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157 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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word root
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foundation of a word
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combining form
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word root + vowel
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ism
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condition, state of
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tion
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condition
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ist
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specialist
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er
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one who
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ity
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quality
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able
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capable of being
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ex
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from or out of
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express
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to squeeze out
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pre
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before
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post
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after
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intra
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inside
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inter
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between
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cell
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smallest structural unit of life
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cyto
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cell
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logy
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study of
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hist
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study of tissues
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posterior, dorsal
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back of body
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anterior, ventral
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front of body
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ad
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toward
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distal
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away from trunk
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proximal
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closer to trunk
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mediad
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toward middle
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cephalad
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toward head
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caudad
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towards tail
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3 planes of body
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medial/midsagittal
frontal/coronal horizontal/transverse |
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radio
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xray, radiation
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graphy
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recording of data
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tom
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cutting
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CT
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computed tomography
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PET
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postrition emission tomography
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sono
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sound
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sonogram
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record or picture with sound waves
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ultra
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beyond
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ultrasonography
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recording using sound beyond audible range
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echo
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reflected sound
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echocardiogram
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record or picture of heart
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Body cavities
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DORSAL= brain + spine
VENTRAL= thoracic + abdominopelvic |
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4 Quadrants
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RUQ, RLQ, LUQ, LLQ
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9 parts of trunk
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Right & Left hypochondriac, lumbar, inguinal
Middle Section- epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric |
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hypo
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below
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chondriac
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cartilage
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lumbo
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loin, lower back
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inguinal
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groin
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umbilical
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naval
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gastric
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stomach
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The Study of cells
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cytology
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the study of tissue
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histology
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pertaining to the Back
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posterior, dorsal
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pertaining to the front and side
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anteriolateral
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toward the middle or the center of the body
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mediad
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relating to the tail
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caudal
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nearest the point of attatchment
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proximal
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farthest from the point of attatchment
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distal
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relating to the spine
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spinal
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when the body is divided into equal right and left sides sides
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Median or midsagittal
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the process of making a recording using xrays
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radiography
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the transverse plane is also known as the _______ plane
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horizontal
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pertaining to the skull
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cranium
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RUQ
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Right Upper Quadrant
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Beneath the cartilage of the ribs
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hyopchondraic
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above or on the stomach
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epigastric
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pertaining to the lower back and the abdomen
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lumboabdominal
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pertaining to the naval
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umbilical
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2 layers of skin
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epidermis, dermis
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dermopathy
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diseases of skin
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dermatitis
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inflammation of the skin
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cutaneo
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skin
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subcutaneous
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under the skin
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hydro
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water
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hidro
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sweat
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hidrorrhea
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flow of sweat
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hyperhydrosis
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excessive sweat
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diaphoresis
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excessive sweat
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Lipo, Adipo, Steato
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Fat
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Lipoma
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tumor containing fat
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steatademoma
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tumor of sebaceous gland
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adipectomy
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excision of fat
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lipectomy
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excision of fat using suction
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kerato
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hard tissue
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karatosis
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abnormal condition or hard tissue
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sebaceous glands are..
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oil glands
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sudoriferous glands are...
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sweat glands
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tricho
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hair
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pilo
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hair
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trichophagia
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eating hair
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pilimotor
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movement of hair
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onycho
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nail
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onychomycosis
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abnormal condition of nail fungus
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onychomalacia
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softening of nails
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schizo
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split
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schizonychia
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split nails
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xero
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dry
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xeroderma
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dry skin
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leuko
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white
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erythro
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red
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cyano
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blue
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cyanoderma
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blue skin
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xantho
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yellow
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melano
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black/dark
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melanoma
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dark tumor rising from meanocyte
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penia
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lacking of
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leukocytopenia
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lacking amount of white blood cells
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leukemia
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over production of immature WBC's
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emia
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blood condition
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than
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death
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necro
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death
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necrosis
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abnormal condition of dead tissue
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gangrene
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form of necrosis assoc. with lack of blood supply
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auto
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self
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autograft
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using own skin for tissue transplant
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decubitis ulcer
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pressure/bed soar
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AIDS
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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physician who specializes in the study of skin
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dermatologist
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abnormal condition of the hair
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trichosis
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abnormal condition
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osis
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disease of the skin
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dermopathy
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eating dry food only
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xerophagous
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study of the stomach
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gastricology
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excision of fat
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apidectomy
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an abnormal condition of hardening
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keratosis
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tumor of the nail
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onychoma
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softening of the stomach
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gastromalacia
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cell that is yellow
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xanthrocyte
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erythrocyte
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cell that is red
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naso, rhino
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nose
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paranasal
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beside nose
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rhinoplasty
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surgery of nose
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aero
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air
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therapy
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treatment
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aerotherapy
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treatment using air
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pneumo, pulmano, pneumono
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lungs, air
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pneumona
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acute inflammation of lungs
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pneumonorrhagia
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bursting of lungs
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pneumonectomy
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excision of lungs
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myco
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fungus
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mycoid
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resembling fungi
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pneumonomycosis
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abnormal condition of lung fungus
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pneumothorax
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air in chest
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pneumohemothorax
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blood and air in chest
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pulmonary
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pertaining to lungs
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pnea
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breathing
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apnea
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absence of breathing
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orthopnea
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able to breath when standing or sitting up straight
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myo
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muscle
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myorrhaphy
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suture of a muscle
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laryngocele
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herniation of the larynx
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laryngopathy
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disease of the larynx
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tracheostomy
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surgical creation of new opening in trachea
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tracheopyosis
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abnormal pus in trachea
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bronchlith
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stone in bronchus
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phreno
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diaphragm
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sinistro
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left
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sinistrocardial
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heart on the left side but abnormal placement
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dextro
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right
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dextral
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pertaining to the right
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