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55 Cards in this Set
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Gen/o |
Creation, cause |
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Plas/o |
Formation |
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-ium |
Tissue, structure |
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-iasis |
Presence of |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-oid |
Resembling |
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-osis |
Condition |
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-penia |
Deficiency |
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-ptosis |
Drooping |
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-centesis |
Puncture |
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-rrhaphy |
Suture |
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-pexy |
Surgical fixation |
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-desis |
Binding, fixation |
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E-, ex-, ec- |
Out |
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Epi- |
Upon |
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Exacerbation |
Getting worse |
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Etiology |
Cause |
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Prophylaxis |
Preventive treatment |
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Palliative |
Treating symptoms |
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Sagittal |
Right and left |
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Coronal |
Front and back |
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Transverse |
Top and bottom |
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PERRLA |
Pupils are equal, round, reactive to light and accomolation |
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CTA |
clear to ausultation |
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NAD |
No acute distress |
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NOS |
Not otherwise specified |
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NEC |
Not elsewhere classified |
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PICC |
Peripherally inserted central catheter |
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Ab lib |
As desired |
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prn |
As needed |
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Uriticaria |
Swollen red itchy area of skin |
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Papules |
Small bumps |
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Nodules |
Larger bumps |
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Plaques |
Large and flat |
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Vesicles |
Small clear fluid filled bumps |
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Pustules |
Bumps filled with pus |
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Bulla |
Larger vesicle (blister) |
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Absesses |
Larger pustules (large pus) |
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Macules |
Small flat spot |
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Patches |
Larger flat spots (larger macules) |
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Erosion |
Loss of skin |
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Excoriation |
Scratch |
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Scale |
Skin flaking off |
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Petechia |
Small bruise |
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Ecchymosis |
Large bruise |
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Cicatrix |
Scar |
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Nevus |
Mole |
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Verucca |
Wart |
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Eczema |
Red, itchy rash that may ooze |
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Ichyosis |
Scaly skin |
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Impetigo |
Contagious bacterial skin infection |
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ABCDE |
Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution |
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ID |
Intradermal |
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Acne vulgaris |
Inflammation of skin follicles |
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Pil/o, trich/o |
Hair |
