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aden/o
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gland
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hemat/o
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blood
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nephr/o
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kidney
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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chemical
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cis/o
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to cut
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dermat/o
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skin
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enter/o
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small intestine
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gynec/o
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female
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hydr/o
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water
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immun/o
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immune
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laryng/o
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voice box
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morph/o
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shape
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neur/o
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nerve
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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pulmon/o
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lung
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rhin/o
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nose
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ur/o
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urine; urinary track
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a-
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without; away from
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anti-
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against
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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painful; difficult
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hyper-
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over; above
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inter-
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among; between
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intra-
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within; inside
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peri-
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around
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pseudo-
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false
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retro-
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backward; behind
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supra-
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above
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trans-
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through; across
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infra-
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under; beneath; below
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hypo-
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under; below
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homo-
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same
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hetero-
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different
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eu-
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normal; good
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epi-
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upon; over
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endo-
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within; inner
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auto-
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self
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ante-
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before; in front of
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an-
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wtihout
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ultra-
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beyond; excess
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tachy-
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rapid; fast
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sub-
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below; under
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pre-
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before; in front
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post-
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after
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per-
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through
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para-
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beside; beyond; near
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pan-
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all
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neo-
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new
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micro-
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small
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macro-
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large
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tri-
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three
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semi-
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partial; half
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quad-
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four
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nulli-
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none
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multi-
poly- |
many
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mono-
uni- |
one
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hemi-
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half
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bi-
di- |
two
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-algia
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pain
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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the study of
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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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-ptosis
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drooping
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-uria
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condition of the urine
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-al -an -ar -ary -eal -iac -ic -ical -ile -ior -ory -ose -ous -tic |
pertaining to
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-ectomy
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surgicial removal
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-ostomy
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to surgically create an opening
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-otomy
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cutting into
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-scope
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instrument for viewing
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-scopy
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process of visually examination
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-cele
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hernia; protrusion
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-cise
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cut
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectasis
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dilation
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-ectopia
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displacement
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-gen
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that which produces
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-genesis
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producesl generates
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-genic
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producing
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-ia
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state; condition
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-ism
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state of
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-logist
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one who studies
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-lysis
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destruction
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-oma
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tumor; mass
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasia
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development; growth
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-plasm
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formation; development
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-rrhage
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excessive abnormal flow
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-rrhea
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discharge; flow
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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nourishment; development
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid
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-pexy
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surgicial fixation
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-gram
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record or picture
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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adip/o
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fat
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail
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cephal/o
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head
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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away from
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dors/o
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back of body
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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hist/o
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tissue
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infer/o
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below
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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muscul/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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oste/o
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bone
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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poster/o
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back
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proxim/o
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near to
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somat/o
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body
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spin/o
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spine
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super/o
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above
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system/o
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system
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thorac/o
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chest
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ventr/o
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belly
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viscer/o
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internal organ
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histology
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the study of tissue
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cytology
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the study of cells and their function
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sagittal plane
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vertical plane (cuts the body in left and right sides)
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transverse plane
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horizontal plane (cuts body in half at the waist)
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frontal/coronal plane
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vertical plane (divides body in front and back sections)
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superior
cephalic |
more towards the head or above another structure
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inferior
caudal |
more towards the feet/tail or below another structure
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anterior
ventral |
toward front (belly side)
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posterior
dorsal |
spinal side of body (backside)
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medial
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towards the middle of the bottom
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lateral
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refers to the side
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apex
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tip or summit of an organ
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base
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bottom or lower part of an organ
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proximal
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located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
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distal
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located farther away from the body
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deep
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further away from the surface of the body
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superficial
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more toward the surface of the body
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prone (position)
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body laying facing downward
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supine (position)
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body laying facing upward
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right hypochondriac
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right lateral region of upper rom beneath the lower ribs
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epigastric
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middle area of upper row, above the stomach
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left hypochondriac
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left lateral region of the upper row beneath the lower ribs
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right lumbar
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right lateral region of the middle row at the waist
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail
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cephal/o
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head
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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away from
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dors/o
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back of body
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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hist/o
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tissue
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abduction
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moving motion- away from the body
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adduction
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moving motion- towards the body
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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onych/o
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nails
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pil/o
trich/o |
hair
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synovial joints
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more common, freely moving joints
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fluid that is released from synovial membranes
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sebum
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5 parts of the integumentary system
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nails, hair, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, skin
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alopecia
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absence of hair
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arthr/o
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joint
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cost/o
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rib
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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orth/o
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straight
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oste/o
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bone
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synovi/o
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synovial membrane
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parts of the spinal system and # of vertebrae in each
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cervical-7
thorasic-12 lumbar-5 sacrum-1 coccyx-1 |
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-kinesia
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movement
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flexion
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act of bending or being bent
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extension
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movement that brings limb into or toward a straight condition
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eversion
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turning outward
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inversion
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turning inward
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supination
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to turn palm or foot upward
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pronation
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to turn palm or foot downward
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angi/o
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vessel
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ather/o
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fatty substance
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cardi/o
coron/o |
heart
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ox/o
ox/i |
oxygen
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cyan/o
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blue
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phleb/o
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vein
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syphgm/o
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pulse
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steth/o
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chest
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-manometer
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instrument to measure pressure
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-tension
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pressure
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endocardium
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inner layer of the heart that lines the chambers
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myocardium
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thick muscular middle layer of the heart
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epicardium
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the outer layer of the heart
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pericardium
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double-layered pleural sac around the heart
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sinoatrial node (SA node)
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where electrical impulse begins (pacemaker)
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systolic pressure
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high point in blood pressure reading, when the heart is contracting
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diastolic pressure
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low point in blood pressure reading, when the heart is relaxing
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cardiodynia
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heart pain
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pulse
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expansion and contraction of a blood vessel wall produced by blood as it moves through an artery
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angina pectoris
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condition in which there is severe pain with a sensation of construction around the heart.
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arrhythmia
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irregular heart beat
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myocardial infarction (MI)
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heart attack; condition caused by partial or complete occlusion of one or more of the cornary arteries
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CABG (pronounced cabbage)
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Coronary
Artery Bypass Graft |
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DVT
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deep vein throbosis
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agglutin/o
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clumping
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chrom/o
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color
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coagul/o
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clotting
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erythr/o
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red
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phag/o
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eat, swallow
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thromb/o
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clot
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-apheresis
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removal; carry away
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-cyte
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cell
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-cytosis
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more then normal number of cells
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-emia
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blood condition
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-globin
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protein
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-penia
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abnormal decrease; too few
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-poiesis
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formation
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-stasis
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standing still
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universal donor
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type O blood
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erythropenia
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too few red blood cells
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hemostasis
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stopping blood
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hematopoiesis
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blood producing
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thrombocytopenia
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too few clotting cells
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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thym/o
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thymus
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lymphaden/o
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lymph node
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lymphatic and immune system consist of a network of what
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lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus gland and tonsils
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functions of the lymph glands
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remove impurities from lymph as it passes, manufactoring lymphocytes, producing antibodies
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humoral immunity refers to
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the production of B lymphocytes or B cells
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B-cells respond to
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to antigens by producing a protective protein called antibody
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pathogenic
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disease producing
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bradycardia
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slow heart rate
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adenoid/o
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adnoids
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alveol/o
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alveolus; air sac
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anthrac/o
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coal
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atel/o
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incomplete
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bronch/o
bronchi/o |
bronchus
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coni/o
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dust
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole
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diaphragmat/o
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diaphragm
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lob/o
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lobe
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nas/o
rhin/o |
nose
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orth/o
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straight
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o
pneumon/o pulmon/o |
lung; air
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sinus/o
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sinus cavity
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spir/o
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breathing
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steth/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea
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thorac/o
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chest
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-ectasis
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dilated
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-osmia
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smell
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-phonia
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voice
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-thorax
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chest
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-pnea
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breathing
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respiratory system consist of what major organs (6)
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nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs
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epiglottis
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flap of cartile tissue sits above the glottis. provides protection against food & liquid from being inhaled into the lungs
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alveoli
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small groups of air sacs at the end of the bronchiole
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pulmonology
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study of the lungs
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anosmia
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loss of smell
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epistaxis
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nose bleed
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otorhinolarygology
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branch of medicine that treats conditions and diseases of the ears, nose and throat
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adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
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acute respiratory failure in adults charaterized by trachypnea, dyspnea, cyanosis, tachycardia and hypoxemia
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emphysema
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pulmonary condition charaterized by the destruction of the walls of the alveoli resulting in large over expanded air sac
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histoplasmosis
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pulmonary infection caused by a fungus in dust in the dropping of pigeons and chicken
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pneumothorax
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collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity which may result in collapse of the lung
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spirometry
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using a device to measure the breathing capicity of the lungs
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spirometer
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intrument consisting of a container into which a patient can inhale or exhale for the measuring of the air capicity in the lungs
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an/o
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anus
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append/o
appendic/o |
appendix
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bucc/o
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cheeck
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cec/o
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cecum
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cheil/o
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lip
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chol/e
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bile; gallbladder
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cholangi/o
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bile duct
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choleyst/o
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gall bladder
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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col/o
colon/o |
colon
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dent/o
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tooth
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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enter/o
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small intestine
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tounge
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hepat/o
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liver
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ile/o
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ileum
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jejun/o
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jejunum
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labi/o
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lip
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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lingu/o
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tounge
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lith/o
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stone
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odont/o
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tooth
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or/o
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mouth
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palat/o
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palate
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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pharyng/o
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pharynx; throat
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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py/o
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pus
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rect/o
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rectum
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sial/o
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saliva
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-emesis
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vomit
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-lithiasis
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condition of stone
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-orexia
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appetite
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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eat; swallow
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-prandial
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pertaining to a meal
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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pyloric sphincter
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opens and closes to control the passage of food into the small intestine
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appendectomy
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surgical removal of the appendix
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cholelithiasis
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gall stones
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cholecystectomy
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excision of the gall bladder
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multiple sclerosis (MS)
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imflammatory disease of the CNS. Rare in children. Usually in 20-40 year olds. Includes progressive numbness and weakness.
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myopia
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nearsightedness
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myringoplasty
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surgical repair of the tympanic eardrum
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Na+ and K+ are...
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electrolytes
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word meaning toxic to the kidney
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nephrotoxic
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nephrictic syndrome
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edema and proteinuria
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OD
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right eye
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OS
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left eye
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OU
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both eyes
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OM
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ear infection (kids)
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pia mater
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inner most layer of the meninges
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pituitary gland
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aka master gland and is located in the brain.
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polydipsia
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extreme thrist
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polyphagia
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excessive hunger
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presbyopia
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old age vision
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pyloric sphincter
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ring of muscles between the stomach and duodenum
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steatorrhea
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fats improperly digested, appears in stool
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T3, T4 and TSH
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thyroid function test
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tinnitus
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ringing in the ears
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tympanic membrane
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seperates audiotory canal from the middle ear
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veins
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carries CO2 blood back to heart
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viteous humor
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jelly-like, located between the lens and retina in the eye
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
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aka Lou Gehrigs disease. Shows with muscular weakness and atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord.
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arteriosclerosis
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condition with thickening, hardening and loss of elasticity of the walls in arteries
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anorexia
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loss of appetite
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antigen
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foreign substance that activates the immune system
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ataxia
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having lack of muscle coordination as a result of a disease/disorder
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atelectasis
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condition in which lung tissue collapses which prevents the exchange of O2 and Co2
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axillary lymph nodes
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located in the arm pits
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blepharitis
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inflammation of the eye lids
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brain stem
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pons, medulla, and midbrain
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bronchi
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distal end of the trachea; divides into right and left stems
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buccal cavity
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inside cheeck area
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caries
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gradual tooth decay
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cerebral palsy
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group of disablities caused by injury to the brain before/during/slighty after birth
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cerebrum
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largest part of the brain
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cerumen
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ear wax
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choroids
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blood supply to the eye
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c.o.p.d.
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chronic and progressive condition in which lungs have a diminished function
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croup
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acute respiratory condition in infants presenting with barking seal-like cough
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