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1
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Surgery

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Hand work (work done by hand)

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Clinic

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Pertaining to a bed (bedside)

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Diagnosis

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Complete knowledge

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Doctor

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Teacher

Doctors teach patients how to stay healthy or get well

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Noso- (no-SOH)

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Disease

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Patho-, -pathy

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Sickness

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Dose

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Giving

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Etio-

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Cause

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Hospital

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Institution for guests

(Housing for sick people)

(back in the day Hospitalers ran a hospice or a motel for travelers who are often sick)

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Iatro-

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Physician, doctor

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Physio-

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Nature

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Apothecary (ah-POTH-e-ka-re)

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Storehouse (Drug Storehouse)

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Prognosis

A

Foreknowledge (forecast of how a disease will turn out)

(forecast to recovery)

(-osis= unhealthy condition)

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Symptom

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Perception of disease

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Therap-

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To heal

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Veterinary

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Dealing with beasts of burden (any type of animal given medical care)

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Bio-

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Living

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-atrics

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To treat

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-ist, -logist

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A doer, a specialist

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-ize

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Treatment

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Morbus

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Disease

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-ology

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Study of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-osis, -iasis

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Status, condition

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25
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sanitas

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Health

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Physic-

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Natural

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Pharmaco-

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Medicine

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Nosocomial

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Disease originating in a hospital (disease from hospital such as urinary infection caused by urinary draining tubes)

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Nosology

A

Classification of diseases

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30
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Pathology

A

Study of sickness

Patho- = sickness; -ology = study of

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Adenopathy

A

Sickness of a gland

Adeno=gland; pathy=sickness

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Etiology

A

Study of causes of disease

Etio=Cause; -ology=study of

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Iatrogenic

A

Doctor-caused (Disease from doctor)

(Ex: Surgical Absess)

(Iatro=Doctor)

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Pharmacist

A

One who prepares and sells drugs

Pharmaco=Medicine; -ist=one/specialist

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Pharmaceutics

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Medicines

Pharmaco=Medicine

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Therapist

A

One who heals

Therap=to heal; -ist=one/specialist

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Physiotherapy

A

Healing with heat or other natural means

Physio=nature; -therapy=to heal

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Biology

A

Study of living things

Bio=living; -ology=study of

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39
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Biomedical

A

Application of biology to medicine

Bio=living

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40
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Geriatrics

A

Treatment of the elderly

Geri=elderly; -atrics= to treat

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Pediatrics

A

Treatment of children

Pedi=children; -atrics=to treat

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Internist

A

Specialist in internal medicine

-ist= specialist

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43
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Cauterize

A

Treat by burning tissue

-ize= action of treatment

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44
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Morbid

A

Diseased

morbus-= disease

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45
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Morbidity

A

Incidence of disease

morbus-= disease

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46
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Pharmacology

A

Study of medicine

Pharmac-=medicine; -ology=study of

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47
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Dermatology

A

Study of skin diseases

Dermat- =skin; -ology=study of

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Dermatitis

A

Skin inflammation

Dermat- =skin; -itis = inflammation

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49
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Dermatosis

A

Disease process in the skin

Dermat- =skin; -osis/-iasis = unhealthy condition

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50
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Leishmaniasis

A

Infection with Leishmania

-iasis/-osis = Unhealthy condition

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51
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Sanitary

A

Conducive to health

Sanitas- =Health

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52
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Sanitation

A

Process of promoting health

Sanitas- = Health; -tion=process?

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53
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Physiology

A

Study of natural functions of the body

Physio- = Nature; -ology = Study of

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54
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Thyroiditis

A

Thyroid inflammation

-itis = inflammation

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55
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Pancreatitis

A

Pancreas inflammation

-itis = inflammation

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56
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Cardiologist

A

Specialist in heart disease

Cardio- = Heart; -ist= specialist

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57
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Physician

A

Healer using medicine

Physic- = Medicine

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58
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Albus

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White

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59
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Amauros

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Dark

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Argentum

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Aureus

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Chlor-

63
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Chroma

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Cirros

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Orange yellow

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Cyano-

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Eos

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Dawn, roselike color

67
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Erythro-

68
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Flavo-

69
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Fuscin

A

Dark brown

70
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Glaucos

A

Grayish green

71
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Ictero-

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Jaundice (yelllow)

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Jaundice

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Leuko, leuco-

74
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Luteus

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Melano-

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Neutro-

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Neutral, neither

77
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Nigra

78
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Pheo-

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Polios (PO-le-os)

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Porphyra (pro-FI-rah)

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Purpurus (PUR-pu-rus)

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Rhodo- (Ro-do)

83
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Rubor

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Xantho (ZAN-tho)

85
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Psychro- (SI-kro)

86
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Frig-

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Cryo-

88
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Eczema

89
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Febris (FEB-rul)

90
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Cauterium

A

Branding iron

91
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Causticus (KAWS-ti-cus)

92
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Pyros, pyretic

93
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Calor (KAL-or)

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Therme (Thurm)

95
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Albino

A

White (no pigment) skin

Albus=white

96
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Albumin

A

Protein that coagulates white

Albus=white

97
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Linea alba

A

White line on abdomen

Albus=white; linea=line

98
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Eosinophil

A

Cell that can be stained red

Eos= Rose-like, Dawn red

99
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Eosin

A

A rose colored stain

Eos= Rose-like, Dawn red

100
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Cyanosis

A

Bluish color of skin caused by oxygenated blood

cyan- = blue

101
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Cirrhosis

A

Scarring of the liver that is associated with an orange – yellow color seen in the white of the eye

(Orange-yellow)

102
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Chromatin

A

Most easily stained portion of the cell nucleus

chroma- = color

103
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Chlorine

A

Yellow – green gaseous element

Chlor- = green

104
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Chlorophyll

A

Green plant respiratory pigment

Chlor- = green

105
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Staphylococcus Aureus

A

Bacterium that grows yellow colonies on blood auger

Aureus- = golden

106
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Thermometer

A

Instrument to measure heat

Therme- = heat

107
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Amaurosis

A

Central (no problem in eyes) blindness

Amauros = dark

108
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Glaucoma

A

The graying of the eye from excessive pressure.

Glaucos= gray-green

109
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Cryostat

A

A freezing chamber for tissue sample

Cryo- = frost

110
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Cryotherapy

A

Surgery by freezing tissue

Cryo- = frost; -therapy= to heal

111
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Eczema

A

Inflammatory skin disease that appears as if they are boiling onto the surface of the skin.

(Eczema= to boil)

112
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Febrile

A

Having above normal body temperature

Febris= Fever

113
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Cautery

A

Application of heat to burn tissue

Cauterium= branding iron

114
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Cauterize

A

Act of applying heat to burn tissue

Cauterium= branding iron; -ize= treatment

115
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Causalgia

A

Skin sensation of burning

Causticus= burning

116
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Caustic

A

Able to burn

Causticus= burning

117
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Pyrexia

A

Fever

Pyros-, Pyretic= fire

118
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Antipyretic

A

Drug that inhibits fever production

Pyros-, Pyretic= fire; Anti= inhibits

119
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Calorie

A

The amount of energy required to create heat

Calor = heat

120
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Caloric

A

Relations to heat or calories

Calor = heat

121
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Argentaffin

A

Having an affinity for silver

Argentum = silver

122
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Arginine

A

Protein in silver fish scales

Argentum = silver

123
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Polioencephalomyelitis

A

Inflammation of the gray matter of the nervous system

(Polios- = gray; -itis= inflammation

124
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Psychrophile

A

An organism that likes to grow at low temperatures

Psychro- = cold

125
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Neutrophil

A

White blood cell whose granules don’t stain well with red or blue stains

(Neutro- = neutral)

126
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Icterus

A

Yellow standing of tissue caused by retention of bile pigments (also known as jaundice)

(Ictero- = yellow)

127
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Fuscin

A

Brown pigment found in retina (light absorbing portion) of eye

(Fuscin= dark brown)

128
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Frigidity

A

Coldness, often applied to lack of sexual desire

Frig- = cold

129
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Xanthochromia

A

Patches of yellow color in the skin

Xantho- = yellow, -chroma= color

130
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Xanthoma

A

Yellow tumor of skin

Xantho- = yellow, -toma= tumor

131
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Bilirubin

A

Breakdown product of red blood cells eliminated in bile

Rubor- = red

132
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Rubricyte

A

A precursor to a red blood cell

Rubor- = red; -cyte= cell

133
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Erythrocyte

A

Red blood cell that carries oxygen

Erythro- =red; -cyte= cell

134
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Erythema

A

Redness of the skin from congested capillaries

Erythro- =red

135
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Porphyrin

A

Basic structure of the blood carrying pigment (hemoglobin) in red blood cells

(Porphyra- = purple)

136
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Riboflavin

A

Yellow colored B vitamin

Flav= yellow

137
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Ligamentum Flavin

A

Yellow ligaments of the spine

Flav= yellow; ligamentum= ligaments

138
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Pheochromocytoma

A

Dusky colored tumor of the adrenal gland

Pheo- = dusky; -chroma- = cokor -cytoma= tumor

139
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Substantia nigra

A

Area of densely packed black brain cells in mid brain – associated with motion and attention

(Nigra- = Black)

140
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Melanoma

A

Black tumor of the skin

Melan- = black ; -oma = tumor

141
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Melanin

A

Dark skin pigment

Melan- = black

142
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Melena

A

Dark stools from digested blood

Melan- = black

143
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Corpus luteum

A

Yellow body that’s left after an egg is released from the ovary

(Luteus = yellow)

144
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Leukocyte

A

White blood cell

Leuco-, Leuko- = white; -cyte= cell

145
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Leukoderma

A

White discoloration of skin

Leuco-, Leuko- = white; -derma= skin

146
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Jaundice

A

Yellow standing of tissue caused by retention of bio pigments

(Jaundice= yellow)

147
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Rhodopsin

A

Visual purple, the red – purple light sensitive areas in the rods of the eye’s retina which perceives light

(Rhodo- = Red, Rosy)

148
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Purpura

A

Small purple hemorrhage in skin

Purpurus = purple

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