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85 Cards in this Set
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abductor
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one who draws away from
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adductor
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one who draws towards
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adrenal glands
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pertaining to adrenal glands
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anabolism
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pertaining to breaking apart
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analysis
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breaking down the parts
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anoxia
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no oxygen
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ante cibum
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before meals
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anteflexion
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before bending
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antepartum
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before birth
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antibiotic
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against
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antibody
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antibody
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antigen
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producing antibody
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antisepsis
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to fight against disease
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antitoxin
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against toxins
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apnea
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not breathing
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benign
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non-cancerous tumor
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bifurcation
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two branches splitting
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bilateral
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two sides
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bradycardia
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slow heartbeat
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congenital anomaly
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infant born w/abnormalties
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connective tissue
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connected tissue
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contraindication
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against the correct treatment
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contralateral
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opposite sides
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dehydration
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lack of water
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dialysis
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complete breakdown
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diameter
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complete measure
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diarrhea
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complete flow
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dysplasia
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painful breathing/anxiety
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dyspnea
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painful breathing
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ectopic pregnancy
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embyrol outside the uterus
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endocardium
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within the heart
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endoscope
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instrument to view
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endotracheal
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within the windpipe
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epithelium
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pertaining to above the nipples
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euphoria
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good feeling
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euthyroid
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good thyroid
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exophthalmos
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away from the eyeball
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hemiglossectomy
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removal of half the tongue
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hyperglycemia
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high sugar
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hyperplasia
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above normal cells
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hypertrophy
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above normal size of cells (development)
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hypodermic injection
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under the skin injection
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hypoglycemia
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deficiency in sugar
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infracostal
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beneath the ribs
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insomniac
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not sleeping
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intercostal
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between the ribs
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intravenous
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into the veins
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macrocephaly
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large congenital abnormalty
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malaise
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bad feeling
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malignant
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cancerouse tumor
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metacarpal bones
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beyond the wrist
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metamorphosis
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change from one thing to another
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metastasis
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change in cancerous tumor
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microscope
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instrument to view small objects
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neonatal
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new birth
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neoplasm
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new plasm good or bad
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pancytopenia
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pertaining to cells
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paralysis
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abnormal movement of muscles
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parathryroid glands
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abnormal thyroid glands`
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percutaneous
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throught the skin
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polyneuritis
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many nerves
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postpartum
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after birth
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postmortem
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after death
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precancerous
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before cancer
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prenatal
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before birth
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prodrome
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before illness
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prolapse
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falls forward
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pseudocyesis
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false pregnancy
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precombinant dna
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to combine dna techniques
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relapse
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symptoms come back
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remission
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back to normal
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retroflexion
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backward position of organ
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retroperitoneal
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behind the peritoneum
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subcutaneous
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under the skin
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suprapubic
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under pelvic bone
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symbiosis
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pertaining to the same body
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symmetry
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measurements together
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syndactyly
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fingers or toes together
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syndrome
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run together
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synthesis
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proteins together
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tachypnea
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breathing fast
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transfusion
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through one object to another
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transurethral
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throught the urethra
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ultrasonography
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throught the sound waves
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unilateral
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one side
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