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40 Cards in this Set
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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-malacia
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softening
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-asthenia
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weakness
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dys
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difficult, painful, abnormal
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-plegia
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paralysis
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cerebral vascular accident
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stroke
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aphasia
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loss of speech
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computed tomography (CT)
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specialized x-ray of brain activity
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cholelithiasis
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stones in gallbladder
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metr/o
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uterus
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emes/o
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vomit
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lith/o
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stone
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hematemesis
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vomiting blood
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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dysphagia
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difficulty swallowing/eating
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peritonitis
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inflammation of the linning of the abdominal cavity
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-phagia
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eating/swallowing/ingesting
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infraction
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blockage of blood flow
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stenosis
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narrowing
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pneumoconiosis
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abnormal condition of dust in lungs (black lung)
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epistaxis
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nose bleed
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cystic fibrosis
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abnormal mucus in lungs-scar tissue-inheritable
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atelectasis
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collapsed lung
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pyel/o
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renal collecting ducts
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ur/o
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urine
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olig/o
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scanty, less then normal.
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oliguria
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reduced urine formation
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enuresis
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involuntary release of urine
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intravenous pyelogram
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special x-ray (dye in vein) showing drainage pattern of kidneys.
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lithotripsy
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crushing kidney stones w/ sound waves
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toc/o
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labor/birth/delivery
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part/o
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labor/birth/delivery
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hypospadias
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"below the fleshy spike". Penis opening below tip of penis
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varicocele
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dilated and twisted viens of testis
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priapism
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a continuous painful erection
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metr/o
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uterus
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colp/o
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vagina
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-pareunia
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intercourse
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-gravida
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pregnancy (nulligravida=never prago)
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-para
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live birth
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