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INTRODUCTION TO MED. TERMIOLOGY

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bad, difficult, painful   show
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show hyper-  
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show -megaly  
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pain, suffering   show
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show -ectomy  
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show -osis  
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abnormal softening   show
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show -hypo  
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inflammation   show
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tissue death   show
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show -rrhage  
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show -ostomy  
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show -otomy  
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show -plasty  
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surgical suturing   show
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show -scopy  
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rupture   show
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abnormal narrowing   show
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show -sclerosis  
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flow or discharge   show
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The ___________________ describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord A. myelopathy B. myopathy C. pyelitis D. pyrosis   show
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The medical term for higher than normal blood pressure ______________   show
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The term ____________ means pertaining to birth.   show
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Pain is classified as __________.   show
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In the term myopathy, the suffix -pathy means   show
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show leukocyte  
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prediction of the outcome of a disease   show
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swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues   show
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show acute  
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show supination  
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examination procedure   show
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show prostate  
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pathologic tissue change   show
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pounding heart   show
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show laceration  
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The medical term ________________ inflammation of the stomach   show
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show suppuration  
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The term meaning wound or injury is ________.   show
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The term _________ means pertaining to a virus.   show
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An _____________ is the surgical removal of the appendix   show
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show eponym  
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A localized response to injury or tissue destruction is called   show
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The medical term meaning the inflammation of a nerve or nerves is   show
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show tonsillitis  
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show gatalgia  
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a set of signs and symptoms   show
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rupture of a muscle   show
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stomach pain   show
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any acute pus-forming bacterial skin infection   show
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show arteriosclerosis  
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show sign  
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An inflammation of the stomach and small intestine is known as ______________.   show
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show arthralgia  
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show dermatologist  
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show hypotension  
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show angiography  
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show true  
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Arteriomalacia is abnormal hardening of blood vessels of the walls of an artery or arteries   show
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show true  
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Malaise is ofter the first symptoms of inflammation   show
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show true  
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show oto rhino laryng -ology  
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show myco -sis  
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show po lio my eli tis  
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neonatology   show
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