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chapter 4 Flashcards

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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, connect

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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; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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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

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield-shape

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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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windpipe, trachea

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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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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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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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-or

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one who

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry; feeling

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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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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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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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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside

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en-, endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not

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in-

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into, within

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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-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pseudo-

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false

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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adrenal glands

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endocrine glands located above each kidney. secrete adrenaline

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antigen

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usually a foreign substance, stimulates the production of antibodies.

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antibodies

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protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.

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vaccine

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dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies.

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Rh condition

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rh positive has a protein coating antigen on his or her red blood cells.

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HDN hemolytic disease of the newborn

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when the mother has Rh positive baby and she is negative.

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autoimmune disease

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the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.

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rheumatoid arthritis

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autoimmune disease affecting joints

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systemic lupus erythematosus

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autoimmune disease affecting connective tissues, skin, and internal organs

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graves disease

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hyperthyroidism, autoimmune disease

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congenital anomaly

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webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects,

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ipsilateral

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located on the same side

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ectopic pregnancy

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the zygote develops outside the uterus, most often within the fallopian tube.

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prolapses

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slides forward or downward

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recombinant DNA technology

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process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.

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PCR, polymerase chain reaction

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method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology

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syndactyly

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congenital anomaly marked by fusion of fingers or toes

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syndrome

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group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality.

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reye syndrome

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characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver.

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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affects infants whose mothers consumed excessive amounts of alcohol during pregnancy.

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marfan syndrome

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inherited CT disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long, spidery fingers and toes, elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and opthalmic abnormalities

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symbiosis

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two organisms living together in close association, either for mutual benefit or not.

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parasitism

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another example of symbiosis, occurs when one organism benefits and the other does not.

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symphysis

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a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage.

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transurethral

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a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through the urethra.

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ultrasonography

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diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.

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echocardiograms

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ultrasound images of the heart

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