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medical terminolgy ch 1 to 4

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-ac   pertaining to  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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ine   pertaining to  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-lysis   process of breaking down or destroying  
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-ia   condition; state, thing  
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-ism   process; disease from a specific cause  
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-itis   inflammation of; infection of  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor; mass  
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-osis   condition; abnormal condition; process  
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-pathy   disease; suffering  
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-ectomy   surgical excision  
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-gram   a record or picture  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-scope   instrument used to examine  
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-scopy   process of using an instrument to examine  
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-stomy   surgically created opening  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tomy   process of cutting or making an incision  
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-iatry   medical treatment  
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-ist   one who specializes in  
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-logy   the study of  
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endo-   innermost; within  
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epi-   upon; around  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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peri-   around  
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post-   after; behind  
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pre-   before; in front of  
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sub-   below; underneath; less then  
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trans-   across; through  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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hemi-   one half  
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hyper-   above; more than normal  
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hypo-   below; deficient  
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mono-   one; single  
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poly-   many; much  
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quadri-   four  
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tachy-   fast  
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tri-   three  
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a-   away from; without  
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an-   without; not  
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anti-   against  
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de-   reversal of; without  
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dys-   painful; difficult; abnormal  
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eu-   normal; good  
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nal   bad; inadequate  
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re-   again and again  
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CC   chief complaint  
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CPR   computerized patient record  
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DS   discharge summary  
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Dx   diagnosis  
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EHR   electronic health record  
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EMR   electronic medical record  
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EPR   electronic patient record  
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FH   family history  
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H&P   history and physical examination  
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HIPAA   health insurance portability and accountability act  
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HPI   history of present illness  
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PE   physical exmination  
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PMH   past medical history  
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ROS   review of systems  
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SH   social history  
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Anatomical   ana- apart from; excessive tom/o- cut; slice; layer -ical pertaining to  
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Plane   is an imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two parts  
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coronal   coron/o- structure that encircles like a crown -al pertaining to  
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frontal   front/o-front -al pertaining  
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anterior   anter/o- before; front part -ior pertaining to  
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ventral   ventr/o- front; abdoment -al pertaining to  
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posterior   poster/o- back part -ior pertaining to  
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dorsal   dors/o- back; dorsum -al pertaining to  
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prone   laying face down  
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supine   laying on the back; face up  
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anteroposterior   anter/o- before; front part poster/o- back part -ior pertaining to  
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posteroanterior   poster/o- back part anter/o-before; front part -ior pertaining to  
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sagittal   sagitt/o-going from front to back -al pertaining to  
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medial   medi/o- middle -al pertaining to  
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lateral   later/o- side al- pertaining to  
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transverse   trans- across; through -verse to travel; to turn  
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superior   super/o-above -ior pertaining to  
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inferior   infer/o- below -ior pertaining to  
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cephalad   cephal/o head -ad toward; in the direction of  
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caudad   caud/o- tail -ad toward; in the direction of  
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distal   dist/o- away from the center or point of origin -al pertaining to  
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proximal   proxim/o- near the center or point or origin -al pertaining to  
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external   extern/o- outside -al pertaining to  
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internal   intern/o- inside -al pertaining to  
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Body Cavities   Cranial cavity, spinal cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity  
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cavity   cav/o- hollow space -ity state or condition  
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cranial spinal   is withing the bony cranium. contains the brain, cranial nerves, and other structures  
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thoracic   thorac/o- thorax -ic pertaining to  
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abdominal   abdomin/o- abdoment -ic pertaining to  
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pelvic   pelv/o- pelvis -ic pertaining to  
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abdominopelvic   abdomin/o- abdomen pelv/o- pelvis -ic pertaining to  
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viscera   viscer/o- large internal organs -al pertaining to  
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hypochondriac   hypo- below; deficient chondro/o- cartilage -iac pertaining to  
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epigastric   epi- upon' above gastr/o - stomach -ic pertaining to  
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lumbar   lumb/o- lower back -ar pertaining to  
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umbilical   umbilic/o- umbilicus; navel -al pertaining to  
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inguinal   inguin/o- groin -al pertaining to  
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iliac   ili/o- hip bone -ac pertaining to  
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hypogastric   hypo- below; deficient gastri/o- stomach -ic pertaining to  
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cell   the smallest independently functioning structure in the body that can reproduce itself by division  
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Microscopic   Micr/o- one millionth; small scop/o- examine with an instrument -ic pertaining to  
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Microscope   Micr/o- one millionth; small -scope instrument used to examine  
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tissue   cells combine to form  
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organ   tissues combine to form  
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macroscopic   Macr/o- large scop/o- examine with an instrument -ic pertaining to  
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congenital   congenit/o-present at birth -al pertaining to  
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degenerative   de- reversal of; without gener/o- production; creation -ative pertaining to  
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environmental   caused b the exposure to external substances ex smoke, allergies, skin cancer  
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hereditary   heredit/o- genetic inheritance -ary pertaining to  
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iatrogenic   idi/o- unknown; individual path/o- disease; suffering -ic pertaining to  
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infectious   infect/o- disease within -ious pertaining to  
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pathogen   path/o- disease; suffering -gen that which produces  
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communicable   communic/o- impart; transmit -able abe to be  
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neoplastic   ne/o- new plast/o- growth; formation -ic pertaining to  
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nosocomial   nosocomi/o- hospitial -al pertaining to  
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nutritional   nutri/o- nourishment -ion a process -al pertaining to  
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Onset of a disease   is noticed because of symptoms or signs  
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symptom   any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient  
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symptomatology   symptomat/o- collection of symptoms -logy study of  
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syndrome   syn-together -drome a running  
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asymptomatic   a- away; without symptomat/o- collection of symptoms -ic pertaining to  
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inspection   inspecti/o- looking at -ion action; condition  
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palpation   palpat/o- touching or feeling -ion action; condition  
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auscultation   auscult/o- listening -ation a process; being or having  
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percussion   percuss/o- tapping -ion action  
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disease   the course of a disease includes all events from the onset  
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acute   sudden in nature and sever in intensity  
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subacute   less sever in intensity  
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chronic   chron/o-time -ic pertaining to  
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exacerbation   ecacerb/o- increase; provoke -ation a process; being or having  
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remission   remiss/o- send back -ion action; condition  
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sequela   abnormal condition or complication that arises because of the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved  
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therapeutic   therapeut/o- therapy; treatment -ic pertaining to  
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refractory   re- again fract/o- to break up -ory having the function of  
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surgery   surg/o- operative procedure -ery process of  
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prognosis   pro- before gnos/o- knowledge -osis condition; ambnormal  
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recuperation   recuper/o- recover -ation a process; being  
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disability   a permanent loss of the ability to perform certain activities  
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terminal   termin/o- end; boundry -al pertaining to  
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anorexia   an- without orex/o- appetite -ia condition; state; thing  
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dysphagia   dys- painful sphag/o- swallowing; eating -ia condition; state; thing  
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polyphagia   poly- many phag/o- eating swallowing -ia condition; state; thing  
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cheilitis   cheil/o- lip -itis inflamation  
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sialolithiasis   sial/o- saliva; salivary gland lith/o- stone -iasis state of; process of  
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stomatitis   stomat/o- stomach -titis inflammation  
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dyspepsia   dys- painful; difficult; abnormal pep/o- digestion -ia condition; state; thing  
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gastritis   gastr/o- stomach -itis inflammation  
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gastroenteritis   gastr/o- stomach enter/o- intestines -itis inflammation  
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gaastoesophageal reflux disease (GERD)   chronic inflammation and irritation due to reflux of stomach acid back into the esophagus  
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heartburn   temporary inflammation of the esophagus due to reflux of stomach acid  
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nausea   an unpleasant, queasy felling in the stomach that recedes the urge to vomit  
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emesis   vomiting - the expelling to food from the stomach through the mouth  
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vomitus   vomit - the expelled food or chyme  
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regurgiation   regurgitat/o- flow backward -ion action; condition  
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hyperemesis   hyper- above; more than nomal emesis- condition of vomiting  
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peptic ulcer disease(PUD)   chronic irritation, buring pain, and erosion of the mucosa to form an ulcer.  
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stomach cancer   cancerous tumor of the stomach  
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adenocarcinoma   aden/o- gland carcin/o- cancer -oma tumor; mass  
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ileus   abnormal absence or peristalis in the small and large intestines  
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intussusceptions   intussuscp/o- to receive within -tion a process; being or having  
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volvulus   twisting of the intestine around itself because of structural abnormality of the mesentery.  
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appendicitis   appendic/o- appendis -itis inflamation  
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colic   col/o- colon -ic pertaining to  
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colon cancer   cancerous tumor of the colon  
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divericulum   weakness in the wall of the colon where the mucosa forms a pouch or tube.  
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diverticula   more then one divericulum  
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diverticulosis   diverticul/o- diverticulum -osis condition; abnormal condition; rocess  
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diverticulitis   diverticul/o- diverticulum -itis inflamation  
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dysentery   dys- difficult; painful; abnormal -entery condition of the intestine  
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gluten enteropathy   an autoimmune disorder and toxic reaction to the gluten found in certain grains  
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celiac   celi/o- abdomen -ac pertaining to  
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inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)   disorder of the function of the colon, although eh mucosa of the colon never shows and visible signs of inflammation  
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Crohn   or regional enteritis affect the ilum and colon  
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enteritis   enter/o- intestine -itis inflamation  
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ulcerative   ulcerat/o- ulcer -ive pertaining to  
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colitis   col/o- colon -itis inflammation  
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)   chronic inflammation of various parts of the small and large intestines  
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polyp   small fleshy, benign or precancerous growth in the mucosa of the colon  
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hemmorrhoids   hemorrh/o- a flowing of blood -oid resembling  
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proctitis   proct/o- rectum -itis inflammation of  
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rectocele   rect/o- rectum -cele hernia  
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constipation   constip/o- compacted feces -ation a process; being or having  
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diarrhea   dia- complete; completely through -rrhea flow; discharge  
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flatulence   flatul/o flatus (gas) -ence state of  
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hematochezia   hemat/o- blood chez/o- to pass feces -ia condition; state; thing  
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incontinence   in- in; withing; not contin/o- hold together -ence state of  
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steatorrhea   steat/o- fat -rrhea flow; discharge  
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adhesions   adhes/o- to stick to -ion action; condition  
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hernia   weakness in the muscle or the diaphragm or abdominal wall  
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hiatal   hiat/o- gap; opening -al pertaining to  
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incisional   incis/o- to cut into -ion action; condition -al pertaining to  
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peritonitis   periton/o- peritoneum -itis inflammation  
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ascites   Accumulation of ascitic fluid in he abdominopelvic cavity.  
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cirrhosis   cirrh/o- yellow -osis condition; abnormal condition; process  
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hepatitis   hepat/o- liver -itis inflamation  
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hepatomegaly   hepat/o- liver -megaly enlargement  
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jaundice   jaund/o- yellow -ice state; quality  
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liver cancer   cancerous tumor of the liver  
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hepatoma   hepat/o- liver -oma mass tumor  
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cholangitis   chalangi/o- bile duct -itis inflamation  
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choecystitis   choecyst/o- gallbladder -itis inflamation  
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cholelithiasis   chol/e- bile; gall lith/o- stone -iasis state of procss of  
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pancreatic cancer   cancerous tumor of the pancreas  
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adenocarcinoma   aden/o- gland carcin/o- cancer -oma tumor mass  
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pancreatitis   pancreato- pancreas -itis inflammation  
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barium enema   Procedure that uses liquid radiopaque contrast medium (barium) instilled into the rectum and colon  
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cholangiography   chalangi/o- bile duct -graphy process of recording  
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computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT scan)   procedure that uses x-rays to crate images of abdominal organs and structures in many thin, successive slices  
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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)   procedure that uses a strong magnetic field to align protons in the atoms of the patient's body  
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Upper gastrointestinal series (UGI)   Procedure that uses a liquid radiopaque contrast medium ( barium) that is swallowed  
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nasogastic tube   nas/o- nose gastr/o= stomach -ic pertaining to  
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abdomoinocentesis   abdomin/o- abdomen -centesis procedure to puncture  
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appendectomy   append/o- small stucture hanging from a larger structure; appendix -ectomy surgical excision  
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biopsy   bi/o- life -opsy process of viewing  
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bowel resection and anastomosis   procedure to remove a section of diseased intestine and rejoin the intestine.  
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cholesystectomy   cholecyst/o- gallbladder -ectomy surgical excision  
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colostomy   col/o- colon -stomy surgically created opening  
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stoma   the mouth of the colon that is rolled up and sutured to abdominal wall  
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endoscopy   end/o- innermost; withing -scopy process of using and instrument to examine  
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esophagoscopy   esophag/o- esophagus -scopy process of using an instrument to examine  
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gastroscopy   gastr/o- stomach -scopy process of using an instrument to examine  
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esophagogastroduodenoscopy   esophag/o- esophagus gastr/o- stomach duoden/o- duodenum -scopy process of using an instrument to examine  
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sigmoidoscopy   sigmoid/o- sigmoid colon -scopy process of using an instrument to examine  
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colonoscopy   colon/o- colon -scopy process of using an instrument to examine  
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laparotomy   lapar/o- abdomen -tomy process of cutting of making an incision  
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gastrectomy   gastr/o- stomach -ectomy surgical excision  
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gastreoplasty   gastr/o- stomach -plasty process of reshaping by surgery  
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gastrostomy   gastr/o- stomach -stomy surgically crated opening  
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