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| Suffix meaning resembling or derived from |
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| combined form meaning lymph node |
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| disease process of the lymph node |
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| combined form meaning spleen |
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| inflammation of the lymph node |
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| enlargement of the spleen |
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| condition that is congenital or results from removal of the spleen--without a spleen |
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| a syndrome marked by splenomegaly and often associated with blood cell destruction, anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia |
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| combined form meaning thymus gland |
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| tumor of the thymus gland |
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| removal of the thymus gland |
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| combined form meaning poison |
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| Prefix meaning again or anew |
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| an exaggerated or unusual hypersensitivity to previously encountered foreign proteins or antigens |
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| suffix meaning protection |
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| group of clinical signs and symptoms associated with suppression of the immune system and marked by opportunistic infections, secondary neplasms, and neurologic problems |
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| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| What does AIDS stand for? |
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| yeast-like fungus normally present on skin and mucous membranes that overgrows and causes infection and thrush |
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| yeast-like fungus causes lung, brain, and blood infection--found in pigeon droppings, nests, air, water, and soil |
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| parasitic infection of the GI tract, brain and spinal cord by a one-celled organism found in farm animals |
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| Severe combined immunodeficiency disease |
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| What does SCID stand for? |
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
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| an infection that is normally contained by normal defenses that invades a host that is immunosuppressed |
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| virus that causes enteritis, retinitis--found in most bodily secretions, but only causes disease when immune system is compromised |
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| viral infection causes small blisters on the skin of the lips or nose or on the genitals--can also cause encephalitis |
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| fungal infection caused by inhalation of dust contaminated with a pathogen found in bird and bat droppings |
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| mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex infection |
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| bacterial disease that manifests with fever, malaise, night sweats, anorexia, diarrhea, weight loss, lung and blood infections--abbreviated MAI |
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