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1
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Donates

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Don/o

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Luminous

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Fluor/o

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Sugar

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Glyc/o

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Drug

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Pharmac/o

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Nature

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Physi/o

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Practice

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Practition/o

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Cut

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Sect/o

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Small

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Micro-

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Pain

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-algia

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Cephaligia

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Cephal/o=head

Headache

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Arthralgia

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Arthr/o=joint

Joint pain

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Otalgia

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Ot/o= ear

Earache

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Cancer

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Carcin/o

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-algia

Patholgic condition

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Pain

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-cele

Patholgic condition

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Hernia

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Cystocele

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Cyst/o=bladder

Hernia of the bladder

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-dynia

Patholgic condition

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Pain

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-emesis

Patholgic condition

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Vomiting

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-ia

Patholgic condition

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State of; condition

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-itis

Patholgic condition

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Inflammation (redness, swelling, heat, and pain that occur when the body protects itself from injury.

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-lysis

Patholgic condition

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Destruction; separation; breakdown

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-malacia

Patholgic condition

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Softening

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-megaly

Patholgic condition

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Enlargement

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-Oma

Patholgic condition

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Tumor; mass

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-osis

Patholgic condition

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Abnormal conditon

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-pathy

Patholgic condition

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Disease process

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-penia

Patholgic condition

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Decrease; deficiency

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-phobia

Patholgic condition

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Irrational fear

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-ptosis

Patholgic condition

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Downward displacement; drooping; prolapse; sagging

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-ptysis

Patholgic condition

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Spitting

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-rrhage; rrhagia

Patholgic condition

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Bursting forth

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-rrhea

Patholgic condition

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Flow; discharge

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-rrhexis

Patholgic condition

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

Patholgic condition

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Hardening

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-spasm

Patholgic condition

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Sudden involuntary contraction

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-stenosis

Patholgic condition

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Narrowing; stricture

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-y

Patholgic condition

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Process

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-gram

Diagnostic procedure

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Record; writing

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-graph

Diagnostic procedure

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Instrument used to record

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-graphy

Diagnostic procedure

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Process of recording; producing images

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-meter

Diagnostic procedure

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Instrument used to measure; process of measuring

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-metry

Diagnostic procedure

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To measure; measurement

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-opsy

Diagnostic procedure

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To view

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-scope

Diagnostic procedure

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Instrument used to visually examine (a body cavity or organ)

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-scopy

Diagnostic procedure

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Process of visually examining (a body cavity or organ)

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-centesis

Surgical procedure

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-desis

Surgical procedure

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Surgical binding; surgical fusion

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-ectomy

Surgical procedure

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Excision; surgical removal

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Top

Extremeties

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Acr/o

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-pexy

Surgical procedure

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Surgical fixation

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-Plasty

Surgical procedure

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Surgical reconstruction or repair

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-rrhaphy

Surgical procedure

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Suture; sew

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-stasis

Surgical procedure

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Stoppage, controlling, stopping

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-stomy

Surgical procedure

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New opening; artificial opening

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-tome

Surgical procedure

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Instrument used to cut

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-tomy

Surgical procedure

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Process of cutting an incision

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-cyte

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Cell

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-er; -ician, -logist; -ist

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Specialist, one who specializes; specialist in the study of.

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-ion

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Process

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-logy

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Study of; process of study

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-or

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One who; person or thing that does

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-plasia

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Formation; development

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-poiesis

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Production; manufacture; formation

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-genic

Adjectival suffix

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Produced by; producing

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-oid

Adjectival suffix

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Resembling

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-ole; -ule

Adjectival suffix

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Small

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-ac; -al; -ary; -eal; -ic; -ous

Adjectival suffix

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Pertaining to

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Rectocele

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Hernia of the rectum

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Encephalocele

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Hernia of the brain

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Gastrodynia

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Stomach pain

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Mastodynia

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Breast pain

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Hematemesis

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Vomiting of blood

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Glycemia

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Sugar in the blood

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Pneumonia

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Condition of the lung. Most commonly known as inflammation of the lung.

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Enteritis

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Inflamed small intestine.

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Stomatitis

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Inflamed mouth

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Spondylitis

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Inflamed vertebra

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Hemolysis

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Breakdown of blood

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Cerebromalacia

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Softening of the brain

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Chondromalacia

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Softening of the cartilage

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Visceromegaly

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Enlargement of the internal organs

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Lipoma

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Tumor containing fat

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Myoma

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Tumor of muscle

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Nephrosis

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Abnormal condition of the kidney

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Ureteropathy

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Disease process of the ureter to the bladder for the passage of urine

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Cytopenia

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Deficiency of cells

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Acrophobia

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Fear of heights

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Blepharoptosis

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Drooping eyelid

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Nephroptosis

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Dropping kidney

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Hemoptysis

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Spitting up blood

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Hemorrhage

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Bursting forth of blood; bleeding

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Gastrorrhagia

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Bleeding from the stomach

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Otorrhea

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Discharge from the ear

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Splenorrhexis

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Ruptured spleen

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Arteriosclerosis

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Hardening of the arteries

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Blepharospasm

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Sudden involuntary contraction of the eyelid

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Phlebostenosis

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Narrowing of the vein

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Neuropathy

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Disease process of the nerve

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Microencephaly

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Small brain

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Lymphangiogram

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Record of the lymph vessel (by the use of X-rays)

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Cardiograph

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Instrument used to record heart activity.

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Computed tomography

CT scan

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X-ray beam rotates around patient detailing the structure at various depths.

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Mammography

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Producing images of the breast

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Myelography

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Producing images of the spinal cord

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Craniometer

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Instrument used to measure the skull.

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Pelvimetry

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Measurement of the pelvis. Maternal pelvis.

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Biopsy

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A procedure involving the removal of a piece of living tissue, which is then microscopically examined for any abnormalities.

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Bronchoscope

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Instrument used to visually examine the interior of the bronchus

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Bronchoscopy

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Process of visually examining the bronchus

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Fluoroscopy

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X-ray of moving structures, such as the movement of substances through the digestive tract.

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Abdominocentesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen.

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Thoracocentesis

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Surgical puncture of the chest wall to remove fluid from around the lungs.

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Arthrodesis

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Surgical fusion of joint

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Oophorectomy

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Excision of the ovary

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Tonsillectomy

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Excision of the tonsils

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Nephropexy

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Surgical fixation of the kidney

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Orchidoplasty

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Surgical reconstruction of the testicle.

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Colporrhaphy

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Suturing of the vagina

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Hemostasis

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Stoppage of blood

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Tracheostomy

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New opening into the trachea

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Myotome

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Instrument used to cut muscle

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Tenotomy

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Process of cutting a tendon

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Adipocyte

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Fat cell

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Histiocyte, histocyte

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Tissue cell

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Practitioner

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One who has obtained the proper requirements to work in a specific field of study.

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Physician

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Specialist in the study of medicine who has graduated from a recognized school of medicine and is licensed by the appropriate authority to practice.

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Neurologist

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Specialist in the study of the nervous system and its disorders

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Pharmacist

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Specialist licensed to prepare and dispense drugs

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Section

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Process of cutting

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Hepatology

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Study of the liver

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Physiology

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Study of function (study of how a structure functions)

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Organ donor

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One who donates organ tissue to be used in another body

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Chodroplasia

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Formation of cartilage

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Hematapoiesis

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Production of blood

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Carcinogenic

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Producing cancer (agent that produces cancer)

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Osteoid

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Resembling bone

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Bronchiole

A

Small bronchus

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Venule

A

Small vein

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Cardiac

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Pertaining to the heart

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Renal

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Pertaining to the kidney

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Mammary

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Pertaining to the breast

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Pharyngeal

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Pertaining to the throat

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Gastric

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Pertaining to the stomach

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Venous

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Pertaining to the vein

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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