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Med Term- Module 2 Flashcards

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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aden/o

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gland

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agor/o

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marketplace

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

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carcin/o

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cancer

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen/ abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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thorac/o

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chest

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thromb/o

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clot

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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ven/o

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vein

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus

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berry-shaped bacterium

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-cyte

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cell

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectomy

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excision, removal, resection

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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producing, forming

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor, mass, collection of fluid

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-opsy

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to view

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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dropping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow; discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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process of visual examination (within an endoscope)

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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-trophy

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development

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-er

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one who

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-ia

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condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-oid

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resembling, derived from

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-ole

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little, small

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-ule

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little, small

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-um, -ium

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structure, tissue

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-y

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condition, process

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-ac, -iac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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–ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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cystocele

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part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall

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hernia

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protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it

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hiatal hernia

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when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm

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inguinal hernia

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when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male

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omphalocele

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herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth

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amniocentesis

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puncture with a needle to withdraw fluid from within the amniotic sac

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abscess

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collection of pus, white blood cells, and protein that is present at the site of an infection

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diplococci

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berry shaped bacteria organized in pairs

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-us

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structure, substance

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gonococci

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seed bacteria

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pneumococci

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lung bacteria

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staphylococci

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berry shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters

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streptococcus

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berry shaped bacteria that grow in twisted chains

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basophils

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granules stain blue with basic stain

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eosinophils

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granules stain red with acidic stain

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erythrocytes

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red blood cells

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granulocytes

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contain dark-staining granules in their cytoplasm and have a multilobed nucleus

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hemoglobin

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an important protein in erythrocytes, carries oxygen through the bloodstream

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leukocytes

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white blood cells

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lymphocytes

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lymph cells

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macrophages

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large phagocytes

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monocytes

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containing one very large nucleus

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mononuclear leukocytes

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cells that have one large nucleus and only a few granules in their cytoplasm

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neutrophils

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granules stain a pale purple with a neutral stain

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phagocytes

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cells engulfing and digesting bacteria like circulating pac men

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platelets

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clotting cells

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polymorphonuclear

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multilobed nucleus with many shapes

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thrombocytes

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clotting cells

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anemia

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condition marked by reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood

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ischemia

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condition of holding back blood from an organ or tissue

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ischemic

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pertaining to ischemia

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tonsillectomy

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removal of the tonsils

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tonsillitis

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inflammation if the tonsils

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acromegaly

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an endocrine disorder

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pituitary gland

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an endocrine gland at the base of the brain

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spleen

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organ in the left upper hand quadrant of the abdomen that destroys worn-out red blood cells, activates lymphocytes, and stores blood

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splenectomy

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removal of the spleen

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achondroplasia

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inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size

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