VOCABULARY
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| OTALGIA | PAIN IN THE EAR
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| NEUALGIA | PAIN OF NERVES
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| MYALGIA | PAIN OF MUSCLES
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| RECTOCELE | HERNIA OF THE RECTUM
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| CYSTOCELE | HERNIA OF THE URINARY BLADDER
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| THROACOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FROM THE CHEST (THORACENTESIS)
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| AMNIOCENTIESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE AMNION
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| ABDOMINOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN
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| STREPTOCOCCUS | BERRY-SHAPPED BACTERIUM FOUND IN TWISTED CHAINS
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| STAPHYLOCOCCI | BERRY-SHAPED BACTERIA IN CLUSTERS
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| PLEURODYNIA | PAIN IN THE CHEST WALL MUSCLES THAT IS AGGREVATED BY BREATHING (LITERALLY: PAIN IN THE PLEURA)
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| LARYNGECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE LARYNX
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| MASTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF BREAST
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| ISCHEMIA | TO HOLD BACK BLOOD FROM AN AREA OF THE BODY
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| CARCINOGENESIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING CANCER
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| PATHOGENESIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING DISEASE
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| ANGIOGENESIS | FORMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS
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| CARCINOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCE CANCER
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| OSTEOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCED WITHIN THE BONE
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| MYELOGRAM | RECORD (X-RAY) OF THE SPINAL CORD
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| MAMMOGRAM | RECORD (X-RAY) OF THE BREAST
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| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING THE ELECTRICITY IN THE BRAIN
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| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING THE ELECTRICITY IN THE BRAIN
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| ANGIOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING (X-RAY) BLOOD VESSELS
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| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI
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| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS
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| PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF VEINS
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| OPHTHALMOLOGY | STUDY OF THE EYE
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| MORPHOLOGY | STUDY OF SHAPE OR FORM
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| HEMOLYSIS | DESTRUCTION OF BLOOD (BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELLS WITH RELEASE OF HEMOGLOBIN)
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| OSTEOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF BONE
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| CHONDROMALACIA | SOFTENING OF CARTILAGE
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| ACROMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF EXTREMITIES
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| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN
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| MYOMA | TUMOR (BENIGN) OF MUSCLE
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| MYOSARCOMA | TUMOR (MALIGNANT) OF MUSCLE (A TYPE OF FLESH TISSUE)
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| MULTIPLE MYELCOMA | TUMOR OF BONE MARROW
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| NECROPSY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF DEAD BODIES; AUTOPSY (MOST OFTEN USED FOR ANIMALS)
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| NECROSIS | CONDITION OF DEATH (OF CELLS)
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| HYDRONEPHROSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF WATER (FOUND) IN THE KIDNEY
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| LEUKOCYTOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION (SLIGHT INCREASE IN NUMBERS) OF NORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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| CARDIOMYOPATHY | DISEASE OF HEART MUSCLE
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| ERYTHROPENIA | DIFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS
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| LEUKOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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| THROMBOCYTOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF CLOTTING CELLS
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| ACROPHOBIA | FEAR OF HEIGHTS
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| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF BLOOD VESSELS
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| ACHONDROPLASIA | NO (IMPROPER) DEVELOPMENT OF CARTILAGE
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| AGORAPHOBIA | FEAR OF BEING IN OPEN, CROWDED SPACES (MARKETPLACE)
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| BLEPHAROPTOSIS | PROLAPSE, SAGGING OF AN EYELID
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| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF ARTERIES
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| LAPAROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE THE ABDOMEN
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| METASTASIS | BEYOND CONTROL; SPREADING OF A CANCEROUS TUMOR
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| HEMOSTASIS | STOPPING THE FLOW OF BLOOD (NATURALLY BY CLOTTING OR ARTIFICIALLY BY COMPRESSION)
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| COLOSTOMY | NEW OPENING OF THE COLON (TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY)
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| TRACHEOSTOMY | NEW OPENING OF THE WINDPIPE (TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY)
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| HYDROTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH WATER
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| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH DRUGS
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| RADIOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH X-RAYS
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| LAPAROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE ABDOMEN
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| PHLEBOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE VEIN
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| HYPERTROPHY | EXCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT
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| ATROPHY | NO DEVELOPMENT; WASTING AWAY TISSUE
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| RADIOGRAPHER | ONE WHO RECORDS X-RAY
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| PNEUMONIA | CONDITION (ABNORMAL) OF LUNGS
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| NEPHROLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF THE KIDNEY
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| ARTERIOLE | SMALL ARTERY
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| VENULE | SMALL VEIN
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| PERICARDIUM | STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART
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| NEPHROPATHY | DISEASE OF THE KIDNEY
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| CARDIAC | PERTAINING TO THE HEART
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| PERITONEAL | PERTAINING TO THE PERITONEUM
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| INGUINAL | PERTAINING TO THE GROIN
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| PLEURAL | PERTAINING TO THE PLEURA
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| TONSILLAR | PERTAININ TO TONSILS
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| LAPAROSCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN
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| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS
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| AXILLARY | PERTAINING TO THE ARMPIT
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| LARYNGCAL | PERTAINING TO THE VOICEBOX
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| CHRONIC | LONG-TERM; OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
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| ACUTE | SHARP, SUDDEN, SEVERE
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| PATHOLOGICAL | PERTAINING TO THE STUDY OF DISEASE
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| ADENOIDS | RESEMBLING GLANDS (LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE THROAT, NEAR THE NOSE).
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| ADIPOSE | PERTAINING TO FAT
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| MUCOUS | PERTAINING TO MUCUS
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| MUCUS | THE SUBSTANCE SECRETED FROM MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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| NECROTIC | PERTAINING TO DEATH (OF CELLS)
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