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Ana

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Apart ( from the body)

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-opsy

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To view

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Auto

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Self

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Bio

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Life

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gynaec

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Woman/female

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labio

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Lips

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leio

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Smooth

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Dactyly

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Fingers or toes

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conio

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Dust

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cusis

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Hearing

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presby

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Old age

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Presbycusis

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Dimished hearing due to aging

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sialo

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Salivary gland

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torti

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Twisted

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Collum

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Neck

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-clasis

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Breaking

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-oid

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Shape or form or resemblance

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-somatic

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Pertaining to the body

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-poiesis

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Making

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-phylaxis

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Protection, prevention

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-phage

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Eating, ingesting

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-ous

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Like, Similar to

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-ose

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Sugar

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-condition of the eye

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-opia

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-meter

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Measure

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-kinesis

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Movement, activity

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Isometric

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Relating to equal measure

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Hypotonia

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Reduced muscle tone

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Homeostasis

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Constant environment

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Aphasia

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Unable to speak

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Spondyl-

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Vertebra

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Homo-

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The same or common

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-uresis

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Urination

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-uria

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Condition of urine

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polyuria

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Passing large amounts of urine

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lymphocyte

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Specialised type of white blood cell

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lymphoma

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Tumour of the lymph tissue

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oedema

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Accumulation of fluid in the tissues

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-plasia

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Formation, development, growth

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Adenocarcinoma

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Malignant cancerous tumour of the gland

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Radiotherapist

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Specialist in treatment with x-rays

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tumour

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Abnormal growth of tissue

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Metastases

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Secondary cancerous malignant growths

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Adenotonsillectomy

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Surgical removal of the adenoids and tonsils

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-desis

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Binding together by surgery/fixation

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-pexy

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To fix in place/surgical fixation

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Antibiotic

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A drug used to treat bacterial disease

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Anaesthetic

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A drug for the removal of feeling

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Anaesthetist

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Medical specialist in the control of sensation and resuscitation

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Anaesthesiologist

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A specialist in administration of drugs to control sensation and consciousness

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Anaesthesia

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Condition of lack of feeling or sensation

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Analgesia

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Lack of sensitivity to pain/absence of pain

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Menorrhea

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Menstruation

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Menorrhagia

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Heavy bleeding

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Metrorrhoea

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Discharge of Pus or mucus from the womb

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Leucorrhoea

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White discharge from the vagina

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Neonate

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Baby up to 28 days

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Puerperium

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First six weeks after childbirth

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Traumatic

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Relating to physical injury or wound

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Myositis

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Inflammation of the muscles

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Monoplegia

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Paralysis of one limb

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Paraplegia

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Paralysis of the lower limbs

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis in one side of the body

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Kyph

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Humped, curved or crooked

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Cervical (not womb)

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Pertaining to the neck

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Kyphosis

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Hunchback

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal cells in an organ or tissue

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Immunity

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Bodies ability to resist infection

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Cyst

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Fluid filled sac

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Malnutrition

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The body does not receive enough nutrients for proper function

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Infection

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Invasion or presence of foreign organisms

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Bacteria

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Micro organisms which cause disease

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Osteomyelitis

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Inflammation of the bone marrow

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Opthalm-

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Eye

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Opt-

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Sight/vision

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Gland

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An organ which creates and produces substances

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Insulin

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Natural hormone that controls the level of glucose in the blood

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Metabolism

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The basic workings of body cells

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Thyroid

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A large gland in the neck that secretes hormones

80
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Prophylactic

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A substance to prevent disease

Medical Terminology 2 (26 decks)

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