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carp/o

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wrist bones

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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/l

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fingers, toes

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flex/o

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to bend

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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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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 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, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled (-oid) a shield to those who named it

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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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-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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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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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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-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, drooping, 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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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-

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out, outside

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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

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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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pros-

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before, forward

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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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through, across

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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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antigen

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foreign substance such as poison, virus, or bacterium that stimulate 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. Antibodies bind to and mark for destruction the antigens that produced them.

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immune response

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the reaction between antigen and antibody.

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vaccine

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dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells (lymphocytes) to make antibodies which then remain in the blood stream to protect against the specific antigens when encountered in the future.

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Rh condition

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a person who is Rh positive has a protein coating on hs or her red blood cells (RBCs). It is a specific antigen factor that the person is born with and is normal. People who are Rh-negative have normal RBCs as well, but their red cells lack the Rh factor antigen.

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Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) or erythroblastosis fetalis

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condition that arises when mother has Rh condition and the baby doesn’t and their bodies produce blood cells to fight against it. Signs are jaundice.

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Jaundice

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yellow skin pigmentation is the result of excessive RBC destruction. This produces high bilirubin (a chemical pigment) in the bloodstream which cause jaundice.

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congenital anomaly

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an irregularity in a structure or organ from birth (like webbed toes or clubbed feet) Some are hereditary.

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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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polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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method of producing multiple copies of a single gene

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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. May occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin

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Marfan syndrome

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inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long, “spidery” fingers and toes, elongated head, and hear, blood vessel, and ophthalmic abnormalities.

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TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate gland)

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a portion of the prostate is removed with an instrument (rectoscope) passed through the urethra. It is indicated when the prostatic tissue increases and interferes with urination

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Ultrasonography

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

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echocardiogram

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ultrasound images of the heart

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sonogram

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fetal ultrasound image

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symbiosis

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when two organisms live together in close association, either for mutual benefit or not

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sign

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an objective finding that is perceived by an examiner

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symptom

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a subjective change in condition as perceived by the patient

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