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| -rrhexis | rupture; tear
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing
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| -algia | pain/suffering
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| -dynia | pain
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -malacia | abnormal softening
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| -megaly | abnormal emlargement
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| -necrosis | tissue death
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -gram | record or picture
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| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -rrhage | bursting forth as in abnormal excessive fluid discharge, typically bleeding
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| -rrhaphy | to suture or stitch
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| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge of body fluids
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| pre- | time before
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| peri- | time surrounding
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| post- | time following
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| -ology | the study of
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| -ologist | specialist
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| rhino- | nose
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| hyper- | abnormally elevated
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| hypo- | abnormally lowered
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| cyan/o- | blue
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| melan/o- | black
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| cirrh/o- | golden yellow
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| poli/o- | gray
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| rube/o- | red
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| rose/o- | light red or pink
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| leuk/o- | white
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| cardi/o- | heart
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| tonsill/o- | tonsil
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| gastr/o- | stomach
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| dys- | bad; difficult
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| eu- | normal
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within
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| sub- | beneath,below
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| supra- | above
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| -otomy | surgical incision
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| laceration | jagged cut
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| lesion | abnormal change in tissue
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| sign | disease indicator that can be observed by others
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| symptom | disease indicator that is known only to the patient
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| syndrome | set of signs & symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process
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| prognosis | a prediction of diseases probable course or outcome
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| diagnosis | identification of the disease
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| objective | a sign that can be seen or measured by others
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| subjective | a symptom that can be evaluated or measured only by the patient
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| acute | disease or that has rapid onset, severe symptoms, short course
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| chronic | disease that is of long duration, may be controlled by meds but are rarely cured
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| eponym | disease, structure, procedure, operation named for the person who discovered it
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| acronym | a word formed from the first letter/letters of the major parts of a coumpond term
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| ather/o- | plaque
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| arthr/o | joint
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| ileum | part of the small intestine
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| ilium | part of the hip
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| mucous | membranes that line the digestive tract & secrete mucus
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| mucus | discharge from mucous membranes
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| infection | invasion of body or tissue by a pathgenic organism
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| inflammaiton | tissue response to injury, or destruction; characterized by redness, heat, swelling, pain
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| -ostomy | surgically created artificial opening
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| palpation | to examine with the hands
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| palpitation | pounding or racing heart
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| suppuration | formation or discharge of pus
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| suppination | rotaing the arm so the palm of the hand is facing up
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| py/o- | pus
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| suturing | the act of closing a wound or incision by stitching
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| ligation | the act of binding or tying off a blood vessel or duct
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| triage | screening patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place of treatment
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| trauma | injury
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| viral | pertaining to a virus
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| virile | having masculine traits
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