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Medical Terminology Chapter 5

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Superficial   show
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Deep   show
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Abduction   show
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Adduction   show
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Medial   show
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show Pertaining to a side.  
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Superior (Cephalad)   show
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show Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower part of a structure.  
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show Near the attachment of an extremity to the trunk or a structure  
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show Away from the attachment of an extremity tothe trunk or a structure  
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show Near the front of the body  
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show Near the back of the body  
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Parietal   show
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show Pertaining to an organ  
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show Lying horizontal with the face downward or denoting the hand with palms turned downward  
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Supine   show
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Inversion   show
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Eversion   show
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Palmar   show
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show Pertaining to the sole of the foot  
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cyt/o   show
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hist/o   show
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nucle/o   show
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show anterior, front  
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caud/o   show
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show tail  
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show back (of body)  
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infer/o   show
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show side, to one side  
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show middle  
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poster/o   show
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proxim/o   show
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ventr/o   show
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show abdomen  
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show extremity  
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show groin  
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show loin  
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show navel(umbilicus)  
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pelv/i   show
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pelv/o   show
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show white  
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leuc/o   show
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leuk/o   show
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show black, coal  
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show yellow  
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show yellow  
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show yellow  
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show blue  
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erythem/o   show
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show red  
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show red  
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melan/o   show
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show gray  
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fasci/o   show
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show same, alike  
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idi/o   show
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show disease  
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show radiation,x-ray  
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somat/o   show
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show internal organs, viscera  
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show foreign,strange  
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show dry  
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-genesis   show
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show knowing  
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show record, a writing  
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show instrument for recording  
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-graphy   show
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show disease  
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show from, away from  
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show toward  
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show other, differing from the usual  
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infra-   show
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show around  
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super-   show
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show across, through  
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ultra-   show
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show removal of a part, pathway, or function by surgery, chemical destruction, electrocautery, or radiofrequency (RF)  
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show a uniting or holding together of two surfaces or parts, as in wound healing.  
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dehiscence   show
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show the branch of medicine involved with the use of radioactive substances for diagnosis, therapy and research.  
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show a tumor with a pedicle, commonly found in vascular organs such as the nose, uterus, and rectum.  
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radiopharmaceutical   show
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show pathological state, usually febrile, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the bloodstream.  
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show producing or associated with generation of pus.  
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show radiographic imaging procedure using a computer screen instead of conventional x-ray film.  
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fluoroscopy   show
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magnetic resonance angiography   show
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show a noninvasive imaging technique that uses a magnetic field rather than an x-ray beam to produce an image, especially of the brain, spine, joints, and internal organs, which are usually poorly seen on conventional radiographs and CT scans.  
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show a cross-sectional transverse plane that identifies metabolic and psychological function in tissues.  
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sonography   show
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show the process of taking x-rays from two slightly different angles so that when they are viewed through a stereoscope the structure has the appearance of solidity and relief as though seen in three dimensions.  
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anastomosis   show
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biopsy   show
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needle   show
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show removal of a small bit of tissue by use of a hollow punch.  
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show to destroy tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals  
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show scraping of a body cavity with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.  
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ligation   show
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show partial excision of a bone, organ, or some other structure.  
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show the surgical removal of tissue in an extensive area surrounding the surgical site, in an attempt to excise all tissue that may possibly be malignant to decrease the chance of recurrence.  
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show anteriorposterior  
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show central nervous system  
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show computed tomography scan, computed axial tomography scan  
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CV   show
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Dx   show
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GI   show
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show Genitourinary  
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I&D   show
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show lateral  
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LLQ   show
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show left upper quadrant  
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show magnetic resonance imaging  
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show musculoskeletal  
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show posterioranterior  
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show right lower quadrant  
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show range of motion  
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show right upper quadrant  
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show sonogram, sonography  
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show upper and lower  
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