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27 Cards in this Set
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Algia |
Pain |
Arthralgia |
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Asthenia |
Lack of strength |
Myasthenia Gravis |
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Cele |
Pertains to an herniation or the protrusion of a body organ |
Cystocele |
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Dyniai |
Pertains to pain |
Gastrodynia |
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Ectasia/Ectasis |
Dilation which occurs in a hollow body organ |
Lymphangoectasia |
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Edema |
A condition wherein excessive fluid accumulates in the tissues of the body, or in a body cavity |
Cephaloedema |
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Emesis |
The clinical term for vomiting |
Pyemesis |
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Emia |
Pertains to a blood condition |
Anemia |
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Ia |
A condition |
Insomnia |
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Iasis |
Suggests an abnormal or unhealthy state |
Elephantiasis |
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Ism |
Indicates a condition of |
Priapism |
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Itis |
Inflammation |
Colitis |
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Lith |
Suggesting the presence of a calculus or a stone, may also mean resembling a stone |
Fecalith |
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Lysis |
Breakdown, death of |
Electrolysis |
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Lytic |
Decomposition of, inhibition of, annihilation of |
Anxiolytic |
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Megaly |
The abnormal enlargement of |
Cardiomegaly |
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Malacia |
Softening/weakening of |
Bronchomalacia |
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Oma / ma |
Indicative of malignancy, an abnormal mass, a tumor |
Retinoblastoma |
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Osis |
Suggests a condition or a state, often an abnormal one |
Halitosis |
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Pathy |
Indicates a disease or dysfunction |
Neuropathy |
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Penia |
Lack of |
Granuclocytopenia |
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Plegia |
Meaning paralysis |
Cycloplegia |
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Ptosis |
The downward displacement or dropping of an anatomical part |
Uvuloptosis |
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Rrhage / Rrhagia |
The abnormally excessive flow of, rupture of |
Hemorrhage |
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Rrhea |
Excessive flow of a bodily discharge |
Diarrhea |
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Rrhexis |
The rupture of a body organ or a vessel |
Angiorrhexis |
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Sclerosis |
Hardening of |
Atherosclerosis |
