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Quick and Easy MT 4

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algesi/o   sensitivity to pain  
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ultra-   excessive  
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tom/o   to cut  
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therapeut/o   treatment  
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ech/o   sound  
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pharmaceut/i   drugs or medicine  
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pulse   the rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats  
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percussion   tapping the body with the fingertips or fist to evaluate internal organs and to evaluate fluid in a body cavity  
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respiration rate   number of breaths per minute  
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ascultation   listening for sounds within the body to evaluate organs or detect the fetal heart rate  
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sign   objective evidence of disease  
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acute   having a short and relatively severe illness  
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specimen   small sample or part taken from the body to represent the nature of the whole  
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rash   sign  
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palpation   feeling the texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts with the hands  
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symptom   subjective evidence as perceived by the patient  
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thermometer   an instrument used to measure temperature  
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blood pressure   pressure exerted by the circualting blood on the walls of arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart  
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stethoscope   an instrument consisting of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing that is used to hear sounds within the body  
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computed tomography   a diagnostic imaging modality that produces a detailed image of a cross section of tissue similar to what one would see if the body or body part were cut into sections  
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fluoroscopy   a method of viewing the x-ray image directly in real time  
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therapeutic   pertaining to treatment  
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analgesic   drug that relieves pain  
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chemotherapy   treatment of disease by chemical agents  
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magnetic resonance imaging   a noninvasive technique for visualizing internal structures that creates images based on the magnetic properties of chemical elements within the body  
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radiolucent   substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays  
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diastolic   the lower reading when measuring the blood pressure  
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narcotics   substances that produce insensibility or stupor  
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fluoroscope   an instrument that projects an x-ray image on a screen during fluoroscopy  
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radiology   branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases with x-rays and radioactive substances  
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radiopaque   substances that do not permit the passage of x-rays  
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systolic pressure   the higher reading in measuring a blood pressure  
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chronic   an adjective that describes a disease showing little change or slow progression  
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symptom   pain  
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