Medical Terminology

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~STENOSIS

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ABNORMAL NARROWING

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~TRIPSY

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TO CRUSH

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~URIA

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URINATION, URINE

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ANGI/O

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PERTAINING TO BLOOD OR LYMPH VESSELS

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AORT/O

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AORTA

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~PLEGIA

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PARALYSIS

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~PNEA

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BREATHING

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~PTOSIS

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PROLAPSE, DROOPING FORWARD

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~RRHAGIA,~RRHAGE

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BLEEDING, ABNORMAL EXCESSIVE FLUID DISCHARGE

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~RRHAPHY

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SURGICAL SUTURING

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~OLOGIST

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SPECIALIST

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~OLOGY

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THE SCIENCE OR STUDY OF

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~OMA

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TUMOR

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~OSIS

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ABNORMAL CONDITION

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~OSTOMY

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SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING

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~AC,~AL

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PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO

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~ALGIA

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PAIN, SUFFERING

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~ARY

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PERTAINING TO

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~CELE

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HERNIA, TUMOR, SWALLOWING

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~CENTESIS

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SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID

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A~, AN~

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WITHOUT, AWAY FROM, NEGATIVE, NOT

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ANTE~

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BEFORE, TOWARD

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ANTI~

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AGAINST, COUNTER

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BRADY~

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SLOW

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DYS~

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BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL

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INTRA~

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WITHIN, INSIDE

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NEO~

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NEW, STRANGE

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PER~

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EXCESSIVE, THROUGH

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PERI~

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SURROUNDING, AROUND

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POLY~

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MANY

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~ESTHESIA

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SENSATION, FEELING

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~GRAM, ~GRAPH

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A PICTURE OR RECORD

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~GRAPHY

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THE PROCESS OF RECORDING A PICTURE OR RECORD

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~IA

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STATE OR CONDITION

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~IC

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PERTAINING TO

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~ITIS

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INFLAMMATION

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~LYSIS

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BREAKDOWN, SEPARATION, SETTING FREE, DESTRUCTION, LOOSENING

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~MALACIA

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ABNORMAL SOFTENING

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~MEGALY

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ENLARGEMENT

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~NECROSIS

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TISSUE DEATH

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POST~

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AFTER

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PRE~

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BEFORE

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SUB~

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BELOW

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SUPER~, SUPRA~

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ABOVE, EXCESSIVE

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TACHY~

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FAST, RAPID

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END~, ENDO~

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WITHIN, IN, INSIDE

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HEMI~

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HALF

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HYPER~

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EXCESSIVE, INCREASED

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HYPO~

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DEFICIENT, DECREASED

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INTER~

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BETWEEN, AMONG

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~CYTE

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CELL

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~DESIS

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SURGICAL FIXATION OF BONE OR JOINT, TO BIND, TIE TOGETHER

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~ECTOMY

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SURGICAL REMOVAL

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~ECTASIS

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STRETCHING, ENLARGEMENT

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~EMIA

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BLOOD, BLOOD CONDITION

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~OTOMY

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SURGICAL INCISION

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~PATHY

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DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION

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~PAUSE

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STOPPING

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~PEXY

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SURGICAL FIXATION, TO PUT IN PLACE

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~PLASTY

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SURGICAL REPAIR

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~RRHEA

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FLOW OR DISCHARGE

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~RRHEXIS

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RUPTURE

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~SCLEROSIS

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ABNORMAL HARDENING

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~SCOPE

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INSTRUMENT FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION

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~SCOPY

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SEE, VISUAL EXAMINATION

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ARTER/O, ARTERI/O

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ARTERY

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ATHER/O

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PLAQUE, FATTY SUBSTANCE

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CARD/O, CARDI/O

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HEART

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HEM/O, HEMAT/O

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BLOOD, PERTAINING TO THE BLOOD

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PHLEB/O

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VEIN

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AFEBRILE

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without fever

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APNEA

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absence of breathing

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ORTHOPNEA

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breathing is easier when person is sitting up

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ORTHOSTATIC

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temporary fall in b.p. associated with assuming an upright position

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PULSE DEFICIT

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difference between the apical and radial pulse rates

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ASEPSIS

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absense of disease preventing organisms; free of infection

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NOSOCOMIAL

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hospital~acquired infection

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ALOPECIA

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baldness

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CARIES

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cavitation of teeth

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HALITOSIS

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offensive breath

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PYORRHEA

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inflammation of gums and alveolar tissue; (periodontis)

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ESCHAR

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thick, leathery scab or dry crust that is necrotic and must be removed for adequate pressure ulcer staging to occur

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EXUDATE

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fluid that accumulates in a wound

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NECROSIS

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death of cells

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SHEARING FORCE

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created when layers of tissue move on another

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ATROPHY

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decrease in the size of a body structure

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FLACCIDITY

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decreased muscle tone; (hypotonicity)

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PARESIS

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impaired muscle strength and weakness

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SPASTICITY

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increased muscle tone

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TONUS

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normal, partially steady state of muscle contraction

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ANOREXIA

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loss of appetite for food

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BULIMIA

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eating disorder characterized by episodes of gorging followed by purging

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CATHARTIC

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medication that strongly increases GI motility and promotes defecation

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FLATULENCE

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excessive formation of gases in the GI tract

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PERISTALSIS

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involuntary, progressive wavelike movement of the GI tract

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AGEISM

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attitudes that stereotype the older adult on the basis of chronologic age

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DEMENTIA

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organic impairment of intellectual functioning, gradually leading to interference with social or occupational functioning, memory, and often personality integration

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REMINISCENCE

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Adults telling stories of the past; (life review)

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ANTIGEN

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foreign material capable of inducing a specific immune response

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ANTIBODY

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immunoglobin produced by the body in response to a specific antigen