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126 Cards in this Set
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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crani/o
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skull
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cardi/o
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heart
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hepat/o
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liver
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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hem/o
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blood
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nat/o
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birth
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laryng/o
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voice box
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ot/o
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ear
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lith/o
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stone
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appendic/o
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appendix
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ather/o
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fatty substance
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col/o
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colon
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pry/o
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fever or heat
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myc/o
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fungus
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dermat/o
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skin
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py/o
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pus
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nephr/o
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kidney
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ren/o
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kidney
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gastr/o
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stomach
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
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oste/o
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bone
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerves
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arthr/o
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joints
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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poli/o
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grey
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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path/o
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disease
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arteri/o
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artery
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dia-
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through and complete
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hyper-
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excessive or increased
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pre-
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before
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peri-
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surrounding
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post-
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after or behind
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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towards
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dextr/o
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right side
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sinister/o
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left side
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ex-
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out of or away from
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in-
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in , into
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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mega-
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large or great
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oligo-
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scanty or few
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dys-
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bad, difficult or painfull
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eu-
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good, normal or well
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inter-
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between or among
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intra-
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within
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sub-
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under, less or below
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supra-
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above or excessive
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hypo-
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deficient or decreased
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infra-
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below
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-um
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a noun
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-a
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a noun
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-e
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a noun
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-us
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a noun
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-y
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a noun
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-ago
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abnormal condition
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-esis
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abnormal condition
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-ia
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abnormal condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-ion
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abnormal condition
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-ism
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abnormal condition
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-ap
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pertaining to
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-an
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pertaining to
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ical
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pertaining to
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-ial
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pertaining to
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ory
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-graph
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instrument used to record
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-gram
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picture of the record
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-scopy
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visual exam
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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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-tomy
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surgical incision or to cut
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-oma
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tumor
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-stomy
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surgical creation of an opening
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-pathy
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disease
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-itis
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inflammation
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-cyte
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cell
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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surgical suturing or stitches
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-ectomy
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surgical removal or cutting out
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-logy
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the study of
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-malacia
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softening
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-necrosis
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tissue death
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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enter/o
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small intestine
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phalanges
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more than one finger or toe bone
[plural] |
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phalanx
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one finger or toe bone
[singular] |
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sign
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evidence of disease such as a fever
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symptom
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evidence of a disease that can only be evaluated or determined by the patient
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syndrome
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a set of signs and symptoms that occur together
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diagnosis
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the identification of a disease
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differential diagnosis
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an attempt to determine which one of several diseases can be causing the signs and symptoms that are present
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prognosis
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a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
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acute
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rapid onset, severe course and a short duration
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eponym
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a disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first
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fissure
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a groove or crack-like sore of the skin.
also describes folds in the contours of the brain |
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ileum
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the last and longest portion of the small intestine
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ilium
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part of the hip bone
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laceration
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a torn or jagged wound
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supination
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the act of rotating the arm so that thw palm of thw hand is forward or upward
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triage
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the medical screening of patients to determine thier relative priority of need and proper place of treatment
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trauma
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wound or injury that may occur in an accident, shooting, natural disaster or fire
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inflammation
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a localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues.
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key indications of inflammation
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1] redness
2] heat 3] swelling 4] pain all are caused by extra blood flowing into the area as part of the healing process |