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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Carp/o

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Wrist bones

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Cib/o

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Meals

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers toes

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Duct/o

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To lead, carry

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Flex/o

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To bend

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Furc /o

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Forking, branching

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Immun/o

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Protection

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Mort/o

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Death

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Nat/i

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Birth

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Nect/o

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To bind, tie

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Norm/o

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Rule, order

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Ox/o

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Oxygen

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Pub/o

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Pubis (pubic bone): anterior portion f the pelvic bone

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Seps/o

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Infection

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Son/o

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Sound

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The/o

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To put, place

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Thel/o, theli/o

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Nipple,

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Thyro/o

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Thyroid gland

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Top/o

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Place, position, location

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Tox/o

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Poison

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Trache/o

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Trachea, windpipe

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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-blast

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Embryonic, immature

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-crine

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To secrete

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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-drome

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To run

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-fusion

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Coming together, to pour

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-gen

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Substrate the produce

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-lapse

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To slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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Breaking down, separating

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-meter

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To measure

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-mission

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To send

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40
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-partum

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Birth

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-phoria

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To bear, carry : feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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To grow

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-ptosis

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Drop, sag, prolapse

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-rreah

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Flow, discharge

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-stasis

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Stop, control

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48
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-trophy

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Nourishment , development

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A, an

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No not , without

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Ab

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Away

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Ad

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Towards

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Anoxia

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No oxygen in tissue

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Abnormal

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Irregular

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Abductor

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Any muscle that moves a part of the body

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Adductor

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Any muscle that moves a pat of the body towards the middle line

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56
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Adrenal glands

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Two endocrine glands above the kidneys, suprarenal glands

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Ana-

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up, apart

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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Anabolism

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The process of making complex molecules

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Analysis

A

Separating a substrate into its components

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Antecibum

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Before meals

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Anteflexion

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Bending forward

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Antepartum

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Before birth

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Anti-

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Against

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65
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Antisepsis

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Fights against infection

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Antigen

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Any substance that the body regards as foreign and simulates production of antibodies

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Antibody

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A protein produced by WBC against antigens 

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Antibiotic

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Destroys or inhibits growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria

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Antitoxin

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Acts against toxin 

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70
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erythroblastosis

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Condition of immature blood cells

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Brady

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Slow

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72
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Cata

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Down

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autoimmune

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The body might makes antibodies against its normal sense, and tissue causing information

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Bifurcation

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Where is an Institute parts such as bifurcation of trachea 

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Bilateral

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Both sides of the body

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Bradycardia

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Slow heart rate below 60

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Catabolism

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Breaking down of complex materials for simpler substances, and release energy

78
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Con-

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With, together

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Connective tissue

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A tissue that spines of support of tissues and parts, bone, cartilage and fibrous tissue are examples

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Congenital anomaly

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Birth defects, congenital means present at birth 

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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Ipsi -

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Same

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De -

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Down , lack

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Contraindication

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Any factor in a patient’s condition that makes it unwise to pursue a certain line of treatment 

85
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Contralateral

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Affecting the opposite side of the body

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Ipsilateral

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Same side of the body

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Dehydration

A

Deficiency of water

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Dia-

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Through, complete

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Diameter

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Length of st8 line of circulars

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Diarrhea

A

Frequent discharge of water, and loose waste from the colon

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Dialysis

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Complete separation of nitrogenous waste urea from the blood with kidneys fail. 

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Dys-

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Bad, pain, abnormal

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Ec-, ecto-

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Out, outside

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Dyspnea

A

Painful breathing

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Dysplasia

A

Condition of abnormal growth بشكل غريب

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Ectopic pregnancy

A

Development of fetus in a place other than the uterus

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En- endo-

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In within

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Endocardium

A

The inner lining of the heart

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Endoscope

A

An instrument to visualize the interior of the body

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Endotracheal

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Pertaining to within the trachea

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Epi-

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Upon, above, on

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Epithelium

A

Layer of cells covering the external surface of the body

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Euphoria

A

A condition of wellbeing

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Euthyroid

A

Having a normally functioning thyroid

106
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Ex-

A

Outside

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Hemi-

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Half

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Exophthalmos

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Forward protrusion of the eyeball

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Hemiglossectomy

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Removal of half of the tongue

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Hyper-

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Excessive

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Hypo-

A

Deficient

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Hyperglycemia

A

High levels of sugar in the blood

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Hypothermic injection

A

Placement of the needle under the skin

114
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Hypoglycemia

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Lower than normal level of sugar in the blood

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hyperplasia

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Condition of increased formation of cell/ increase in cell number

116
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Hypertrophy

A

Increase in the size of a muscle or an organ

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Infra

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Beneath, under

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Inter

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Between

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Intra

A

In, into, within

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Insomnia

A

No sleep

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Incision

A

Process of cutting into

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Infracostal

A

Below the rib

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Intercostal

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Between the ribs

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Intravenous

A

Within a vein

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Macro

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Ben-

A

Good

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Macrocephaly

A

Abnormal large head

129
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Malaise

A

Feeling of being unwell

130
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Malignant

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Cancerous

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Meta-

A

Bones that lie within the wrist bones

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Metamorphosis

A

An abnormal condition of change in shape

133
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Metastasis

A

Spread of cancer

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Neo

A

New

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Pan

A

All

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Neonatal

A

New born baby 4 weeks

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Neoplasm

A

New abnormal growth of tissue

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Pancytopenia

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Deficiency of all blood cells

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Para-

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Abnormal, besides, near

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Paralysis

A

Abnormal leading to loss of sensation or motion

141
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Parathyroid gland

A

Tow pairs of endocrine gland behind the thyroid gland

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Per-

A

Through

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Peri-

A

Surrounding

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Percutaneos

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Through the skin

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Pericardium

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A membrane sac surrounding the heart

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Periosteum

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A membrane surrounding the bone

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Poly-

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Many

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Post

A

After

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Pre

A

Before

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Polymophonuclear

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Nucleus with multiple shapes

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Polyneuritis

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Inflammation of many nerves

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Postmortem

A

After death

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Postpartum

A

After birth

154
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Precancerous

A

Before malignant condition

155
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Prenatal

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Before birth

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Pro/pros

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Before forward

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Prodrome

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Symptoms that appear before the onset of a more serious illness 

158
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prolapse

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Finding forward or download of a part of the body /uterus 

159
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Prosthesis

A

 Artificial limb

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Pseudo

A

False

161
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Pseudocyesis

A

false pregnancy

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Relapse

A

Reoccurring of a symptom of a disease after a parent discovery

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Remission

A

Disappearing of the symptoms of a disease

164
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recombinant DNA

A

Insertion of a gene from an organism into the DNA another organism 

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Retro

A

Behind

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Retroperitoneal

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Behind the peritoneum

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Retrofelxion

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The bending backwards ( the womb)

168
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Supra

A

Above

169
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Subcutaneous

A

Under the skin

170
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Subcutaneous layer

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Lower layer Of the skin composed of fatty tissue 

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Suprapubic

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Above the pubic bones, anterior part of hip bone

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Syn- / sym-

A

Together

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Syndactyly

A

Congenital fusion of fingers or toes 

174
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Symphysis

A

 a joint in which the bones that grow together united by a piece of fibrocartilage

175
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Tachy

A

Fast

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Trans

A

Across

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Tachypnea

A

fast breathing

178
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Transfusion

A

Transferring of blood from one person another

179
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Transurethral

A

Through the urethra

180
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Ultra-

A

Beyond excess

181
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Uni

A

One

182
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Ultrasonography

A

Use of high frequency sound waves that are beyond the range of normal hearing to produce a record or a picture of organ

183
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Unilateral

A

One side of the body

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