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172 Cards in this Set
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Subjective (i.e. What the patient tells you.)
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Objective (i.e. Physical Exam
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A
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Assessment (i.e. Diagnosis)
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P
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Plan (i.e. What to do.)
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QD
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every day
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BID
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twice a day
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TID
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three times a day
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QID
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four times a day
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QOD
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every other day
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QHS
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every night
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AC
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before meals
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PC
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after meals
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OS
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left eye
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OD
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right eye
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OU
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both eyes
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AS
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left ear
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AD
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right ear
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AU
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both ears
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NPO
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don’t eat – nothing by mouth
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PRN
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as needed
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T
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one tablet
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TT
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two tablets
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TTT
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three tablets
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TV
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four tablets
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V
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five tablets
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VT
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six tablets
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c
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with (line above c)
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s
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without (line above s)
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ss
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one-half (line above ss)
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SIG:
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directions
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WNL
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within normal limits
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RTC
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return to clinic
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adip
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lip
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derm
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dermat
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erythr
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red
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hidr
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sweat
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hist
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histi
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kerat
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hard
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leuk
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white
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melan
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black
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myc
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fungus
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onych
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nail
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plas
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formation
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purpur
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purple
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seb
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sebum (oil)
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squam
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scale
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trich
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hair
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xer
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dry
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xanth
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yellow
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LESION
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an area of pathologically altered tissue (two types: primary and secondary)
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PRIMARY LESIONS
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lesions arising form previously normal skin
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MACULE
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a flat, discolored spot on the skin up to 1 cm across (e.g., a freckle)
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PATCH
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a flat, discolored area on the skin larger than 1 cm (e.g., Vitiligo)
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PAPULE
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a solid mass on the skin up to 0.5 cm in diameter (e.g., a nevus or mole)
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PLAQUE
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a solid mass greater than 1 cm in diameter, limited to the surface of the skin
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NODULE
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a solid mass greater than 1 cm, extending deeper into the epidermis
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TUMOR
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solid mass larger than 1-2 cm
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WHEAL
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an area of localized skin edema (swelling) (e.g., a hive)
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VESICLE
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little bladder
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BULLA
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a blister larger than 0.5 cm (e.g., a second-degree burn, bulla bubble)
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PUSTULE
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a pus-filled sac (e.g., a pimple)
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SECONDARY LESIONS
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lesions that result in changes in primary lesions
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EROSION
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gnawed away
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ULCER
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an open sore on the skin or mucous membrane that can bleed and scar
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EXCORIATION
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a scratch mark
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FISSURE
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a linear crack in the skin
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SCALE
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a thin flake of exfoliated epidermis (e.g., dandruff)
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CRUST
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dried residue of serum (body liquid) , pus, or blood on the skin (e.g., in impetigo)
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CICATRIX OF THE SKIN
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mark left by the healing of a sore or wound, showing the replacement of destroyed tissue by fibrous tissue (cicatrix scar)
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KELOID
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an abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular (kele tumor)
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VASCULAR LESIONS
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lesions of a blood vessel
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CHERRY ANGIOMA
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a small, round, bright red blood vessel tumor on the skin, often on the trunk of the elderly
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TELANGIECTASIA
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a tiny, red blood vessel lesion formed by the dilation of a group of blood vessels radiating from a central arteriole, most commonly on the face, neck, or chest (telos end) SPIDER ANGIOMA
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PURPURIC LESIONS
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purpura
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PETECHIA
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spot
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ECCHYMOSIS
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bruise
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EPIDERMAL TUMORS
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skin tumors arising from the epidermis
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NEVUS
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birthmark
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DYSPLASTIC NEVUS
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a mole with precancerous changer
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VERRUCA
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an epidermal tumor caused by a papilloma virus
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Pyorrhea
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discharge of pus
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Hemorrhage
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a burst forth of blood
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angiorrhexis
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a rupture of a vessel
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nephorrhaphy
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a suture of the kidney
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bid
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twice a day
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prn
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as needed
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qd
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every day
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qh
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every hour
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q2h
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every 2 hours
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qid
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four times a day
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qod
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every other day
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tid
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three times a day
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NPO
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nothing by mouth ( non per os)
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Sig
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label: instruction to the patient (prescription)
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Gangrene
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loss of blood supply
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Autograft
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graft transfer to a new position in the body of the same person
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Heterograft
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graft transfer from one person to another or one species to another
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Ecchymosis
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bruise or black and blue mark
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Pruritus
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itching
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Carbuncle
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cluster of furuncles
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Furuncle
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boil, painful nodule
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Tinea
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fungal infection
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Vitiligo
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white patches on skin due to destruction of melanin
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Urticaria
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Hives
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Alopecia
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baldness
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Comedone
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blackhead
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Fissure
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linear crack in skin
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Cryosurgery
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destruction of tissue by freezing
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Verruca
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wart
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Keloid
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big growth of scar tissue
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Excoriation
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scratch
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Lipoma
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fat tumor
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Xanthoderma
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yellow skin
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Xeroderma
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dry skin
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Mycosis
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disease caused by a fungus
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Hypodermic
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below the skin
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Rubella
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German measles
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Rubeola
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Long measles
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Varicella
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Chicken pox
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Liposis
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fatty infiltration, neutral fats being present in the cells
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Petechia
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spot
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Keratoses
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thickened areas of epidermis
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Actinic keratoses
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sun damaged skin, precursor to cancer
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tenitis
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ring of ears
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fibbrow
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with fever
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affibrow
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without fever
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nevus
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mole
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cicatrix
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scar
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-al, ac, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, tic
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pertaining to
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-estasis
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expansion or dilation
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-ia, -y
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condition of
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-ium
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structure or tissue
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ectomy
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excision
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-stomy
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creation of an opening
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-tomy
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incision
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-dynia, -algia
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pain
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-rrhaply
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suture
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-genesis
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origin or production
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-oid
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resembling
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-penia
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abnormal reduction
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-rrhea
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discharge
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-cele
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pouching or hernia
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-emia
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blood condition
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-iasis
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formation or presence of
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-malacia
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softening
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-osis
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condition or increase
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-phil
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attraction for
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-ptosis
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falling downward displacement
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-rrhage
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burst forth
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-desis
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binding
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-pexy
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suspension or fixation
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-ation
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process
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-poiesis
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formation
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-stasis
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stop or stand
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Oligo-
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few or deficient
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para-
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alongside of , or abnormal
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peri-
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around
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endo-
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within
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epi-
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upon
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sub-
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below or under
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a-, an-
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without
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de-
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from, down, or not
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ab-
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away from
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dia-, trans-
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across or through
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e-, ec-, ex-
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out or away
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meta-
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beyond, after, change
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pan-
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all
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ante-
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before
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con-, syn-, sym-
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together or with
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eu-
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good or normal
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