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Medical Terminology (Jane Rice) Chapter 2

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abrasion; ab-, ras, -ion   show
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anesthetize; an- esthet, -ize   show
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show Pertaining to a state of alertness or consciousness.(alertness/to rise, pertaining to)  
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show use, action  
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show Unequal in size or shape. Without proportion of the body or parts of the body; different in placement or arrangement about an axis. (Lack of/without, symmetry, pertaining to)  
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show immature cell, germ cell  
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Comatose; comat -ose   show
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show Structure that covers the internal and external organs of the body and the lining of vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs. It is the layer of cells forming the outermost layer of the skin and the surface layer of the mucous and serous membranes.  
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-er   show
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-gen   show
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-genesis   show
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-ide   show
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-liter   show
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-or   show
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-phil   show
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-therapy   show
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show heat  
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show tissue, structure  
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-uria   show
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show pertaining to the heart  
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show pertaining to the head  
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con/genit/al   show
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show pertaining to the muscles  
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show pertaining to the skin (a covering)  
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show pertaining to a normal appearance of the head as used in the objective description during a physical examination  
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pen/ile   show
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anter/ior   show
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show pertaining to a feeling of greatness  
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edemat/ous   show
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cyan/o/tic   show
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show pertaining to a bedsore  
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a/ton/y   show
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enur/esis   show
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show condition of hair loss; baldness  
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pod/iatry   show
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show physician who specializes in treating the female during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum  
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show condition in which a blood clot obstructs a blood vessel  
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show physician who specializes in the study of the heart  
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show condition of excessive sweating  
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show congenital condition in which there is a lack of development of the brain  
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show literally means little belly; a small cavity or chamber within a body or organ  
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show one of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchial tubes  
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Mac/ula   show
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pust/ule   show
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show use, action, having the form of, possessing  
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-blast   show
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show dilation, distention stretching, expansion  
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show formation, produce  
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show formation, produce  
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-genic   show
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-gram   show
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show nature of, quality of,  
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-lymph   show
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show destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution  
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-penia   show
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-plasm   show
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show stroke, paralysis, palsy  
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show prolapse, drooping, falling down, sagging  
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show to view, examine, visual examination  
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-spasm   show
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-staxis   show
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show nourishment, development  
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show process, condition, pertaining to  
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show Pain, ache  
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show Weakness  
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show To go  
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-cele   show
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show Hearing  
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-derma   show
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show Pain, ache  
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-ectasis   show
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-edema   show
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show Process  
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-itis   show
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-kinesis   show
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-lepsy   show
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-lexia   show
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show Softening  
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-mania   show
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-megaly   show
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show Memory  
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-noia   show
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-oid   show
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-oma   show
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show Sight, vision  
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-oxia   show
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-pathy   show
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show Deficiency  
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show To digest  
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show To eat, to swallow  
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-phasia   show
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show Fear  
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show Formation, produce  
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show A thing formed, plasma  
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-plegia   show
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-ptosis   show
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show Spitting  
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show Flow, discharge  
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show Rupture  
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show Tension, spasm, contraction  
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-trophy   show
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-centesis   show
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show A break  
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show Binding  
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show Surgical excision, surgical removal, resection  
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show A weight, mark, record  
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show Instrument for recording  
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-graphy   show
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show Destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening  
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show Instrument to measure, measure  
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show Measurement  
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show To view  
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show Surgical fixation  
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-pheresis   show
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-plasty   show
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show Suture  
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-scope   show
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show Visual examination, to view, examine  
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show New opening  
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-tome   show
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-tomy   show
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show Crushing  
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abrasion   show
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show to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of an anesthetic; an- without, lack of esthet- feeling, sensation, -ize to make  
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