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Therapy

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Treatment

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Diarrhea

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Complete discharge of bowels

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Ileum

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Distal part of the small intestine

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Urethra

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Takes urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

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Hepatoma

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Liver mass

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Ovariohysterectomy

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Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus

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Ureters

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Collect urine from the kidney and transport it to the urinary bladder

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Myorrhexis

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rupture of a muscle

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urinalysis

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separation of the urine into its constituents

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endoparasite

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organism that lives within the host

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Antiemetics

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work against or prevent vomiting

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Hepatitis

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inflammation of the liver

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Anemia

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noun meaning blood condition of deficient blood cells or hemoglobin

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-lysis

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separation or breakdown

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Anuria

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absence of urine

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enterorrhaphy

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disease of the small intestine

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Cardiosis

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abnormal condition of the heart

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Nephrotic

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pertaining to the kidneys

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-scopy

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procedure to visually examine

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-tomy

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means cutting into or incision

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Poly-

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excessive

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Oligo-

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scant or little

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-ive

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preforms or tends toward

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Nephrotic

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pertaining to the kidneys

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Laryngeal

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pertaining to the larynx

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Anem-

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noun meaning a blood condition of deficient red blood cells and/or hemoglobin

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Pan-

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prefix meaning all

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Intra-

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within

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Dys-

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difficult, painful, bad

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-penia

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meaning defficiency or reduction in number

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Eu-

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good easy or normal

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Ecto-

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outside

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-gram

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to record

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-pathy

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disease

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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Adduction

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Movement toward the midline of the body

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Endocrine

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secreting internally

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Exocrine

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secreting externally

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Hypoglycemia

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low blood sugar

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Ion

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process

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-cyanosis

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condition of blue

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-pexy

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structure to stabilize

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Pre

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before

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Hyper

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elevated

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hypo

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depressed, lower, or less than normal

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sub

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below, under

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meta

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beyond

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Infra

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beneath

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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Dorsal

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refers to the back

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Frontal

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Also known as dorsal, refers to the back

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Horizontal

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Plane that divides the body into cranial and caudal parts.

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Cavity

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Hole or hollow space in the body that contains and protects vital organs.

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Abdomen

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A portion of the body between the thorax and the pelvis contains the abdominal cavity.

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Thorax

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chest region located between the neck and the diaphragm

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Recumbent

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Lying down

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Congenital

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present since birth

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Anomaly

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deviation from what is regarded as normal

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Hypoplasia

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incomplete or less than normal development of an organ, tissue, or cell

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Tissue

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Group of specialized cells that are similar in structure and function

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Genetic Disorder

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Any inherited disease or condition caused by defective genes

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Chromosomes

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Structures in the nucleus composed of DNA that transmits genetic information

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Cytoplasm

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The gelatinous material located in the cell membrane that is not part of the nucleus

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Atrophy

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Decrease in size or complete wasting of an organ, tissue, or cell

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Supination

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Act of rotating the limb or body part so the palmer surface is turned upward

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Pronation

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Act of rotating the limb or body part so the palmer surface is turned downward

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Ventral

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Refers to the belly

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Labial

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The tooth surface facing the lips

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Distal

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Farthest from the midline

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Benign

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not recurring

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Transverse

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Plane that divides the body into cranial and caudal parts

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Umbilicus

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Pit in the abdominal wall marking the point where the umbilical cord entered the fetus

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Cranial

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Hollow space that contains the brain in the skull

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