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171 Cards in this Set
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cutane/o
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skin
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-plasia/-plasm
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new growth
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rrhagia
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burst
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rrhexis
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rupture
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exotropia
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abnormal turning out of the eyes
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ad-
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toward
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ecto-
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outside
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ab-
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away from
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ectogenous
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originating outside the body
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monochromatism
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complete color blindness
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epi-
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above
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suppurative
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relating to pus
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somat/o
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body
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acrocyanosis
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blueness of extremities
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sagittal plane
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Divided the body into left half and right half
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Coronal/frontal plane
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separates body into front and back halves
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transverse
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separates body into top and bottom halves
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heterochromic
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two eye colors
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chloropia
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objects are viewed in green
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poli/o
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grey matter
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The ventral cavity consisted of which two other cavities?
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Abdominopelvic and thoracic
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Inversion is___
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turning inward or inside out
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son/o
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sound
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-gnosis
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knowing
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partial or total lack of pigment
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albinism
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naval
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umbilic/o
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Eversion is ______
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turning outward
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dors/o
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back of the body
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poster/o
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back of the body
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The dorsal cavity consists of which other cavities
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The spinal and cranial
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Xerosis
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abnormal dryness of the skin, membrances, and conjunctiva
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Know the sections of the stomach
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study
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Band
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faschi/o
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morbid
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disaesd or pertaining to disease
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adhesion
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abnormal binding together of organs
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dehiscence
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bursting open of a wound
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Sc
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symptom
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PET
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positron emission tomography
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SPECT
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single photon emission computed tomography
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PA
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posteroanterior or pernicious anemia
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I & D
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incision and drainage
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Bx
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biopsy
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DSA
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digital subtraction angiography
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Curettage
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scraping of a body cavity with a currette
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Anastomosis
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surgical joinint of two parts to allow for flow
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ablation
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removal by surgery, freezing, chemicals, etc
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vitiligo
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locatlized loss of skin pigment
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eschar
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damaged tissue following a burn
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Urticaria
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hives (bumps called wheals)
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pruritus
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intense itching
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purpura
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spontaneous bleeding into the tissues
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erythema
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redness of skin caused by swelling capillaries
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oral leukoplakia
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formation of white spots on tongue, lips or cheeks caused by irritation
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deglutition
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act of swallowing
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Prn
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as required
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eructation
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belching
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Crohns Disease
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irritation of digestive tract (inflammation)
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Pc
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after meals
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qod
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every other day
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qid
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four times a day
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qh
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every hour
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bid
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2x / day
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ac
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before meal
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obstipation
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intestinal obstruction/severe constipation
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qam
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every morning
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tid
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3 x / day
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choledoch
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bile duct
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sial/o
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saliva
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pertussis
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whooping cough
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phren/o
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diaphragm
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-osmia
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smell
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coryza
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common cold
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spir/o
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breath
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CXR
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chest xray
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epitaxis
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nose bleed
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qh
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every hour
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bid
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2x / day
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ac
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before meal
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obstipation
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intestinal obstruction/severe constipation
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qam
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every morning
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tid
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3 x / day
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choledoch
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bile duct
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sial/o
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saliva
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pertussis
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whooping cough
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phren/o
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diaphragm
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-osmia
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smell
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coryza
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common cold
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spir/o
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breath
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CXR
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chest xray
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epitaxis
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nose bleed
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TPR
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temperature
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-ptysis
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spitting
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oximetry
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noninvasive way of measuring blood gases
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-phonia
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voice
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steth/o
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chest
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rhoncus
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snoring
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asphyxia
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condition caused by insufficient oxygen intake
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anthrac/o
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coal dust
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pulmonary edema
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accumulation of fluid in lungs and alveoli
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hypoxia
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decrease in oxygen in tissues
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embolus
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undissolved matter in pulmonary arteries
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-capnia
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CO2
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atel/o
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incomplete or imperfect
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stridor
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high pitched breath sound caused by spasm of larynx
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lavage
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washing out a cavity
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atelectasis
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incomplete dilation of lung (collapsed lung)
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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commissurotomy
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separation of the leaflets of mitral valvles (that have fused)
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arterectomy
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removal of matter from an artery
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embolization
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technique used to block blood flow w/ catheter and injections
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AAA
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abdominal aortic aneurysm
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prophylactic
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preventative measure using agent to destroy the entry of infection
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arrest
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stopped
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patent
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open and unblocked
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ischemia
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deficiency of blood in tissues due to obstruction of circulatory system
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ICD
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implantable cardioversion defibrillator -- battery powered device that correct arrythmias
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coarctation
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narrowing of blood vessels
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mitral valve prolapse
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leaflets of mitral valve prolapse back into the atrium
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hemangi/o
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bloood vessel
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catheter ablation
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destroying conductive tissue to interrupt abnormal contractions
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DOE
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dyspnea on exertion
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Stokes-Adams syndrome
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altered state of consciousness due to decrease in blood flow to brain caused by prolonged asystole
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cardioversion
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restoring rhythm to heart with elecric shock
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patent ductus ateriosus
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condition which connecting blood vessel b/t pulmonary artery and aorta in fetal circulation stays open
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bruit
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soft blowing murmur
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ASHD
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ateriosclerotic heart disease
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echocardiograph
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used ultrasound to visualize cardiac structur
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fibrillation
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fluttering
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poikil/o
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varied / irregular
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xenograft
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transplant of tissue from one species to another species (heterograft)
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allograft
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transplant from same species to same species
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xen/o
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strange or foreign (different)
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lymphaden/o
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lymph node / gland
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-globin
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protein
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-stasis
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still
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-oid
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resembling
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aplastic
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w/o growth
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lymphadenopathy
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disease of lymph nodes!
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humoral immunity
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create antibodies againt antigens by B cells
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sideropenia
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lack of iron in blood
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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anisocytosis
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condition of blood characterized by RBC of different sizes
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isochromic
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having same colors
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poiesis
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formation/production
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aniso-
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unequal
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cellular immunity
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acquired resistance by T cells that exert cytotoxic effect on harmful cells
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-cide
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killing
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azot/o
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nitrogenous compounds
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growth (3
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-physis, trophy, plasia
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scol/i
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crooked/bent
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dactyl
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fingers/toes
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cephalad
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towards the head
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pub/o
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anterior part of the pelvic bone
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ankyl/o
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stiffness
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IVP
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intravenous pyelography
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ARF
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acute renal failure
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hypospadias
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urethra opens on underside of glans penis, not on the tip
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varicocele
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dilated vein of the sperm cord
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vas deferens
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vas/
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spermatocele
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cystic tumor of epididymus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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py/o
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pus
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cryptoorchidism
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failure of testes to drop into scrotum
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peritoneoclysis
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intro of fluid into the peritoneal cavity
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BPH
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benign prostatic hyperplasia
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ATN
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acute tubular necrosis
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parturition
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process of giving birth
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nat/o
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birth
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metr/o
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uterus
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LMP
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last menstrual period
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-salpinx
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tube
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