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168 Cards in this Set
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ACLS
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ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
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ASCVD
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ARTHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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ASHD
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ARTERIOSCHLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
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TAA
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THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM
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PE
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PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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AAA
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ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
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COPD
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
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CVA
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CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT, STROKE
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CAD
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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
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DIC
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DIFFUSE INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION
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DM
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DIABETES MELLITUS
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ETOH
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ETHANOL/ALCOHOL
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CA
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CANCER
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DX
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DIAGNOSIS
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FX
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FRACTURE
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TX
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TREATMENT
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MI
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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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CHF
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
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ORIF
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OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION
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TURP
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TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE
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L/S/A
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LAST SEEN ALIVE
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L/K/A
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LAST KNOWN ALIVE
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DUI
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DUECE, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, 23152 CVC
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R/P
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REPORTING PARTY
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TOD
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TIME OF DEATH
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J W/O
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JUST WEST OF
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COD
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CAUSE OF DEATH
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187 PC
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HOMICIDE
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L/E
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
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T/C
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TRAFFIC COLLISION
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IV
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INTRAVENOUS
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J S/O
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JUST SOUTH OF
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PT
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PATIENT
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TIP
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TRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM
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UNK
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UNKNOWN
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ETA
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ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
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DOJ
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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EPI
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EPINEPHRINE
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DOB
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DATE OF BIRTH
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DOT
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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UTL
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UNABLE TO LOCATE
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FOWLER'S POSITION
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PARTIALLY RECLINED, 45-60 DEGREES
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SUPINE
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ON ONE'S BACK
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PRONE
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ON ONE'S STOMACH
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TRENDELENBURG PORSITION
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FEET ELEVATED ABOVE HEAD
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BLS
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BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
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CABG
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"CABBAGE" CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
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C/O
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COMPLAINT OF
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CRF
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CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
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C/W
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CONSISTENT WITH
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D/C
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DISCONTINUE, DISCHARGE
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DHX
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DRUG HISTORY
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DNR
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DO NOT RESUSCITATE
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DOA
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DEAD ON ARRIVAL
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ELISA
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ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY, SCREENS 5 DRUGS: AMPHETAMINES, COCAINE, OPIATES, MARIJUANA, AND PCP
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F/U
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FOLLOW UP
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GSW
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GUN SHOT WOUND
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N/K
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NOT KNOWN
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OD
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OVERDOSE
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DU
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DECUBITUS ULCERS (BEDSORES)
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R/O
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RULE OUT
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SIDS
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SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
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ANTE-
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BEFRORE, IN FRONT OF
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ANTI-
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AGAINST, OPPOSING
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-ASTHENIA
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WEAKNESS
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ATHER/O
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YELLOWISH, FATTY PLAQUE
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AXILL/O
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ARMPIT
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BRACHY-
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SHORT
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CAPIT-
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HEAD
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CARDI-
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HEART
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CAUD/O
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TAIL, TOWARD LOWER PART OF THE BODY
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CARCIN/O
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CANCER
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BUCC/O
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CHEEK
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AUDI/O-
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HEARING
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AUR/I/O
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EAR
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-CENTISIS
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SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID
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CEPHAL/O
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HEAD
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-CIDAL
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KILLING
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CORON-
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HEART
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CLAS-
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BREAK
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COST/O-
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RIBS
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CYAN/O
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BLUE
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-DYNIA
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PAIN
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DYS-
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DIFFICULT, BAD, PAINFUL
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-ECTOMY
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CUTTING OUT
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-EDEM-
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SWELLING
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-EMISIS
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VOMIT
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-EMIA
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BLOOD CONDITION
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ENCEPHAL/O-
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BRAIN
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EP-, EPI-
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UPON, ON, OVER
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ERYTHR/O-
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RED
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-ESIS
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STATE OR CONDITION
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ETI/O
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CAUSE (OF DISEASE)
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ETIOLOGY
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STUDY OF THE CAUSE OF DISEASE
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FISS-
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SPLIT, CLEFT
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GASTR/O-
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STOMACH
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-GENESIS
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BEGINNING PROCESS, ORIGIN
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GER/O, GERONT/O
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OLD AGE, AGED
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HEMA, HEMO, HEMAT/O
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BLOOD
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HEPAT-
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LIVER
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HIST/O
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TISSUE
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-IATR/O-
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TREATMENT
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-IATRY
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PHYSICIAN, TREATMENT
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INTER-
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BETWEEN
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INTRA-
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WITHIN
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INTRO-
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INTO, WITHIN
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INFRA-
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BELOW, BENEATH
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ISCH/O
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DEFICIENCY, BLOCKAGE
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-ITES, -ITIS
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INFLAMMATION
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-LEPSY
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SEIZURE
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LEUC/O, LEUK/O
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WHITE
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LIEN/O-
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SPLEEN
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-LYSIS
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LOOSENING, DISSOLUTION, SEPARATING
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-LYTIC
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DESTROY, REDUCE
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-MALACIA
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SOFTENING
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MAMM, MAST
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BREAST
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-MEGALY
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ENLARGEMENT
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MES-, MESO-
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MIDDLE
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META-
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CHANGE, BEYOND
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MY/O, MYOS/O
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MUSCLE
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NECR/O-
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DEATH
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NEPHR/O-
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KIDNEY
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NEUR/O-
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NERVE, NERVES, OR NERVOUS SYSTEM
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OCUL/O-
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EYE
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ODONT/O
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TOOTH
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ONC/O
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TUMOR
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-ORRHAGIA
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RAPID BLOOD FLOW
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-ORRHAPHY
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SUTURING, REPAIRING
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-ORRHEXIS
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RUPTURE
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-ORRHEA
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FLOW, EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE
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-OSTOMY
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CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING
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-OXIA
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OXYGEN
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PACHY-
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THICK
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PARA-
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BESIDE, BEYOND, AFTER
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PATH/O, -PATHY
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DISEASE
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-PENIA
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LACK OF, DEFICIENCY OF
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PERI-
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AROUND
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-PHAGIA, -PHAGY
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EATING, DEVOURING
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-PHYSIS
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GROWTH
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-PLEGIA
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PARALYSIS
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-PNEA
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BREATHING
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PULM/O-, PULMON/O-
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LUNGS
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REN/I, REN/O
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KIDNEY
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-SEPSIS
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INFECTION
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-TOMY, TOM/O
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CUT, SECTION, INCISION
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ANATOMY
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STUDY OF BODY STRUCTURES
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PHYSIOLOGY
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STUDY OF BODY FUNCTIONS
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SUPERIOR
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TOWARD THE HEAD, UPPER PART OF THE BODY
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INFERIOR
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AWAY FROM THE HEAD END, TOWARD THE LOWER PART OF TH BODY
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ANTERIOR
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TOWARD THE FRONT, VENTRAL
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POSTERIOR
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TOWARD THE BACK, DORSAL
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MEDIAL
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TOWARD OR AT THE MIDLINE
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LATERAL
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AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE, ON THE OUTER SIDE
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SUPERFICIAL
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TOWARD OR AT THE BODY SURFACE
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DEEP
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AWAY FROM THE BODY SURFACE, MORE INTERNAL
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RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT RUQ
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LIVER
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LEFT UPPER QUADRANT LUQ
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STOMACH, SPLEEN, PANCREAS
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RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT RLQ
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APPENDIX, ASCENDING COLON
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LEFT LOWER QUADRANT LLQ
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TRANSVERSE COLON, DESCENDING COLON
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ARTHEROSCLEROSIS
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BUILD UP OF PLAQUE IN VESSELS, NARROWS ARTERIES
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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
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HARDENING OF VESSEL WALLS, REDUCES DIAMETER
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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
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AN ABNORMAL CONDITION THAT MAY AFFECT THE HEART'S ARTERIES, REDUCES FLOW OF OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS
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THROMBIS
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BLOOD CLOT AT THE SITE
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EMBOLISM
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TRAVELLING BLOOD CLOT
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INFARCTION
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DEATH
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CARDIOMYOPATHY
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HEART MUSCLE DISEASE
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VICERAL PLUERA
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LINES LUNGS
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PARIETAL PLUERA
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LINES CHEST
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