Medical Terminology Chapter 3 (Practice)

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acr/o

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top :extremeties

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carcin/o

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cancer

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don/o

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donates

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fluor/o

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luminous

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glyc/o

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sugar

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pharmac/o

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drug

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physio/o

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nature

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practition/o

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practice

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sect/o

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cut

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micro

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small

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cephalgia

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headache (head)

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arthralgia

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joint pain (joint)

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otalgia

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earache (ear)

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cystocele

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hernia of the urinary bladder (bladder)

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rectocele

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hernia of the rectum (rectum)

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encephalocele

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hernia of the brain (brain)

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gastrodynia

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stomach pain (stomach)

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mastodynia

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breast pain

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hematemesis

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vomiting of blood (blood)

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glycemia

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sugar in the blood (sugar)

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pneumonia

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condition of the lung (lung)

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enteritis

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inflamed small intestine (sm intestine)

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stomatitis

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inflamed mouth (mouth)

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spondylitis

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inflamed vertebra (vertebra)

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hemolysis

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breakdown of blood (blood)

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cerebromalacia

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softening of the brain (brain)

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chondromalacia

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softening of cartilage (cartilage)

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visceromegaly

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enlargement of the internal organs (internal organs)

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lipoma

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tumor containing fat (fat)

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myoma

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tumor of muscle (muscle)

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nephrosis

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abnormal condition of the kidney (kidney)

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ureteropathy

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disease process of the ureter to the bladder for the passage of urine (ureter)

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cytopenia

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deficiency of cells (cells)

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acrophobia

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fear of heights (top, extremeties)

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blepharoptosis

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drooping eyelid (eyelid)

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nephroptosis

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drooping kidney (kidney)

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hemoptysis

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spitting up blood (blood)

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hemorrhage

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bursting forth of blood/bleeding (blood)

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garstrorrhagia

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bleeding from the stomach (stomach)

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otorrhea

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discharge from the ear (ear)

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splenorrhagia

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ruptured spleen (spleen)

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arteriosclerosis

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hardening of the arteries (artery)

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blepharospasm

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sudden, involuntary contraction of the eyelid (eyelid)

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phlebostenosis

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narrowing of a vein (vein)

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neuropathy

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disease process of the nerve (nerve)

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microencephaly

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small brain (small-brain)

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lymphangiogram

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record of the lymph vessel (lymph vessel)

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cardiograph

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instrument used to record heart activity (heart)

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computed tomography

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x-ray beam rotates around the patient detailing the structure at various depths (to cut)

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mammography

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producing images of the breast by x-ray (breast)

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myelography

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producing images of the spinal cord (spinal cord)

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craniometer

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instrument used to measure the skull (skull)

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pelvimetry

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measurement of the pelvis (pelvis)

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biopsy

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a procedure involving the removal of a piece of living tissue, which is examined for abnormalities (life)

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bronchoscope

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instrument used to visually examine the interior of the bronchus (bronchus)

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bronchoscopy

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process of visually examining the bronchus (bronchus)

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fluoroscopy

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x-ray of moving structures, such as the movement of substances through the digestive tract (luminous)

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abdominocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen (abdomen)

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thoracocentesis

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surgical puncture of the chest wall to remove excess fluid from around the lungs (chest)

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arthrodesis

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surgical fusion of a joint (joint)

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oophorectomy

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excision of the ovary (ovary)

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tonsillectomy

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excision of the tonsils (tonsils)

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nephropexy

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surgical fixation of the kidney (kidney)

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orchidplasty

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surgical reconstruction of the testicle (testicle)

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colporrhaphy

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suturing of the vagina (vagina)

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hemostasis

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stoppage of blood (blood)

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tracheosyomy

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new opening into the trachea (trachea/windpipe)

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myotome

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instrument used to cut muscle (muscle)

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tenotomy

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process of cutting a tendon (tendon)

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adipocyte

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fat cell (fat)

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histiocyte

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tissue cell (tissue)

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practitioner

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one who has obtained the proper requirements to work in a specific field of study (nature)

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physician

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specialist in the study of medicine who has graduated from a recognized school of medicine and is licensed by the appropriate authority to practice (nature)

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neurologist

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specialist in the study of the nervous system and its disorders (nerve)

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pharmacist

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specialist licensed to prepare and dispense drugs (drug)

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section

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process of cutting (to cut)

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hepatology

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study of the liver (liver)

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physiology

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study of function/ the study of how a structure functions (nature)