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83 Cards in this Set
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cyan-
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blue
i.e. cyanosis |
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erythr-
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Red
i.e. erythocyte |
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leuk-
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white
i.e. leukocyte |
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melan-
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black
i.e. melanosis |
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poli-
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gray
i.e. poliomyelitis |
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ial
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pertaining to
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-ical
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ory
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-ago
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abnormal condition
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-esis
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abnormal condition
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-ia
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abnormal condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-ion
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abnormal condition
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-ism
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abnormal condition
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-algia
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pain and suffering
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-dynia
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pain
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-itis
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inflammation
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-necrosis
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tissue death
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-slerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-graphy
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the process of producing a picture
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-gram
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a picture or record
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-rrhage
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bleedning
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-rrhagia
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bleeding
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-rrhaphy
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surgical surturing
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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in the direction of
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hyper-
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excessive or increased
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hypo-
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deficient or decreased
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inter-
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between or among
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intra-
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within or inside
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sub-
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under, less, or below
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super-
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above or excessive
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supra-
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above or excessive
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-a (singular)
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-ae (plural)
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-ex/-ix (singular)
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-ices (plural)
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-is (singular)
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-es (plural)
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-itis (singular)
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-is/-ides (plural)
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-nx (singular)
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-ges (plural)
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-on (singular)
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-a (plural)
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-um (singular)
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-a (plural)
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-us (singular)
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-i (plural)
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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plaque or fatty substance
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arthr/o
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joint
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-ostomy
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surgical creation of an artificial opening
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-otomy
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cutting or surgical incision
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fissure
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groove or crack-like sore
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fistula
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abnormal passage
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ileum
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last and longest portion of the small intestine
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ilium
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part of the hip bone
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infection
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invasion by a pathogenic organism
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inflammation
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localized response to an jnjury or destruction of tissue
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laceration
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torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound
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lesion
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pathological change to tissue
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mucous
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membranes that line the body cavities
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mucus
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fluid secreted by mucous membranes
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-ologist
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specialist
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-ology
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study of
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palpation
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the examiner's hand are used to feel the body parts
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palpitation
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pounding or racing heart
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prostate
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male gland under the urinary bladder
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prostrate
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to collapse and be lying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion
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supination
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the act of rotating the arm so the hand is forward or upward
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suppuration
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formation and/or discharge of pus
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triage
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medical screening of patients to determine priority of care
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trauma
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wound or injury
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viral
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pertaining to a virus
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virile
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nature of an adult male
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