Medical Language

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Accept

Back 1

To receive willingly

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Except

Back 2

Not including

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Adenocyst

Back 3

Adenoma with cyst formation

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Adenosis

Back 4

Disease of the glands

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Affect

Back 5

To exert an influence over

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Effect

Back 6

To cause to come into being

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Affective

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Relating to or arising from feelings or emotions

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Effective

Back 8

Productive of results

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Afferent

Back 9

Conveying toward a center

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Efferent

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Conveying away from a center

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Allusion

Back 11

To refer indirectly or by suggestion

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Elusion

Back 12

Escaping the notice of

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Elusion

Back 13

Escaping the notice of

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Illusion

Back 14

Misleading sensory image

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Delusion

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False belief that is firmly maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary

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Aide

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An assistant

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Aid

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Assistance; an assisting device

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Access

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Capacity to enter or approach

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Axis

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A line about which a body rotates

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Axis

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A line about which a body rotates

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Anuresis

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Retention of urine in the bladder

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Axis

Back 22

A line about which a body rotates

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Anuresis

Back 23

Retention of urine in the bladder

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Enuresis

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Involuntary discharge of urine

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Acidic

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Of or pertaining to an acid

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Ascitic

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Pertaining to or characterized by ascites

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Arthrectomy

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The excision of a joint

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Atherectomy

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The excision of an atheromatous plaque

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Atonic

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Lacking normal tone or strength

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Atopic

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Pertaining to atopy

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Atoxic

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Not poisonous

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Atrophic

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Pertaining to or characterized by atrophy

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Ectopic

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Located away from normal position

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Aural

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Pertaining to or perceived by the ear

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Oral

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Pertaining to the mouth

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Bolus

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A rounded mass of food or medicinal preparation ready to swallow

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Bullous

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Pertaining to or characterized by bullae

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Brachial

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Pertaining to the arm

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Branchial

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Pertaining to or resembling the gills of a fish

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Bronchial

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Pertaining to one or more bronchi

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Bulbus

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A rounded mass or enlargement

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Bulbous

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Having the form or nature of a bulb

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Callus

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An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction

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Callous

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Hard, like callus

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Callous

Back 45

Hard, like callus

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Canalization

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The formation of canals

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Cannulization

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The insertion of a cannula

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Cannulization

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The insertion of a cannula

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Carotid

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Relating to the principal artery of the neck

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Parotid

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Situated or occurring near the ear

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Claustrum

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Thin layer of grey matter lateral to the external capsule of the lentiform nucleus

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Colostrum

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The thin, yellow, milky fluid secreted by the mammary gland before or after parturition

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Coaptation

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The joining together or fitting of two surfaces

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Coarctation

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A condition of stricture or contraction

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Coarse

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Not fine, rough/harsh

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Course

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Direction of progress; sequence of events

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Complement

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A quantity needed to make a thing complete

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Compliment

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An expression of courtesy

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Conscience

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Consciousness of the mora right and wrong of one’s actions

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Conscious

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Aware; mentally awake or alert

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Conscious

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Aware; mentally awake or alert

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Cor

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The heart

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Core

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The central part of anything

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Corps

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Organized subdivision of a country’s military forces

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Coracoid

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Like a raven’s beak

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Choroid

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The thin, pigmented, vascular coat of the eye

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Cytology

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The study of cells

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Sitology

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The sum of knowledge regarding food, diet, and nutrition

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Die

Back 69

To stop living

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Dye

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Material used for coloring and staining

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Discreet

Back 71

Showing good judgment

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Discrete

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Individually distinct, noncontinuous

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Discrete

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Individually distinct, noncontinuous

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Dysphasia

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Impairment of speech

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Dysplasia

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Abnormality of development

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Echos

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The plural form of the shortened word echocardiogram

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Echoes

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The plural form of the word echo

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Elicit

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To draw out or forth

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Illicit

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Not permitted, unlawful

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Enervation

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Lack or nervous energy

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Innervation

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The distribution or supply of nerves to a part

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Enterocleisis

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Closure of wound in the intestine

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Enteroclysis

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The injection of a nutrient or medicinal liquid into the bowel

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Enteroclysis

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The injection of a nutrient or medicinal liquid into the bowel

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Exacerbation

Back 86

Increase in the severity of a disease or it’s symptoms

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Enteroclysis

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The injection of a nutrient or medicinal liquid into the bowel

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Exacerbation

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Increase in the severity of a disease or it’s symptoms

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Exasperation

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Being vexed or irritated

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Facial

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Of it pertaining to the face

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Fascial

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Pertaining to or of the nature of a fascia

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Feces

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Excrement