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115 Cards in this Set
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Abduction
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movement of drawing away from the middle
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Adduction
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movement of drawing toward the middle
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Inversion
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turning inward
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Eversion
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turning outward
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Extension
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movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position
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Flexion
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movement in which a limb is bent
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Pronation
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movement that turns the palm down
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Supination
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movement that turns the palm up
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Rotation
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turning around its own axis
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Carp/o
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carpals(wrist bone)
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Clavic/o, Clavicul/o
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Clavicle(collarbone)
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Cost/o
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rib
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Crani/o
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Cranium(skull)
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Femor/o
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femur(upper leg bone)
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Fibul/o or Perone/o
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Fibula(lower leg bone)
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Humer/o
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humerus(upper arm bone)
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ili/o
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ilium
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Ischi/o
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ischium
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lumb/o
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loin, lumbar region of spine
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Mandibul/o
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mandible(lower jaw bone)
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Maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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Patell/o
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patella(kneecap)
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Pelv/i or pelv/o
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pelvis
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phalang/o
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phalanges(finger or toe bone)
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pub/o
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pubis
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rachi/o
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spine
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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scapul/o
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scapula(shoulder blade)
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spondyl/o or vertebr/o
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vertebra
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stern/o
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sternum(breastbone)
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tars/o
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tarsals(ankle bone)
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tibi/o
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tibia (lower leg bone)
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uln/o
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ulna(lower arm bone)
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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arthr/o
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joint
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burs/o
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bursa(cavity)
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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disk/o
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intervertebral disk
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menisc/o
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meniscus(crescent)
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synovi/o
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synovia, or synovial membrane
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
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tendon
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ankyl/o
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crooked, stiff, bent
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kenesi/o
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movement
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kyph/o
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hump
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lamin/o
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lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
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lord/o
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bent forward
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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my/o or myos/o
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muscle
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oste/o
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bone
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petr/o
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stone
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scoli/o
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crooked, curved
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inter-
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between
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supra-
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above
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sym- or syn-
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together
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-clasia, -clasis, -clast
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break
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-desis
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surgical fixation
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-physis
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growth
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-schisis
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split, fissure
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chiropodist, podiatrist
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specialist in treating and diagnosing diseases/disorders of the foot
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Chiropractic
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therapy that consists of manipulation of the vertebral column
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Crepitus
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crackling sound when two bones rub against each other
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orthopedics
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branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system
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orthopedist
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physician who specializes in orthopedics
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orthotics
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making and fitting of orthopedic appliances
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orthotist
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specialist of orthotics
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osteopath
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physician who specializes in osteopathy
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osteopathy
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system of medicine that uses the usual forms of diagnosis and treatment between body organs and the musculoskeletal system.
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prosthesis
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an artificial substitute for a missing body part.
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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dur/o
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hard, dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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gangli/o or ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gli/o
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glia, gluey substance...aka: neuroglia
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meningi/o or mening/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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neur/o
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nerve
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radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
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nerve root(proximal end of a peripheral nerve, closest to the spinal cord)
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esthesi/o
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sensation, feeling
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ment/o, phyco/o
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mind
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mon/o
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one
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phas/o
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speech
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poli/o
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gray matter
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician
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-iatry
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treatment, specialty
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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psychogenic
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originating in the mind
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psychosomatic
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pertaining to the mind and body
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o or adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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cortic/o
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cortex(outer layer of a body organ)
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endocrin/o
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endocrine
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid glands
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pituitar/o
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pituitary gland
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thyroid/o or thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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acr/o
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extremities or height
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calc/o
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calcium
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dips/o
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thirst
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kal/o
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potassium
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natr/o
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sodium
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EMG
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Electromyogram
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fx
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fracture
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ortho
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orthopedics
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OA
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Osteoarthritis
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RA
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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TIA
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Transient Ischemic Attack
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CVA
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Cerebrovascular accident
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CNS
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Central Nervous System
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EEG
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Electroencephalogram
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MS
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Multiple Sclerosis
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LP
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Lumbar Puncture
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FBS
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Fasting Blood Sugar
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DM
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Diabetes Mellitus
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