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99 Cards in this Set
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dent/o ; odont/o
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teeth
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gingiv/o
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gum
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gloss/o ; lingu/o
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tongue
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or/o ; stomat/o
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mouth
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ptyal/o
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saliva
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary gland
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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gastr/o
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stomach
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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-algia ; -dynia
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pain
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-ics
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pertaining to, relating to
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-orexia
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appetite
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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swallowing, eating
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-rrhea
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dischage, flow
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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enter/o
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intestine (usually small intestine)
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jejun/o
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jejunum (second part of small intestine)
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ile/o
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ileum (3rd part of small intestine)
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append/o ; appendic/o
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appendix
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col/o ; colon/o
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colon
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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rect/o
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rectum
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proct/o
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anus, rectum
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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chol/e
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bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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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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-iasis
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abnormal condition (produced by something specfic)
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-prandial
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meal
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Ba
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barium
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BaE, BE
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barium enema
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cm
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centimeter
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EGD
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esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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ERCP
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endoscopic retrograde choliangiopancreatography
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FBS
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fasting blood sugar
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GTT
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glucose tolerance test
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IBD
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inflammatory bowel disease
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IVC
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intravenous choliangiography
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UGI
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upper gastrointestinal
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UGIS
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upper gastrointestinal series
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US
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ultrasonpgraphy, ultrasound
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HAV
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hepatitis A virus
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HBV
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hepatitis B virus
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PE
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physical examination
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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
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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 ; toxic/o
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poison
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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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excission, 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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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into
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-iasis
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abnormal condition (specific)
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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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-pepsia
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digestion
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-rrhea
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flow ; discharge
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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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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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 (TEETH)
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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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flatus
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fart
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cheli/o ; labi/o
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lip
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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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wavelike contractions in the alimentary tract and other tubular structures
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prandi/o ; cib/o
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meal
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pylor/o
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pyloric sphincter
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vermiform
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shaped like a worm
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anorexia
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lack of 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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rumbling sound in the intestine caused by gas
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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 lesion of skin or mucous membrane, can have inflamed necrotic tissue sloughing.
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volvulus
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twisting of the bowel on itself
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GTT
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glucose tolerance test
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