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143 Cards in this Set
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appendo/
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appendix
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arthr/o
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joint
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col/o
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colon
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enter/o
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intestine
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gastr/o
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stomach
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mast/o
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breast
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oste/o
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bone
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-centesis
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puncture
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-itis
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inflammation
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-pathy
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disease
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-scope
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instrument to view/examine
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pre-
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before
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post-
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after
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biopsy
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removal of a small portion of tissue
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endometrial
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removal of the lining of the womb
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hemorrhage
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excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels
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malignancy
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a cancer
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hyperplasia
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an abnormal increase in the # of celss in an organ or a tissue
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endometritis
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inflammation of the endometrium
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pathologist
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a doc who identifies diseases by studying cells and tissue
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apnea
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temp absence or cessation breathing
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uvulopalatoplasty
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removal of tissue in back of the mouth or throat
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soft palate
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soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth
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orophArynx
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PART OF THE PHARYNX B/T the soft paate and epiglottis
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lidocaine
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local anestetic
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o/centesis
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surgical puncture
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-ectomy
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excision/removla
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-o/stomy
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forming an opening
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-o/tomy
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incision
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-o/clasis
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to break
osteoclasis |
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o/lysis
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seeration, destruction, loosening
thrombolysis |
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-o/tripsy
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crushing
litotripsy |
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-o/desis
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binding/fixation
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-o/pexy
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suspension, fixation
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-o/plasty
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surgical repair
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-o/rrhaphy
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suture
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-o/gram
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record/writing
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-o/graph
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instrument for recording
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-o/graphy
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process of recording
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-o/meter
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instrument of measureing
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-o/metry
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act of measuring
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-o/scope
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instrumetn to view or examine
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-o/scopy
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visual examination
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-algia
-o/dynia |
pain
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-o/cele
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hernia. swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-edema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-isis
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abnorml condition
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-itis
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INFLAMMATION
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-o/lith
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stone, calculus
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-o/malacia
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softening
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-o/megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumar
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-o/pathy
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disease
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-o/penia
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decreasing, deficiany
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-o/plasm
-o/plasia |
formation, growth
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-o/rrhage
-o/rrhagia |
bursting fort
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-o/rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-o/rrhexis
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rupture
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-osis
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abnorml condition
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-o/spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-o/stenosis
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nrrowing, stricture
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-o/toxic
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posion
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-o/trohy
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development, nourishment
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic,-ical, -ile,-ory, -ose, -ous, -tic
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pertaining to
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-ia, -ism, -y
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condtion
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-iatry
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medicine treatment
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-ician
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specialist
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a-
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without, not
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brady-
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slow
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dia-
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through across
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dipl-
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double
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dys-
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bad, pinful, difficult
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endo-
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in within
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hyper-
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excessive, bove normal
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hypo-
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under, below
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im-
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not
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in-
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in , not
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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SMALL
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neo-
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new
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pseudo-
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false
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syn-
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UNION, together, joined
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tachy-
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rapid
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macrocephaly
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abnormally large size head
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dyspepsia
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difficuly or painful breathing
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amniocentisis
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puncture of amniotic fluid
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gastroscopy
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visual examination of the stomach
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tachyapnea
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rapid breathing
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hemorrhage
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profse discharge of blood
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hepatocele
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hernia of the liver
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anorexia
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loss of appitiete
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osteomalacia
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softening of te bones
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carcinoma
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cancerous tumor
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pseudocyesis
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false preg
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osteoclasis
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fracture of te bone surgically
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cholelithiasis
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formation of bile stones
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blepharospasm
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twitching of an eyelid
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thrombolysis
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seperatoin destruction or loosingin of a blood clot
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protective outer layer of the skin that is avascular
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epidermis
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innermost layer of the epidermis where continous cell division takes place
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basal layer
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specialized epithial cells tat synthezie the pigment melanin
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stratum corneum
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inner vascular layer that is rich in blood vessels, nerves and glands
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dermis
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layer located beneath the dermis contains adipose tissue and binds the dermis to inderlaying sructures
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subcutanaous tissue
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gland that secretes perspiration
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sudorifous
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gland that produces oily sub
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sebaceous
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hormone that regulates the secretion of sebum
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androgen
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glands, hair, and nails
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the three acesory oragans to te integumentary system
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ichthyosis
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conditon in which the skin is dry and scaly, like fish scales
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keratosis
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any horny growth of the skin
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dematomycosis
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fungel infection of the skin
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alopecia
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absence or loss of hair
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comedo
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collection of discolored dried sebum pluging an excretory duct of the skin
black head |
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hyperidrosis
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excessive persperation
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laceration
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irregular tear of the flesh
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xeroderma
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cry skin
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pustule
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small elevation of skin filled with lymph or pus
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scabies
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contagious skin disease transmitted by itch mites
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onychia
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inflmmation of the nil bed
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cicatrix
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firm scar tissue that forms in the healing of soar or wound
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ecchymosis
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discoloration on the skin consisting of large, irregualrly formed hemorrhgic areas. blue-balck color
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furuncle
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an abcess involoving the entire hair follicel and adjcent subcutaneous tissue
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vitligo
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loss of skin pigmentation milk-white patches
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ulcer
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an open sore or lesion
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pediculosis
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infestation with lice
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sebaceouscyst
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cyst filled with sebum
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hirsutism
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excessive growth of hair in unusual places
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erythroderma
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abnormal redness of the skin
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anterior
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front of body
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deep
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away from surface
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distal
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farther from the point of attachment
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external
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outside, exterior to
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inferior
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below
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internal
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within
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lateral
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pertaining to the side toward the side
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medial
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pertainig to the middle toward midline
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posterior
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back of the body
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parietal
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pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavatiy
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superficial
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toward or on the surface
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superior
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above
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visceral
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pertaining to the covering of n organ
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