ETIOLOGY
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| CONGENITAL | CONGENIT/O - PRESENT AT BIRTH
-AL - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY AN ABNORMALITY IN THE DEVELOPING FETUS
EXAMPLES: CLEFT PALLET OR CEREBAL PALSY)
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| DEGENERATIVE | DE-REVERSAL OF
GENER/0- CREATION;PRODUCTION
-ATIVE - PERTAINING TO
DUE TO THE PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF CELLS
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| ENVIRONMENAL | CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
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| GENETIC | SPONTANEOUS MUTATION IN A PERSON'S OWN GENES OR CHROMOSOMES DURING FETAL DEVELOPMENT (EG - DOWNS SYNDROME)
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| HEREDITARY | HEREDIT/O- GENETIC INHERITANCE
-ARY - PERTAINING TO
AN INHERITED RECESSIVE DEFECTIVE GENE PASSED TO THE CHILD FROM THE PARENT WHO CARRIES THE DEFECTIVE GENE BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE DISEASE (EG - CYSTIC FIBROSIS, SICKLE CELL, HEMOPHILIA)
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| IATROGENIC | IATR/O-MEDICAL TREATMENT OR PHYSICIAN
GEN/O-ARISING FROM
-IC - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY MEDICINE OR TREATMENT
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| IDIOPATHIC | IDI/O-UNKNOWN;
PATH/O-DISEASE
-IC - PERTAINING TO
UNIDENTIFIED CAUSE
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| INFECTIOUS | INFECT/O-DISEASE WITHIN
-IOUS - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY A PATHOGEN (DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISM)
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| NEOPLASTIC | NE/O- NEW
PLAST/O - FORMATION OR GROWTH
-IC - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY A NEW GROWTH OF A MASS OR TUMOR
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| NOSOCOMIAL | NOSOCOMI/O - HOSPITAL
-AL - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY AN EXPOSURE TO A DISEASE WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL
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| NUTRITIONAL | NUTRIT/O - NOURISHMENT
-ION - ACTION
-AL - PERTAINING TO
CAUSED BY A LACK OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD
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