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MED TERM LINK 5.2

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ARTHR O   JOINT  
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ARTHROSCOPY   PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION OF A JOINT  
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CHONDR O   CARTILAGE  
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CHONDROMA   BENIGN TUMOR OF CARTILAGE  
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COST O   RIB  
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COSTOCHONDRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF A RIB AND ITS CARTILAGE  
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CRANI O   SKULL  
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CRANIOTOMY   INCISION OF A SKULL  
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LIGAMENT O   LIGAMENT  
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LIGAMENTOUS   PERTAINING TO A LIGAMENT  
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MY O   MUSCLE  
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MYOSARCOMA   TUMOR OF A MUSCLE  
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MYOS O   MUSCLE  
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MYOSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MUSCLE  
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MUSCUL O   MUSCLE  
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MUSCULAR   PERTAINING TO MUSCLES  
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MYEL O   BONE MARROW  
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MYELODYSPLASIA   ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF BONE MARROW  
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OSTE O   BONE  
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OSTEOMYELITIS   INFLAMMATION OF BONE AND BONE MARROW  
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PELV O   PELVIS HIPBONE  
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PELVIC   PERTAINING TO THE PELVIC  
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SPONDYL O   VERTEBRA  
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SPONDYLOSIS   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE VERTEBRA OR VERTEBRAE  
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VERTEBR O   VERTEBRA  
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INTERVERTEBRAL   PERTAINING TO LYING BETWEEN TWO BACKBONES  
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TEN O   TENDON  
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TENORRHAPHY   SUTURE OF A TENDON  
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TENDIN O   TENDON  
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TENDINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF A TENDON  
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS   CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE ARTHRITIS WITH STIFFENING OF JOINTS PRIMARILY OF THE SPINE  
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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME   COMPRESSION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE AS IT PASSES BETWEEN THE LIGAMENT AND THE BONES AND TENDONS OF THE WRIST  
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GOUTY ARTHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE URIC ACID ALSO CALLED GOUT  
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY   AN INHERITED DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS AND DEGENERATION OF MUSCLES FIBERS  
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OSTEOPOROSIS   DECREASE IN BONE DENSITY WITH THINNING AND WEAKNESS OF BONE POROSIS MEANS CONDITION OF CONTAINING PASSAGES OR SPACES  
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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS   CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS PAIN SWELLING AND STIFFENING ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL JOINTS OF THE HANDS AND FEET RHEUMAT O MEANS FLOWING DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SWELLING IN JOINTS  
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ARTHROPLASTY   SURGICAL REPAIR OF A JOINT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD OF THE FEMUR THIGH BONE AND ACETABULUM CUP SHAPED PORTION OF THE HIP SOCKET WITH ARTIFICIAL PARTS PROSTHESES THAT ARE CEMENTED INTO THE BONE  
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CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS   TREATMENT OF A HERNIATED DISK BY INJECTION OF CHYMOPAPIN TO DISSOLVE THE INNER PORTION NUCLEUS OF THE DISK  
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ENDOSCOPIC DISKECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISK WITH AN ENDOSCOPE  
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LAMINECTOMY   SURGAICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF A VERTEBRA TO ALLOW VISUALIZATION AND REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF A PROTRUDING DISK  
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MICRSCOPIC DISKECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A HERNIATED INTERVEREBRAL DISK WITH AN INCISION THAT IS 1 TO 2 INCHES LONG AND VISUALIZATION OF THE SURGICAL FIELD WITH AN OPERATING MICROSCOPE  
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VERTEBROPLASTY   SURGICAL REPAIR OF VERTEBRAE SPECIAL CEMENT IS INJECTED INTO COMPRESSED BACKBONES TO STRENGTHEN THEM AND TO RELIEVE PAIN  
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ACL   ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT OF THE KNEE  
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C1-C7   CERVICAL VERTEBRAE  
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CA   CALCUIM  
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IM   INTRAMUSCULAR  
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L1-L5   LUMBAR VERTEBRAE  
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NSAID   NONSTEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUG PRESCRIBED TO TREAT JOINT DISORDERS  
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ORTHO   ORTHOPEDICS OR ORTHOPAEDICS  
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PT   PHYSICAL THERAPY  
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ROM   RANGE OF MOTION  
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T1-T12   THORACIC VERTEBRAE  
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CRANIUM   SKULL  
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CLAVICLE   COLLARBONE  
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HUMERUS   UPPER ARM BONE  
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RADIUS   LOWER ARM BONE ON THE THUMB SIDE  
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ULNA   LOWER ARM BONE LITTLE FINGER SIDE  
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CARPALS   WRIST BONES  
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METACARPALS   HAND BONES  
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PHALANGES   FINGER BONES  
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SCAPULA   SHOULDER BONE  
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STERNUM   BREASTBONE  
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TARSALS   ANKLE BONES  
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METATARSALS   FOOT BONES  
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FIBULA   SMALLER OF THE LOWER LEG BONES  
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TIBIA   LARGER OF THE LOWER LEG BONES  
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PATELLA   KNEECAP  
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SACRUM   LOWER PART OF THE BACKBONE NEAR THE HIP  
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COCCYX   TAILBONE  
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PELVIS   HIP BONE  
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FEMUR   THIGH BONE  
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RIBS   BONES SURROUNDING THE CHEST CAVITY  
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CRANI O   SKULL  
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ARTHR O   JOINT  
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OSTE O   BONE  
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COST O   RIB  
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PELV O   HIP BONE  
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MY O   MUSCLE  
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TEN O   CONNECTS MUSCLES TO BONES  
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CHONDR O   CARTILAGE  
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SPONDYL O   BACKBONE  
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LIGAMENT O   CONNECTS BONES TO OTHER BONES  
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CEREBELL O   CEREBELLUM  
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CEREBELLAR   PERTAINING TO THE CEREBELLUM  
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CEREBR O   CEREBRUM  
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CEREBRAL   PERTINING TO THE CEREBRUM  
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ENCEPHAL O   BRAIN  
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ENCEPHALITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN  
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MEDULL O   MEDULLA OBLONGATA  
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MEDULLARY   PERTAINING TO THE INNER SOFT PART OF AN ORGAN  
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MYEL O   SPINAL CORD  
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MYELITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD  
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NEUR O   NERVE  
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NEUROPATHY   DISEASE OF NERVOUS TISSUE  
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ALZHEIMER DISEASE   BRAIN DISORDER MARKED BY DETERIORATION OF MENTAL CAPACITY DEMENTIA  
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT   DAMAGE TO THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE CEREBRUM LEADING TO LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO BRAIN TISSUE A STROKE  
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CONCUSSION   BLUNT INJURY TO THE BRAIN SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS  
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EPILEPSY   CHRONIC BRAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT SEIZURE ACTIVITY  
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GLIOBLASTOMA   MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR ARISING FROM GLIAL CELLS BLAST MEANS IMMATURE  
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HEMIPLEGIA PARALYSIS   THAT AFFECTS THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT HALF OF THE BODY  
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MEINGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGS MEMBRANCES SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD  
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS   DESTRUCTION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH ON THE NERVE CELLS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD WITH REPLACEMENT BY PLAQUES OF SCLEROTIC HARD TISSUE  
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PARAPLEGIA PARALSIS   THAT AFFECTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY  
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SYNCOPE   FAINTING SUDDEN AND TEMPORARY LOSS CONSCIOUSNESS AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN  
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STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY   PLACEMENT IN THE SKULL OF A STEREOTACTIC INSTRUMENT THAT LOCATES A TARGET SUCH AS A TUMOR IN THE BRAIN THEN A HIGH ENERGY RADIATION BEAM GAMMA KNIFE IS DELIVERED TO THAT PRECISE TARGET TO DESTROY THE TISSUE  
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TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION   A BATTERY POWERED DEVICE DELIVERS STIMULATION TO NERVES TO TO RELIEVE ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN  
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AD   ALZHEIMER DISEASE  
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CNS   CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM  
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CSF   CEREBROSPINAL FLUID  
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CVA   CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT STROKE  
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EEG   ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY  
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LP   LUMBAR PUNCTURE  
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MS   MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS  
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TIA   TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE WITH BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN  
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ADENOID O   ADENOID  
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ADENOIDECTOMY   REMOVAL OF THE ADEOIDS  
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ALVEOL O   AIR SAC ALVEOLUS  
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ALVEOLAR   PERTAINING TO AIR SACS WITHIN THE LUNGS  
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BRONCH O   BRONCHIAL TUBE  
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BRONCHOSCOPY   VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBE BY PASSING AN ENDOSCOPE THROUGH THE TRACHEA INTO BRONCHI  
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BRONCHIOL O   BRONCHIOLE  
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BRONCHIOLITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES  
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CYAN O   BLUE  
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CYANOSIS   BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN DUE TO DEFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE BLOODSTREAM  
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EPIGLOTTO O   EPIGLOTTIS  
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EPIGLOTTIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS  
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LARYNG O   LARYNX  
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LARYNGEAL   PERTAINING TO THE LARYNX  
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NAS O   NOSE  
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NASAL   PERTAINING TO THE NOSE  
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RHIN O   NOSE  
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RHINORRHEA   DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE  
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PHARYNG O   PHARYNX  
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PHARYNGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX  
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PHREN O   DIAPHRAGM  
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PHRENIC   PERTAINING TO THE DIAPHRAGM  
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PNEUMON O   LUNG  
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PNEUMONECTOMY   REMOVAL OF A LUNG  
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PULMON O   LUNG  
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PULMONARY   PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS  
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TONSILL O   TONSILS  
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TONSILLITIS   INFLAMMATION  
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TRACHE O   TRACHEA  
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TRACHEOSTOMY   OPENING OF THE TRACHEA TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY  
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ASPHYXIA   EXTREME DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE BODY WITH INCREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE LEADS TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR DEATH  
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ASTHMA   SPASM AND NARROWING OF BRONCHI LEADING TO BRONCHIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION  
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ATELECTASIS   COLLAPSED LUNG  
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EMPHYSEMA   HYPERINFLATION OF AIR SACS WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS ALONG WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA EMPHYSEMA IS A TYPE OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE  
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HEMOPTYSIS   SPITTING UP FOOD  
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HEMOTHORAX   BLOOD IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY SPACE BETWEEN THE PLEURAL MEMBRANES  
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PNEUMOCONIOSIS   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF DUST IN THE LUNGS  
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PNEUMONIA   INFLAMMMATION AND INFECTION OF ALVEOLI WHICH FILL WITH PUS OR PRODUCTS OF THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION  
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TUBERCULOSIS   AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA THE LUNGS AND OTHER ORGANS ARE AFFECTED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE COUGH WEIGHT LOSS NIGHT SWEATS HEMOPTYSIS AND PLEURITIC PAIN  
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ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION   A TUBE IS PLACED THROUGH THE NOSE OR MOUTH INTO THE TRACHEA TO ESTABLISH AN AIRWAY DURING SURGERY AND FOR PLACEMENT ON A RESPIRATOR  
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THORACENTESIS   A NEEDLE IS INSERTED THROUGH THE SKIN BETWEEN THE RIBS AND INTO THE PLEURAL SPACE TO DRAIN A PLEURAL EFFUSION  
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THORACOTOMY   INCISION OF THE CHEST TO REMOVE A LUNG OR A PORTION OF A LUNG  
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TRACHEOSTOMY   CREATION OF AN OPENING INTO THE TRACHEA THROUGH THE NECK AND THE INSERTION OF A TUBE TO CREATE AN AIRWAY  
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CO2   CARBON DIOXIDE GAS EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS  
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COPD   CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA  
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CPR   CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION  
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CXR   CHEST X-RAY  
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O2   OXYGEN GAS ENTERING THE BLOODSTREAM THROUGH THE LUNGS  
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PE   PULMONARY EMBOLISM BLOCKAGE OF VESSELS IN THE LUNG BY A BLOOD CLOT  
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PFTS   PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS  
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SOB   SHORTNESS OF BREATH  
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URI   UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION  
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VATS   VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY USING SMALL INCISIONS AND AN ENDOSCOPE  
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AUR O   EAR  
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AURAL DISCHARGE   FLUID OR MATERIAL FROM THE EAR  
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OT O   EAR  
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OTITIS   ABSENCE OF THE LENS OF THE EYE  
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CUTANE O   SKIN  
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SUBCUTANEOUS   PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN  
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DERM O   SKIN  
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EPIDERMIS   OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN  
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DERMAT O   SKIN  
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DERMATOLOGY   STUDY OF THE SKIN AND ITS DISEASES  
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MYRING O   EARDRUM  
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MYRINGOTOMY   INCISION OF THE EARDRUM  
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TYMPAN O   EARDRUM  
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TYMPANOPLASTY   SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE EARDRUM  
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OCUL O   EYE  
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OCULAR   PERTAINING TO THE EYE  
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ONYCH O   NAIL  
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ONYCHOYSIS   SEPARATING OF A NAIL FROM ITS FOUNDATION  
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PHAK O   LENS OF THE EYE  
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APHAKIA   ABSENCE OF THE LENS OF THE EYE  
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PIL O   HAIR  
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PILOSEBACEOUS   PERTAINING TO HAIR AND ITS ASSOCIATED SEBACCOUS GLAND  
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RETIN O   RETINA  
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RETINOPATHY   DISEASE OF THE ROD AND CONE LAYER OF THE EYE SENSITIVE CELLS AT THE BACK OF THE EYE  
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TRICH O   HAIR  
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TRICHOPHAGIA   HABIT OF EATING HAIR ABNORMAL CRAVING FOR NON FOOD SUBSTANCES  
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UNGU O   NAIL  
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SUBUNGUAL   PERTAINING TO UNDER THE NAIL  
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ALOPECIA   ABSENCE OF HAIR FROM AREAS WHERE IT NORMALLY GROWS BALDNESS  
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CATARACT   CLOUDNESS OPACITY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE CAUSING IMPAIRMENT OF VISION OR BLINDNESS  
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CONJUNCTIVITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA  
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GLAUCOMA   INCREASE IN PRESSURE FLUID ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE CHAMBER AT THE FRONT OF THE EYE  
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MELANOMA   MALIGNANT TUMOR OF PIGMENTED CELLS THAT FROM A NERVE IN THE SKIN  
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NERVUS   PIGMENTED LESION IN OR ON THE SKIN A MOLE  
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STY   PUS FILLED INFECTION OF GLANDS NEAR THE EYELID  
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TINNITUS   ABNORMAL NOISE SOUND IN THE EARS  
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AD   RIGHT EAR  
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AS   LEFT EAR  
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ENT   EARS NOSE THROAT  
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HEENT   HEAD EYES EARS NOSE THROAT  
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OD   RIGHT EYE  
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OS   LEFT EYE  
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PERRLA   PUPILS EQUAL ROUND REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION  
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VA   VISUAL ACUITY  
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VF   VISUAL FIELD  
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CYST O   URINARY BLADDER  
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CYSTOSCOPY   VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER  
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VESIC O   URINARY BLADDER  
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INTRAVESICAL   PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE URINARY BLADDER  
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NEPHR O   KIDNEY  
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NEPHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY  
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REN O   KIDNEY  
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RENAL   PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEY  
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PYEL O   RENAL PELVIS  
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PYELOGRAM   XRAY RECORD OF THE RENAL PELVIS  
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URETER O   URETER  
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URETERECTOMY   RESECTION OF A URETER  
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URETHR O   URETHRA  
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URETHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA  
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ALBUMINURIA   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF PROTEIN IN THE URINE  
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ANURIA   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NO URINE PRODUCTION  
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DYSURIA   PAINFUL URINATION  
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GLYCOSURIA   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF GLUCOSE IN THE URINE  
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HEMATURIA   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF BLOOD IN THE URINE  
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NEPHROLITHIASIS   ABNORMAL CONDITION OF STONES IN THE KIDNEY  
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RENAL FAILURE   CONDITION IN WHICH THE KIDNEYS STOP FUNCTIONING AND DO NOT PRODUCE URINE  
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UREMIA   CONDITION OF HIGH LEVELS OF UREA IN THE BLOOD  
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DIALYSIS   WASTE MATERIALS ARE SEPAREATED FROM THE BLOOD BY A MACHINE ALTERNATIVELY A PERTIONEAL CATHETER DELIVERS A SPECIAL FLUID INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND THEN THE FLUID WHICH NOW CONTAINS WASTE MATERIALS THAT HAVE SEEPED FROM THE BLOOD INTO IT IS DRAINED  
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LITHOTRIPSY   SHOCK WAVES ARE BEAMED INTO A PATIENT TO CRUSH URINARY TRACT STONES THE STONE FRAGMENTS THEN PASS OUT OF THE BODY WITH URINE ALSO CALLED ESWL  
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RENAL TRANSPLANTATION   A DONOR KIDNEY IS TRANSFERRED TO A RECIPENT  
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URINARY CATHETERIZATION   A CATHETER IS PASSED THROUGH THE URETHRA AND INTO THE URINARY BLADDER FOR SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM DRAINAGE OF URINE  
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ARF   ACUTE RENAL FAILURE  
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BUN   BLOOD UREA NITROGEN MEASURES KIDNEY FUNCTION  
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CAPD   CONTINOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DISLYSIS  
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CKD   CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE  
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CRF   CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE  
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HD   HEMODIALYSIS  
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KUB   KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER XRAY WITHOUT CONTRAST  
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RP   RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM  
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UA   URINALYSIS  
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UTI   URINARY TRACT INFECTION  
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