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Medical Terms O2

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Abdomin/o-   Abdomen  
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Angi/o-   Blodd or lymph vessel  
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Appen/o-   Apprendix  
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Arteri/o-   artery  
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arthr/o-   joint  
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col/o-   colon, large intestine  
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cyan/o-   blue  
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dermart/o-   skin  
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erythr/o-   red  
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gastr/o-   stomach belly  
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hepat/o-   liver  
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muscul/o-   muscle  
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my/o-   muscle  
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nat/o-   birth  
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neur/o-   neither, neutal  
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ot/o-   ear hearing  
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rhin/o-   nose  
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path/o-   disease, suffering, feeling emotion.  
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tonsil/o-   tonsil, throat  
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vir/o-   poison, virus  
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dys   bad, difficult, painful  
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hyper   excessive, increased  
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hypo   deficient, decreased  
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algia   pain, painful condition  
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ectomy   surgical removal, cutting out excesion  
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it is   inflamation  
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osis   abnornal condition disease  
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ostomy   surgically creating an opening  
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otomy   cutting surgical incision  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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rrhage   bleeding, abnormalexcessive fluid discharge  
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rrhagia   same as rrhage  
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rrhaphy   surgical suturing  
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rrhea   flow & discharge  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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sclerosis   abnormal hardening  
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abdominocentesis   surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity  
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acronym   an acrostic  
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acute   (of disease) brief & severe (opposed to chronis)  
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angiography   x-ray examination of blood vessels by injecting them into them a substance  
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appendectomy   surgical removal of any apendage esp, the verniform apprendix  
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arterioscierosis   pathological condition of the dictionary of the circulatory system  
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aethealigia   pain in the joint  
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colostomy   insion into the colon  
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cyanosis   pathol a bluish-purple discoloration of skin & mucous membranes usually resulting from defiency of oxegen in the blood  
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dermatologist   branch of medine concerned with the skin & a disease  
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diagmosis   identification of disease by the examination of symptoms & signs & by other investigation.  
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diarrhea   frequent & copisious discharge of abnormally liquid faeces  
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edema   excessiveaccumulation of seros fluid in the intercellular spaces of tissue  
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endarterial   see the arditery  
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eponym   back formation from eponymous  
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erythrocyte   the red blood cells  
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fissure   a grove or crack like sore of the skin  
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fistula   abnormal passage usually betwwen 2 internal organs or leading from an open organto the surface of the body  
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gastralia   stomach pain  
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gatritis   inflamation of the stomach  
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gastroenteritis   anflamation of the stomach & intestines  
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gastrosis   any disease on the stomach  
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hemorrhage   a profuse discharge of blood as form a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding  
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hepatomegaly   abnormal enlargement of the liver usually associated with liver disease & heart failure  
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hypertension   elavation of blood preassure especially the diastolic preassure  
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hypotension   decreased or lowered blood preassure  
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infection   the condition of suffering an infection  
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inflammation   redness, swelling, pain , tendernessheat & disturbed function of an area of the body. espeacially as a reaction of tiisues to injuriod agents  
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intersitial   between but not within the parts of the tissue  
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intramuscular   located or occuring within a muscle  
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laceration   rough jagged tear  
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lession   an injury; hurt, wound  
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mycosis   the presence of parasitic fungi in or any part of the body  
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myelopathy   any disorder of the spinal cord or of the bone narrow  
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myopathy   any annormality or disease of muscle tissue  
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myorrhexis   tearing a muscle  
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natal   pertaining to a person's birth  
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neonatology   study of the development & disorders of newborn children  
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neutritis   inflamation of a nerves  
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otorhinolaryngology   study of ears & larynx or throat  
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palpation   exmine touch especially for the purpose of diagnosing tools  
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palpitation   an usally or abnormaly rapid or violent beating of the heart  
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pathology   condition & processes of a disease  
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phalanges   plural of phalanx  
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poliomyelitis   viral disease usually affectin children  
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progonsis   FORECAST OR PRONOSTICATION  
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prostate   portaining to the prostate gland  
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pyoderma   any skin eruption charactherized by pustules or the formation of pus.  
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pyrosis   heart burn  
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remission   abatement or diminution as of diligence labor intensity, etc  
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sign   a token indication  
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supination   matter produced by suppuration; pus  
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supracostal   located above the ribs  
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symptom   a sign or indication of something  
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syndrome   group related or concident thing events actions etc  
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tonsillitis   inflamation or a tonsil or the tonsills  
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trauma   body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury as from violence or accident  
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triage   determination of priority for action in an emergency  
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viral   pertaining to or cause by a virus  
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