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142 Cards in this Set
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angi/o
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vessel
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ather/o
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fatty substance, plaque
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arthr/o
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joint
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leuk/o
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white
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arteri/o
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artery
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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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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colon/o
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colon
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cyst/o
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sac, bladder
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyt/o
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cell
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dermat/o
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skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gynec/o
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female, woman
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
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water
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hyster/o
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uterus
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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lith/o
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stone
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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neur/o
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nerve
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nas/o
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nose
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nephr/o
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kidney
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oste/o
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bone
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ox/i
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oxygen
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ot/o
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ear
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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phag/o
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eating
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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pneum/o
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lung, air
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pneumon/o
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lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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prostat/o
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prostate
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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semin/i
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semen
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septic/o
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infection
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scler/o
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hardening, sclera
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tendin/o
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tendon
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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vas/o
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blood vessel, vas deferens
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peri-
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around
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brady-
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slow
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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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tachy-
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fast
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a-
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without
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an-
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without
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hydro-
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water
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hypo-
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below, insufficient, less than normal
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hyper-
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excessive
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neo-
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new
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sub-
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beneath, under
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epi-
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above, upon
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poly-
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many, much
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endo-
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within, inner
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diplo-
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double
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-logy
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study of
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-logist
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one who studies
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy, path/o
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disease
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-algia
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pain
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-gram
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record
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-lysis
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destruction
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-emia
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blood condition
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-phagia
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eat, swallow
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-malacia
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softening
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-phasia
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speech
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-kinesia
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movement
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-uria
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urine condition
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-pnea
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breathing
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-megaly
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enlargement, large
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-derma
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skin condition
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-scope
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instrument to view
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
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-kinesia
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movement
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RBC
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red blood cells
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LAT
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???
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CBC
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complete blood count
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CXR
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chest x-ray
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LMP
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last menstrual period
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OS
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left eye
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MI
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myocardial infarction
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UGI
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upper gastrointestinal series
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ECG
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electrocardiogram
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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Fx
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fracture
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URI
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upper respiratory infection
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OD
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right eye, doctor of optometry
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RA
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rheumatoid arthritis
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BM
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bowel movement
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DPT
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diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus (a vaccine)
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N & V
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nausea and vomitting
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OM
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otitis media (middle ear infection, seen commonly in children)
extra: otitus externa (external) and otitus interna (internal) |
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OB
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obstetrics
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HIV
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human immunodeficiency virus
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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COPD
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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AP view
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anteroposterior
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PA view
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posteroanterior
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EKG
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electrocardiogram
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UTI
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urinary tract infection
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TB
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turberculosis
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IM
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intramuscular
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CNS
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central nervous system
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TURP
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transurethral resection and prostatectomy
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GI
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gastrointestinal
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EEG
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electroencephalogram
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Ua
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urinalysis
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ENT
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ear, nose, and throat
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AS
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left ear, aortic stenosis, arteriosclerosis
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CSF
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cerebral spinal fluid
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SOB
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shortness of breath
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HTN
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hypertension
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PSA
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prostate-specific antigen
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Dx
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diagnosis
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STD
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sexually transmitted desease
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KUB
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kidney, ureter, bladder
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EMG
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electromyogram
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GYN
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gynecology
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