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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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-iatry

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medical treatment

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medic/o

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physician, medicine (combining form)

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therap/o, therapeut/o, -therapy

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treatment

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pharmac/p, pharmceutic/o

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medicine, drug

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diet/o

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food

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chirurgic/o

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surgery

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log/o

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word, speech

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-logy

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study of

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-nom

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law, custom

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-nomy

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knowledge, laws of

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physi/o

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nature, growth, function

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physic/o

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physical, natural

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techn/o

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art, skill

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erg/o, -ergasia

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work, function

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san/o, sanit/o

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health

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hygien/o, hygiei/o

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health

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anthrop/o

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human

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hom/o, homin/o

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human

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idi/o

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individual, distinct

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dem/o

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people

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ethn/o

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race, people

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gen/o

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race, kind, hereditary, gene

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andr/o

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masculine male, stamen of a flower

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viril/o

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masculine, male

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gyn/o, gynec/o

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feminine, female, ovary of a flower

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femin/o

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female, feminine

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ped/o

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child

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pueril/o

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child

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ger/o, geront/o

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elderly, old age

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presby/o

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elderly, old age

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sen/o, senil/o

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elderly, old age

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gnos/o, -gnosis

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knowledge, knowing

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eti/o, aeti/o

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cause

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esthesi/o, -esthesia

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feeling, sensation

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morb/o

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disease

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nos/o

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disease

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path/o, -pathy, -path

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disease, feeling, suffering

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mort/o

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death

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thanat/o, -thanasia

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death

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necr/o

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dead body, dead

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febr/o

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fever

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pyr/o

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fire, fever

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pyret/o

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fever

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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-emia, -hemia

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condition of blood

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47
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poly-, multi-

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many

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cal/o

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heat

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rubr/o

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red, redness

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erythr/o

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redness, red blood cells

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tum/o

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swelling tumor, mass,abnormal

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onc/o, -oncus

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swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

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edemat/o, -edema

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swelling

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54
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troph/o, -trophy

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nourishment

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55
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tabet/o

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wasting

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cel/o, -cele

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hernia, prostrusion

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cyt/o

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cell

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58
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cell/o, cellul/o

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cell

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cancer/o

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cancer, crab

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cancr/o

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spreading ulcer

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carcin/o

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cancer, crab

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mal/o, kak/o, cac/o

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bad, faulty

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phlog/o

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inflammation

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dol/o

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pain

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noc/o, noxi/o

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pain

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alg/o, -algia, -algesia

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pain

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odyn/o, -odynia

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pain, painful condition

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acu/o, acut/o

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needlelike, sharp, pointed

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oxy/o

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sharp, quick, acid, oxygen

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-oxia

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oxygen condition

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chron/o

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time

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pur/o, py/o

A

pus

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rhe/o

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flow

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rhexis

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rupture, to break

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-rrhagia, -rrhage, -rrhagy

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rupture with a profuse discharge of fluid

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rhagad/o

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tear, fissure, cleft

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-penia

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deficiency

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mega-

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enlargement, large

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megal/o, -megaly

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large

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micr/o

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small

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macr/o

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large, long

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lys/o, -lysis

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breakdown, resolving

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malac/o, -malacia

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soft, abnormal softening

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-ptosis

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downwards, displacement, prolapse

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-ectasis, -ectasia

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dilation, expansion

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schiz/o, -schisis

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split, cleft

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stas/o, stat/o, -stasis

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a standing, stoppage, causing to stand

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-stat

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a device to stop/cease something

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poiet/o, -poiesis

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to make, produce

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plast/o

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formed, molded

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-plast

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forming cell or organelle

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-plasia

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condition of a formation, growth

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fac/o, fic/o, fact/o, fect/o

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to make, cause

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-gen

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to become, to produce

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graph/o

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writing

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording, writing

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grammat/o, gramm/o

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something written or drawn

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-gram

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a record or image of something

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metr/o

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measure, measurement

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-meter

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measuring instrument

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-metry

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the process of measuring something

104
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-tomy

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incision

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-tome

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device for making an incision

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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-plasty

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surgical reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

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joining together parts of a wond/suture

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-scopy

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examination, esp. with a device

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-scope

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a device for looking into a body part

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-desis

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surgical binding/fusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-section

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a cutting

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-clasty

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a surgical breaking

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-trypesis

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a surgical piercing/boring

119
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What is a SOAP note?

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subjective, objective, assessment, plan

120
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S in SOAP

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subjective: patient’s experiences, personal views, feelings

121
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O in SOAP

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objective performed: observable signs and results of the tests that the physician has performed

122
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A in SOAP

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assessment: evaluation of the patient’s sign/symptoms of progress

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P in SOAP

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plan: determination how to proceed or alter the plan of care

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pt

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patient

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CC

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chief complaint

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y.o.

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year old

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c/o

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complains of

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WDWN

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well developed, well nourished

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CP

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chest pain

130
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WNL

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within normal limits

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Hx

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history/medical history

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s/p

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status post

133
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Sx

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symptoms

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R/O

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rule out (meaning that it needs to be determined)

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D/C

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discharge/discontinue

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SOB

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shortness of breath

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RRR

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regular rate and rhythm

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T

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temperature

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LE

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lower extremity

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R

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respiration

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BP

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blood pressure

142
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P

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pulse

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ETOH

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alcohol

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NKDA

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no known drug allergies

145
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RTC

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return to the clinic

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RTO

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return to the office

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afferens

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afferent (carrying toward)

148
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communicans

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communicant (sharing, communicating)

149
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deferens

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deferent (carrying down or away)

150
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efferens

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efferent (carrying out or away)

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