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health careers internship

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Definition
adren/o   adrenal gland  
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are/o   air, with oxygen  
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bacill/o   bacillus  
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bi/o   life  
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cocc/i   round-shaped bacteria  
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cortic/o   cortex  
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drom/o   running, a series  
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endocrin/o   endocrine  
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erg/o   work  
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gen/o   forming, generating  
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gluc/o   glucose  
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glyc/o   glycogen, sweet  
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gnos/o   to know, knowledge of  
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immun/o   immune  
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lys/o   destruction  
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malari/o   malaria  
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myc/o   fungus  
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pharmac/o   drugs  
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py/o   pus  
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sept/o, seps/o   poisoned, toxic  
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staphyl/o   growing in bunches  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o   testis  
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thyr/o, thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
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a-, an-   without, lack of  
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anti-   against  
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dia-   through  
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diplo-   two, double  
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endo-   inside  
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hyper-   above  
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hypo-   below  
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mal-   bad  
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poly-   too many  
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pro-   before, in front of  
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syn, sym-   joined, fused  
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-crine   secrete  
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-ism   theory, condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-ity   ability  
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-logy   study of  
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-megaly   enlarged  
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-pathy   disease  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-therapy   treatment  
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ACTH   adrenocoricotropic hormone  
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AIDS   acquired immunodeficiency syndrome  
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APC   aspirin, phenacetin, caffeine  
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Bx   biopsy  
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DC   doctor of Chiropractic  
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DPM   doctor of Podiatric medicine  
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DTaP, DTP   diptheria, pertussis, tetanus  
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Dx   diagnosis  
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FAS   fetal alcohol syndrome  
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FSH   follicle stimulating hormone  
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Hep B   hepatitis b vaccine  
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Hib   Haemophilus influenzae bacteria  
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HIV   human immunodeficiency virus  
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HPV   human papillomavirus  
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Hx   history  
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IDDM, type I   insulin-dependent diabetes melllitus  
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IgG, IgM, IgE   immunoglobulins  
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IPV   inactivated polio vaccine  
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LH   leutinizing hormone  
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MMR   measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine)  
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MSH   melanocyte stimulating hormone  
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NIDDM   non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus  
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Px   prognosis  
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RPH   registered pharmacist  
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SIDS   sudden infant death syndrome  
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Staph   staphylococcus  
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STH   somatotropic hormone  
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STI   sexually transmitted infections  
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Strep   streptococcus  
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Sx   symptoms  
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T3, T4   thyroid hormones  
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Td   tetanus vaccine  
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TSH   thyroid stimulating hormone  
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Tx   treatment  
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Var   varicella (chicken pox)  
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