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Are/o

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Air

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

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Chem/o

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Drug

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Lingu/o

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Tongue

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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Or/o

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Mouth

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Pharmac/o

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Drug

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Rect/o

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Rectum

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Toxic/o

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Poison

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Vagin/o

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Vagina

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Ven/o

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Vein

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Addiction

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Acquire dependence on a drug

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Broad-spectrum

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Ability of a drug to be effective against a wide range of micro organisms

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Contraindication

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Condition in which a particular drug not be used

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Cumulative action

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Action that occurs in the body when the drug is allowed to accumulate or stay in the body

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iatrogenic

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Unusually unfavorable response resulting from taking a medication

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Potentiation

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Giving a patient the second truck to boost the effect of another drug. The total strain of the dress is greater than the sum of the strength of the individual drugs

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Prophylaxis

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Prevention of disease

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APAP

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Acetaminophen

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aq

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Aqueous

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ASA

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Aspirin

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bid

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Twice a day

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Do

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Diagnosis

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gym

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Gram

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gr

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Grain

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get

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Drop

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IU

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Intravenous

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mEq

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Milliequivalent

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PCA

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Patient controlled administration

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PDR

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Physicians desk reference

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qam

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Every morning

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ad

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Once a day\every day

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qh

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Every hour

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qhs

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At bedtime

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aid

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Four times a day

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qod

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Every other day

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sl

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Under the tongue

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stat

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At once/immediately

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susp

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suspension

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tid

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Three times a day

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TO

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Telephone order

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Anxi/o

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Anxiety

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Ment/o

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Mind

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Phren/o

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Mind

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Schiz/o

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Divided

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Somat/o

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Body

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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-iatrist

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physician

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-mania

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Excessive preoccupation

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-philia

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Affinity for; craving for

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-phobia

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Irrational fear

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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Procedure occasionally use for cases of prolong major depression. Does controversial treatment involves placement of electrodes on one or both sides of the patient’s head and it is turned on briefly by a convulsive seizure

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Psychopharmacology

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Study of the effects of drugs on the mind in particularly the use of drugs in treating mental disorders

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AD

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Alzheimer’s disease

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ADD

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Attention deficit disorder

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BPD

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Bipolar disorder

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ECT

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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MAO

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Mono amine oxidase

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SAD

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Seasonal affective disorder

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Fluor/o

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Flourescence, luminous

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Radi/o

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X-ray

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Roentgen/o

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X-ray

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Son/o

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Sound

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Tom/o

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To cut

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-Lucent

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To shine through

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-opaque

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Non transparent

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Roentgen

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Unit for describing an exposure dose of radiation

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Tagging

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Attaching a radioactive material to a chemical in tracing it is it moves through the body

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Uptake

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Absorption of radioactive material and medicines into an organ or tissue

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Computer tomography scan

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And imaging technique that is able to produce a cross-sectional view of the body

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Electr/o

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Electric current

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Erg/o

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Work

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Hydr/o

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Water

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My/o

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Muscle

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Orth/o

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Straight, correct

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Phon/o

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Sound

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Prosth/o

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Addition

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Therm/o

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Heat

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-phoresis

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Carrying

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-therapy

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Treatment

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cryotherapy

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Using cold for therapeutic purposes

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Debridement

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Removal of dead or damaged tissue from a wound. Commonly performed for burn therapy

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Electromyogram

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Graphic recording of the contraction of a muscle. The result of applying to new electrical stimulation to the muscle

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Passive range of motion

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Therapist putting a patient’s choice through available range of motion without assistance from the patient

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Posterior drains with clapping

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Draining secretions from the bank on oral one cavity by having the patient lie so the gravity of drainage to occur

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Aspirator

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Suctions fluid

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Clamp

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Controlled bleeding; grasps tissue

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Curette

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Scrapes and removes tissue

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Dilator

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Enlarges opening by stretching

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Forceps

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Grasps tissue

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Hemostat

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Forceps to grasp blood vessel to control bleeding

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Probe

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Explores tissue

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Scalpel

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Cuts and separates tissue

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Speculum

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Spreads Sparta walls of a cavity

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Tenaculum

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Long handled clamp

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Trephine

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Saw that removes disk shaped piece of tissue or bone

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Blast/o

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Primitive cell

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Carcinogen

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Substance or chemical agent that produces are you creases the risk of development of cancer

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Carcinoma in situ

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Malignant tumor that has not extended beyond the original site

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Encapsulated

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Growth enclose in a sheath of tissue that prevents tumor cells from invading surrounding tissue

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Hyperplasia

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Excessive development of normal cells within an organ

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