Medical Terminology
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| Scapular | pertaning to the scapula
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| DVT | deep vein thrombosis
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| gastroenterologist | a branch of medicine concerned with the structure, functions, diseases, and pathology of the stomach and intestines
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| Hypertension | abnormally high blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure
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| Antepartum | before childbirth
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| pyuria | pus in the urine
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| hemat/o | blood
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -plasty | formation or plastic repair of
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| cyst/o | bladder
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| Atherosclerosis | is the build up of a waxy plaque on the inside of blood vessels.
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| Plantar | Relating to the sole of the foot.
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| flexion | the act of bending or the condition of being bent.
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| Eversion | a turning inside out; a turning outward.
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| Dorsiflexion | backward flexion or bending, as of the hand or foot
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| Inversion | a turning inward, inside out, or other reversal of the normal relation of a part.
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| Cubital | pertaining to the elbow.
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| cranial | pertaining to the cranium or to the head end of the body
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| popliteal | pertaining to the area behind the knee.
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| Carpal | pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
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| lipid | fats
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| nutr/i | nutrition
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| hypo | below;under
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -emia | denoting that a substance is present in the blood
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| -hyper | excessive: above
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| -calc/i | lime or calcium
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| kali | potassium
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| dacryorrhea | An excessive flow of tears.
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| macrophage | a large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites of infection.
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| ad lib | as desired also know as PRN
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| centesis | puncture
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| immunopathy | any abnormal immune response.
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| fasci/o | bundle
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| -tomy | Act of cutting; incision
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| pneumo | .Air; gas
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| SOB | shortness of breath
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| physi/o | natural, relating to physics.
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| -rraphy | surgical suture
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| lithotripsy | Pulverization of kidney stones or gallstones
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| Onychomalacia | Abnormal softness of the nails.
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| Xanth/o | color yellow
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| Dermatome | cutting instrument for skin grafting or slicing thin skin
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| distal | situated away from the point of attachment
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| dermatomyosis | skin disease caused by fungus
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| proximal | pertaining to any point on the body near the center
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| chondrocyte | one of the cells in bedded in the lacunae to the cartilage matrix
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| colonoscopy | is a medical procedure where a long, flexible, tubular instrument called the colonoscope is used to view the entire inner lining of the colon (large intestine) and the rectum.
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| dystaxia | lack of muscle coordination
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| lateral | pertaining to a side.
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| myoma | a tumor formed of muscle tissue.
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| myastheria | muscular disability or weakness
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| superior | above
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| dyskinesia | impairment of the power of voluntary movement
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| inferior | below
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| HPV | Human papillomavirus
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| polydipsic | excessive thirst
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| scleroderma | progressive disease that affects skin and connective tissue
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| medial | middle
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| episi- | vulva
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| -trophy | nutrition.
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| adren- | adrenal glands.
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| aer/o | a gas; aerial, gassy.
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| -ism | a condition,
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| crypt/o | Hidden, obscure; without apparent cause.
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| cortic/o | cortex or bark
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| cystocele | Hernia of the bladder, usually into the vagina
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| tachypnea | Rapid breathing.
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| intracellular | Within a cell or cells.
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| metr/o | The uterus
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| cephalodynia | Headache.
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| EKG | electrocardiogram
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| andr/o | Informal
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| -megaly | enlarged: bigness
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| a-phobia | without fear
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| stenosis | an abnormal narrowing or contraction of a body passage or opening
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| sublingual | beneath the tongue
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| DM | diabetes mellitus
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| Athr/o | joint
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| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart
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| irid/o | of the eye
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| biopsy | removal and examination, usually microscopic, of tissue from the living body
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| c | with
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| olfact | a unit of odor
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