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study guide ch. 4, 5, 10

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Term
Definition
adip(o)-   fat  
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cutane-   skin  
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dermat(o)- derm   skin  
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hidro-   sweat  
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ichthy-   dry, scaley  
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kerat(o)-   horny tissue, hard (eye or skin)  
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lip(o)-   fat  
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myc(o)-   fungus  
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necr(o)-   death  
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onych(o)-   nail  
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papul(o)-   small elevation or swelling in skin  
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pil(o)-   hair  
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psor-   itching  
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scler(o)   hardening, (sclera white of the eye)  
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sclerosis-   hardening  
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steat(o)-   fat  
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squamous(o)-   covered with or consisting of scales  
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trich(i)- trichia- trich(o)-   hair, hair like  
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ungu(o)-   nail  
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xer(o)-   dry  
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fasci(o)-   band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)  
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kin(e)- kin(o)- kinesi(o)-   movement  
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muscul(o)-   muscle  
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my(o)-   muscle  
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ten(o)- tendin(o)- tend(o)-   tendon  
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sarco-   flesh, connective tissue  
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arthr(o)-   joint  
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articul(o)-   joint  
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brachi(o)-   the arm  
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burs(o)-   bursa, (fluid sac between the bones  
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chondr(o)-   cartilage  
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-clast   to destroy, break down  
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dent-   pertaining to teeth  
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ischio-   ischium (lower portion of hip bone  
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kyph(o)-   humpback  
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-malacia   softening  
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myel(o)-   bone marrow, spinal cord  
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odont(o)-   teeth  
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orth(o)-   straight  
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osseo-   bony  
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ossi-   bone  
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ost(e)- oste(o)-   bone  
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ped- -ped -pes   pertaining to the foot  
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pelv(i)- pelv(o)-   pelvis  
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pyel(o)-   renal pelvis  
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scoli(o)-   crooked, bent , twisted  
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spondyl(o)-   vertabrae, backbone  
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brachi(o)-   arm  
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dactyl(o)-   fingers, toes  
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phalang(o)-   bones of fingers and toes  
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cephal(o)-   head  
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crani(o)-   head  
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calcane(o)-   calcanum , heel bone  
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patell(o)-   kneecap, patella  
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lumb(o)-   loins, lower back, lumbar spine  
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pelv(i)-   pelvis  
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pyel(o)-   renal pelvis  
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cost(o)-   ribs  
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thorac(o)- thorac(i)-   chest, (rib cage)  
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om(o)-   shoulder  
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crani(o)-   skull  
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spin(o)-   spine  
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vertebr(o)-   spine  
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spondyl(o)-   spine  
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caud(o)-   tail  
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femor(o)-   femur (thigh bone)  
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carp(o)-   wrist  
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super(o)-   upper, above  
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venter(o)-   belly, belly side  
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anter(o)-   anterior, front  
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dors(o)-   back of body  
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poster(o)-   back of body, behind  
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somat(o)-   body  
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cyt(o)-   cell  
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acr(o)-   extremety  
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dist(o)-   far, farthest  
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-genesis   forming, producing  
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viscer(o)-   internal organs  
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infer(o)-   lower, below  
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medi(o)-   middle  
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proxim(o)-   near, nearest  
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kary(o)-   nucleus  
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nucle(o)-   nucleus  
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later(o)-   side, to one side  
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hist(o)-   tissue  
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melan(o)-   black  
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cyan(o)-   blue  
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poli(o)-   gray  
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chlor-   green  
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porphyr(o)-   purple  
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erythr(o)-   red  
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rhod(o)-   red  
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leuk- leuc-   white  
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cirrh(o)-   yellow  
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xanth(o)-   yellow  
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jaund(o)-   yellow  
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tendons   anchor muscle to bone  
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ligaments   connects bone to bone  
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fascia   separates muscle layers  
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bursa   protects against friction forces  
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Midsagittal plane   Lateral and medial  
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Coronal plane   Anterior and posterior  
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Transverse plane   Superior and inferior  
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Inguin/al   Pertaining to the groin  
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Ilium   Ili/ac Flaring portion of hip bone  
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Umbilic/o   Pertaining to the naval  
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Hernia   Protrusion of any organ through the structure that contains it.  
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Gangrene   Death and decay of soft tissue  
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Febrile   Fever  
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Osis   Abnormal condition  
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Perforation   Hole that completely penetrates a structure  
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tenodesis   binding, fixation of a tendon  
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leiomyoma   tumor of smooth muscle  
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synovitis   inflamation of the synovial membrane  
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pertaining to the patella   patellar  
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poor painful development   dystrophy  
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pertaining to under, below the ribs   infracoastal  
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abnormal condition of being bent or twisted   ankylosis  
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ankyl/o   bent crooked or twisted  
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instrument to incise a bone   osteo tome  
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inflammation of a joint   arthrititis  
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condition of joined fingers or toes   syndactylism  
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surgical fracture of a bone   osteoclasia  
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surgical repair of fascia   fascioplasty  
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bone cells   osteocytes  
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pain in bones   ostealgia  
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disease of bones and joints   osteoarthropathy  
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beginning or formation of bones   osteogenesis  
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pertaining to the neck   cervical  
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pertaining to the neck and arm   cervicobrachial  
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pertaining to the neck and face   cervicofacial  
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tumor of bone marrow   myeloma  
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sarcoma of bone marrow (cells)   myelosarcoma  
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bone marrow cell   myelocyte  
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resembling bone marrow   myeloid  
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-oid   resembling  
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pertaining to above the sternum   suprasternal  
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resembling the breastbone   sternoid  
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embryonic cell that forms cartilage   chondroblast  
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inflammation of a joint   arthritis  
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inflammation of bones and joints   osteoarthritis  
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instrument for measuring the pelvis   pelvimeter  
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twitching of a muscle   myospasm  
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any disease of a muscle   myopathy  
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rupture of a muscle   myorrhexis  
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excision of one or more of the phalanges   phalangectomy  
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incision of the thorax   thoracotomy  
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excision of a vertabrae   vertebrectomy  
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binding of a joint   arthrodesis  
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repair of a muscle tissue   myoplasty  
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adduction   moving towards the medial plane  
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eversion   turning outward  
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inversion   turning inward or inside out  
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plantar   pertaining to the soul of the foot  
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proximal   nearer to the center trunk of the body  
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superficial   toward the surface of the body  
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eti-   cause  
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morph/o   form shape, structure  
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toward   ad  
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transabdominal   pertaing to across the abdomen  
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discharge of white material   leukorrhea  
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surgical repair of crainium   cranioplasty  
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pain in the back of the body   dorsalgia  
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destruction or breakdown   lysis  
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destruction of a cell   cytolyisis  
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abnormal condition of redness   erythrosis  
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fibrous bands that bind together tissues that are normally separtated   adhesion  
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hernia   protrusion of an organ through the structure that normally contains it  
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death and decay of soft tissue   gangrene  
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ascites   abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity  
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edema   abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces  
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entire biopsy removed   excisional  
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cauterize   to destroy tissue by electricity, heat or freezing  
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CT (computed tomography)   Generates detailed cross sectional images that appear as a slice.  
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cell composed of fat   lipocyte  
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skin containing pus   pyoderma  
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skin that is dry   xeroderma  
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abnormal condition without sweat   anhidrosis  
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dry or scaley skin   ichthycosis  
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skin that has hardened   scleroderma  
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discharge or flow of sebum   seborrhea  
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disease of the hair   trichopathy  
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hernia containing fat   lipocele  
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bulla   a blister that develops on the surface of the lung  
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