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Medical terminology Flashcards

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a, an

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absent

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ab (abduct)

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away

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ad

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to, toward

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angio

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blood vessel

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ante

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before

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arterio

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artery

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aut, auto

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self

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bi

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two

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brady

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slow

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intra

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within

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leuko

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white

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lip

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fat

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cephal (o)

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head

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chondro

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cartilage

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circum

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around

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cirrh

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yellow

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co, con

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with, together

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cost

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rib

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cyan (o)

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blue

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di

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two, twice

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dis (dis-tance)

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away, seperate

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dys

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difficult

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ex

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away from

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ect, ecto

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outer, outside

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endo (think endodontist)

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within, inside

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epi

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on, over

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erythro

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red

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eu

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normal, well

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extra

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outside of

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glyco

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sugar

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hemato, hemo

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blood

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hemi

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half

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hydro

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water

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hyper

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beyond, increased

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hypo (another word for too little)

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beneath, below

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ileo

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ileum

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infra (infrastructure)

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below

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inter (think interstitial)

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between

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vaso (Vaso Angie)

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blood vessel

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ven (o)

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vein

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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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mega

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large

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melan

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black

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micro

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small

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mono

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one

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my

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muscle

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osteo

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bone

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pan (pandemic)

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all, entire

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para, par

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beside, near

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peri

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around

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phag (o)

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eat

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phleb (o)

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vein

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post

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after

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poly

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many

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post

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after

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pseudo

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false

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pyro

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fever

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pyo (py’o of pus)

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pus

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retro (retro is so behind)

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behind

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semi

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half

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splen (o)

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spleen

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spondyl

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spinal cord

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sub

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below

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super, supra

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above

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sym, syn (symbiotic)

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together

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tachy

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fast

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tetra

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four

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trans

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across

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un

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against

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algia

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pain

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ate

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use, subject to

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cele

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tumor, protrusion

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centesis (think amnio)

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puncture to remove fluid

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cide

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killing, destructive

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cle, cule

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small

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cyte

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cell

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desis (de sis will surgically fix it - me)

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surgical fixation

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dynia

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pain

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ectomy (lumpectomy)

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removal

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emia

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blood

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form, oid

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resembling

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gram, graph

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written record

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iasis (eye-Asis sees everything)

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presence of

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ible, ile

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capable

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itis (endocarditis)

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inflammation

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lysis

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disintingration

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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

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orrhaphy (orphan will repair it)

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repair of

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osis (oasis is abnornal)

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abnormal condition

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ostomy

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formed opening

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otomy

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to incise

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oxia

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oxygen

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pathy

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disease

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penia

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deficiency of

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pexy, pexis

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fixation

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phagia (phagia phagocytes)

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ingestion

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phasia

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speaking ability

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philia

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affinity for

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plasty

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surgical repair

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plegia

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paralysis

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pnea

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breathing

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ptosis (touch your toes)

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prolapse downward

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rrhage, rrhagia (in general) (raging flow)

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excessive flow

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rrhaphy (rrhaphy the suture)

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suturing in place

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rrhea (think of the ending)

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flow, discharge

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rrhexis

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rupture

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scope

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instrument for visual exam

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uria

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urine

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adeno

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gland

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arthro

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joint

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carcino

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cancer

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cardi

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heart

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chole

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related to bile/gall bladder

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col

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colon

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colpo (colpolation)

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related to vagina

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cranio

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skull

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crysto (3 things)

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relate to sac, cyste, bladder

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derma

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skin

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doch

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duct

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duodeno

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duodenum

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encephalo

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brain

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entero

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intestine

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gastro

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stomach

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hema/hemato

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blood

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hepato

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liver

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hystero

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unterus

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jejuno

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jejunum

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lith

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stone

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mast

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breast

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myelo (my yellow spine)

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spine, marrow

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nephro

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kidney

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neuro

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nerve

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oophor

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ovary

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opthalmo

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eye

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orchi

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testis

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os

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opening

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oto

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ear

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pneumo

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lung

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procto

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rectum

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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rhino

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nose

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salping

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tubes

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thoroco

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chest

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osteoma

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a new piece of bone usually growing on another piece of bone, typically the skull. - bone tumor

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tachycardia

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a heart rate that’s too fast

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hematuria

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the presence of blood in a person’s urine.

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arthrotomy

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a surgical exploration of a joint

152
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cystocele (cite the cell of my bladder)

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a condition in which supportive tissues around the bladder and vaginal wall weaken and stretch, allowing the bladder and vaginal wall to fall into the vaginal canal

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supraclavicular

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situated or occurring above the clavicle

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subtotal gastrectomy

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having the operation through a cut in your abdomen, but not removal of the entire abdomen

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intraperitoneal

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within or administered through the peritoneum (lines internal organs, stomach, intestines, etc.

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myocarditis

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inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium)

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polyuria

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your body makes more pee than normal

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lobectomy

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a surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs

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pyuria (white py)

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increased presence of white blood cells in urine - usually a urinary tract infection

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pyothorax

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the presence of inflammatory fluid or pus within the chest cavity

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neurolysis

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the application of chemical or physical agents to a nerve to cause a temporary or permanent degeneration of targeted nerve fibers.

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myalgia

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Soreness and achiness in the muscles that can range from mild to severe

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enterostomy

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surgery to create an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall.

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anuria

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failure of the kidneys to produce urine

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paraplegia

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paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease

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supraopthalmic

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above the orbit of the eye?

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transhepatic

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Through or across the liver, as an injection

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enlarged heart

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cardiomegaly

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bladder infection

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cystitis

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bone tumor

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Osteosarcoma

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inflammation of the nose

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rhinosinusitis

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removal of the uterus

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hysterectomy

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removal of the gall bladder

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cholecystectomy

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presence of stones in gall bladder

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Cholelithiasis (kol a tha siasis)

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half paralyzed

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Hemiplegia

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incision into joint (art in the joint)

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arthrotomy

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incision into stomach for drainage

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laparotomy

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looking into bronchus with a scope

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bronchoscopy

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formation or opening in colon

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colostomy

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looking into the bladder with an instrument

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cystoscopy

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removal of appendix

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appendectomy

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surgical fixation of a joint

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Arthroplasty

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incision into a kidney

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pyelotomy

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plastic repair of the nose

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rhinoplasty

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repair of a hernia

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herniorrhaphy

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painful urination

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dysuria

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ize

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use, subject to

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