Unit 1 - Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards by Laura Garder | Brainscape

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cis/o

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to cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protection

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/p

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pubis

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

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put, place

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thel/o or theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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posion

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trache/o

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trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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crine

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secrete

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drome

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run

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fusion

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coming together, to pour

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gen

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substance that produces

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lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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lysis

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breakdown, seperation, destruction

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meter

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measure

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mission

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send

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or

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one who

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oxia

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oxygen

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partum

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birth, labor

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phoria

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bear, carry, feeling

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physis

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grow

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plasia

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development, formation, growth

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plasm

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structure, formation

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pnea

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breathing

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ptom

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happening, occurence

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ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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rrhea

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flow, discharge

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stasis

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stopping, controlling

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trophy

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development, nourishment

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a/an

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no, not, without

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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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ana

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up, apart

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ante

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before, forward

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anti

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against

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auto

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self, own

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bi

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two

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brady

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slow

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cata

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down

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con

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with, together

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contra

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against, opposite

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de

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down, lac of

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dia

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complete, through

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dys

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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ec

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out, outside

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endo

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in, within

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epi

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upon, on, above

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eu

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good, normal

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ex

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out, utside

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hemi

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half

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hyper

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excessive, above

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hypo

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deficient, under

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inter

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between

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intra

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in, winthin, into

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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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meta

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beyond, change

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micro

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small

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neo

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new

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pan

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all

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para

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abnormal, beside, near

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per

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through

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peri

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surrounding

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poly

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many, much

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post

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after, behind

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pre

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before, in front of

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pro

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before, forward

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pros

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before, forward

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re

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back, again

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retro

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behind, backward

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sub

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under

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supra

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above, upper

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syn or sym

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together, with

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tachy

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fast

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trans

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across, through

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ultra

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beyond, excess

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uni

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one

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what is an antigen

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foreign substance (poison, virus, bacteria) that stimulates the production of antibodies

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what are antibodies

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protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the prescence of antigens

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what is an immune response

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reaction between an antigen and an antibody

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what is a vaccine

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dead/weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies

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what is bilirubin and what do high amounts of this lead to

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chemical pigment
high amounts lead to jaundice

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what is an anomaly and give an example

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irregularity in a structure or organ
2 urethras

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what are some examples of congenital anomalies

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webbed fingers/toes, heart defects and clubbed feet

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explain recombinant dna technology and what its used for

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process of taking a region of dna from 1 organism and inserting it into the dna of another organism
used to make insulin outside of the body

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explain pcr (polymerase chain reaction)

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technique used to copy small segments of dna that may be necessary for analysis

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explain crispr and what it stands for

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dna editing tool that can turn off genes or replace them with new versions

clusteres
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeats

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what is a symdrome

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a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a clinical picture of disease

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how many chomosomes are there in turner syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause

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45 out of the usual 46
effects females
shortness, webbed neck, delayed pubery. failed development of ovaries

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how many chromosomes are there in klinefelter syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause

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47 out of the usual 46
effects males
causes increased breast tissue. less developed male sex organs, long legs/hands

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what is marfan syndrome and what does it cause

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inherited connective tissue disorder
causes tall/thin body, long fingers/toes, elongated head, heart/blood vessel/eye abnormalities

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what is a tranurethral resection of the prostate gland, when is it done, and what is the condition called

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where a portion of the prostate gland is removed through the urethra
done when there is increased tissue that interefers with urination
condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia

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what is ultrasonography

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ultrasound waves to produce images of organs/tissues

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what is an echocardiogram

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ultrasound of the heart

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what is a sonogram

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ultrasound of a fetus