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Ostomy

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Fake opening by surgery

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Otomy

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Surgical incision

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Sign

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Objective:Like fever, can be seen by self or others

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Symptoms

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Subjective,pain or headache; ONLY be measured by the patient.

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Syndrome

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Signs and symptoms that happens at the same time with a specific disease process

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Diagnose,Diagnoses(dx)

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Process of finding out the the diagnosis,Identification of a disease

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Differential diagnosis d/dx

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Rule out r/o, getting to the signs/symptoms by getting at many possibilities.

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prognosis

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prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

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Acute condition

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Rapid,severe, doesn’t last long.

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fissure

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groove or crack-like sore of the skin

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Fistula

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between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body. A fistula may be due to surgery, injury, or the draining of an abscess, through an abnormal passage

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ileum

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Longest part of the small intestines, and the last

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ilium

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Part of the hip bone

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mening

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meninges, three membranes (dura mater,arachnoid,pia mater)… Line of skull and vertebral canal, it encloses the brain and spinal cord

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tendinitis

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Caused by overuse

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Infection

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invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

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Malaise

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Discomfort caused by infection/ disease

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exudate

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Like pus, it comes out of an infected wound

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19
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erythema

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Redness

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hyperthermia

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OverHeat

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edema

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Swelling ,condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

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Laceration

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Accidental cut

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lesion

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Change in tissue by an injury or disease

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mucous, adj

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Membranes I’m the lining of the body cavities.

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mucus,noun
Fluid secreted by mucous membranes
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myc/o
Fungus
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Mycosis
Disease or condition Caused by fungus
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Osis
Abnormal condition or disease
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myel/o
Bone marrow/ spinal cord
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myelopathy
Disease in the spinal cord
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-Pathy
Disease
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Myopathy
Disease in the muscles
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-Ologist
Specialist
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Dermat
Skin
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Ology
Study of
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Neonatology
study of disorders of the newborn
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Neo-
New
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Palpation
Exam of body parts by feeling texture, consistency, and location
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Palpitation
Racing heart
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pyel/o
Renal pelvis, part of the kidney
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Py/o
Pus
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Pyoderma
acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo
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impetigo
contagious bacterial skin infection forming pustules and yellow crusty sores
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pyr/o
Fever
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Pyrosis
Heartburn, discomfort regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus
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Supination
Rotation of turning the palm upward/ forward
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Suppuration
Formation of pus,discharge
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Triage
Medical screening of patients. They put them in their proper place of treatment
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Trauma
Wound or injury
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Virile
Quantities of an adult male
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BE
Below elbow, when it comes to amputation AND barium enema
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MS, DON'T USE
Morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate
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QD and QOD
Daily or every other day
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U is a unit
0 or 4
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eponymous
Name after a Person who described a disease( condition)
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natomic Reference Systems
Location of body planes, directions, and cavities
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Tissue
Cells that work together to form functions
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Cells that produce secretion
Gland
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aden/o
Gland
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adip/o
Fat
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anter/o
Before, front
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caud/o
Lower part of the body, tail
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cephal/o
Head
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hist/o
Tissue
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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
Development, growth, formation
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poster/o
Behind, towards the back
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stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
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adenectomy
Surgical removal of a gland
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adenocarcinoma
carcinoma derived from glandular tissue.
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adenoma
Benign Tumor of a glandular tissue
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Aden
Gland
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adenomalacia
Abnormal softening of a gland
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adenosclerosis
Abnormal hardening of a gland
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anaplasia
change in the structure of cells and in their orientation to each other

As101, Prefixes/ Suffixes (3 decks)

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