Medical Terminologies Unit 3: Nervous Sytem And Tumors #2

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prefix opposite of hyper, below or less than normal

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hypo

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underdevelopment

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hypoplasia

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weight lifting, body builders' muscles increase in size or overdevelop

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hypertrophy

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combining form for growth or development

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troph/o

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progressive degeneration. when an organ or tissue that has developed properly wastes away or decreases in size

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atrophy

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prefix referring to the cranium or skull

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crani/o

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suffix for surgical repair

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-plasty

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surgical repair of the skull or cranium

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cranioplasty

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suffix meaning to cut out

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-ectomy

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excision of the part of the cranium (skull)

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craniectomy

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incision into the skull

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craniotomy

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adjective of crani/o

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cranial

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refers to the skull and the cerebrum

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craniocerebral

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prefix for cerebrum

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cerebr/o

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adjective form of cerebr/al

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cerebrum

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any disease of the cerebrum or disease of the crebrum

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cerebropathy

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softening the cerebrum

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cerebromalacia

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cerebral tumor or any mass in the brain

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cerebroma

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incision into the cerebrum to remove an abscess

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cerebrotomy

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blood vessels of the brain

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cerebrovascular

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stroke or brain attack

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cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

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refers to the brain and spinal cord

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cerebrospinal

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fluid that bathes the cerebrum and spinal cord

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cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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Plural form of the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord

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meninges (singular: meninx)

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combining form of meninges

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mening/o

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herniation of the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord

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meningocele

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herniation of the meninges and the spinal cord

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myelomeningocele

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softening of the meninges

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meningomalacia

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bacteria that cause epidemic meningitis

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meningococci

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combining form refering to glands

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aden/o

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inflammation of a gland

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adenitis

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excision or removal of a gland

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adenectomy

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tumor of a gland

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adenoma

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disease of a gland

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adenopathy

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transfer of a disease from one organ to another

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metastasis

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cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

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adenocarcinoma

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black pigmentation

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melanosis

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black tumor

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melanoma

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black pigmented cell

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melanocyte

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a form of cancer

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carcinoma

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cancer of the melanocytes

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melanocarcinoma, also called malignant melanoma

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small elevation

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papill/o

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bone

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oste/o

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cartilage

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chondr/o

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smooth muscle

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leiomy/o

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fat

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lip/o

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fatty, porridge-like

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ather/o

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blood vessel

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hem/angi/o

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nerve

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neur/o

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bone marrow

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myel/o

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lymphatic

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lymph/o

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rod shaped, muscle

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rhabd/o/my/o

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gland is found to have a mild inflammation

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adenitis

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gland excision

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adenectomy

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glandular tumor

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adenoma

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tumor containing fat

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lipoma

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combining form for cancer

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carcin/o

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cancerous tumor or malignant tumor

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carcinoma

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stomach cancer

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gastric carcinoma

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combining form meaning tumor

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onc/o

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study of tumors

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oncology

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specialist in the study of tumors

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oncologist

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unit treating a disease caused by a tumor

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oncology unit

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tumor-like thickening and degeneration of the blood vessel walls that is caused by fatty deposits

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atheroma

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fatty deposit causing hardening of the blood vessels

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atherosclerosis

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resembling mucus

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mucoid

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suffix meaning resembling

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-oid

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combining form for mucis

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muc/o

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fatlike or resembling fat

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lipoid

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secreted by cells in the nose to trap dust and bacteria from the air

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mucus

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tissue that secretes mucus

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mucous membrane or mucosa

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combining form for muscle

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my/o

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spasm of a nerve

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neurospasm

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spasm of a muscle

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myospasm

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nerve pain

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neuralgia

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disease of the nerves

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neuropathy

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medical specialty that deals with the nervous system

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neurology

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physician who specializes in diagnosis and treament of diseases of the nervous system

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neurologist

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any disease of the nerves

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neuropathy

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nervous system surgeon

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neurosurgeon

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inflammation of the nerve

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neuritis

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destruction of nerve tissue

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neurolysis

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surgical repair of nerves

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neuroplasty

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suffix indicating destruction

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-lysis

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destruction of tissue

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histolysis

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suffix indicating origin of growth

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-genous

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substance that is made by tissue

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histogenous

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resembling tissue

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histoid

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prefix means new

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ne/o

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generation of new tissue

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neogenesis

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pertaining to the new born

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neonatal

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any kind of tumor or abnormal growth of cells (new growth)

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neoplasm

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special unit for the newborn

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neonatal intensive care

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nonmalignant tumor

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benign neoplasm

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malignant of connective tissue

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sarcoma

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any new disease

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neopathy

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abnormal fear of new things

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neophobia

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prefix meaning against

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anti-

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therapeutic agent that works against neoplasms

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antineoplastic agent

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abnormal immature muscle cell

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rhabdomyoblast

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benign tumor of striated muscle.

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rhabdomyoma

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tumor that originates in the muscles

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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ASCP (MT)

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American Society Of Clinical Pathology (medical technologist)

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CA

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cancer

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CIS

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carcinoma in situ

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CNS

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central nervous system

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IPV

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inactivated polio vacine

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LP

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lumbar puncture

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met, metas, mets

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metastasis

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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RT(N)

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radiologic technologist (nuclear)