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100 Cards in this Set
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Removal of the gallbladder |
Cholescystectomy |
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Examination of the colon |
Colonoscopy |
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Enlarged liver |
Hepatomegaly |
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To draw fluid from the abdomin |
Abdominocentesis |
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The production of bile |
Biligenesis |
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Forming an opening between the colon and the abdominal wall |
Colostomy |
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Washing of the intestines |
Enteroclysis |
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Swelling/herniation of esophagus |
Esophagocele |
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Pertaning to above the stomach |
Epigastric |
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Inflammed gums |
Gingivitis |
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Instrument to examine abdomen |
Laparoscope |
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Burning pain |
Causalgia |
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Skin disease |
Dermatopathy |
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Removal of the scab |
Escharectomy |
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Condition of fungal nails |
Onychomycosis |
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Condition of flaky skin |
Lepidosis |
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Skin inflammation |
Dermatitis |
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Dry skin |
Xeroderma |
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Condition of pimple, acne |
Papulosis |
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Condition of warts |
Verrucosis |
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Hyperulosis |
Excessive scarring |
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Axillary lymphadenitis |
Inflammation of the lymph nodes and armpit |
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Lymph swelling |
Lymphedema |
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Spleen obstruction |
Spleenemphraxis |
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Venous inflammation of the lymphatic vessel |
Lymphangiophlebitis |
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Prevention of a disease |
Prophylaxis |
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Immune response to severe blood infection |
Septicemia |
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Inflammation of the tonsil |
Tonsilitis |
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Softening of the spleen |
Lienomalacia |
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Pertaining to knots |
Nodular |
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Inflammation of bursa |
Bursitis |
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Fluid in the head |
Hydrocephalus |
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Tumor of fat and cartilage |
Lipochondroma |
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Between ribs |
Intercostal |
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Muscle weakness |
Myasthenia |
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Pain in the buttocks |
Pygalgia |
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Joint inflammation |
Arthritis |
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Cut into skull |
Craniotomy |
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Humpback/ crooked spine |
Kyphoscoliosis |
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Cancer tumor in the muscle |
Myocarcinoma |
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Imperfect spinal cord |
Atelomyelia |
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Pertaining to cerebellum/spine |
Cerebellospinal |
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Softening of the brain |
Encephalomalacia |
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Condition of nerve sensation |
Esthesioneurosis |
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Cell glue |
Gliocyte |
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Pertaining to sleep |
Hypnotic |
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Condition of not sleeping |
Insomnia |
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Membrane swelling/herniation |
Meningocele |
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Spinal cord swelling |
Myelocele |
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Nerve breakdown |
Neurotripsy |
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Vagolysis |
Vagus nerve destruction |
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Removal of the bladder |
Cystectomy |
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Bladder inflammation |
Cystitis |
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Pertaining to blood in the urine |
Hematuria |
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Removal of kidney stone |
Nephrolithectomy |
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Study of the kidneys |
Nephrology |
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Hardening of the kidney |
Nephroschlerosis |
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Pus in the urine |
Pyuria |
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Pertaining to kidney and stomach |
Renogastric |
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Forming a new opening for the ureter |
Ureterostomy |
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Occlusion of the urethra |
Urethratresia |
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Acoustic |
Pertaining to hearing |
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Myringosis |
Condition of the eardrum |
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Pain in the ear |
Otodynia |
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Ear diacharge |
Otorrhea |
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Pertaining to nose and pharynx |
Nasopharyngeal |
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Osmosis |
Condition of smelling |
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Surgical repair/correction of the nose |
Rhinoplasty |
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Excessive blood flow in the nose |
Rhinohemorrhagia |
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Haphephobia |
Fear of being touched |
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Painful touch |
Haphalgia |
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Thigmesthesia |
Sensation of touch |
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Pertaining to tongue and epiglottis |
Glossoepiglottic |
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Toungue pain |
Glossodynia |
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Stomatopathy |
Disease of the mouth |
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Drooping eyelid |
Blepharoptosis |
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Inflammation of the conjunctiva |
Conjunctivitis |
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Double vision |
Diplopia |
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Eye specialist |
Opthalmologist |
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Softening of the lens of the eye |
Phacomalacia |
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Air in the chest/thorax |
Pneumothorax |
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Paralysis of like parts on both sides of the body |
Diplegia |
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Progressive, malignant disease of the blood fprming organs, a type of cancer |
Leukemia |
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A woman who has had two or more births |
Multipara |
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Self diagnosis |
Autodiagnosis |
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Drug agent that supresses involuntary contractions |
Antipasmodic |
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Difficulty or loss of the ability to swallow or eat |
Aphagia |
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The study of symptoms |
Sumptomatology |
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Pertaining to around the anus |
Perianal |
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A solid mass formed in the heart pr vessel (blood clot) |
Thrombus |
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Incision to remove a stone |
Lithotomy |
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Pertaining to urea in the blood |
Uremia |
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A pathologic accumulation of air in the tissues or organs |
Emphysema |
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Collection of pus in the bodily cavity |
Pyucele |
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Any condition that renders a treatment as improper or undesirable |
Contraindication |
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Displacement of a viscus to the opposite side |
Transposition |
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Having sudden severe syptoms, usually life threatening |
Acute |
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Chest pain |
Angina |
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Pertaining to cells |
Cellular |
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Resembling a triangle, rotator cuff, muscle in shoulder |
Deltoid |