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Prefix

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Beginning

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Root word

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Suffix

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Combining vowel

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Added to a root word and used to connect two root words together

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Medical word with prefix, root, suffix

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Hyperthyroidism

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A-, an

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Without, lack of

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Anti-

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Against

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Bi-

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Two, double

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Brady

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Slow

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Circum

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Around

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Contra

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Against, opposite

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Dys-

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Painful, difficult

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Ecto-

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Outside

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Endo

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Inside

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Epi

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Upon, on above

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Hyper

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Over, above,excessive

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Hypo

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Under, beneath,deficient

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Infra

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Beneath

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Intra

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Within, inside

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Ipsi

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Same

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Mal

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Bad, abnormal

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Ortho

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Straight, normal

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Para

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Near, beyond, beside

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Peri

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Around

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Retro

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Backwards, behind

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Supra

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Above, over

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Tachy

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Rapid

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Tri

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Three

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Angio/o

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Vessel

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Artho

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Joint

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Brachi

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Arm

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Bronch

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Trachea/windpipe

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Carcin

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Cancer

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Cardi

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Heart

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Cephal

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Head

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Chondr

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Cartilage

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Cut

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Skin

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Cyt

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Cell

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Dermat

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Skin

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Enter

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Intestine

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Erythr

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Red

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Gastro

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Stomach

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Hepat

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Liver

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Lumb

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Lower back

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My

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Muscle

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Myel

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Marrow, spinal cord

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Nephr

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Kidney

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Neur

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Nerve

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Or

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Mouth

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Osteo

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Bone

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Patho

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Diesease

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Pneumo

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Lung,air

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Scler

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Hard

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Thromb

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Clot, lump

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Algia

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Painful condition

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Ectomy

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Removal of

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Emia

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Condition of blood

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Malacia

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Softening

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Megaly

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Enlarged

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Oma

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Tumor

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Osis

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Condition, disease

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Plasia

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Plasty forming, molding

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Poiesis

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Making

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Metric

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Measures

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Plasty

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Forming

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Tomy

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Cutting into incision

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Ism

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Condition or state

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Logy

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Study of science

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Achilles tendon

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Calcaneal tendon

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Adams apple

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Thyroid cartilage

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Bowmans capsule

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Gomerular capsule

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Circle of Willis

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Cerebral arterial circle

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Coopers ligament

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Suspensory ligament of the breast

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Eustachian tube

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Auditory tube

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Fallopian tube

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Uterine tube

Transports sperm to egg

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Golgi tendon organ (GTO)

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Tendon organ

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Haversian canal

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Central canal

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Islet of Langerhans

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Pancreatic islet

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Loop of Henle

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Loop of nephron

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Meissner corpuscle

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Corpuscle of touch

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Peyer’s patch

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Aggregated lymphatic follicle

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Volkmann’s canal

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Perforating canal

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Wernickle’s area

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Auditory association area

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ANS

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Autonomic nervous system

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CNS

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Central nervous system

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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DVT

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Deep vein thrombosis

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Fx

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Fracture

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HTN

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Hypertension

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IM

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Intramuscular

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NKA

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No known allergies

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Px

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Patient or pain

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SOB

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Shortness of breath

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TIA

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Transient ischemic attack

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ABD

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Abduction

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TS

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Thoracic spine

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POP

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Pain on palpitation

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MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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A/P

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Anterior/posterior

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CO

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Cardiac output

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CSF

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Cerebral spinal fluid

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Dx

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Diagnosis

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GI

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Gastrointestinal

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Hx

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History

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MI

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Myocardial infraction

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PNS

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Peripheral nervous system

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ROM

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Range of motion

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Sx

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Symptom

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Tx

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Treatment

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ADD

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Adduction

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LS

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Lumbar spine

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ttt

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Tender to touch

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CT scan or CAT scan

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Computed tomography scan

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BP

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Blood pressure

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c/o

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Complained of

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DTR

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Deep tendon reflex

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ECG EKG

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Electrocardiogram

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HRT

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Hormone replacement therapy

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ID

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Intradermal

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MVP

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Mitral valve prolapse

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PT

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Physical therapy

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RBC

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Red blood cells

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T

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Temperature

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WBC

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White blood cells

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CS

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Cervical spine

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HR

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Heart rate

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CX

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Client

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CVA

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Cardio vascular accident stroke

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Superior

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Toward The head

The heart is superior to the liver.

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Inferior

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Away from the head

The stomach is inferior to the lungs.

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Proximal

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Nearer to attachment of a limb to the trunk of the body

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Distal

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Farther from attachment of a limb to the trunk of the body

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Lateral

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Farther from the midline

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Medial

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Nearer to the midline

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Anterior

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Front of the body

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Posterior

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Back of the body

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Anatomical position

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When a person faces forward palms up

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Coronal

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Frontal

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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Axillary

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Armpit

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Cubital or Olecranal

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Back of elbow

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Antecubital (AC)

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Front of the elbow

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Abdominal

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Stomach

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Pelvic

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Pelvis

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Lumb

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Lower back

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Inguinal

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Groin

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Popliteal

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Hollow behind the knee

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Atom

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Smallest unit of matter that exists in a chemical reaction

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Molecule

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Two or more atoms

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Cell

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Combination of molecules, smallest living units

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Tissue

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Group of cells and material surrounding them

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Organ

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Two or more different types of tissue

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Organism

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Any living individual

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Anatomy

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Science a body structures

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Physiology

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Science of body functions

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Pollex

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Thumb

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Dorsum

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Top of foot or back (top) of hand

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Hallux

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Big toe

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Perineal

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Genitals

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Mental

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Chin

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Otic

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