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med term quiz #1 Flashcards

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-itis

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Inflammation

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stomach

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gastr/o

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intestine

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enter/o

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anti

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against

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hyper

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high/excessive

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hypo

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deficient/below

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inter

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between?

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intra

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within/inside/on the inside

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peri

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around

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pre/ante

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before

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brady

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slow

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tachy

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fast

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dys

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off, something is off

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Eu

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normal/good

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pan

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a illness that impacts all

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bi

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2

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epi

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upon

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ecto

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outer/outside/external

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endo

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within or inside

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poly

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many

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multi

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many

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post

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after

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supra

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above, over

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retro

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behind or backwards

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quadri

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4

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semi

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half

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tri

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3

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uni

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1

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primi

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first

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-rrhage

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to burst forth

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-rrhapy

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suture or repair

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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scope

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tool helped to examine or review

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-tomy

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cut

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-gen/-genesis

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origin or beginning

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-logy

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study of

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ac/ic

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pertaining to

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-iatry

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treatment

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-ician

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physician or specialist

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-ism

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abnormal condition

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-ist

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specializes

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-gram

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record

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-lysis

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breakdown/seperation

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plegia

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stroke or paralysis

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ptosis

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(drooping)

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algia/-dynia

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pain

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cele

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swelling or hernia in organ or tissue

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edema

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swelling

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itis

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inflammation of something

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emesis

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to vomit

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malacia

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softening

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megaly

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enlargement

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oid

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to resemble or look like something

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oma

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some type of tumor or growth

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-pathy

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disease

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-phobia

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fear

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-pnea

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breathe

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-centesis

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-puncture for withdrawing fluid

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-graphy

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a process of recording

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-pexy

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fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-tripsy

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to crush

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diagnosis

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through knowledge and various testing

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prognosis

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before we know or before knowledge

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prophylactic

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preventative measure or measure in advance

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-apnea

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skips breathing

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eupnea

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normal or good breathing

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hypernea

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excessive breathing

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cephalic

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pertaining to head

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anterior

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front

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distal

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farther away from point of attachment

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hyperemesis

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excessive vomiting

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cyanotic

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blue

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sub

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below

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ambulatory

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same day procedure

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biopsy

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taking small piece or sample

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chemotherapy

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treatment to kill cancer

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dermatology

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study of skin

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Opthalmology

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study of eyes

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psychiatry

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treatment of mental illness

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spermicide

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to kill sperm

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homicide

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to kill someone else

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suicide

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to kill oneself

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genocide

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to kill other people’s culture

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hepat/itis

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inflammation of the liver

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intra/venous

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within/vein

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arthropathy

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disease of the joint

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hepatomegaly

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enlargement of liver

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arthroplasty

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joint replacement surgery

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mastopexy

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cosmetic breast surgery to lift breast

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cyt/o

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cell

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fibr/o:

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fiber/tissue

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lip/o

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fat

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myl/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerves

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viscr/o

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internal organs

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hist/o:

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tissue

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adren/o

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gland

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carcin/o:

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause

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gnol/o:

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prognosis + diagnosis review

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melan/o

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black

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blue

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cyan/o

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yellow

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xanth/o

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white

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leuk/o

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red

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erythr/o

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green

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chlor/o

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color

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chrom/o

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dysplasiya

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abnormal development

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hyperplaysia

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excessive development

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hypoplasia

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incomplete development

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idiopathic

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pertaining to unknown cause

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in vivo

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occuring inside the body

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in vitro

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occurring outside the body

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malignant

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aggressive

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morbidity

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death

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mortality

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sickness

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palliative

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relief of symptoms and suffering from cancer or other life-threatening diseases

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radiation therapy

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XRT

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remission

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a decrease or disappearance of signs and symptoms in cancer

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encapsulated

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specific or localized area

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exacerbation

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new or sudden onset

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ferbile

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feverish

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hospice

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end of life care

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer cells have not spread past primary site

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biological therapy

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how to treat/cure a patient with their own body treatment

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aferbile

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free from fever

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apoptsis

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targeted/scheduled cell death

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benign

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not aggressive

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singular (-a)

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plural (-ae)

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singular (-ax)

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plural (-aces)

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singular (-ex)

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plural (-ices)

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singular (-is)

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plural (-es)

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singular (-ix)

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plural (-ices)

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singular (-um)

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plural (-a)

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singular (-us)

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plural (-i)

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cancer therapy

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chemo

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radiation therapy

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(XRT)

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cancerous tumor

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CA

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leukocyte

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white blood cell

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identification of a disease

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DX

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beyond control (plural)

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/

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prediction of a possible outcome of a disease

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PX

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ethyrocyte

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RBC

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fowler position

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semi sitting with slight elevation of knees

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trendelenburg position

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lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet

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sarcoma

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malignant

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