin
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derm/o
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skin
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enter/o
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intestine
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hal/o
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to breathe
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine, treatment
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idi/o
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distinctive
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lingu/o
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tongue
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muscul/o
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muscle
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or/o
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mouth
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pharmacy/o
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drug
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rect/o
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rectum
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thec/o
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sheath (meninges)
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topic/o
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a specific area
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toxic/o
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posion
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vagin/o
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vagina
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ven/o
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vein
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-genic
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produced by
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ical
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pertaining to
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-ist
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specialist
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-logy
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study of
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-phylaxis
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protection
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anti-
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against
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contra-
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against
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in-
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inward
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intra-
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within
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para-
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near, beside
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pro-
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before
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sub-
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under
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trans-
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through
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intracavitary
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injection into a body cavity such as the peritoneal and chest cavity
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parenteral
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an invasive method of administering drugs as it requires the skin to be punctured by a needle. the needle with syringe attached is introduced either under the skin or into a muscle, vein, or body cavity
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antidote
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substance that will neutralize poisons or their side effects
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broad spectrum
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ability of a drug to be effective against a wide range of microorgansisms
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contraindication
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condition in which a particular drug should not be used
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cumulative action
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action that occurs in the body when a drug is allowed to accumulate or stay in the body
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iatrogenic
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usually an unfavorable response resulting from taking a medication
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idiosynrasy
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unusual or abnormal response to a drug or food
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potentiation
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giving a patient a second drug to boost the effect of another drug. the total strength of the drugs is greater than the sum of the strength of the individual drugs
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prophylaxis
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prevention of a disease
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unit dose
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drug dosage system that provides prepackaged, prelabeled, individual medications that are ready for immediate use by the patient
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amnes/o
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forgetfullness
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anxi/o
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fear, worry
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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compuls/o
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drive, compel
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deluss/o
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false belief
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depress/o
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to press down
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electr/o
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electricity
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factiti/o
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artificial, contrived
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halucin/o
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imagined perception
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klept/o
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to steal
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ment/o
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mind
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obsess/o
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besieged by thoughts
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path/o
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disease
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ped/o
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child
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pharmac/o
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drug
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phob/o
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irrational fear
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phren/o
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mind
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pysch/o
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mind
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pyr/o
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fire
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schiz/o
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split
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soci/o
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society
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somat/o
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body
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somn/o
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sleep
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-ia
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state, condition
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-iatrist
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physician
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-iatry
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medial treatment
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ism
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state of
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-logical
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pertaining to study of
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of
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-mania
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frenzy
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-orexia
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appetite
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-philia
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attracted to
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tic
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pertaining to
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auto-
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self
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bi-
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two
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de-
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without
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dis-
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apart
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ex-
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outward
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in-
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not
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cognitive disorders
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deterioration of mental functions due to temporary brain or permanent brain dysfunction
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dissociative disorders
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disorders in which severe emotional conflict is so repressed that a split in the personality may occur or the person may lose memory
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dissociative identity disorder
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having two or more distinct personalites
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factitious disorders
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intentionally feigning illness symptoms in order to gain attention
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malingering
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pretending to be ill or injured
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impulse control disorders
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inability to resist an impulse to perform some act that is harmful to the individual or others
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mania
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extreme elation
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personality disorders
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inflexible or maladaptive behavior patterns that affect a person's ability to function in society
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voyeruism
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gratification derived from observing others engaged in sexual acts
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somatoform disorders
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patient has physical symptoms for which no physical disease can be determined
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conversion reaction
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anxiety is transformed into physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, paralysis, or blindness
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anter/o
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front
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fluor/o
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fluorescence, luminous
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later/o
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side
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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poster/o
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back
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poster/o
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back
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radi/o
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ray
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roentgen/o
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x-ray
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son/o
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sound
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tom/o
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to cut
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-lucent
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to shine through
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-opaque
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nontransparent
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ultra-
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beyond
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barium
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soft metallic element from the earth used as a radiopaque x-ray dye
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film badge
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worn by x-ray personnel to measure the amount of x-rays in which they are exposed
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radioisotope
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radioactive form of an element
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radiolucent
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structures that allow x-rays to pass through
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radiopaque
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structures that are impenetrable to x-rays
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roentgen
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unit for describing an exposure dose of radiation
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tagging
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attaching a radioactive material to a chemical, and tracing it as it moves through the body
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uptake
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absorption of a radioactive material and medicines into an organ or tissue
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o
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skin
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elect/o
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electric current
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erg/o
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work
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habilitat/o
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ability
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hydr/o
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water
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my/o
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muscle
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orth/o
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straight, correct
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phon/o
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sound
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physic/o
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body
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prosthet/o
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addition
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therm/o
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heat
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-nomics
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pertaining to laws
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-phoresis
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carrying
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re-
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again
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trans-
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across
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ultra-
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beyond
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nerve conduction velocity
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test to determine if nerves have been damaged by recording the rate at which an electrical impulse travels along a nerve
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phonophoresis
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use of ultrasound waves to introduce medication across the skin and into the subcutaneous tissues
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postural drainage with clapping
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draining secretions from the bronchi or a lung cavity by having the patient lie so that gravity allows drainage to occur. clapping is using the hand in a cupped position to perform percussion on the chest
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traction
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process of pulling or drawing, usually with a mechanical device
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transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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application of an electric current to a peripheral nerve to relieve pain
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alges/o
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pain
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aspir/o
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to breathe in
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cis/o
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to cut
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o
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skin
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dilat/o
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to widen
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electr/o
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electricity
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esthes/o
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sensation, feeling
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hal/o
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to breathe
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hem/o
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blood
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later/o
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side
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lith/o
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stone
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recumb/o
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to lie back
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sect/o
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to cut
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specul/o
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to look at
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tenacul/o
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to hold
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topic/o
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a specific area
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ven/o
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vein
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-scopic
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pertaining to visually examining
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-stasis
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standing still
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-stat
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standing still
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dis-
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apart
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endo-
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within
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re-
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again
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sub-
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under
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fowler
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sitting with back positioned at a 45 degree angle
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lateral recumbent
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lying on either the left or right side
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lithotomy
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lying face up with hips and knees bent at 90 degree angles
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prone
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lying horizontal and face down
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supine
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lying horizontal and face up
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trendelenburg
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lying face up and on an incline with head lower than legs
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bi/o
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life
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blast/o
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primitive cell
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capsul/o
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to box
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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chem/o
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drug
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cyt/o
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cell
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immun/o
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protection
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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laps/o
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to slide back
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miss/o
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to send back
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morbid/o
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ill
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mort/o
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death
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mutuat/o
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to change
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onc/o
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tumor
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path/o
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disease
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radic/o
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root
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radi/o
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x-ray
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tox/o
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poison
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-gen
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that which produces
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-logic
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pertaining to studying
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-oma
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tumor
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-opsy
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to view
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-plasia
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growth, formation
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-plasm
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growth, formation
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en-
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inward
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neo-
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new
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re-
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again
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carcinoma in situ (CIS)
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malignant tumor whose cells have not spread beyond the original site
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encapsulated
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growth enclosed in a sheath of tissue that prevents tumor cells from invading surrounding tissue
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primary site
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term used to designate where a malignant tumor first appeared
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palliative thearpy
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treatment designed to reduce the intensity of painful symptoms, but does not produce a cure
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