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108 Cards in this Set
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-ectomy
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to cut out, excise
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-tomy
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to cut into, incise
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-tome
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an instrument that cuts slices
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-ostomy
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to form a surgical artificial opening
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gastr/o
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combining form for stomach
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tom/o
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combining for meaning to cut in slices
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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-itis
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inflammation
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-megaly
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enlarged
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-graph
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to write or record;
an instrument to collect data |
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-gram
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indicated picture or record
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-algia
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pain
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cardi/o
card/o |
used in building rooms that refer to the heart
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electr/o
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combining form for electrical
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-graphy
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process of making an image or recording
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son/o
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combining for meaning sound
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-er
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one who
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ech/o
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combining form meaning sound made by reflected sound waves
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radi/o
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combining form meaning a ray coming from a central point;
used to refer to radiation such as that used in x-rays |
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-pathy
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disease
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path/o
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combining form meaning disease
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cyan/o
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blue or blueness
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leuk/o
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white or whiteness
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melan/o
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black (dark pigment) or blackness/darkness
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erythr/o
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red or redness
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chlor/o
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green or greenness
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xanth/o
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yellow or yellowness
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-osis
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disease, condition, status, or process
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-tic
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changes -osis from noun to adjective
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-cyte
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cell
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-blast
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embyronic or immature cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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cyt/o
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refers to cells
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-logy
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study of
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-meter
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instrument used to measure or count something
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-metry
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process of measuring or counting something
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-penia
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poverty; deficiency in number
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-ia
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noun meaning condition
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-em
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blood
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-osis
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indicate an increase in numbers
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lymph/o
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refers to lymph/atic system structures
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hist/o
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tissues
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megal/o
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large
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mania
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madness
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blastocyte
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immature cell
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cardialgia
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heart pain
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cardiologist
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physician specialist in heart disease
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cardiomegaly
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enlarged heart
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cyanoderma
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blueness of the skin
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cyanosis
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condition of blueness
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cytologist
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a technologist who studies cellular disease
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cytology
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the science of studying cells
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cytometer
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instrument used to count cells
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cytometry
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process of using a cytometer
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dermatology
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the science of studying the skin
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dermatome
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instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue
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duodenal
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pertaining to the duodenum
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duodenotomy
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incision into the duodenum
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duodenum
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first part of the small instestine
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echocardiography
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songraphy of the heart
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electrocardiogram
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picture (tracing) representing the electrical activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle
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electrocardiograph
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instrument that produces the electrocardiogram
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electrocardiography
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process of using the electrocardiograph
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erythremia
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abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes
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erythroblast
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immature red blood cell
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erythrocytes
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red blood cells
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erythrocytopenia
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low numbers of erythrocytes
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erythrocytosis
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high numbers of erythrocytes
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erythroderma
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redness of the skin
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etiology
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the study of the origin of disease
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gastralgia
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stomach pain
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gastrectomy
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excision of the stomach
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gastric
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pertaining to the stomach
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gastroduodenostomy
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making a new opening between the stomach and the duodenum
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gastromegaly
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enlarged stomach
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gastrostomy
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making a new opening in the stomach
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histoblast
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immature tissue cells
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histology
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the science of studying tissues
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jaundice
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yellow appearance to to high bilbin in blood
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leukemia
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blood cancer involving leukocytes
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lleukocytopenia
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low numbers of leukocytes
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leukocytosis
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high numbers of leukocytes
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leukoderma
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abnormally white skin (vitiligo)
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lymphatic
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pertaining to the lymph system
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lymphocyte
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lymphatic system while blood cell
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megalomania
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abnormally enlarged self-image
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melanoblast
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immature melanocyte
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melanocyte
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pigment cell
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melanoderma
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dark patches of skin
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pathologist
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physician specializing in the study of disease
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pathology
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the science of studying disease
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radiogram
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x-ray picture (film) [radiograph]
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radiograph
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instrument used to produce the radiogram or the x-ray film
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radiography
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process of producing radiograms (radiographs)
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radiologist
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physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities
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sonogram
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image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound
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sonograph
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instrument the reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and uses a computer to create an image of body structures
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sonographer
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technologist who performs sonography
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sonography
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process of using a sonograph (ultrasonography)
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thrombocytes
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platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments
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thrombocytopenia
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low numbers of thrombocytes
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thrombocytosis
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high numbers of thrombocytes
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tomogram
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picture made by a tomograph
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tomograph
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intrument that used x-ray to produce images through planes (slices) of the body
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tomography
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the process of using a tomograph
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xanthemia
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yellow condition of the blood (carotenemia)
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