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Chapter 1: Learning Terminology, Word Roots, and Combining Forms Flashcards

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aer/o

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air, gas

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)

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blast/o

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immature cells

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calc/o, calci/o

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calcium

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chondrio, chondro

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cartilage, grainy, gritty

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chyl/o

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chyle, a digestive juice

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chym/o

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chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach

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cyst/o, cysti

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bladder, cyst, cystic duct

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cyt/o

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cell

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ethm/o

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ethmoid bone

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gli/o

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glue

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gluc/o

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glucose

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glyc/o

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sugars

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hydr/o

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hydrogen, water

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ket/o, keton/o

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ketone, acetone

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lip/o

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fat (outside of a blood vessel)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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plasma, plasmo

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formative, plasma

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salping/o

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tube

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sider/o

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iron

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somat/o

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body

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squam/o

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scale, squamous (meaning scaly)

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syring/o

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tube

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algesi/o, algi/o, alg/o

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pain

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cry/o

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cold

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dips/o

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thirst

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esthesi/o

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sensation, perception

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kin/o, kine

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motion

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phon/o

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sound, voice, speech

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phot/o

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light

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son/o

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sound

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therm/o

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heat

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acanth/o

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spiny, thorny

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andr/o

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masculine

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chlor/o

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chlorine, green

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chrom/o, chromat/o

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color

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crypt/o

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hidden, obscure

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cyan/o

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blue

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eosin/o

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red

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erythr/o

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red, redness

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granul/o

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granular

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gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o

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women

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home/o, hom/o

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same, constant

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly, fishy

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idi/o

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distinct, unknown

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immun/o

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safe, immune

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leuk/o

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white

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macr/o

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large, long

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meg/a, megal/o

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large, million

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melan/o

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black, dark

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micr/o

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small, tiny

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mio

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smaller, less

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morph/o

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structure, shape

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norm/o

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normal

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physi/o

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physical, natural

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pseud/o

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false

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scler/o

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hardness, hardening

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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spher/o

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round, spherical

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staphyl/o

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grapelike clusters

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sten/o

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narrowness

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strept/o

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twisted chains, streptococci

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terat/o

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monster (as a malformed fetus)

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xanth/o

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yellow

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bacill/o

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bacilli, bateria

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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carcin/o

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cancer

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kypth/o

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humpback

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onch/o, onc/o

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tumor

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path/o

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disease

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pyr/o

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fever, fire, heat

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schist/o

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split

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schiz/o

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split, division

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spasm/o

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spasm

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anteri/o

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front

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dextr/o

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right, towards the right

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dors/o

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back

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goni/o

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angle

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later/o

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lateral, to one side

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medi/o

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middle, medial plane

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mes/o

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middle, median

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orth/o

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straight, normal

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top/o

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place, topical

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crin/o

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secrete

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gen/o

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producing, being born

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hypn/o

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sleep

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log/o

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speech, words, thought

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narc/o

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sleep, numbness

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phag/o

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eating, devouring, swallowing

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somn/o, somni

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sleep

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spir/o

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breath, breathe

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actin/o

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light

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amyl/o

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starch

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bar/o

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weight, pressure

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bas/o, basi/o

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base

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bio

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life

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chem/o

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chemical

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chrono

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time

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coni/o

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dust

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cycl/o

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circle, cycle

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dyna, dynam/o

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force, energy

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echo

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reflected sound

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electr/o

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electricity

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eti/o

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cause

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fibr/o

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fiber

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fluor/o

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light, luminous, fluorine

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fungi

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fungus

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galact/o

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milk

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ger/o, geront/o

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old age

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lact/o, lacti

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milk

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lith/o

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stone

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lys/o

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dissolution, destruction

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necr/o

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death, dying

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noct/i, nyct/i

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night

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pharmaco

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drugs, medicine

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phyt/o

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plant

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py/o

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pus

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radio

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radiation, x-ray, radius

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stere/o

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three-dimensional

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tel/o, tele/o

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distant, end, complete

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ton/o

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tension, pressure

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toxi, toxic/o, tox/o

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poison, toxin

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troph/o

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food, nutrition

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a

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before

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ac

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before meals

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AMI

A

acute myocardial infarction

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bid

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twice a day

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BP

A

blood pressure

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c/o

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complaining of

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Ca

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cancer/carcinoma

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CC

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chief complaint

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COPD

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)

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CXR

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chest x-ray

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DOB

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date of birth

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Dx

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diagnosis

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ECG, EKG

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electrocardiogram

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Fx

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fracture

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GI

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gastrointestinal

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h/o

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history of

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HEENT

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head, ears, eyes, nose, throat

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HTN

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hypertension

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Hx

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history

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IM

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intramuscular

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LAC

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laceration

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LOC

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level of consciousness

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mcg

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microgram

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NKDA

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no known drug allergies

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npo

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nothing by mouth

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po

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by mouth

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PRN

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as needed

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qid

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four times a day

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SOB

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shortness of breath

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tid

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three times a day

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Tx

A

treatment

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w/o

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without

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WNL

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within normal limits

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