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1
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Sperm/o

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Sperm

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Spher/o

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Ball, globe, round

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Sphinct/o

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That which binds together

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Sphygm/o

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Pulse

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Sphyxi/o

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Pulse or lack of pulse

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Spin/o

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Thorn or thorny

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Spir/o

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Breathe or Breathing

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Splanchn/o

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Organ

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra

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Sprain

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To wring out or press out

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Squam/o

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Scaly

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Stalsis

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To contract

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Staped/o

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Stirrup

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Staphyl/o

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Grape or grape like cluster

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Stasis

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Stoppage, standing, location

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Stat

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To stop or immediately

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Staxia

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dripping or trickling

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Steat/o

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Fat

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Sten/o

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Narrowing

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stereo

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three- dimensional or solid

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Stern/o

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Chest, sternum, or breast bone

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Steth/o

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chest

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Stole

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Contract

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Stomat/o

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Mouth

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Strabism/o

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To squint or squinting

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Strain

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To draw tight

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Strat/i

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Layer

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Strept/o

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Twisted or twisted chain

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Stri/a

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Stripes or threads

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Strict/o

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Drawing or binding

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Sty/e

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Raised

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Sub

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Beneath, under, less or lesser

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Sudorifer/o

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Sweat

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Sulf/o

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Sulfur

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Super

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Above or upon

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Supinat/o

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To throw backward

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Supra

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Above or upon

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Sur/a

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On calf of leg

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Surg/i

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working by hand

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41
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Suture

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Sewing together

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Sym

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Together

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Syn

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Together

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Syncope

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To faint or fainting

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Sy/ Stol/o

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To draw together or contract

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Tachy

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Fast or swift

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Tal/o

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Ankle

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Tars/o

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Broad flat surface

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Tart/o

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Dregs, sediment or particles

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Tax/o

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Arrange, to order, to organize, or locate

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51
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Taxia

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Muscle coordination

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52
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Tel/o

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End or outward

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tempor/o

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Temple

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Ten/o

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Tendon

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55
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Tens/o

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To stretch or stretches

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56
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Terat/o

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Monster

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57
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Teres

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round

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58
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Term

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end, place at the end, or boundary

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Tert/i

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Third

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Test/e

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witness

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Tetan/o

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Spasm or Spasms

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Tetr/a

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Four

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Thanat/o

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Death

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Thel/o

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Nipple

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Then/o

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Palm of hand or sole of foot

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Theo

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God

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Therap/o

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Treating or curing

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Thermo

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Heat, hot, warm

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Thromb/o

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Clot, clump together, or curdle

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Thym/o

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Soul, emotion, flowery smell

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Thyr/o

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Shield or shield shaped

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Tibia

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Shinbone

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Tic

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Capable of or state of

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75
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Tinea

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Fungus

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Tinnitus

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jingling, tinkling, or ringing

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Tion

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Process of or procedure of

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tive

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Nature of or quality of

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toci/o

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Birth, giving birth, or birthing

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Tom/e

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Cutting instrument

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Ton/o

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Tension, tone, pressure

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Tonsill/o

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Almond shape

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top/o

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location

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Torsi

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Twisted

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Tox/o

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Poison

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Trache/o

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Rough

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Tract/o

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To draw or pull

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trans

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across or through

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Trauma

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wound

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90
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Tresia

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Perforation or opening

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Tri

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three

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Triage

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to sort or classify

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Trigo

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rubbing

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95
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Trochle/o

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pulley or pulley like

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Trop/o

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Stimulate or to turn

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Troph/o

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development, nourishment, or nutrition

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98
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Tripsy

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to crush

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99
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Trypan/o

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borer, to bore, drill

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Tub/o

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Canal or tube

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101
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Tubercul/o

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swelling, nodule, tubercle

102
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tum/o

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Swelling or tumor growth

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Turgor/o

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Tussis

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Tympan/o

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Typh/o

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Ulcer

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Ule

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small or lesser

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Uln/a

110
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Ultra

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Umbilic/o

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Unguin/o

113
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Ur/o

114
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Ureter/o

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Small canal

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Urethero

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Urticari/o

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Hives or nettles

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Utero

118
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Uve/a

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vag/o

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wanderer ( the longest cranial nerve)

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Vagin/o

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Valg/u

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Valvul/o

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tiny fold or small valve

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Var/u

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Varic/o

125
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Varicella

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Vas/o

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Ven/o

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Ventr/o

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Vera

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Vermi

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Verruca/e

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Version

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turn or to turn

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Vertebr/o

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Vertigo

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Vesic/o

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Sac or small blister

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Vill/i

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shaggy hair

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vir/o

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Viscer/a

139
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Vit/o

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Alive, life, living

140
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Vitilig/o

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To corrupt

141
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Volv/o

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to twist, twisting, rolling

142
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vulv/o

143
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Wheal

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round or circle

144
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Whitlow

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white flow

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Xanth/o

146
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xen/o

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strange or foreign

147
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Xero

148
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Yaws

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raspberry appearance

149
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Y

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procedure of or process of

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Zygo

151
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A&A

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awake and aware

152
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A&O

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Alert and oriented

153
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A&W

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Alive and well

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ACL

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Anterior cruciate ligament

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Ad Lib

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As desired or at liberty

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ALL

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Allergy or Acute Leukocytic Leukemia

157
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AMA

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Against Medical Advice, American Medical Association, or Advanced Maternal Age

158
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ASTOL

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As tolerated

159
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B1

A

Thiamine HCL Vitamin Or first degree ( stage I) burn

160
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B2

A

Riboflavin vitamin or second degree (stage II) burn

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B3

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Third degree (Stage III) burn
3rd degree stage (III) burn
162
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B4

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Fourth degree (stage VI) burn

163
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B6

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pyridoxine HCL vitamin

164
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B7

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Biotin Vitamin

165
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B8

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Adenosine Phosphate Vitamin

166
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BaE

A

barium enema

167
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BID

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Two times per day

168
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BP

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Blood pressure

169
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BS

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Blood sugar, Bowel sounds, Before sleep, breathe sounds, blue shield

170
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BT

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Body temperature, Bleeding time, brain tumor

171
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BUN

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Blood Urea Nitrogen

172
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BX

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Blue Cross or Biopsy

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CBC

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Complete Blood Count

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CC

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Chief complaint or Chief component

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CF

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Cystic fibrosis

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CHF

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Congestive heart failure

177
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CL

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Contact lenses

178
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CNA

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Chart not available or certified nurse’s aid

179
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COPD

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder

180
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CO

A

Computer Order or Cardiac Output

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CP

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Cerebral Palsy or Chest Pain

182
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CVA

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Cerebrovascular accident

183
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D&D

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Diarrhea and Dehydration

184
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DAD

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Drug administration device

185
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DAT

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diet as tolerated

186
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DD

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Differential diagnosis

187
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DNS

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Did not show

188
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DPT

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Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus

189
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DX and PX

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Diagnosis and Prognosis

190
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DZ

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disease or dozen

191
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EKG

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Electrocardiogram

192
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EMG

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Electromyography

193
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ENT

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Ear, Nose, and Throat

194
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ESWl

A

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

195
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FBS

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Fasting Blood Sugar

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FOD

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Free of Disease

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Fx

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Fracture or fractional urine

198
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GH

A

Growth Hormone

199
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GI

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Gastrointestinal or granuloma inguinal

200
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GTT

A

Drop, drops, or glucose tolerance test

201
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H1

A

herpes simplex type 1

202
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H2

A

Herpes Simplex type 2

203
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HAV

A

Hepatitis A virus

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HBV

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hepatitis B virus

205
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HCV

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Hepatitis C virus

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HI, HOH

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Hearing impaired or Hard of hearing

207
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I&O

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Intake and Output

208
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ICU

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Intensive care unit

209
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ID

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Infectious disease, initial dose, or Intradermal

210
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IV

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Intravenous

211
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KUB

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Kidney, Ureter, bladder

212
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LBP

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Low blood Presssure

213
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MD

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Muscular dystrophy, manic depression, mental deficiency, medical doctor

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ml

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milliliter

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MMR

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Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

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MS

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Multiple sclerosis or mitral stenosis

217
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N&V

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Nausea and vomiting

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NPO

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Nothing by mouth

219
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OTC

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Over the counter

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PE

A

Physical exam, Pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion

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PRN

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PROM

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Partial range of motion

223
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QD

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every day or once a day

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QID

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Four times per day

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Q

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RBC

A

Red blood cell

227
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ROS

A

Review of systems

228
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RR

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respiration rate or recovery room

229
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Rx

A

Prescription, drug, medication, reaction

230
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S.O.S

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If necessary, if urgently required, may be repeated once

231
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Sig

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Let it be written, label, instructions

232
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SOB

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shortness of breath

233
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Stat

234
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STI

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sexually transmitted infections, skin test dose

235
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SX

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Symptom, sign, surgery

236
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TBC

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Total Blood (cell) Count, tuberculosis

237
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TENS

A

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

238
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TIA

A

Transient ischemic attack

239
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TKO

A

To keep open

240
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TPR

A

Temperature, pulse, respiration

241
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UE

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Upper extremity

242
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UNG

243
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URI

A

Upper respiratory infection

244
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US

A

Ultrasound, unit secretary

245
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UTD

A

Up to Date

246
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UTI

A

Urinary Tract Infection

247
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VO

A

Verbal Order

248
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WBC

A

White blood cells or white blood count

249
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X&D

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Examination and diagnosis

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