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Med Term 10 Flashcards

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ablation

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taking away tissue by cutting or cautery

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ablactation

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weaning a nursing baby, away from the breast milk

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aboral

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away from the mouth

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abortion

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termination of pregnancy

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auto

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combining form for self

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autograft

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tissue grafting with one’s own tissues

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autogenous

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one’s own generated substance or tissue

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autoimmunity

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immune response (sensitivity) to one’s own tissues

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laparo

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abdominal wall

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laparoscopic

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an operation in which a laparoscope is used

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cholecystectomy

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excision of the gallbladder

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introduced

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to put inside or into; insert or inject

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trocars

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hollow tubes with a sharp point, used to puncture the wall of a body cavity

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incision

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a cut into a body tissue or organ

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omphalotomy

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incision into the naval

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postoperative

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after an operation

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colectomy

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excision of the colon

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ligation

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binding

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pyro

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heat, fever, or fire

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hydro

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water

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hidro

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sweat

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glyco

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sweet/sugar. glycogen

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gluco

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sweet/sugar, glucose

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type 1 diabetes

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insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM

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type 2 diabetes

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noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM

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gestational diabetes mellitus

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GDM, hyperglycemia during pregnancy

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-emia

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condition of the blood

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immuno

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immune

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auto

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self

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mono

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one or single

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hemi-, semi-

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half

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mono-, uni-

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one

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prot-, prim-

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first

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di(plo)-, bi-

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two

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tri-

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three

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tetra-, quadr-

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four

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penta-, quint-

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five

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hexa-, sex/ta-

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six

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hepta-, sept/a-

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seven

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octa-, oct-

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eight

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enne(a)-, non(i)-

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nine

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deca-

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ten

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dec(i)-

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thenth, 0.1

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hecto-

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100

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cent(i)

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100th, 0.01

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kilo-

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1,000

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mill(i)

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1000th, 0.001

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multi-

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multiple or many

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para, -para

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pertaining to a woman who has given birth one or more times.

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nulli-

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none

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primi-

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first

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gravida

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pregnancy

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para

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refers to live births

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deca-

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10

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deci

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0.1, one tenth

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kilo

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1000

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milli

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0.001

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ab-

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from, away from

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de-

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from, down from or from- resulting in less than

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ex-

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from, out from

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ad-

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toward

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iso-

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equal or the same

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dia-

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through, complete

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per-

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through

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peri-

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around

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circum-

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around

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odonto

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teeth

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-esis

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action or process

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necro

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death

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autopsy

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postmortem exam

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postmortem

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after death

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lividity

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tissue being red or blue caused by congestion in the veins

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rigidity

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inflexibility or stiffness

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normocephalic

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a head of normal size and shape for ones age

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petechiae

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small purple spot

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periorbital

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pertaining to the area surrounding the eye socket

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circumcised

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to remove the foreskin of a penis

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descended

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move from higher to a lower place

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-philia

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abnormal or unusual attraction to

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-phobia

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abnormal fear of

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philo

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attraction to, liking, loving

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centigram

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one hundredth of a gram

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centimeter

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one hundredth of a meter

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circumduction

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moving as to describe a circle

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circumscribed

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encircling or in a circular shape

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circumocular

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encircling the eye

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dehydration

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resulting in less than normal amount of water

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descending

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in a downward direction or moving downward

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excretion

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removal of waste

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exhale

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breath out

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extraction

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pull out, remove

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iso

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prefix, meaning same or equal

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isometric

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measuring equal or the same on both sides

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isodactylism

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fingers or toes all an even length

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isotonic

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osmotic pressure the same as a cell

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masto

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breast

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mastectomy

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excision of the breast

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mastocarcinoma

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cancer of the breast tissue

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mono

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prefix for one

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monomyoplegia

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paralysis of one muscle

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mononuclear

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having one nucleus

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mononucleosis

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condition of increase in monocytes (viral infection)

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glycogenesis

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formation of sugar or glycogen

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glycohemoglobin

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glucose attached to hemoglobin

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hyperglycemia

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high blood glucose level

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hypoglycemia

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low blood glucose level

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multi

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prefix, many

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multiglandular

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pertaining to many glands

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multinuclear

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having many nuclei in one cell

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multipara

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having many (more than one) births

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necro

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death

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necrotic

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pertaining to dead tissue

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necrotomy

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incision into dead tissue

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necropsy

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inspection of dead tissue (autopsy)

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peri

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prefix, around, surrounding

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periarticular

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around a joint

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pericardiectomy

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excision of the pericardial membrane

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peritonsillar

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around the tonsil

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primi

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prefix, first

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primigravida

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first pregnancy

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primipara

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first birth

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per

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through

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percussion

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striking through (tapping)

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percutaneous

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through the skin

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perfusion

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supplying blood through tissues

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perforation

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puncturing, making a hole through

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pyro

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fever, fire

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pyrexia

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condition of high temperature, fever

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pyrolysis

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destruction of tissue caused by fever

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pyrotoxin

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poisons created by metabolism during fever

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