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231 Cards in this Set
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BACTERI/O |
BACTERIA |
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-OCCUS (-COCCI, PL) |
BERRY-SHAPED BACTERIUM |
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PYR/O |
FEVER |
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PYRET/O |
FEVER |
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PYREX/O |
FEVER |
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SEPS/O |
INFECTION |
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STAPHYL/O |
CLUSTERS |
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UR/O |
URINARY TRACT/URINE |
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AIDS |
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
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HIV |
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
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ICD-9-CM |
INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION, CLINICAL MODIFICATION |
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MRSA |
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREAUS |
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MSSA |
METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS |
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OI |
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION |
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SA |
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS |
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SIRS |
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME |
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UTI |
URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
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ANA- |
BACKWARD |
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CAC/O |
BAD |
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CARCIN/O |
CANCER, CANCEROUS |
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CHEM/O |
CHEMOTHERAPY |
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CYST/O |
SAC OF FLUID |
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-GENESIS |
FORMATION |
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NEO- |
NEW |
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-OMA |
MASS, TUMOR |
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-PLASM |
FORMATION, GROWTH |
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SARC/O |
FLESH, CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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-THERAPY |
TREATMENT |
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BX |
BIOPSY |
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CA |
CANCER |
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CHEMO |
CHEMOTHERAPY |
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METS |
METASTASES/METASTATIC |
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CRIN/O |
SECRET |
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DIPS/O |
THIRST |
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GLUC/O, GLYC/O |
SUGAR |
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HORMON/O |
HORMONE |
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PANCREAT/O |
PANCREASE |
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THYR/O THYROID/O |
THYROID |
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TOXIC/O |
POISON |
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TROPIN- |
ACT UPON |
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-IN |
A SUBSTANCE |
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COAGUL/O |
CLOTTING
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CYT/O |
CELL |
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-EMIA |
BLOOD CONDITION |
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-GLOBULIN |
PROTIEN |
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RANUL/O |
GRANULES |
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HEM/O |
BLOOD |
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HEMAT/O |
BLOOD |
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LEUK/O |
WHITE |
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CBC |
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
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ESR |
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
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RBC |
RED BLOOD COUNT |
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WBC |
WHITE BLOOD COUNT |
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ANXI/O |
UNEASY, ANXIOUS, DISTRESSED |
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HALLUCIN/O |
HALLUCINATION |
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HYPO- |
DEFICIENT |
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-MANIA |
OBSESSIVE |
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MENT/O |
MIND |
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PARA- |
ABNORMAL |
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PHOBIA |
FEAR |
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PHYC/O |
MIND |
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SCHIZ/O |
SPLIT |
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AD |
ALZHEIMER DISEASE |
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ADD |
ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER |
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ADHD |
ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER |
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DT |
DELIRIUM TREMENS |
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MDD |
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MANIC-DEPRESSIVE DISORDER |
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MR |
MENTAL RETARDATION |
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OCD |
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
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PTSD |
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
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SAD |
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER |
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-ALGIA |
PAIN |
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AUDI/O |
HEARING |
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BLEPHAR/O |
EYELID |
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CEREBELL/O |
CEREBELLUM
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CEREBR/O |
CEREBRUM |
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CONJUNCTIV/O |
CONJUNCTIVA |
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COR/O |
PUPIL |
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CORNE/O |
CORNEA |
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DUR/O |
DURA MATER |
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ENCEPHAL/O |
BRAIN |
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GLAUC/O |
GRAY |
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KINES/O |
MOVEMENT |
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-LEPSY |
SEIZURE |
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MENINGI/O |
MENINGES |
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NEUR/O |
NERVE |
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-OPIA |
VISION |
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OT/O |
EAR |
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-OTIA |
EAR CONDITION
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-PARESIS |
SLIGHT PARALYSIS (WEAKNESS) |
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-PHASIA |
SPEECH |
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-PLEGIA |
PARALYSIS |
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PONT/O |
PONS |
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THALAM/O |
THALAMUS |
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AOM |
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA |
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CNS |
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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CSF |
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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aort/o |
aorta |
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arteri/o |
arterioles |
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atri/o |
atrium |
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capillar/o |
capillary |
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coron/o |
heart |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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hem/o |
blood |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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lymphat/o |
lymphatics |
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lymphan/o |
lymph vessels |
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phleb/o |
veins |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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sphygm/o |
pulse
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splen/o |
spleen |
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thromb/o |
blood clot |
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valv/o |
valve |
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valvul/o |
valve
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vas/o |
vessel |
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vascul/o |
vessel |
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ventricul/o |
ventricle |
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ASHD |
Arteriosclerotic heart disease |
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AR |
Aortic regurgitation |
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AV |
Arteriovenous |
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BP |
BLOOD PRESSURE |
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CAD |
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
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CHF |
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
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HF |
HEART FAILURE |
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HTN |
HYPERTENSION |
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MR |
MITRAL REGURGITIATION |
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PAD |
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE |
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PDA |
PATIENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS |
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PR |
PULMONIC REGURGITATION |
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TR |
TRICUSPID REGURGITATION |
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ALVEOL/O |
ALVEOLUS, AIR SAC |
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BRONCH/O |
BRONCHIAL TUBE |
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BRONCHI/O |
BRONCHUS |
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BRONCHIAL/O |
BRONCHIOLE |
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CYAN/O |
BLUE |
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LARYNG/O |
LARYNX, VOICE BOX |
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LOB/O |
LOBE OF THE LUNG |
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NAS/O |
NOSE |
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PHARYNG/O |
PHARYNX, THROAT |
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PLEUR/O |
PLEURA |
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PNEUM/O |
AIR, LUNG |
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PULMON/O |
LUNG |
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SINUS/O |
SINUS, CAVITY |
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TRACHE/O |
TRACHEA, WINDPIPE |
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ARDS |
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
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COPD |
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
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OSA |
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA |
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RDS |
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
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SOB |
SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
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URI |
UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
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ABDOMIN/O |
ABDOMEN |
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AN/O |
ANUS |
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APPENDIC/O |
APPENDIX |
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BIL/I |
BILE |
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BILIRUBIN/O |
BILE PIGMENT |
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BUCC/O |
CHEEK |
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CEC/O |
CECUM |
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CELI/O |
ABDOMEN |
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CHEIL/O |
LIP |
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CHOLE/O |
GALL/BILE |
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CHOLEANGIO/O |
BILE DUCT |
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CHOLECYST/O |
GALLBLADDER |
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CHOLEDOCH/O |
COMMON BILE DUCT |
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COL/O |
COLON |
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DIVERTICUL.O |
DIVERTICULUM |
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ENTER/O |
SMALL INTESTINE |
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ESOPHAG/O |
ESOPHAGUS |
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GASTR/O |
STOMACH |
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GLOSS/O |
TONGUE |
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HEPAT/O |
LIVER |
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HERNI/O |
HERNIA |
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ILE/O |
ILEUM |
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JEJUN/O |
JEJUNUM |
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LITH/O |
STONE |
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OR/O |
MOUTH |
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PANCREAT/O |
PANCREAS |
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POLYP/O |
POLYP
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PYLOR/O |
PYLORUS |
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RECT/O |
RECTUM |
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SIGMOID/O |
SIGMOID COLON |
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GERD |
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
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GI |
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT |
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JHR |
HEPATOJUGULAR REFLUX |
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ACUTE EXACERBATION |
WORSENING OR A DECOMPENSATION OF A CHRONIC CONDITION |
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AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) |
A CHRONIC, POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE THAT IS CAUSED BY HIV. THE PATIENT'S IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED, WHICH MAKES HIM OR HER HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASES AND INFECTIONS |
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ANEMIA |
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES CAUSED BY FATS IN THE BLOOD |
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BENIGN HYPERTENSION |
CONTINUOUS, MILD BLOOD PRESSURE ELEVATION |
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BENIGN NEOPLASM |
A NON-MALIGNANT NEOPLASM |
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CARCINOMA IN SITU |
A LOCALIZED CANCER THAT HAS NOT SPREAD TO ADJACENT STRUCTURES |
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CATARACTS |
FLAWS OR CLOUDS THAT DEVELOP IN THE CRYSTALLINE LENS |
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF SOME BRAIN CELLS DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN, WHEN THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN IS IMPAIRED BY BLOCKAGE OR RUPTURE OF AN ARTERY TO THE BRAIN. |
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CHOLELITHIASIS |
GALLSTONES |
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CHOLECYSTITIS |
INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER |
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
THE HEART IS UNABLE TO PUMP AWAY THE BLOOD RETURNING TO IT FAST ENOUGH, WHICH CAUSES CONGESTION IN THE VEINS |
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CONJUNCTIVITIS |
INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA, WHICH IS THE TRANSPARENT LAYER THAT LINES THE PART OF THE EYE AND EYELID |
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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES (CAD) |
BLOCKAGE OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES |
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DEMENTIA |
A GROUP OF SYMPTOMS THAT EFFECT FUNCTIONS SUCH AS JUDGMENT AND COMMUNICATION |
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EPIGASTRIC HERNIA |
A PROTRUSION OF INTERNAL ORGAN THROUGH THE EPIGASTRIUM ABOVE THE UMBILICUS |
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EPILEPSY |
CAUSES DISTURBANCES IN THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN |
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GLAUCOMA |
A HYPERTENSIVE CONDITION OF THE EYE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH PRESSURE FROM FLUID |
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GOITER |
ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND |
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HERNIA |
ORGAN OR TISSUE PROTRUDING THROUGH THE WALL OR CAVITY THAT USUALLY CONTAINS IT |
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HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) |
A VIRUS THAT ATTACKS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
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INCISIONAL HERNIA |
PROTRUSION OF INTERNAL ORGANS NEAR AN INCOMPLETELY CLOSED SURGICAL INCISION SITE |
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INTRACTABLE (AS IN MIGRAINE) |
SEVERE MIGRAINE THAT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT |
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LEUKEMIA |
CANCER OF BLOOD AND BONE MARROW |
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LIPOMA |
BENIGN TUMOR MADE UP OF FAT CELLS |
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LYMPHOMA |
CANCER OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM |
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MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION |
ACCELERATED, SEVERE FORM OF HYPERTENSION THAT USUALLY CAUSES PERMANENT ORGAN DAMAGE |
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MALIGNANT NEOPLASM |
CANCEROUS TUMOR THAT TENDS TO GROW, INVADE, AND METASTASIZE |
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MANIFESTATION |
CONDITION OR SYMPTOM THAT DEVELOPS AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERLYING CONDITION OR CAUSE |
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MELANOMA |
SKIN CANCER THAT ORIGINATES IN CELLS CALLED MELANOCYTES, WHICH PRODUCE PIGMENT IN THE SKIN |
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MENINGITIS
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INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES THAT SURROUND THE HEAD AND SPINAL CORD |
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METASTASES |
SPREAD OF CANCER FROM ONE BODY AREA/ORGAN TO ANOTHER |
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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
DEATH OF TISSUE IN THE MYOCARDIUM |
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NEOPLASTIC DISEASE |
CONDITION RELATED TO A TUMOR OR GROWTH |
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NEUROPATHY |
ABNORMAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMMATION OR DEGENERATION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES |
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NSTEMI |
NOT ST ELEVATION MYOCRDIAL INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT PARTLY OCCLUDES THE ARTERY, AND ONLY A PORTION OF THE HEART MUSCLE BEING SUPPLIED BY THE AFFECTED ARTERY DIES |
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OTITIS MEDIA |
MIDDLE EAR INFECTION
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PARKINSON'S DISEASE |
SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE, DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGIC DISEASE |
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PLEURAL EFFUSION |
ABNORMAL FLUID ACCUMULATION IN THE PLEURAL SPACES |
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SEPSIS |
A WHOLE BODY INFLAMMATORY STATE |
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STATUS ASTHMATICUS |
ASTHMA THAT IS NOT RESPONDING TO TREATMENT |
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STEMI |
ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY COMPLETELY BLOCKED, AND NEARLY ALL THE HEART MUSCLE BEING SUPPLIED BY THE AFFECTED ARTERY STARTS TO DIE |
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THYROTOXICOSIS |
MORBID CONDITION DUE TO OVERACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND |
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UMBILICAL HERNIA |
PROTRUSION OF INTERNAL ORGANS THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL AROUND THE UMBILICUS |
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UROSEPSIS |
BACTEREMIA RESULTING FROM URINARY TRACT IINFECTION |
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VENTRAL HERNIA (INCISIONAL HERNIA) |
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