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190 Cards in this Set
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or/o
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Oral Cavity
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Stomat/o
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Oral Cavity
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Gloss/o
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tongue
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Lingu/o
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Tongue
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dent/o
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teeth
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odont/o
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teeth
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gingiv/o
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gum(s)
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary glands
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chol/o
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bile, gall
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choledoch/o
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bile duct
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hepat/o
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liver
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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an/o
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anus
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append/o
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appedix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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col/o
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colon
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colon/o
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colon
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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enter/o
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intestine
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ile/o
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ileum
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jejun/o
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jejunum
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proct/o
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anus, rectum
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rect/o
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rectum
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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aer/o
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air
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carcin/o
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cancer
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hemat/o
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blood
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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maxill/o
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jaw
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myc/o
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fungus
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orth/o
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straight
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therm/o
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heat
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tox/o
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poison
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toxic/o
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poison
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vagin/o
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vagina
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---al
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pertaining to
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---ar
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pertaining to
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---ary
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pertaining to
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---ic
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pertaining to
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---ia
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condition
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---ist
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specialist
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---ectomy
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excision, removal
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---plasty
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surgical repair
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---rrhaphy
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suture
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---lome
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instrument to cut
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---tomy
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incision, cut into
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---algia
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pain
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---dynia
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pain
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---emesis
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vomit
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---gram
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record
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---graphy
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process of recording
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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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---lith
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stone, calculus
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---logist
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specialist in the study of
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---logy
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study of
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---megaly
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enlargement
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---oma
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tumor
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---osis
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abnormal condition
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---pepsia
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digestion
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---phagia
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swallow, eat
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---plasty
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surgical repair
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---rrhea
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flow, discharge
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---rrhaphy
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suture
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---scope
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instrument to view
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---scopy
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visual examination
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---spasm
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involuntary contraction
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---stenosis
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stricture, narrowing
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ab--
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away from
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dia---
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through, complete
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dys---
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bad, painful, difficult
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epi---
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above, upon
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hyper---
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above, excessive
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hypo---
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under, below
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peri---
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around
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sub---
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under, below
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bolus
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food mixed with saliva
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buccal
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pertaining to the cheek
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caries
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decay
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dental caries
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tooth decay
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deglutition
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act or process of swallowing
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eu---
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normal
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eructation
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belching, burping
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feces
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solid waste, stools
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flatus
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gas expelled through anus
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cheil/o
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lip
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labi/o
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lip
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inguin/o
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groin
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lingual papillae
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taste buds
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masticate
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chew
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peristalsis
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involuntary, wavelike contractions of tubes of alimentary tract & other tubular structures
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prandi/o
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meal
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cib/o
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meal
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pylor/o
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refers to the pyloric sphincter
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vermiform
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shaped like a worm
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enter/o
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intestines
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pract/o
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deals with rectum and anus
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anorexia
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lack of appetite
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---orexia
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appetite
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Ascites
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accumulation of fluid in the abdomen
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Borborygmus
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Gurgling or rumbling sound heard over the large intestines, caused by gas moving through the intestines
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Bulimia
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eating disorder that is characterized by recurrent being eating, purging of the food with laxatives and/or vomiting, and persistent over-concern with body shape and weight
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Hernia
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protrusion/protection of an organ (or part of it) through the cavity wall that normally contains it
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Hemorrhoid
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a mass of enlarged, twisted varicose veins in the mucous membrane inside or just outside the rectum. also called piles
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Ulcer
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open sore or leasion of skin or mucous membrane, can have inflamed necrotic tissue sloughing
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Volvulus
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twisting of the bowel of itself, causing obstruction. Usually needs surgery to untwist the the loop
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---stenosis
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stricture, narrowing
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dys---
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bad, painful, difficult
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Abbr:
CA |
Cancer
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Abbr:
CT Scan, CAT Scan |
computerized tomography
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Abbr:
Dx |
Diagnosis
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Abbr:
GI |
Gastrointestinal
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Abbr:
GTT |
Glucose Tolerance test
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BM |
bowel Movement
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Abbr:
HAV |
Hepatitis A
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Abbr:
HBV |
Hepatitis B
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Strai
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"stretch marks"
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Inguinal Hernia
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--more common to men (body structure)
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Femoral Hernia
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--more common to women
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cyst/o
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bladder
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vesic/o
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bladder
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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nephr/o
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kidney
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ren/o
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kidney
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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ur/o
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urine
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aden/o
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gland
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carcin/o
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cancer
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erythr/o
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red
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hemat/o
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blood
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lith/o
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stone
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noct/o
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night
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olig/o
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scanty, little
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py/o
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pus
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sclera/o
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hardening
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ven/o
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vein
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---pexy
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fixation
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---plasty
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surgical repair
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---stomy
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forming a new opening or mouth
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---tome
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instrument to cut
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---tomy
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incision, cut into
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---tripsy
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crushing
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---tripsy
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crushing
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---cele
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hernia, swelling
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---cyte
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cell
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---ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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---edema
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swelling
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---pathy
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disease
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---phobia
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fear
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---ptosis
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prolapse, falling, dropping
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---uria
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urine, urination
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stomat/o
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opening (mouth_
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a---
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without
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an---
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not
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in---
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not, in
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intra---
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within
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poly---
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many, much
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supra---
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above
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azot/o
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nitrogen
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cortex
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outer region
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hilum
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depression or pit in organ or gland where nerves enter and exit
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hilus
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Pl. for hilum
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meatus
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a passage, opening or canal
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---poiesis
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formation or production
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voiding
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expelling urine
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micturition
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expelling urine
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Azoturea
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An increase in nitrogenous compounds, especially urea, in the urine
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Jejunectomy
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removal of jejunum
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forming a new opening/mouth into colon
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colostomy
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inflammation of the sigmoid colon
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sigmoiditis
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visual examination of the rectum/anus
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proctoscopy
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Diuresis
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abnormal secretion of large amounts of urine
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Dysuria
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Painful or difficult urination, symptomatic or numerous conditions
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Unuresis
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Involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which bladder control is established. In children, voluntary control of urination is usually present by age 5. Also called bed-wetting at night.
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Hypospadias
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abnormal congenital opening of the male urethra upon the undersurface of the penis
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Phimosis
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Stenosis or narrowness of the foreskin opening over the glans penis in men
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Uremia
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elevated level of urea or other protein waste products in the blood
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Wilms' Tumor
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rapidly developing kidney tumor that usually occurs in children. The cause is unknown.
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Abbr:
IVP |
Intravenous pyelogram
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Abbr:
KUB |
kidney, ureter, bladder
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Abbr:
UA |
Urinalysis
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Abbr:
UTI |
Urinary Tract Infection
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