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medical terminology test 1 (SouthCarolina: clas230)

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Condition of enlarged spleen   Hepatosplenomegly  
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excision of the bladder containing bile   cholecystectomy  
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inflammation of the gallbladder   cholecystitis  
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chole-cyst-   gallbladder  
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a condition of stones in the duct containing bile   choledochithiasis  
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cessation of digestion   apepsia  
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around the heart   pericardia  
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pertaining to without a stomach   agastric  
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condition of difficult digestion   dyspepsia  
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outer layer of cells in developing embryo   ectoderm  
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inner layer of cells in developing embryo   ectoderm  
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pertaining to the top layer of skin   epidermal  
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condition of unusually high temperture   hyperthermia  
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pertaining to around the heart   pericardial  
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condition of more then normal sensation   hyperesthesia  
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pertaining to the region over the stomach   epigastric  
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tumor on the muscle and skin   dermatomyoma  
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condition of less then normal pain   hypalgesic  
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pertaining to without sensation   anesthetic  
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condition of without sensation   anesthesia  
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inflammation of the skin   dermatitis  
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tumor of the muscle   myoma  
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abnormal condition of the skin   dermatosis  
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condition of painful intestine   dysentery  
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condition involving the lungs   pneumonia  
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a state of higher blood pressure then normal   hypertension  
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pelvic bone   pubis  
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condition of obstruction of a blood vessel   embolism  
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inflammation of the lungs   pnuemonitis  
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tumor of the bone   osteoma  
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an instrument that expands something   dilator  
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something that forms pus   purulent  
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an agent that facilitates removal of secretion   expectorant  
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resembling mucus   mucoid  
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having a nucleus   nucleate  
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to walk   ambulate  
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littler mass substance   molecule  
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little body (ie blood cell)   corpuscle  
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little mouse (from the shape of a contracted muscle   muscle  
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little key   clavicle  
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little belly   centricle  
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small ear   auricle  
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little skin   cuticle  
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little brain   cerebellum  
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little pan, knee cap   patella  
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little knife   scalpel  
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little bite   morsel  
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little rod   bacillus  
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little almond (mass of lymphatic tissue located in the phyrnx)   tonsil  
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little loaf (small medicate tanblet)   pastille  
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small pit   alveolus  
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small measure   modiolus  
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a little kernel   nucleolus  
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a little artery   arteriola  
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little windpipe   bronchiole  
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little empty space   vacuole  
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a little stone   calculus  
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a little goal   stimulus  
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a little hook   hamulus  
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a little grape   uvula  
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a little vien   venule  
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a small grain   granule  
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circulatear movement of limb or eye   circumduction  
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occuring outside of a blood vessel   extravascular  
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paralysis of one half of the body   hemiplegia  
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below the rib   infracostal  
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between the ribs   intercostal  
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within the substance of the skin   intradermal  
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mild degree of coma from which it is possible to arose the patient   semicoma  
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under the skin   subdermal  
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a subconcious monitor   superego  
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above the pubic arch   suprapubic  
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movement of the limbs towards the body   adduction  
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an appendage   appendix  
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recognize   apperception  
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involutentary muscle contractions   convulsion  
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accompanying as side; by side acessory nerve or vessel   collateral  
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the working together of various muscles   coordination  
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to free from infection   disinfect  
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to breakdown foor into material fit for absorption   digest  
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absorption of a liquid   diffusion  
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the process of breathing inward   inhalation  
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the process of breathing outward   exhalation  
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to transfer a part   implant  
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not jointed   inarticulate  
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not fully developed   immature  
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the making of a part pf a limb unable to move   immobilization  
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movement of limbs away from the body   abduction  
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before the developement of a fever   antepyretic  
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agent against/reduces fever   antipyretic  
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an agent used to prevect conception   contraceptive  
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to deprive the body or tissues from water   dehydrate  
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paralysis of lower portion of the body and limbs   paraplegsia  
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after surgery   postoperative  
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before surgery   preoperative  
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the prediction of course and end of disease   prognosis  
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pertaining to one's own skin   autodermic  
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good, normal digestion   eupepsia  
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poor nutrition   malnutrition  
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subjection sensation of another sense then the one that is being stimulated   synesthesia  
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to plaent over somewhere else   transplant  
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beyond sound   ultrasound  
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the science formation, structure, and function of the cell   cytology  
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the orgin and development of the cell   cytogenesis  
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resembling a cell   cytoid  
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the cytoplasm   cytosome  
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having affinity for or attached by cells   cytophillic  
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cell nucleus   cytoblast  
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destructive to cells   cytoclastic  
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destruction of living cells   cytolysis  
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diminution of cellular elements in blood and other tissue   cytopenia  
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microscopic examination of cells fro the purpose of diagnosis   cytoscopy  
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cell destruction by phagocytosis   cytophagy  
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the separation of the cytoplasm into two parts during mitosis   cytokinesis  
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nuclear   pertaining to the nucleus; nucleic  
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any mesh framework in a nucleus   nucleoreticulim  
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the fluid portion of protoplasm basic or fundalmential   hyaloplasm  
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the outer most layer of the cell protoplasm   ectoplasm  
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the internal most fluid portion of the protoplasm, lying within the ectoplasm   endoplasm  
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a small body of protoplasm primarily found in plant cells   plastid  
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plastid devoid fo color   lekoplast(id)  
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plastid with colod   chromoplast(id)  
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a green chromoplast with an important role in photosynthesis   chloroplast(id)  
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method of cell division   mitosis, meosis  
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hairlike structures   cillia and flagellum  
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