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Neur/o

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nerves

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-tripsy

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crushing

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Mel/o

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bone marrow
or
spinal cord

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-plasia

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formation or change in development of the sense of molding and number or cells

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psych/o

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mind, mental process

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psych/osis

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a severe mental condition marked by loss of contact with reality, delusions, or hallucination

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Psych/o/neur/osis

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an emotional and behavioral disorder, manifested by anxiety

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OCD

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Obsessive compulsive disorder
characterized by repeated distressing thoughts that produce anxiety and uncontrollable repeated actions that must be done to relieve the anxiety

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psych/o/trop/ic

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medication that alters the mind and emotions

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Pharmac/o

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drugs, medicine

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Gnos

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knowledge

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pro/gnos/is

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predicting the outcome of a disease

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dia/gnos/is

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identification of a disease through the signs and symptoms

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Dia

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through

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dia/lysis

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separation of substances in a solution

process of destroying waste products in the blood by diffusion

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Hem/o/dia/lysis

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removal of waste from the blood by using an artificial kidney machine

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dors/o

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dorsal

near or on the back

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ventr/o

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ventral

ear or on the belly side

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anter/o

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anterior

toward the front, in front of

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poster/o

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posterior

following or located behind

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chephal/o

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cephalic

upward toward the head

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caud/o

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Caudal

downward, toward the tail

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medi/o

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medial

toward the midline

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later/o

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lateral

toward the side, away from the midline

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super-
superior | above
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sub-
infra- inferior below
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proxim/o
proximal | near the point of origin
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dist/o
distal | away from the point of origin
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sagitt/o
sagittal | vertical, anteroposterior direction or plane dividing into left and right
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coron/o
coronal resembling a crown or encircling arteries encircle heart to supply blood to heart muscle veins encircle heart to collect blood from heart muscle
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Omphal/o
umbilicus | navel
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Aer/o
air
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aer/o/bic
needs air to live
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an/aer/o/bic
cannot live in presence of air
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Bi/o
life, living things
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bi/o/psy
excision of tissue for examination of living tissue
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Chrom/o
color
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chrom/o/phillic
stains easily
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phillic
attracted, loves
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chrom/o/phobic
stains poorly or not at all
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eu-
well, easy
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-tocia
labor
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than
death
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men/o
menses, menstruation
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-stasis
act of stopping, controlling
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hem/o/stasis
act of controlling blood flow
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syophil/o
syphilis | STD
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pseudo
false
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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vicer/o
organs of the body
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Periton/eum
the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity wall
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pleura
pleur/a; membrane | the membrane that covers the lung cavity
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pAariet/o
wall
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visceral peritoneum
surface of organs in the abdominal cavity
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visceral pleura
surface of the lung
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Ant
Anterior
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AP
anteroposterior
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D
Diopter
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Dx
Diagnosis
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EST
Electroshock therapy
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Hx
history
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LAT
Lateral
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LMP
Last menstrual period
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LOA
left occiput anterior
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OU
Both eyes
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PA
Posteroanterior
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Px
prognosis
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ROP
Right occiput posterior
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R. Ph
Registered Pharmacist
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RPR
Syophilis test | VDRL
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Rx
prescription
72
Tx
treatment
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VD
Venereal disease

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