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Medical Terminology Lesson 2 - Integumentary and Digestive

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Term
Definition
Word Association
cutis (cue + tis)   skin   cutis, skin, cute-looking, cutis  
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cutitis   skin inflammation    
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dent   teeth   dent, teeth, indent, dent  
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dentiform   toothlike    
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derma (dur + muh)   skin   derma, skin, hide, deer, deer ma, derma  
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dermatology   skin, study of    
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hapsia (hap + see + uh)   touch   hapsia, touch, feels good, happy, hapsia  
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parapsia   touch disorder    
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odont (oh + don + t)   teeth   odont, teeth, lie, Don't lie!, Oh don't!, odont  
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odontoprisis   teeth grinding    
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onco (on + caw)   tumor   onco, tumor, cellular, genetic, relation, uncle, onco  
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oncology   tumors, study of    
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Oma   tumor    
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melana   black    
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onychia (oh + nick + ee + uh)   nail beds   onychia, nail beds, flower bed, flower, orchid, onychia  
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onychitis   nail bed, inflammation    
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pedicular (puh + dick + you + ler)   lice   pedicular, lice, strange, bug, odd, peculiar, pedicular  
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pediculosis   lice, condition of    
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prurigo (pru + rig + oh)   itching   prurigo, itching, buggy, bug, beetle, pro beetle, pro Ringo, prurigo  
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pruritis   itching inflammation    
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psora (sore + uh)   itch   psora, itch, sore, psora  
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psoriasis   itch, condition of    
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sarco (s + ark + oh)   flesh   sarco, flesh, The plumber's flesh was flushed, sarcasm, sarco  
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sarcolysis   flesh decomposing    
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sclero (s + clear +oh)   hard   sclero, hard, decided, clear, clear + o, sclero  
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sclerogenous   hardening tissue    
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squama (skwah + ma)   scaly   squama, scaly, fish, worm, squirm, squirm + a, squama  
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squamous   scalelike    
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tricho (trick + oh)   hair   tricho, hair, wig, fake, trick, tricho  
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trichoid   hairlike    
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chole (coal + lee)   bil, gallbladder   chole, bile, bi, co, cola, chole  
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cholecystectomy   gallbladder excision    
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colon (coal + on)   large intestine   colon, large intestine, body part, body of people, colony, colon  
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colitis   large intestine inflammation    
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emesis (emmy + sis)   vomiting   emesis, vomiting, throw up, emit, emission, emesis  
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emetic   produces vomit    
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entero (en + tear + oh)   intestine   entero, intestine, inside, enter, entero  
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enteritis   intestinal inflammation    
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gastro (gas + tr + oh)   stomach   gastro, stomach, stomachache, gas, gastro  
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gastritis   stomach inflammation    
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glosso (gloss + oh)   tongue   glosso, tongue, silver-tongued, glossy, glosso  
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glossopathy   tongue disease    
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Anorexia   by starvation and subsequent vitamin deficiencies    
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Bulimia   by a gorging on food followed by self-induced vomiting    
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hepat (he + pat)   liver   hepat, liver, dinner, yucky, he spits, he spat, hepat  
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hepatitis   liver inflammation    
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ile (ill + lee )   ileum   ile, ileum, helium, elevation, hill, hilly, ile)  
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ileitis   ileum inflammation    
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Ileum   the last of the three sections of the small intestines    
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Duodenum   twelve fingers wide, referring to its length    
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Jejunum   fasting intestine because this portion was always found empty during an autopsy    
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laparo (lap + uh + row )   abdomen   laparo, abdomen, lower abdomen, lap, laparo  
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laparotomy   abdomen incision    
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Bowels   refers to the digestive tract below the stomach, which consists of the large and small intestines, rectum, and anus    
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myxo (mix + oh)   mucus   myxo, mucus, gooey, mixed in, mix, myxo  
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myxoma   mucus tumor    
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procto (prock + toe)   anus, rectum   procto, anus, onus, charge, head, supervisor, proctor, procto  
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proctology   study of diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus    
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pyloro (pie + lore + oh)   pylorus, gatekeeper   pyloro, gatekeeper, gateway, pillar, pylon, pyloro  
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pylorostenosis   pyloric narrowing    
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stoma (stow + muh)   opening, mouth   stoma, mouth, rant, storm, stoma  
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stomatitis   mouth inflammation    
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viscero (v + is + ur + oh)   body organs   viscero, body, organs, organmusic, verse, viscero  
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visceromegaly   enlarged abdominal organs    
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