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| adjectival suffix meaning "pertaining to" |
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| surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid |
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| pain (same as -algia, just not used as often) |
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| the process of producing a picture or record |
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| inflammation or infection |
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| abnormal softening (opposite of -sclerosis) |
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| abnormal condition or disease |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
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| cutting or surgical incision |
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| bleeding, usually sudden, severe bleeding |
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| bleeding, usually sudden, severe bleeding |
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| suturing to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples, or surgical glue |
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| flow or discharge and refers to flow of most body fluids |
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| abnormal hardening (opposite of -malacia) |
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| suffix changing the root word into a noun |
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| surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid |
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| not normal or away from normal |
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| word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term |
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| rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration |
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| toward or in the direction of |
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| drawn toward or a strong dependence on a drug or substance |
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| the film produced by angiography |
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| process of producing a radiographic (x-ray) study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible |
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| surgical removal of the appendix |
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| inflammation of the appendix |
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| abnormal softening of the walls of an artery/arteries |
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| tissue death of an artery or arteries |
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| abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries (opposite of -malacia) |
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| abnormal narrowing of an artery or arteries |
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| pain in a joint or joints |
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| visual examination of the internal structure of a joint |
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| plaque or fatty substance |
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| fatty deposit within the wall of an artery |
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| long duration, can be controlled but rarely cured |
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| surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface |
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| surgical incision into the colon |
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| word root with vowel at the end so that a suffix beginning with a consonant can be added |
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| portion of the skull that encloses the brain |
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| blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood |
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| physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin |
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| is the process of reaching a diagnosis |
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| identification of a disease |
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| frequent flow of loose or watery stools |
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| known as rule out (R/O) - attempt to determine which one of several diseases can be producing the signs and symptoms that are present |
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| bad, difficult, or painful |
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| an organ or body part that is not working properly |
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| sign of inflammation or swelling |
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| pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery |
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| disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or prescribed it first |
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| sign of inflammation - redness |
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| good, normal, well or easy |
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| a normally functioning thyroid gland |
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| fluid, such as pus, that leaks out of an infected wound |
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| a groove or crack-like sore of the skin (or normal folds in the contours of the brain) |
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| abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body |
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| pain in the stomach - stomach ache |
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| inflammation of the stomach |
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| pain in the stomach, stomach ache |
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| inflammation of the stomach and small intestine |
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| any disease of the stomach |
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| loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
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| abnormal enlargement of the liver |
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| higher than normal blood pressure |
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| sign of inflammation - heat |
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| lower than normal blood pressure |
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| last and longest portion of the small intestine |
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| the invasion of the body by a pathogenic (disease producing) organism |
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| localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues |
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| between, but not within, the part of a tissue |
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| torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound |
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| pathologic change of the tissue due to disease or injury |
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| surgical incision for the removal of a stone (or an examination position in which patient is lying on the back with the feet and legs raised and supported in stirrups) |
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| feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection or other disease |
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| any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissues or organs |
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| the specialized mucous membranes that line the body cavities |
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| the name of the fluid secreted by the mucous membranes |
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| abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus |
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| bone marrow or spinal cord |
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| pathologic change or disease of the bone marrow or spinal cord |
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| pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue |
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| surgical repair of a muscle |
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| myorrhaphy (my-OR-ah-fee) |
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| surgical suturing of a muscle wound |
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| study of disorders of the newborn |
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| inflammation of a nerve or nerves |
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| surgical repair of the nerve |
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| it can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others |
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| study of ears and larynx or throat |
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| study of ears, nose, and throat |
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| examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts |
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| study of all aspects of diseases |
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| time and events surrounding birth |
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| bones of the fingers and toes (singular, phalanx) |
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| viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
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| time and events after birth |
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| usually indicates location, time, number, or status |
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| time and events before birth |
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| prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder |
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| male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra |
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| to collapse and be lying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion |
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| renal pelvis (part of the kidney) |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis |
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| any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo |
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| discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus (heartburn) |
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| temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure |
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| objective evidence of disease such as fever |
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| it can be evaluated or measured only by the patient |
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| usually indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease |
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| supination (soo-pih-NAY-shun) |
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| the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward |
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| suppuration (sup-you-RAY-shun) |
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| formation or discharge of pus |
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| above or outside the ribs |
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| subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache |
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| set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
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| surgical removal of the tonsils |
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| inflammation of the tonsils |
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| medical screening of patient to determine their relative priority of needs and the proper place of treatment |
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| having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male |
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| contains the basic meaning of the term and usually indicates the involved body part |
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