Ch1 Flashcards
Terminology
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ROOT - GASTR
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Stomach
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PREFIX - EPI
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ABOVE
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PREFIX - HYPO
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BELOW
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SUFFIX - IC
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PERTAINING TO
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ALL MEDICAL TERMS HAVE ONE OR MORE______
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ROOTS
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THE ROOT PROVIDES ______
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THE MEANING OF THE WORD
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ROOT - PNEUM
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LUNG OR AIR
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ROOT PLUS COMBINING VOWEL CREATE ______
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A COMBINING FORM
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ROOT - PULMON
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LUNG
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WHAT IS A SUFFIX
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A suffix is an element added to the end of a root or combining form to give it a new meaning.
If the suffix begins with a consonant, it must follow a combining vowel.
If the suffix begins with a vowel, no combining vowel is needed
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SUFFIX - ARY
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PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - LOGY
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THE STUDY OF
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SUFFIX - ia
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A CONDITION
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SUFFIX - ATION
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A PROCESS
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RESPIRATION
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A PROCESS OF BREATHING
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PNEUMONIA
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a condition (infection) of the lung
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PULMONARY
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PERTAINING TO THE LUNG
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PULMONOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF THE LUNG
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Always begin deconstructing a medical term by identifying its
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SUFFIX
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WHAT IS A PREFIX
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A prefix is an element added to the beginning of a root or combining form. Prefixes continue to expand the meaning of medical terms.
Prefixes never require a combining vowel.
Not every term has a prefix
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SUFFIX - AC
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PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - AL
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PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ALE
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PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ALIS
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PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - AR
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ARIS
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ATIC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ATIVE
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - EAL
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ENT
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ETIC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - IAL
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - IC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ICA
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ICAL
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - INE
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX- IOR
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - IOSUM
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - IOUS
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - ISTIC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - IUS
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - NIC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - OUS
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - TIC
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - TIZ
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - TOUS
PERTAINING TO
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SUFFIX - US
PERTAINING TO
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ROOT - RESPIR
TO BREATH
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ROOT - BRONCH
BRONCHUS
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ROOT - HEM
BLOOD
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ROOT - THORAX
CHEST
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SUFFIX - ITIS
INFLAMMATION
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BRONCHITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI
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SUFFIX - SCOPY
TO EXAMINE
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SUFFIX - SCOPE
INTSRUMENT FOR VIEWING
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BRONCHOSCOPY
EXAMINATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE WITH AN ENDOSCOPE
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BRON
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BRONCHOSCOPE
ENDOSCOPE USED FOR THE BRONCHOSCOPY
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HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX
BLOOD AND AIR THE THE PLEURAL CAVITY
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PARENCHYMA
THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL CELL OF A GLAND OR ORGAN
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PNEUMONITIS
SAME AS PNEUMONIA
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PNEUMOTHORAX
AIR IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY
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PULMONOLOGIST
SPECIALIST IN TREATING DISORDERS OF THE LUNG
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RESPIRATORY
PERTAINING TO RESPIRATION
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ROOT - MATURE
FULLY DEVELOPED
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ROOT - NAT
BIRTH
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PREFIX - PERI
AROUND
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PREMATURE
BORN BEFORE FULL DEVELOPMENT
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POSTMATURE
BORN AFTER FULL DEVELOPMENT
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PRENATAL
BEFORE BIRTH
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POSTNATAL
AFTER BIRTH
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PERINATAL
AROUND THE TIME OF BIRTH
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ROOT - LATER
SIDE
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LATERAL
PERTAINING TO THE SIDE OF THE BODY
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PREFIX - UNI
ONE
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PREFIX - BI
TWO
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UNILATERAL
PERTAINING TO ONE SIDE OF THE BODY
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BILATERAL
PERTAINING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY
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EPIGASTRIC
PERTAINING TO ABOVE THE STOMACH
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HYPOGASTRIC
PERTAINING TO BELOW THE STOMACH
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ROOT - CYTE
CELL
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MACROCYTE
LARGE CELL
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MICROCYTE
SMALL CELL
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ROOT - TENS
PRESSURE
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HYPOTENSIVE
PERTAINING TO OR SUFFERING FROM LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
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ROOT - MY
MUSCLE
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ROOT - CARDI
HEART
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MYOCARDIAL
PERTAINING TO THE HEART MUSCLE
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SUFFIX - PATHY
DISEASE
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CARDIOMYOPATHY
DISEASE OF THE HEART MUSCLE
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SUFFIX - EMIA
A BLOOD CONDITION
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ROOT - ISCH
TO BLOCK
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ISCHEMIA
A BLOCK OF THE BLOOD FLOW
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MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
A BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEART MUSCLE
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ROOT - GNOSIS
KNOWLEDGE OF AN ABNORMAL CONDITION
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PREFIX - DIA
COMPLETE
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DIAGNOSIS
COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF AN ABNORMAL CONDITION
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PROGNOSIS
A FORECAST OF A PROBABLY COURSE OF OUTCOME OF A DISEASE
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THERAPY
A TREATMENT
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THERAPUTIC
ADJECTIVAL FORM OF THERAPY
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SUFFIX - GRAM
RECORD
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root - ELECTRO
ELECTRICITY
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ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
A RECORD OF THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS OF THE HEART
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ISCHEMIC
PERTAINING TO A BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD FLOW
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SUFFIX - EMIC
PERTAINING TO A CONDITION OF THE BLOOD
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DIAGNOSTIC
PERTAINING TO OR ESTABLISHING A DIAGNOSIS
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PREFIX - IN
IN
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ROOT - FARCT
AREA OF DEAD TISSUE
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INFARCT
AN AREA OF CELL DEATH RESULTING FROM BLOCKAGE OF ITS BLOOD SUPPLY
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INFARCTION
SUDDEN BLOCKAGE OF AN ARTERY
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SUFFIX - UM
STRUCTURE
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MYOCARDIUM
ALL THE HEART MUSCLE
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plural of - a
ae
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plural of - ax
aces
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plural of - en
ina
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plural of - ex
ices
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plural of - is
es or ides
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plural of - ix
ices
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plural of -ma
mata
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plural of - on
a
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plural of - um
a
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plural of - us
"era" or "i" or "ora"
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plural of - x
ges
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plural of - y
ies
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plural of - yx
ices
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ROOT - AXILL
ARMPIT
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ROOT - CERVIC
NECK
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CERVIX
LOWER PART OF THE UTERUS
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GANGLION
A FLUID FILLED CYST OR A COLLECTION OF NERVE CELLS OUTSIDE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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GANGLIA
PLURAL OF GANGLION
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ILEUM
THIRD PORTION OF SMALL INTESTINE
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ILIUM
LARGE WING SHAPED BONE AT THE UPPER AND POSTERIOR PART OF THE PELVIS
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ILIA
PLURAL OF ILIUM
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MUCUS
STICKY SECRETION OF CELLS IN MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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MUCOUS
PERTAINING TO MUCUS OR THE MUCOSA
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MUCOSA
LINING OF TUBULAR STRUCTURE THAT SECRETES MUCUS
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PROSTATE
ORGAN SURROUNDING THE URETHRA AT THE BASE OF THE MALE URINARY BLADDER
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PROSTRATE
TO LAY FLAT OR BE OVERCOME BY PHYSICAL WEAKNESS AND EXHAUSTION
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PROSTRATION
THE STATE OF LAYING STRETCHED OUT OR EXTREME PHYSICAL WEAKNESSS
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REFLEX
AN INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO STIMULUS
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REFLUX
BACKWARD FLOW
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SEPTUM
A THIN WALL SEPARATING TWO CAVITIES OR TISSUE MASSES
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UTERUS
ORGAN IN WHICH AN EGG DEVELOPSINTO A FETUS
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VERTEBRA
ONE OF THE BONES OF THE SPINAL COLUMN
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VERTEBRAE
PLURAL OF VERTEBRA
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prefix - hyper
above normal
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hypertension
persistent high arterial blood pressure
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hypertensive
pertaining to or suffering from high blood pressure
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hypotension
persistent low arterial blood pressure
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root - neur
nerve
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neurology
the study of disorders of the nervous system
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neurologist
a medical specialist in disorders of the nervous system
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ureter
tube that connects a kidney to the urinary bladder
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urethra
canal leading from the bladder to the outside
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urology
study of disorders of the urinary system
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ROOT - ur
urine
