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Mid Term101

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up, toward, apart   ana-  
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two   bi-  
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upon, over, above, on top   epi-  
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under, below normal   hypo-  
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one   uni-  
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abdomen, abdominal cavity   abdomin/o  
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front   anter/o; anteri/o  
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arm   brachi/o  
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heart   card/, cardi/o  
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tail   caud/o  
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head   cephal/o  
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cervix, neck   cervic/o  
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gristle, cartilage   chondr/o, chondri/o  
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time   chron/o  
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skull, cranium   cran/o, crani/o  
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away   dist/o  
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back   dors/o  
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cause (of disease)   eti/o  
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thigh   femor/o  
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stomach   gastr/o  
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formation, cause, produce   gen/o  
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buttock   glut/o  
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sameness, unchanging   hom/o, home/o  
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to heal   iatr/o, iatri/o  
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person, self   idi/o  
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flank, hip, groin   ili/o  
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to enter, invade   infect/o  
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below   infer/o, inferi/o  
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groin   inguin/o  
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side   later/o  
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loin, lower back   lumb/o  
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middle   medi/o  
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disease   path/o  
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pelvis, washbasin   pelv/o  
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nature   physi/o  
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back   poster/o, posteri/o  
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near   proxim/o  
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spine, thorn   spin/o  
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above   super/o, superi/o  
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chest, thorax   thorac/o  
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to cut   tom/o  
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naval   umbilic/o  
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front, belly   ventr/o  
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toward   -ad  
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pertaining to   -al  
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pertaining to   -ar  
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process of recording   -graphy  
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pertaining to   -ic  
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act or process   -ion  
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pertaining to   -ior  
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one who studies   -olgist  
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standing still   -stasis  
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process of   -y  
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away from   ab-  
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within   endo-  
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excessive, abnormally high, above   hyper-  
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within   intra-  
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before   pre-  
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after   post-  
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below, beneath   sub  
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pertaining to   -al  
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pertaining to   -ic  
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inflammation   -itis  
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study of   -ology  
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measuring insturment   -meter  
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pertaining to   -ous  
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disease   -pathy  
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viewing instrument   -scope  
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process of viewing   -scopy  
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artery   arteri/o  
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joint   arthr/o  
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heart   cardi/o  
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stomach   gastr/o  
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liver   hepat/o  
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bone   oste/o  
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vein   ven/o  
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up,toward, apart   ana-  
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two   bi-  
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upon, over, above, on top   epi-  
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under, below normal   hypo-  
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one   uni-  
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abdomen, abdomoninal cavity   abdomin/o  
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front   anter/o; anteri/o  
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arm   brachi/o  
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heart   card/o; cardi/o  
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tail   caud/o  
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head   cephal/o  
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cervix,neck   cervic/o  
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gristle, cartilage   chondr/o; chondri/o  
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time   chron/o  
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skull, cranium   cran/o; crani/o  
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away   dist/o  
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back   dors/o  
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cause (of disease)   eti/o  
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thigh   femor/o  
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stomach   gastr/o  
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formation, cause, produce   gen/o  
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buttok   glut/o  
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sameness, unchanging   hom/o, home/o  
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to heal   iatr/o, iatri/o  
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person, self   idi/o  
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flank, hip, groin   ili/o  
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to enter, invade   infect/o  
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below   infer/o, interi/o  
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groin   inguin/o  
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side   later/o  
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loin, lower back   lumb/o  
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middle   medi/o  
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disease   path/o  
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pelvis, washbasin   pelv/o  
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nature   physi/o  
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back   poster/o, posteri/o  
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near   proxim/o  
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spine, thorn   spin/o  
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above   super/o, superi/o  
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chest, thorax   thorac/o  
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to cut   tom/o  
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naval   umbilic/o  
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front, belly   ventr/o  
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toward   -ad  
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pertaining to   -al  
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pertaining to   -ar  
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process of recording   -graphy  
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pertaining to   -ic  
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act or process   -ion  
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pertaining to   -ior  
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one who studies   -ologist  
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standing still   -stasis  
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process of   -y  
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disease of rapid onset, short duration, often sharp or severe effect   acute  
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disease of long duration, with slow progression   chronic  
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state of body in which homeostasis has faltered due to any cause   disease  
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disease induced by medical treatment   iatrogenic  
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disease of unknown cause   idiopathic  
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invasion and multiplication of parasitic organisms within the body   infection  
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response to trauma markes by symptoms of redness, swelling, heat and pain   inflammation  
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condition following and resulting from a disease   sequelae  
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wound or an injury   trauma  
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Computerized Axial Tomography Scan   CAT Scan  
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determination of a disease   diagnosis  
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diagnostic procedure, visual examination with an endoscope, including camera, fiber optics and long flexible tube inserted into a patient   endocsopy  
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study of the causes of disease   etiology  
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging   MRI  
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one who studies disease   pathologist  
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study of disease   pathology  
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Positron Emission Tompgraphy Scan   PET Scan  
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forecast of the probable cause or outcome of a disease   prognosis  
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diagnostic procedure using sound waves pulsated through body tissues, pulse echoes converted into images   ultrasound  
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bad, abnormal, painful, difficult   dys-  
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after, change   meta-  
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new   neo-  
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gland   aden/o  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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chemistry   chem/o  
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color   chrom/o  
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cell   cyt/o  
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fiber   fibr/o  
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tissue   hist/o  
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smooth   lei/o  
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fat, lipid   lip/o  
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clear water or fluid   lymph/o  
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bad   mal/o  
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dark, black   melan/o  
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muscle   my/o  
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nerve, fascia   neur/o  
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nucleus   nucl/o, nucle/o  
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tumor   onc/o  
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tool   organ/o  
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bone   oste/o  
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radiation, radius, light energy   radi/o  
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rod   rhabd/o  
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flesh, meat   sarc/o  
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nipple   thel/i  
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shape, formation   -plasia  
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something shaped   -plasm  
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malignant tumor   -sarcoma  
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treatment   -therapy  
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loss of structural organization in a tissue that is permanent   anaplasia  
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abnormal tissue development   dysplasia  
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increase in the number of celle in a tissue, other than by tumor development   hyperplasia  
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spreading of cance cells from primary tumor   metastasis  
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improvemnet or absence of signs of disease   remission  
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noninvasive, slow growing tumor; nonmalignant   benign  
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aggressive unregulated growth of abnormal cells and spreading to other tissues   cancer  
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cancer in early stages prior to metastasis   cancer in situ  
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cancer treatment that uses drugs   chemotherapy  
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treatment to reduce the intensity of painful symptoms without producing a cure   palliative therapy  
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cancer treatment that uses radioactive materials   radiotherapy  
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near, alongside, departure from normal   par-  
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through   per-  
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under, beneath, below   sub-  
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to rub away   abras/o  
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self   aut/o  
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hidden   crypt/o  
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skin   cutane/o  
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skin   derm/o, dermat/o  
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change shape   elast/o  
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red   eryth/o, erythr/o  
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fiber   fibr/o  
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other   heter/o  
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sweat   hidr/o  
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hard, horny tissue   kerat/o  
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white   leuk/o  
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fungus   myc/o  
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death   necr/o  
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nail   onych/o  
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thick   pachy/o  
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body louse   pedicul/o  
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wrinkle   rhytid/o  
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sebum or oil   seb/o  
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hair   trich/o  
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dry   xer/o  
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condition of blood   -ema  
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softening   -malacia  
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view of   -opsy  
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eating or swallowing   -phasia  
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discharge (of fluid)   -rrhea  
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skin wound caused by scraping   abrasion  
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collection of pus froam a localized infection   abscess  
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loss of scalp hair   alopecia  
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local uneven surface of the skin caused by fat deposition, thighs and buttocks   cellulite  
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a scar   cicatrix  
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elevated lesion formed by buildup of sebrum and keratin (blackhead)   comedo  
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skin injury, discoloration and swelling without breaking the skin surface   contusion  
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closed sac or pouch that contains fluid   cyst  
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profuse sweating   diaphoresis  
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swelling caused by accumulation of fluid   edema  
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general term for redness of skin (sunburn)   erythema  
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narrow break or slit in the skin   fissure  
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localized skin infection orginating from a hair follicle   furuncle  
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formation of local hard areas on the skin or elsewhere (callasus)   induration  
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abnormal yellow coloring of skin   jaundice or xanthoderma  
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overgrowth of scar tissue   keloid  
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basl cell carcinoma   BCC  
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biopsy   bx  
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incision and drainage   I & D  
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subcutaneous   sc  
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systemic lupus erythematosus   SLE  
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squamous cell carcinoma   SqCCa  
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total body surface area   TBSA  
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slow   brady-  
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around, passing through   dia-  
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many   poly-  
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four   quadri-  
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fused, not straight   ankyl/o  
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joint   arthr/o  
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wrist   carp/o  
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hernia, protrusion   cel/o  
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hand   chir/o  
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knuckle of a joint   condyl/o  
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rib   cost/o  
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flat shape, intervertebral disk   disk/o  
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lead, move   duct/o  
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electricity   electr/o  
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fascia   fasci/o  
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clasp or buckle, fibula   fibul/o  
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bend   flex/o  
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haunch, hip joint, ischium   ischi/o  
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motion   kinesi/o  
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hump   kyph/o  
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thin, lamina   lamin/o  
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bent forward   lord/o  
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upperjaw bone   maxill/o  
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crescent shaped moon, meniscus   menisc/o, maneisci/o  
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bone marrow   myel/o, myelon/o  
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straight, normal   orth/o  
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wall   pariet/o  
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small pan, patella   patell/o  
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stone   petr/o  
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row of soldiers, phalanx   phalang/o  
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foot   pod/o  
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small hole   por/o  
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grown up, pubis   pub/o  
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spine, vertebral column   rachi/o  
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sacred, sacrum   sacr/o  
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curved   scoli/o  
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dried up, skeleton   skelet/o  
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vertebra   spondyl/o  
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chest, sternum   stern/o  
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binding of eggs, synovial   synov/o, synovi/o  
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flat surface, tarsum   tars/o  
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reaction to stimulus   tax/o, taxi/o  
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to stretch out, tendon   ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o  
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turn   vers/o  
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joint, vertebra   vertebr/o  
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weakness   -asthenia  
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pain   -algis  
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germ, bud, developing cell   -blast  
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hernia,swelling, protrusion   -cele  
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a surgical procedure   -centesis  
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break apart   -clasia, -clasis, -clast  
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in motion   -clonus  
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surgical fixation, fusion   -desis  
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run, running   -drome  
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resembling   -oid  
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growth   -physis  
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shape, formation   -plasia  
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paralysis (major)   -plegia  
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falling down, drooping   -ptosis  
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split, fissure   -schisis  
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anterior cruciate liagment   ACL  
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bone mineral density   BMD  
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carpal tunnel syndrome   CTS  
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Duchene's muscular dystrophy   DMD  
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electromyogram   EMG  
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herniated nucleus pulposus   HNP  
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muscular dystrophy   MD  
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osteoarthritis   OA  
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rheumatoid arthritis   RA  
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range of motion   ROM  
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spinal cord injury   SCI  
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total hip replacement   THR  
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total knee replacement   TKR  
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fatty substance   ather/o  
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hard   dur/o  
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a plug   embol/o  
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brain   encephal/o  
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knot, swelling   gangli/o, ganglion/o  
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glue, neuroglia   gli/o  
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body   somat/o  
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inner chamber, thalamus   thalam/o  
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clot   thromb/o  
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attention deficit disorder   ADD  
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alzheimer/s disease   AD  
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis   ALS  
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eyelid   blephar/o  
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pupil   cor/o, core/o  
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tear   dacry/o, lacrim/o  
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eye   ocul/o  
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old age   presby/o  
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net, retina   retin/o  
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vision   -opia  
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laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis   LASIK  
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eye, ear, nose, throat   EENT  
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ocular dexter or right eye   OD  
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oculus sinster oer left eye   OS  
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visual acuity   VA  
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hearing   acou/o, acoust/o, aud/o, audi/o  
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maze, innner ear   labyrinth/o  
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voice box, larynx   laryng/o  
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membrane, eardrum   myring/o, tympan/o  
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ear   ot/o  
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nose   rhin/o  
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stirrup, stapes   staped/o  
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hearing condition   -acusis, -cusis  
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right ear (in Latin, auris dexter)   AD  
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left ear (in Latin, auris sinister)   AS  
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both ears (in Latin, aures unitas)   AU  
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otitis media   OM  
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tympanic membrane   TM  
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