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Acute

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Short term( strep throat, ear ache)

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Chronic

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Long term( arthritis, asthma, etc..)

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Cravat

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Bandage

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Febrile

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Fever

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Afebrile

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Without fever

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DNR-

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Do not resuscitate

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mal

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Bad ex: malnutrition/ malpractice

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Rhino

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Nose

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Cyst

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Bladder

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CPR

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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H2O

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Water

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TPR

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Temperature, pulse, respiration

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Micturate

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Urinate

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Intra

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Within,inside

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Hetero

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Different

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Homo

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Same

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Inter

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Between

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Enter/o

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Small intestines

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Oophor/o

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Ovary

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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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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Macro

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Large

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Micro

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Small

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Poly

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Many

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My/o

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Muscle

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Brady

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Slow

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Tachy

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Fast

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Comat/o

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Deep sleep

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Contra

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Against/ opposite

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Dipl/o

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Double

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Endo

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Within of inside

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Enter/o

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Small intestines

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Estro

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Female

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Esthesi/o/a

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Sensation of feeling

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Eu

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Good, normal, easy

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Ex/o

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Outside of or away from

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Follicul/o

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Follicle, small sac

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Genic/ genesis

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Creation or reproduction

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Ger/i

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Old age

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Graphy

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Process of recording

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Gynec/o

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Female or woman

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Hal/o, halit/o

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Breath

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Hemi

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Half

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Kel/o

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Growth or tumor

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Kenisi/o

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Movement

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Lepsy

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Seizure

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Lipid

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Fast

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Lysis

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Destruction, breakdown

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Macro

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Large, seen with normal eye

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Malacia

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Abnormal softening

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Malign/o

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Bad, evil

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Mamm/o

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Breast

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Megaly

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Enlargement

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Mens/o

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Menstruated

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Mon/o

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One, single

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Narc/o

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Numbness

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Necr/o

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Death

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Onych/o

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Fingernail, toenail

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Opia

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Vision condition

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Or/o

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Mouth, oral cavity

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Phasia

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Speak, speech

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Phleb/o

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Vein

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Pnea

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Breathing

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Uria

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Urine

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Py/o

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Pus

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Lith/o

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Stone

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Rrhagia/rrhage

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Abnormal, excessive bleeding

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Salphing/o

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Fallopian tubes

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Emai

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Blood

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Leuk/o

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White

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Melan/o

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Black

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