Diagnosis And Treatment

Front 1

Methods to perform physicals

Back 1

Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation

Front 2

Cineradiology

Back 2

Making a motion picture of successive images on a fluoroscopic screen

Front 3

Computed tomography (CT)

Back 3

Use of a computer to generate an image from a large number of x-rays passed at different angles through the body

Front 4

Fluoroscopy

Back 4

Use of x rays to examine deep structures

Front 5

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Back 5

Production of images through the use of a magnet field and radio waves.

Front 6

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Back 6

Production of a sectional body images by administration of a natural substance, such as glucose, labeled with a position-emitting isotope.

Front 7

Radiography

Back 7

Use of x-rays passed through the body to make a visual record of internal structures

Front 8

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Back 8

Scintigraphic technique that permits visualization of a radioisotope's cross sectional distribution

Front 9

Ultrasonography

Back 9

Generation of a visual image from the echoes of high frequency sound waves travelling back from different tissues

Front 10

Methods of classification of cancer

Back 10

Grading ( based on tissue changes observed when viewed under microscope I-IV) and staging (establishing the clinical extent of tumor spread at original site and other parts. TNM system)

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TNM system

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T-primary tumor N - regional lymph nodes, M- distant metastases

Front 12

Cautery

Back 12

Destruction of a tissue by a damaging agent,

Front 13

Diagnosis

Back 13

Process of determining the cause and nature of an illness

Front 14

Excision

Back 14

Removal by cutting (-ectomy)

Front 15

Immunotherapy

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Treatment that involves stimulation or suppression of the immune system

Front 16

Aer/o

Back 16

Air or gas

Front 17

Bar/o

Back 17

Pressure

Front 18

Chrom/o, chromat/o

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Color, stain

Front 19

Chron/o

Back 19

Time

Front 20

Cry/o

Back 20

Cold

Front 21

Electr/o

Back 21

Electricity

Front 22

Erg/o

Back 22

Work

Front 23

Phon/o

Back 23

Sound, voice

Front 24

Radi/o

Back 24

Radiation, x-rays

Front 25

Phot/o

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Light

Front 26

Son/o

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Sound

Front 27

Therm/o

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Heat, temperature

Front 28

-graphy

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Act of recording data

Front 29

-graph

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Instrument for recording data

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-gram

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A record of data

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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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-metry

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Measurement of

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-scope

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Instrument for viewing or examining

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-scopy

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Examination of

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-centesis

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Puncture, tap

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-desis

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Binding, fusion

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-ectomy

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Excesion, surgical removal

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

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-rhaphy

Back 40

Surgical repair, suture

Front 41

-stomy

Back 41

Surgical creation of an opening

Front 42

-tome

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Instrument for incising

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-tomy

Back 43

Incision, cutting

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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Diaphoresis

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Profuse sweating

Front 46

Syncope

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Temporary loss of consciousness because of inadequate blood flow to the brain

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Sequela

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Lasting effect of a disease

Front 48

Facies

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The Expression or appearance of the face

Front 49

Bruit

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A sound heard in auscultation. Usually abnormal

Front 50

Radionuclide

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Substance that gives off radiation

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Clysis

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Introduction of fluid into the body, other than orally

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Irrigation

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Flushing of a tube, cavity, or area with fluid

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Paracentesis

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Puncture of a cavity for removal of fluid

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Ligature

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A tie or bandage

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Resection

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Partial excision of a structure