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88 Cards in this Set
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Hyperglycemia
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High blood sugar
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Ante Cibum
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before meals
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Hypertrophy
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increased development
(cell size) |
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Prodrome
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Symptoms apear before onset of illness
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Symbiosis
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two orginisims living together
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Metamorphosis
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condition of change of shape/form
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Ultrasonography
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process of recording ultrasound waves
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Syndactyly
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a condition of webbed fingers/toes
*example of congenital anormaly* |
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Exophthalmos
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eyeballs that protrude
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Symphysis
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to grow together
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Contralateral
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pt opposite side
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Antibodies
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protine substance made in the body to fight against antigens
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Intercostal
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pt between the ribs
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Percutaneous
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pt through the skin
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Dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
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Epithelium
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skin cells
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Abductor muscle
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leads away from the body
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Tachycardia
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rapid heart beat
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Dia
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through, complete
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Recombinant
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taking a gene of one, injecting into another
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Relapse
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slidding back
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Parathyroid glands
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beside thyroid glands
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Antigenes
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forigen substance that simulates the antibody
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Postnatal
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pt after birth
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Ectopic
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outside the normal place
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Pancytopenia
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dificiencies of all cells
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Suprarenal
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pt above the kidney
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Dysplasia
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abnormal development
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Brady
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slow
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Retroperitoneal
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pt behind the peritoneum
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Benign
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non cancerous
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Symbiosis
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two organisms living together
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Diarrhea
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to flow through
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Antibody
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protine substance made in your body to fight against antigen
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Bifurcation
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splitting in two
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Syndrome
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a group of symptoms that occur together
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Metastasis
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beyond control
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Neonatal
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pt the newborn
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Percutaneous
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pt through the skin
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Euphoria
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a good feeling
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Antigen
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forigen substance that stimulates the antibody
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Apnea
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not breathing
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Antisepsis
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against infection
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Anoxia
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condition without oxegyn
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Dehydration
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lack of water
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Bilateral
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pt both sides
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Bradycardia
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condition of a slow heart beat
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Pro
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before, forward
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Contra
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against
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Syn
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together, with
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Per
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through
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Ad
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toward
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Infra
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below,beneath
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Peri
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around, surrounding
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Inter
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between
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Para
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beside
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Intra
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in,within
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Antepartum
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before birth
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ab
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away
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eu
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good, normal
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post
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after, behind
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syn, sym
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together, with
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intra
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into, within
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endo
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within
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supra
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upper, above
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hypo
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under,deficient
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cata
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down
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two
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bi
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no, not, without
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a, an
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all
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pan
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new
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neo
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surrounding
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peri
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half
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hemi
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between
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inter
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small
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micro
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fast
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trachy
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false
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pseudo
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ultra
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beyond
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con
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with, together
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meta
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change
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carp/o
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wrist, bones
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seps/o
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infection
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-plasia
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formation, delelopment
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-pnea
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breathing
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=partum
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birth
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-trophy
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nurishment, development
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mal-
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bad
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