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Combining Form |
Word element created by joining a word root with a combining vowel
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Combining Vowel
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Vowel placed between word parts to link them together and make the term easier to pronounce
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Directional Term
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Term used to indicate specific areas on the body
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Pathological Term
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Term that refers to a disease or disorder of the body
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Prefix
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Word element that is placed at the beginning of the word that modifies its meaning
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Suffix
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Word element placed at the end of a word that modifies its meaning
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Word Root
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Main stem of a word that conveys the word's meaning
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a-, an-
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without, absence of
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ante- |
before, in front of
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anti-
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against
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bi-
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two
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brady-
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slow
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circum-
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around
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dia, trans-
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through, across
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diplo-
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double, twin
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dys-
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bad, painful, or difficult
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endo-
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in, within
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epi-
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above, upon
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eu-
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good, normal
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ex-, extra-
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away from, external
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-, supra-
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excessive, above normal
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hypo-, sub-, infra-
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below normal, beneath
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inter-
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between
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small |
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multi-, poly-
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many, much
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neo- |
new
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oligo-
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deficient
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para-, peri-
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near, beside, or around
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post-
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after, following
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pre-
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before, in front of
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primi-
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first
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quadri-
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four
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syn-
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union, together, or joined
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tachy-
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rapid
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tox-
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poison
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uni-
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one
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-al, -ac, -ar, -ary, -ic, -eal, -ous, -tic, -tous
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pertaining to
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-asthenia
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weakness, debility
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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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-arche
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beginning
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-blast
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embryonic cell
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-cephaly
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head
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-cide
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kill, destroy
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-clast
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to break, surgical fracture
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-cyte
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cell
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-derma
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skin
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-desis
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binding, fixation
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
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-edema
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swelling
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-esthesia
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sensation
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-genesis
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creating, producing
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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recording instrument
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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-ia, -ism
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condition
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-iasis
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pathological condition or state, commonly related to the presence of a stone
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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-kinesis, -kinesia
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movement
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-lith |
stone
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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destruction of
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-oid
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resembling
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-ole, -ule
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small
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-oma
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tumor
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-opia
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vision
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-orexia
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appetite
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-para
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to bear offspring
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-paresis
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slight or partial paralysis
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-pathy
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disease
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-pause
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cessation, stopping
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-penia
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deficiency
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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fear
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-phoria
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feeling
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-plasm, -plasia
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formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-prandial
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meal
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-ptosis
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drooping, prolapse
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bursting forth
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-rrhaphy
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suture, suturing
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-salpinx
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tube (fallopian or eustachian)
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-scope
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instrument to view
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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contraction, tension, spasm
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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-stomy
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mouthlike opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tocia
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childbirth, labor
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-tome
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cutting instrument
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-tomy
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cutting into, incision
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-trophy
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nourishment or growth
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-tropia
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turning
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-uria
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urine
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BM
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bowel movement
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bid
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twice a day
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C
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Ca, CA
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calcium, cancer
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tid
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three times a day
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qid
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four times daily
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c̅
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with
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__ s |
without
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c/o
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complaint of
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Dx
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diagnosis
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FH
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family history
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g
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gram
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gtt
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drops
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PMH
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prior medical history
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Hx
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history
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h, hr
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hour
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ID
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intradermal
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IM
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intramuscular
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INR
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international normalized ratio
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IV
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intravenous
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K
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potassium
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Kg, kg
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kilogram
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L
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liter
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Mg, mg
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magnesium, milligram
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ml
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milliliter
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Na
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sodium
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NPC
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nonproductive cough
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NPO |
nothing by mouth
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NG
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nasogastric
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N&V
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nausea and vomiting
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OTC
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over the counter
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P, __ p |
pulse, after
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pc
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after meals
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PO
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by mouth
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PE |
physical examination
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PR
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per rectum
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q
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every
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qam
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every morning
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qh
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every hour
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qhs
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every day at bedtime, every evening
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R
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respiration
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RR
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respiratory rate
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Rx
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prescription
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stat
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immediately
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supp
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suppository
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Sx
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symptom
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T
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temperature,
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tab
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tablet
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Tx
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treatment
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proximal
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nearer to the origin or point of attachment
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distal
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further from the origin or point of attachment
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medial
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toward the midline; nearer to the middle
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lateral
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away from the midline; toward the side
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superior
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above or nearer to the head
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inferior
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beneath or nearer to the feet
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anterior
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toward or near the front; ventral
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posterior
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towards or near the back; dorsal
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ventral
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front, anterior
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dorsal
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back; posterior
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abduction
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from, away from
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adduction
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toward
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