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59 Cards in this Set
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Albino
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a person with no skin pigment ( white hair and white skin)
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Aphasia
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with out speaking
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apnea
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not breathing
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arteriosclerosis
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hardening of the arteries
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bifocals
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glasses with two vission adjustments
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bilateral conditions affect
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both sides
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opposite of brady is:
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tachy
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bradycardia
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slow heart beat
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bradyphasia
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slow speaking
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cardiomegaly
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enlarged heart
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chlorophyll
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the green coloring in plants
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chronic deprssion
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depressin lasting a long time
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contraindications
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iniducation against taking medicine or treatment
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prefix of cryotherapy
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cryo
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cyanemia
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the blue color of blood
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diplopia
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seeing double
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disinfectants
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agents that remove microbes which are the agents of infection
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dyspnea
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difficult breathing
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dysphasia
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difficult speaking
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dyspepsia
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difficut or painful digestion
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erythrocyte
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red blood cell
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opposite of eu-
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mal
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heterogenous
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composed of different substances
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homogenous
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group of cells that have the same substances or structures
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homolateral
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on the same side
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prefix of hyperactive
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hyper
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tachycardia
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fast or rapid heart beat
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tachyphasia
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fast speaking
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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unilateral
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on one side
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xanthinuria
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excretion of large amount of yellow pigment in the urine
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prefix of semisweet
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semi
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semiconscious
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partially conscious
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scleroderma
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condition with hard tight skin
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quadriplegic
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person with paralyzed arms and legs
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prefix of quadrant
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quad
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purpura
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condition characterized by purple discoloration of skin
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prefix of pseudonym
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psued/o
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prefix of protocol
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prot/o or pro
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primipara
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woman that has had or is having a child
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opposite of polo
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olig/o
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of the gray matter in the nervous system
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prefix of necrotic
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necr/o
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neonatology
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study of newborns
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hyperalimentation
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givin an abnormally high amount of nourishment
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hypertension
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high blood pressure
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megacolon
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abnormally enlarged colon
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melanocyte
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black cell
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micrometer
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measures small distances
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milisecond
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one thousandth of a second
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monochromatic
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colorblind
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monocular disease
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affects only one eye
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multiparous woman
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woman who has two or more children
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prefix of multiple
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multi
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hyperthermia
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abnormally high tempature
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prefix of hypoderma
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hypo
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hypotension
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low blood pressure
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hypothalmus
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region below thalmus
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leukocyte
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white blood cell
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