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162 Cards in this Set
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a-
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without, away from
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abduction
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to move away from the median of the body
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acr/o
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extremeties
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anacusis
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absence of hearing
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addiction
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acquired dependence on a drug
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adduction
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to move toward the median of the body
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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aerosol
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drugs inhaled directly into nose and mouth
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-algia
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pain
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an-
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pertaining to
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ante-
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before
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anti-
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against
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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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audi/o
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hearing
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b.i.d.
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twice a day
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bucc/o
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cheek
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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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caudal
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toward the feet or tail
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-cele
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hernia, protrusion
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid
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cephal/o
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head
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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-clasia
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to surgically break
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CO2
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carbon dioxide
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COLD
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Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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Coronal
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dividing the body from front and back
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Cost/o
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rib
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crypt/o
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hidden
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CVA
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Cerebrovascular Accident
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-cyesis
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state of pregnancy
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cyst/o
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bladder
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cyt/o
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cell
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dacry/o
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tear, tear duct
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-derma
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skin
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diplopia
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double vision
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dips/o
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compulsion to drink alcohol
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-dipsia
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thirst
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distal
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located farthest from the point of attachment
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dys-
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painful, difficult
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ecchymyosis
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bruise
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-ectasis
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dilation,expansion
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
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edema
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condition in which the body tissues contain excessive amounts of fluid
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-emia
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blood condition
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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small intestines
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erythr/o
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red
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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esotropia
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inward turning of the eye
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eversion
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turning outward
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frontal
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vertical plane dividing body into front and back
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-genesis
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produces, generates
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gingiv/o
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gums
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glyc/o
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sugar
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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GTT
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Glucose Tolerance Test
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gynec/o
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female
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H2O
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water
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prophylaxis
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prevention of disease
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proximal
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located closest to point of attachment
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PSA
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Prostate Specific Antigen
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-ptosis
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drooping
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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pyretic
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pertaining to fever
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q.o.d.
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every other day
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q.i.d.
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4 times a day
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-rrhage
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excessive, abnormal flow
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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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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-sagittal
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vertical plane dividing body into left and right
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salping/o
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fallopian tubes
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sanguin/o
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blood
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schiz/o
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divided
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scler/o
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hardening
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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spermat/o
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sperm
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splen/o
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spleen
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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stomat/o
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mouth
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tachy
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rapid, fast
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tension
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pressure
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thorac/o
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chest
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thym/o
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thymus
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tolerance
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decreased sensitivity to a drug
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transverse
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divides body in half
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trich/o
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hair
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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UGI
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Upper GastroIntestinal
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ureter/o
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ureter, urinary tube
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urethr/o
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urethra
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URI
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Upper Respitory Infection
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-uria
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condition of the urine
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-venous
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into the vein
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viscer/o
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internal organ
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xanth/o
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yellow
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controlled substances
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schedule I, II, V
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HA
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headache
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HBV
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Hepatitus B Virus
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hemat/o
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blood
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hemi-
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half
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hepat/o
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liver
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hyper-
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over, obove
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hypo-
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under, below
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hyster/o
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uterus
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I & O
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Intake and Output
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inhalation
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breathing breathing drugs in vapor form
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intra-
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within, inside
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inversion
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turning inward or inside out
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-ism
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condition of, state of
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-itis
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inflammation
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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laryng/o
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larynx, voice box
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of
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lymph
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means lymph ha ha!
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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melanin
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black color pigment in skin
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men/o
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menses, menstruation
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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process of measuring
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MMR
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measles, mumps, and rhuebella
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multi-
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many
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my/o
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muscle
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myc/o
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fungus
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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necr/o
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death
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neonate
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newborn
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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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NPO
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nothing by mouth
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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orchid/o
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testes
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orth/o
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straight
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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oste/o
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bone
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-ostomy
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surgically create an opening
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-pathy
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disease
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PDR
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Physician's Desk Reference
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-penia
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abnormal decrease, too few
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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PFT
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Pulmonary Function Test
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-phagia
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eat, swallow
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phalang/o
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phalanges, bones of fingers and toes
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pharmac/o
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drug
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-philia
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tp have attraction for
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phleb/o
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vein
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-phobia
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irrational fear
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phren/o
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mind or diaphragm
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-plasia
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formation of cells
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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pneum/o
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lung, air
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