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Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 1 Basic Word Structure

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Gastrectomy   show
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Osteitis   show
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show visual examination of the urinary bladder (-scopy = visually examine, -cyst/o = urinary bladder)  
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Hepatoma   show
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show pertaining to produced by treatment (-ic = pertaining to, gen = produce or create, iatr/o = treatment, physican  
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show record of electricity in the brain (-gram = record, electro- = electricity, -en = inside, cephal/o = brain)  
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diagnosis   show
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cancerous tumor   show
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microscopic examination of living tissue   show
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show cerebral (-al = pertaining to, cerebr/o = brain)  
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show adenectomy (-ectomy = resection, remove) (aden/o = gland)  
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show anemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, an- = no, none) "no blood" (less than normal levels of RBC  
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Pathologist   show
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show pain in a joint (-algia = pain, arthr/o = joint)  
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show Leukemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, leuk/o = white)  
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Instrument - to view the eye   show
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show thrombocyte (-cyte = cell, thromb/o = clotting)  
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show psychosis (-osis = abnormal condition, psych/o = mind)  
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inflammation of the nose   show
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cytology   show
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show transhepatic (-ic = pertaining to, trans- = through, hepat/o = liver)  
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show abnormal condition of the kidney (-osis = abnormal condition, nephr/o = kidney)  
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show incision of a bone (-tomy = incision, oste/o = bone)  
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hyperglycemia   show
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show mind (example: psychosis)  
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ophthalm/o   show
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show disease (example: pathology)  
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show kidney (example: renal)  
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rhin/o   show
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radi/o   show
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show tumor (example: oncologist )  
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sarc/o   show
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show clot, clotting (example: thrombocyte)  
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ur/o   show
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show bone (example: osteitis)  
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show to cut (example: resection)  
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