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130 Cards in this Set
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Abdomen/o
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Abdomen
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Acr/o
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Extremities, top, extreme point
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Acu/o
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Sharp, severe, sudden
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Adip/o
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Fat
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Amni/o
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Amnion
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Angi/o
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Vessel
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Arteri/o
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Artery
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Axill/o
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Armpit
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Bi/o
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Life
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Blephar/o
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Eyelid
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Bronch/o
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Bronchial tubes
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Carcin/o
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Cancer
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Chem/o
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Drug, chemical
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
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Chron/o
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Time
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Col/o
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Colon
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Cyst/o
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Urinary bladder
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Erythr/o
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Red
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Hem/o
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Blood
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Hepat/o
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Liver
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Hydr/o
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Water, fluid
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Inguin/o
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Groin
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Isch/o
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To hold back
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Lapar/o
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Abdomen, abdominal wall
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Laryng/o
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Larynx, voice box
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Leuko/o
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White
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Lymph/o
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Lymph
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Mamm/o
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Breast
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Mast/o
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Breast
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Morph/o
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Shape, form
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Muc/o
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Mucus
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My/o
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Muscle
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Myel/o
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
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Necr/o
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Death
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Nephr/o
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Kidney
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Neutr/o
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Neutrophil
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Nucle/o
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Nucleous
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Or/o
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Ear
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Path/o
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Disease
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Peritone/o
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Peritoneum, find in abdominal pelvic cavity
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Phag/o
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To eat, swallow
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Phleb/o
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Vein
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Plas/o
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Formation, development
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Pleur/o
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Pleura, found in thoracic cavity
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Pneumon/o
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Lungs
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Pulmon/o
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Lungs
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Radi/o
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X-rays
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Rect/o
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Rectum
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Ren/o
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Kidney
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Rhin/o
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Nose
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Sarc/o
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Flesh
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Splen/o
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Spleen
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Staphyl/o
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Clusters
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Strept/o
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Twisted chains
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Thorac/o
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Chest
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Thromb/o
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Clot
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Tonsill/o
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Tonsils
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Trache/o
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Trachea, wind pipe
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Ven/o
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Vein
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Algia
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Pain
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Cele
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Hernia
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Centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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Coccus
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Berry shaped bacterium
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Cyte
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Cell
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Dynia
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Pain
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Ectomy
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Excision, removal, resection
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Emia
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Blood condition
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Genesis
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Condition of producing, forming
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Gram
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Record
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Graph
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Instrument for recording
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Graphy
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Process of recording
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Lysis
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Breakdown, destruction, separation
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Malacia
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Softening
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Megaly
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Enlargement
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Oma
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Tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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Opsy
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To view
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Osis
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Condition, usually abnormal
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Pathy
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Disease condition
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Penia
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Deficiency
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Plasia
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Development, formation, growth
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Pasty
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Surgical repair
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Ptosis
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Drooping, sagging, prolapsed
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Sclerosis
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Hardening
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Scope
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Instrument for visual examination
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Scopy
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Process of visual examination
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Stasis
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Stopping, controlling
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Stomy
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Opening to form a mouth
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Therapy
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Treatment
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Tomy
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Incision, cutting, into
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Trophy
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Development, nourishment
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Er
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One who
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Ia
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Condition
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Ist
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Specialist
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Ole
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Little, small
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Ule
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Little, small
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Um, ium
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Structure, tissue
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Us
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Structure, substance
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Y
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Condition, process
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Ac, iac
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Pertaining to
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Genic
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Pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in
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Ic, ical
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Pertaining to
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Oid
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Resembling
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Ose
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Pertaining to, full of
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Ous
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Pertaining to
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Erythrocytes
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Red blood cells, made in bone marrow, carry oxygen from lungs to all body cells, oxygen, biconcave
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells, five different kinds divided into 2 categories
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Granulocytes
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Eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
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Eosinophils
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Active and elevated in allergic conditions such as asthma or parasitic infx
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Basophils
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Play a role in inflammation
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Neutrophils
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Important disease fighting cells, they are phagocytes which eat and digest bacteria.
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Agranulocytes
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Lymphocytes and monocytes
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Lymphocytes
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Fight diseases by producing antibodies that destroy foreign bodies
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Monocytes
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Engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked foreign cells
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Thrombocytes
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Platelets, blood clotting
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Hernia
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Protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it.
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Hiatal hernia
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When the stomach protrudes upward into the thoracic cavity through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm
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Inguinal hernia
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Occurs when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin and commonly into the scrotal sac.
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Rectocele hernia
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Protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vagina through a weak part of the vaginal wall muscles.
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Omphalocele
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A hernia tin of the intestines through the navel occurring in infants at birth
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Cystocele
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Part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall as a result of weakness of the pelvis muscles, moves posterialy.
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Streptococcus
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Berry shaped, grows in twisted chains
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Staphylococci
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Berry shaped grows in small clusters like grapes.
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Anemia
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Reduction in the numbers of erythrocytes or hemoglobin
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Ischemia
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Lose of normal flow of blood and deprived of oxygen
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Acromegally
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Endocrine disorder, pituitary gland produces too much GH after puberty. Bones and soft tissue in hands, feet, and face grow abnormally.
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