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serous membrane
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lines walls of body cavities that do not open to the outside
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integumentary system
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considered to be the largest system & organ of the body
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femoral
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thigh area, region between hip & knee
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occipital
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lower portion of back of head
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otic
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ears
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thoracic
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chest
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costal
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ribs
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celiac
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abdomen
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carpal
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wrist
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brachial
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arm; region between elbow & shoulder
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thoracic cavity
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contains heart, lungs, esophagus & trachea
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frontal (coronal) plane
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divides body into front & back parts
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transverse plane
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divides body into upper & lower parts; cross section
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midsagittal plane
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divides body into equal right & left halves
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sagittal plane
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divides body into left & right parts
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deep
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away from the surface
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superficial
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on or near the surface
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distal
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farther away from the point of attachment
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proximal
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closer to the point of attachment
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lateral
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toward or near the side of the body; away from the midline
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medial
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oward ot near the midline of the body
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anterior (ventral)
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toward the front
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inferior
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part below another part; toward the feet
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superior
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part above another part; toward the head
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BUN
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Blood Urea Nitrogen
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GTT
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Glucose tolerance Test
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gtt(s)
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drop(s)
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uria
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urine
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bi/di
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two
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hemi/semi
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half
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mono/auto
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one
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multi/poly
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many
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nulli
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none
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primi
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first
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quadri
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four
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tri
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three
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cocc/o
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round bacteria
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thromb/o
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clot
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ac
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before eating
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BID
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twice a day
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TID
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three times a day
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prn
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as needed
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path/o
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disease
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duoden/o
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first part of small intestine
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stomat/o
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mouth
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cyst/o
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bladder
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bacill/o
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rod shaped bacteria
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jejun/o
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second part of the small intestine
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penia
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lack of
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osis, ia, ism
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condition
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brady
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slow
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supra, super, epi, ultra, hyper
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above
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tachy
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fast
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ischemia
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lack of blood
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otis media
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inner ear infection
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arrhythmia
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irregular heartbeat
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myopia
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near sighted - cannot see object in the distance
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hyperopia
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farsighted - cannot see object up close
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trophy
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growth; development
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neo
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new
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pan
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all
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syn/sym
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together; joined; with
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NPO
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nothing by mouth
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OS
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opening
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para
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live birth
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Rx
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prescription
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sx
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symptoms
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WNL
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within normal range
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posterior (dorsal)
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toward the back
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plasia
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formation; development
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phasia
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speech
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phagia
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to eat, swallow
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logy
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study of
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blast
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immature form
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tripsy
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surgical crushing
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stomy
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new opening
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rrhaphy
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suture; sew
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plasty
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surgical repair
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dys
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bad, abnormal, difficult, painful
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in, ir, im
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not
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macro
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large
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mal
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bad
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micro
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small
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ana
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apart
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anti
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against
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auto
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self
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brady
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slow
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contra
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against
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opsy
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to view
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metry
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to measure; measurement
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gram
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record; writing
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ectomy
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excision; surgical removal
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stasis
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stoppage; stopping; controlling
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scopy
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process of visually examining
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ectomy
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surgical binding; surgical fusion
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centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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stenosis
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narrowing
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penia
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decrease; deficiency
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pathy
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disease process
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oma
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tumor; mass
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osis
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abnormal increase; abnormal condition
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colp/o
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vaginia (vagin/o)
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hyster/o
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uterus
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oophor/o
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ovary
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salping/o
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fallopian tubes
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post
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after
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pro
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before
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retro
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back; behind
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sub
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under; below
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supra
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above
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trans
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across
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hyper
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above; excessive
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hypo
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below; under; deficient
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infra
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below; beneath
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inter
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between
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intra
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within
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meta
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beyond; change
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para
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beside; nar
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per
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through
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peri
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around
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cele
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hernia
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algia; dy
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pain
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penia
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decrease; deficiency
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iasis
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abnormal 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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megaly
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enlargement
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edema
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swelling
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emia
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blood condition
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blue
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cyanosis
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red
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erythema
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white
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pale
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orange
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cirrhosis
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gray
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ashen
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yellow
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jaundice
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humerus
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bone of the upper arm
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clavicle
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collarbone
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scapula
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(2) shoulder blade
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radius
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lateral bone of the forearm
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zygomatic
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forms the arch of the cheekbone
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kyphosis
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humpback; abnormal outward curvature of the spine
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Pott's disease
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tuberculosis of the vertebrae
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Paget's disease
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osteitis deformans; chronis metabolic disease causing bones to thicekn & soften
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bursitis
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inflammation of the bursa (thin sac that helps tendons & muscles move over bones)
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Abduction
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to take awa; movement of a bone/limb away from the midline of the body
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flexion
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to bend
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extension
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to straighten
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hyperextension
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extension beyond the anatomical position
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Adduction
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to bring together
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circumduction
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circular motion of a body part
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inversion
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turning a body part inward
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supination
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movement of a body part to face upward
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pronation
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movement of a body art to face downward
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sclera
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outer layer of eye; white of the eye. Made of tough fibrous tissue
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choroid
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middle layer of eye
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blepharitis
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inflammation of the eyelids
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hordeolum
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"stye"
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presbyopia
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inability to focus quickly; due to loss of leans elasticity due to aging
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plasma
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liquid portion of circulating blood
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hemostasis
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stoppage of bleeding
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anemia
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abnormal decrease in hemoglobin, RBC count or hematocrit
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Leukemia
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malignant neoplasm of blood-forming organs; usually involves one specific type of blood cell
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Polycythemia
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abnormal increase in hemoglobin, RBC count or hematocrit
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Tetraolgy of Fallot
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congenitial heart abnormality
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anoxia
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lack of oxygen
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