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1
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Blast/o

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Embryonic form

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Kinesi/o

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Movement

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Lys/o

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Destruction

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Macro-

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Post-

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After

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Pro-

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Before

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Albin-

ex-Albinism

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White

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Chloro-

ex-chloroplast

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Green

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Cyan-

ex-Cyanosis

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Blue

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Erythro-

ex-Erythrocyte

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Red

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Melan-

ex-Melancholy

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Black

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Xantho-

Ex-Xanthophyll

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Yellow

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17
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A person who has albinism is called?

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Albino

18
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The process that produces an EKG is called?

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Electrocardiography

19
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When something affects the opposite side it is called?

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Contralateral

20
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When something affects the same side it is called?

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Ipsilateral

21
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Which term means white blood cell

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Leukocyte

22
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Which of the following means recording the electrical impulses of the brain?

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Electroencephalography

23
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Which term means a substance that causes cancer?

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Carcinogen

24
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Which term means an inflammation of the skin caused by fungus?

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Mycodermatitis

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Which term means destruction of red blood cells resulting in the liberation of hemoglobin?

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Hemolysis

26
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Which term means to live without oxygen

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Anaerobic

27
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What does bradycardia mean?

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Decreased pulse rate

28
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What is the term for any condition that renders some particular line of treatment improper?

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Contraindication

29
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Which of the following specifically means a cell that can ingest and destroy particulate substances?

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Phagocyte

30
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Which term means a fever-producing agent?

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Pyrogen

31
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One word: Difficult or weak voice

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Dysphonia

32
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One word: Malignant pigmented tumor

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Melanoma

33
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One word: Increased amount of lipids in the blood

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Hyperlipemia (Hyperlipidemia)

34
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One word: Composed of many cells

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Multicellular

35
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One word: Excessive thirst

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Polydipsia

36
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One word: Increased pulse rate

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Tachycardia

37
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One word: Inside the trachea

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Endotracheal

38
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One word: Measurement of the head

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Cephalometry

39
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One word: Paralysis of one side of the body

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Hemiplegia

40
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One word: Slowness of all body movement

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Bradykinesia

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