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Lesson 7 Flashcards

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What is the meaning of crypt/o?

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Hidden, concealed, depression on a surface

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What is the meaning of ankyl/o?

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Bent, looped, fused

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What is the meaning of lith/o?

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Stone, calculus

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What is the meaning megal/o?

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Abnormally large

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What is the meaning of mega-?

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Abnormally large, enlarged

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What is the meaning of necr/o?

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Dead, decaying

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What is the meaning of phag/o?

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Eating, swallowing

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What is the meaning of scler/o?

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Hardening

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What is the meaning of therm/o?

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Relating to heat

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What is the meaning of thromb/o?

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Clot

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What is the meaning of trauma?

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Wound, injury

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What is the meaning of traumato?

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Wound, injury

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What is the meaning of toxo?

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Toxins, poisons

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What is the meaning of toxi?

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Toxins, poisons

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What is the meaning of toxico?

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Toxins, poisons

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What is the meaning of -lith?

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Stone, calculus

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What is the meaning of -lysis?

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Destruction

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What is the meaning of -malacia?

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Softening

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What the meaning of -paresis?

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Weakness, slight or partial paralysis

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What is the meaning of -phagia?

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Eating, swallowing

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What is the meaning of -plasia?

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Development, relating to cell numbers

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What is the meaning of -philia?

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Abnormal attraction, preferring, liking

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What is the meaning of -philic?

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Abnormal attraction, preferring, liking

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What is the meaning of -plegia?

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Paralysis

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What is the meaning of -pnea?

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Breathing

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What is the meaning of -rrhexis?

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Rupture

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What is the meaning of -rrhea?

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Flow or discharge

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What is the meaning of -thermia?

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Relating to heat

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What is the meaning of -trophy?

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Relating to nutrition, or nourishment, cell size

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What is the meaning of -stasis?

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Stable, constant level

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What is the meaning of -toxin?

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Poison

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What is the name of the toxin that kills tissues?

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Necrotoxin

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What is the term for softening of the bone?

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Osteomalacia

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What is the term for stone or calculus in the kidney?

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Nephrolith

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What is the term for being in a state of not breathing?

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Apnea

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What is the term for an enlarged liver?

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Hepatomegaly

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What is the term for enlarged or dilated esophagus?

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Megaesophagus

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What is the term for dissolution of a stone or calculus?

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Utholysis

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What is the term for hardening and inflammation of the skin?

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Sclerodermatitis

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What is the term for spasm of the larynx?

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Laryngospasm

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What is the term for an enlarged spleen?

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Splenomegaly

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What is the term for loving or preferring heat?

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Thermophilia

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What is the term for paralysis in all 4 limbs?

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Tetraplegia

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What is the term for weakness or partial paralysis of the rear legs?

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Paraparesis

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What is the term for incomplete development of an organ because of insufficient cells?

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Hypoplasia

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What is the term for complete cessation of eating?

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Aphagia

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What is the term for rupture of an artery?

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Arteriorrhexis

47
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What is the term for discharge of pus?

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Pyorrhea

48
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What is the term for the study of disorders caused by trauma?

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Traumatology

49
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What is the term for the destruction of a thrombus or clot?

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Thrombolysis

50
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What is the term for the cessation of contractions of the intestines?

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Enterostasis

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What is the term for abnormally low body temperature?

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Hypothermia

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What is the term for abnormally rapid respiration?

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Hyperpnea

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What is the meaning of abscess?

A

Cavity filled with pus

54
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What is the meaning of adhesion?

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Abnormal fibrous union of tissues; process of joining or sticking together.

55
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What is the meaning of anomaly?

A

Marked deviation from normal

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What is the meaning of ascites?

A

Accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal cavity from blood vessels or organs.

57
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What is the meaning of benign?

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Not malignant; with a favourable prognosis

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What is the meaning of cancer?

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A malignant tumour

59
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What is the meaning of congenital?

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Present at birth

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What is the meaning of edema?

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Accumulation of excessive fluid in the spaces between cells of tissue.

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What is the meaning of embolism?

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Sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign material brought to the area by the flow of blood.

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What is the meaning of fistula?

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Abnormal tract or passage between two internal organs; or leading from an internal organ to the body surface.

63
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What is the meaning of friable?

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Easily torn; crumbled or pulverized

64
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What is the meaning of granulation?

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Formulation of a small, round, red, flashy mass in wounds; an abnormal small mass of the lymphoid tissue.

65
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What is the meaning of icterus?

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Yellow discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile pigments; jaundice

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What is the meaning of jaundice?

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Yellow discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile pigments; icterus

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What is the meaning of lesion?

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Any discontinuity of tissue or loss of function.

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What is the meaning of metastasis?

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Transfer of disease from one organ or area of the body to another not directly linked to it.

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What is the meaning of neoplasm?

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New or abnormal growth; especially that which is progressive and uncontrolled; a tumor

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What is the meaning of prolapse?

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Protrusion falling down or sinking of an organ or part of an organ.

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What is the meaning of purulent?

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Consisting of or containing pus

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What is the meaning of putrefaction?

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Decomposition by body enzymes, with production of foul smelling compounds.

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What is the meaning of remission?

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Diminution, lessening or abatement of signs of a disease; the period wen signs of disease have abated or decreased.

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What is the meaning of rigor mortis?

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Stiffening of a dead body

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What is a tamponade?

A

Abnormal compression of the heart from accumulation of fluid in the sac surrounding the heart.

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What is the meaning of thrombus?

A

Blood clot

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What is the meaning of tumor?

A

Swelling or pathologic enlargement of tissue; neoplasm.

78
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What is the term for growth by increase in cell size?

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Hypertrophy

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What is the term for the inflammation of a muscle?

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Myositis

80
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What is the term for swelling caused by fluid in the intercellular spaces?

A

Edema

81
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What is the term for not malignant?

A

Benign

82
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What is the term for softening of the spinal cord?

A

Myelomalacia

83
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What is the term for the spreading of cancer cells?

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Metastasis

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What is the term for death of tissues?

A

Necrosis

85
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What is the suffix meaning weakness?

A

Paresis

86
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What is the term for an animal with retained testicles?

A

Cryptorchid

87
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What is the combining form for difficult, painful or abnormal?

A

Dys

88
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What is the plural ending for words ending in “-is” ?

A

Es

89
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What is the term for incomplete development of an organ?

A

Hypoplasia

90
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What is the combining form for the urinary tract or urine?

A

Uro

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What is the term for the enlargement of he colon?

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Megacolon

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What is the term for draining tract?

A

Fistula

93
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What is the term for a weakness on one side of the body?

A

Hemiparesis

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What is the suffix for a cutting instrument?

A

Time

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What is the term for a poisonous substance?

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Toxin

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What is the term for the cessation of breathing?

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Apnea

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What is the term for abnormal or diseased area of tissue?

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Lesion

98
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What is the term for the stiffening of a joint?

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Ankylosis

99
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What is the suffix meaning paralysis?

A

Plegia

100
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What is the term for condition characterized by calculi in the urinary tract?

A

Urolithiasis

101
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What the term for of rapid onset?

A

Acute

102
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What is the term for hardening of tissue?

A

Sclerosis

103
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What is the term for stoppage of bleeding?

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Hemostasis

104
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What is the term for impaired breathing?

A

Dyspnea

105
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What is the term for yellowing of tissues by bile salts?

A

Icterus

106
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What is the top or point of an organ?

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Apex

107
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What is the plural for the centre of a pathologic process?

A

Foci

108
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What is the term for liquid feces?

A

Diarrhea

109
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What is the term for body part of the combining form oculo?

A

Eye

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