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Hepatitis means:
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Inflammation of the liver.
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The abbreviation PT stands for:
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Prothrombin Time.
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What word is used to describe the breakdown of red blood cell?
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Hemolysis.
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The ability of the body to maintain equilibrium or "steady state" is called:
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Homoeostasis.
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The combining form "erythro" means:
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Red.
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The singular form of atria is:
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Atrium.
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The pleural form of lumen is:
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Lumina.
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What word means "large cell?"
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Macrocyte.
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What word means "controlling blood flow?"
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Hemostatis.
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In which of the following pairs of letters is each letter pronounced separately?
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"Pn" as in dyspnea.
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The "e" is pronounced separately in:
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Syncope.
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What is an example fo a suffix?
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Oxia.
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In the term "bicuspid," bi- is a"
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Prefix.
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The letter "c" has the sound of "s" in the term:
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Hypoglycemia.
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RBC
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Red Blood Count.
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RPR
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Rapid Plasma Reagin.
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Diff.
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Differential.
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EEG
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Electroencephalogram.
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IM.
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Intramuscular.
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ASO.
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Antistreptolysin O
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CMV.
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Cytomegalovirus.
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FUO.
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Fever of Unknown Origin.
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DOB.
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Date of Birth.
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Rx.
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Prescription.
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ESR.
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.
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W.
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Water Reactive.
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LD.
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Lactic Dehydrogenase.
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O & P
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Ova & Parasites.
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PKU.
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Phenylketonuria.
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RA.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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NPO.
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Nothing by mouth.
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wt.
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Weight.
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Arteri.
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Artery.
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Cardi.
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Heart.
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Cyte.
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Cell.
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Derm.
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Skin.
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Glyc.
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Sugar.
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Hem.
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Blood.
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Hepat.
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Liver.
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Onco.
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Tumor.
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Oste
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Bone.
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Phleb.
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Vein.
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Pulmon.
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Lung
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Scler.
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Hard.
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Thromb.
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Clot.
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Vas.
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Vessel.
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A/An
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Without.
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Anti.
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Against.
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Brady.
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Slow.
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Dys.
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Difficult.
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Homo.
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Same.
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Hypo.
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Low,or Under.
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Micro.
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Small.
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Poly.
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Many.
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Algia.
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Pain.
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Cyte.
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Cell.
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Emia.
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Blood Condition.
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Gram.
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Recording, Writing.
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Itis.
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Inflammation.
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Logist
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Specialist in the study of.
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Lysis.
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Breakdown, destruction.
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Oma.
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Tumor.
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Osis.
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Condition.
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Pathy.
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Disease.
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Penia.
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Deficiency.
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rrhage.
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Bursting forth.
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Stasis.
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Stopping, controlling.
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Tomy.
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Cutting, incision.
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