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Final Exam 101

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toward   ad-  
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against, opposing   anti-, ant-  
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within   endo-  
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excessive, abnormally high, above   hyper-  
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under, below normal   hypo-  
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near, alongside, departure from normal   para-  
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together, joined   syn-  
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a solution or substance with a pH less than 7   acid/o  
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extremity   acr/o  
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gland   aden/o  
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male   andr/o  
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calcium   calc/i  
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tree bark, outher covering, cortex   cortic/o  
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to secrete   crin/o  
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thrist   dips/o  
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glucose, sugar, sweet   gluc/o  
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glycogen (a storage form of sugar) glucose, sugar, sweet   glyc/o, glycos/o  
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to set in motion   hormon/o  
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potassium   kal/i  
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ketone bodies (a by-product of fat metabolism   ket/o, keton/o  
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a rounded part, lobe   lob/o  
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mucus   myx/o  
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sodium   natr/o  
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eye   ophthalm/o  
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sweetbread, pancreas   pancreat/o  
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kidney   ren/o  
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shield, thyroid   thyr/o  
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poison   tox/o  
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urine   ur/o  
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run, running   -drome  
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swelling   -edema  
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condition of blood   -emia  
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condition or disease   -ism  
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abnormally large   -megaly  
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resembling   -oid  
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condition of   -osis  
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abnormal reduction in number, deficiency   -penia  
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shape, formation   -plasia  
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blood sugar   BS  
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calicum   Ca  
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diabetes insipidus   DI  
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diabetes mellitus   DM  
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fasting blood sugar   FBS  
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glucose tolerence test   GTT  
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hormone replacement therapy   HRT  
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potassium   K  
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postprandial blood sugar   PPBS  
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radioactive iodine uptake   RAIU  
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slow   brady-  
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upon, over, above, on top   epi-  
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between   inter-  
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around   peri-  
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rapid, fast   tachy-  
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four   tetra-  
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slow   brady-  
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upon, over, above, on top   epi-  
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between   inter-  
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around   peri-  
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four   tetra-  
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blood vessel   angi/o, angin/o  
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aorta   aort/o  
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artery   arter/o, arteri/o  
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fat   ather/o  
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atrium   arti/o  
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heart   card/o, cardi/o  
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crown, circle, heart   coron/o  
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blue   cyan/o  
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to bounce,sound   ech/o  
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electricity   electr/o  
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a plug   embol/o  
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likely to bleed   hemorrh/o  
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to hold back, deficiency   isch/o  
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thin   man/o  
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muscle   my/o, myos/o  
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chest   pector/o, steth/o  
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vein   phleb/o, ven/o  
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lung   pulmon/o  
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repetition, rhythum   rrhythm/o  
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thick, hard, sclera   scler/o  
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wall, partition   sept/o  
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pulse   sphygm/o  
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narowness, constriction   sten/o  
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pressure   tens/o  
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clot   thromb/o  
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little valve   valvul/o  
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dilated vein   varic/o  
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blood vessel, duct in urinary system and male repoductive system   vas/o  
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small blood vessel   vascul/o  
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little belly, cavity, ventricle   ventricul/o  
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pertaining to   -ac, -ary, -is, -ar, -ary  
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removal   -apheresis  
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pain   -dynia  
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a record   -gram  
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insturment for recording   -graph  
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pretaining to loosen, disolve   -lytic  
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abnormally large   -megaly  
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suturing   -rrhaphy  
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rupture   -rrhexis  
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state of   -sis  
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction   -spasm  
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surgical creation of an opening   -stomy  
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Atrial septal defect   ASD  
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Atrioventriculas   AV  
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blood pressure   BP  
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Coronary artery bypass graft   CABG  
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Coronary artery disease   CAD  
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Congestive heart failiure   CHF  
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation   CPR  
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Deep vein thrombosis   DVT  
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Electrocardiogram   ECG, EKG  
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Hypertensive heart disease   HHD  
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Myocardial infaraction   MI  
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Magnetic resonance angiography   MRA  
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Sinoatrial   SA  
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Semilunar (pertaining to the heart valve   SL  
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up, toward, apart   ana-  
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same   homo-  
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equal   iso-  
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large   macro-  
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small   micro-  
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before   pro-  
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through, across, beyond   trans-, dia-  
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self   aut/o  
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bacteria   bacter/o, bacteri/o  
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germ, bud, developing cell   blast/o  
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color   chromat/o  
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red   erythr/o  
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fungus   fung/o  
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blood   hem/o, hemat/o  
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exempt, immunity   immun/o  
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white   leuk/o  
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clear water, fluid   lymph/o  
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one   mon/o  
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bone marrow, spinal cord, medulla, myelin sheath   myel/o  
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kernal, nucleus   nucle/o  
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disease   path/o  
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change   plas/o  
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irregular   poikil/o  
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putrefying   septic/o  
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spleen   splen/o  
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grape-like clusters Staphyloccus (bacterium)   staphyl/o  
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twisted or gnarled, Streptococcus (bacterium)   strept/o  
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heat   therm/o  
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clot   thromb/o  
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wart-like, thymus gland   thym/o  
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poison   tox/o, toxic/o  
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virus   vir/o  
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to separate   -crit  
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cell   -cyte  
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condition of blood   -emia, -hemia  
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globe-like protein   -globin  
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surgical fixation, suspension   -pexy  
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loving, affinity for   -phil, -philia  
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protection   -phylaxis  
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formation   -poiesis  
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standing still   -stasis  
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treatment   -therapy  
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome   AIDS  
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Complete blood count   CBC  
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Erthrocyte sedimentation rate   ESR  
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Hematocrit   HCT, Hct  
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Hemoglobin   HGB, Hgb  
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Human immunodeficiency virus   HIV  
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Red bllod count   RBC  
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White blood cwll or white blood count   WBC  
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with   endo-  
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normal, good   eu-  
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new   neo-  
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all, entire   pan-  
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many   poly-  
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air sac, alveolus   alveol/o  
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incomplete   atel/o  
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airway, bronchus   bronch/o, bronch/i  
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dust   con/i  
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sac, bladder   cyst/o  
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fiber   fib/o  
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opening into the windpipe   glott/o  
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voice box, larynx   laryng/o  
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mucus   muc/o  
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nose   nas/o  
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straight   orth/o  
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oxygen   ox/i  
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throat/ pharynx   pharyng/o  
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partition   phragm/o, phragmat/o  
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rib, pleura   pleur/o  
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air, lung   pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o  
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lung   pulmon/o  
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pus   py/o  
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nose   rhin/o  
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wall, partition   sept/o  
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cavity   sinus/o  
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sleep   somn/o  
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to breathe   spir/o  
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pulse   sphyx/o  
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almond, tonsil   tonsill/o  
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windpipe, trachea   trache/o  
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little mass or swelling   tubercul/o  
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pain   -algia  
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condition of carbon dioxide   -capnia  
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hernia, swelling, protrusion   -cele  
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluids   -centesis  
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expansion, dilation   -ectasis  
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condition of blood   -emia  
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measurement   -metry  
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condition of   -osis  
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cutting into, incision   -otomy, -tomy  
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condition of oxygen   -oxia  
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surgical fixation, suspension   -pexy  
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condition of sound or voice   -phonia  
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something shaped   -plasm  
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breathing   -pnea  
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to cough up   -ptysis  
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dripping   -staxis  
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Arterial blood gases   ABG  
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Acid-fast bacilli   AFB  
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Adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome   ARDS  
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Cystic fibrosis   CF  
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease   COPD  
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Chest X-Ray   CXR  
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Influenza   Flu  
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Hyaline membrane disease   HMD  
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Infant respiratoy distress syndrome   IRDS  
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Left lower lobe (lung)   LLL  
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Left upper lobe (lung)   LUL  
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Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome   NRDS  
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Obstructive sleep apnea   OSA  
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Pulmonary embolism   PE  
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Pulmonary function test   PFT  
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Purified protein derivative   PPD  
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Respiratory distress syndrome   RDS  
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Right lower lobe (lung)   RLL  
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Right upper lobe (lung)   RUL  
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome   SARS  
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Tuberculosis   TB  
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Tital volume   TV  
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Upper respiratory infection   URI  
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Vital capacity   VC  
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Ventilation-perfusion scanning   VPS or V/Q scan  
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abdomen, abdominal cavity   abdomin/o, celi/o  
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anus   an/o  
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to hang onto, appendix   append/o  
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bile   bil/i  
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blind intestine, cecum   cec/o  
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lip   cheil/o  
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bile, gall   chol/e  
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common bile duct   choledoch/o  
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orange   cirrh/o  
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colon   col/o, colon/o  
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teeth   dent/o  
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a small blind pouch, diverticulum   diverticul/o  
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twelve, duodenum   duoden/o  
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small intestine   enter/o  
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gullet, espohagus   esophag/e, esophag/o  
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stomach   gastr/o  
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gums   gingiv/o  
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tongue   gloss/o, lingu/o  
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breath   halit/o  
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liver   hepat/o  
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to roll, ileum   ile/o  
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empty, jejunum   jejun/o  
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abdomen   lapar/o  
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mouth   or/o  
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roof of the mouth, palate   palat/o  
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digestion   peps/o, pept/o  
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perineum   perine/o  
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to stretch over, peritoneum   peritone/o  
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eat, swallow   phag/o  
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throat   pharyng/o  
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small growth, polyp   polyp/o  
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gatekeeper, pylorus   pylor/o  
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red pigment   rubin/o  
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saliva   sial/o  
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grape, uvula   uvul/o  
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hernia, swelling, protrusion   -cele  
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vomiting   -emesis  
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condition of digestion   -pepsia  
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falling down, drooping   ptosis  
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Abdominoperineal resection   A & P resection  
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Barium Enema   BE  
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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy   EGD  
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Endosopic retograde cholangiopancreatography   ERCP  
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease   GERD  
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Gastrointestinal   GI  
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Inflammatory bowel disease   IBD  
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Irritable bowel syndrome   IBS  
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Lactose intolerance   LI  
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Nausea & vomiting   N & V  
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy   PEG  
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Upper GI series   UGI  
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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty   UPPP  
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albumin (a protein)   albumin/o  
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urea, nitrogen   azot/o  
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bacteria   bacteri/o  
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germ, bud, developing cell   blast/o  
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little ball, glomerulus   glomerul/o  
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ketone bodies   ket/o, keton/o  
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kidney   nephr/o  
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night   noct/o  
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few in number   olig/o  
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renal pelvis   pyel/o  
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rip, tear   spadias/o  
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ureter   ureter/o  
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urethra   urethr/o  
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urine   urin/a, urin/o, ur/o  
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surgical crushing   -tripsy  
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nourishment, development   -trophy  
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urination   -uresis  
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condition of urine, urination   -uria  
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Bowman's capsule   BC  
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Blood urea nitrogen   BUN  
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Catheter, catheterization   cath  
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Hemodialysis   HD  
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Intravenous pyelogram   IVP  
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Kidney, ureter and bladder x-ray   KUB  
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Retrograde pyelogram   RP  
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Specific gravity   SG  
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Urinalysis   UA  
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Voiding cystourethrogram   VCUG  
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male   andr/o  
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glans penis   blan/o  
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epididymis   epididym/o  
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testis, testicle   orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o  
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penis   pen/o  
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prostate gland   prostat/o  
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seed, sperm   semin/o, sperm/o, spermat/o  
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vessicle, seminal vesicle   vesicul/o  
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animal   zo/o  
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Benign prostatic hyperoplasia(or hypertrophy   BPH  
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Digital rectal exam   DRE  
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Erectile dysfunction   ED  
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Hepatitis B Virus   HBV  
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Human papilloma virus   HPV  
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Herpes simplex virus type 2   HSV-2  
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Prostate-sepecific antigen   PSA  
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Transurethral incision of the prostate   TUIP  
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Transurethral microwave thermotherapy   TUMT  
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Transurethral resection of the prostate   TURP  
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cervix, neck   cervic/o  
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vagina   colp/o  
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cul-de-sac   culd/o  
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vulva   episi/o  
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woman   gynec/o, gyn/o  
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uterus   hyster/o, metr/i, metr/o  
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month, menstruation   mem/o, menstru/o  
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ovary   oophor/o, ovari/o  
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egg   ov/o  
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tube (usually eustachian or fallopian tubes)   salping/o  
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cervix, neck   trachel/o  
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womb, uterus   uter/o  
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Dilation & curettage   D & C  
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Carcinoma in situ   CIS  
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Estrogen replacement therapy   ERT  
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Fibrocystic breast disease   FBD  
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Papanicolaou smear (or test)   PAP smear (test)  
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Pelvic inflammatory disease   PID  
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Premenstrual syndrome   PMS  
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Total abdominal hysterectomy/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy   TAH/BSO  
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Toxic shock syndrome   TSS  
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amnoin, amniotic fluid   amni/o, amnion/o  
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membrane, chorion   chori/o  
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embryo   embry/o  
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fetus   fet/o  
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old age   ger/o, geront/o, presby/o  
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pregnancy   gravid/o, gravidar/o  
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milk   lact/o  
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birth   nat/o  
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midwife, pernatal development   obstetr/o  
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umbilicus (naval)   omphal/o  
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parturition or labor   par/o, part/o  
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child   ped/o, pediatr/o  
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first   prim/i  
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false   pseud/o  
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childbirth   puperper/i, puerper/o  
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birth, labor   toc/o  
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Cesarean section   C-section  
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Date of Birth   DOB  
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Expected date of delivery   EDD  
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Gerontology   GER  
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Hyaline membrane disease   HMD  
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Last memstrual period   LMP  
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Newborn   NB  
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Obstetrics   OB  
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Obstetrics/gynecology   OB/GYN  
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Pediatrics   PED  
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Pregnancy-induced hypertension   PIH  
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Spontaneous abortion   SAB  
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Therapeutic abortion   TAB  
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