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Disease or condition named after a healthcare professional evaluates a patients signs, symptoms and history
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Diagnosis
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prediction of probable outcome of a disease or disorder
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Prognosis
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Objective finding of a disease (ie. high fever, rash, etc)
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Signs
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Subjective report of disease (pain, itching, etc)
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Symptoms
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Term named after a person or place associated with the term
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Eponym
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Abbrev. for "intramuscular"
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IM
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Abbrev for second cervical vertebra
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C2
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C.A.B.G stands for
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cornoary artery bypass graft
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TURP stands for
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transurethral resection of the prostate
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Arthr/o
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joint
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gastr/o
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stomach
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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ot/o
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ear
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rhin/o
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nose
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-algia
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pain
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-is
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structure, thing
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-ole
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small, tiny
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-ule
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small, tiny
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-um
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structure, thing, membrane
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hypo
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under
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cut/o
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skin
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ven
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vein
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endo
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within
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-ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous
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pertaining too
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-cele
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herniation
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-emia
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blood
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-ia
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condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia
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softening
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wilsons presenation
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ABCDH
asterixis basal ganglia degen (parkinsonlike) ceruloplsm low, cirrhosis, corneal dep dementia hemolytic anemia |
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease process
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ptosis
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prolapse, drooping, sagging
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bursting forth
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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suffixes indicate a procedure that helps to determine the diagnosis
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diagnostic procedure suffixes
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-metry
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process of measurment
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-opsy
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process of viewing
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-scopy
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process of viewing
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suffix that indicates types of treatment
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therapeutic intervention
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-ectomy
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removal, resection
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-stomy
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new opening
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tripter/-trite
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machine to crush/instrument
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ante-
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forward, in front of, before
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anti-
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against
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dys-
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abnormal, difficult, bad
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endo-, end-
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within
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epi-
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above , upon
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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hypo-
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below, deficient
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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neo-
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new
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par-
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near
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para-
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abnormal
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per-
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through
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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poly-
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many
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post-
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after, behind
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pre
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before, infront
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sub-
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under, below
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trans-
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through , across
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cephal/o
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head
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix
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col/o
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large intestine, colon
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coron/o
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crown, heart
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cut/o and cutane/o
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skin
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cyst/o
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bladder, sac
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dent/i
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tooth
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derm/o
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skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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glucose, sugar
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hepat/o
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liver
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hyster/o
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uterus
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lipid/o
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fat
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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phil/o
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attraction
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pne/o
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breathing
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spir/o
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breathing
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troph/o
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nourishment
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ven/o
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vein
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vers/o
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turning
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