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Medical Terminology Lesson 2 - Integumentary and Digestive

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