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complete blood count
enumerates RBCs, WBCs, and platelets |
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computed tomography
imaging technique |
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| digital subtraction angiography |
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magnetic resonance imaging
imaging technique that uses radio waves |
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positron emission tomography
scanning technique using computed tomography |
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| rheumatoid factor; radio frequency |
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single photon emission computed tomography
radiological technique that uses CT and a tracer |
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urinalysis
evaluates physical, chemical properties |
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ultrasonography
imaging procedure using high frequency sound waves |
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| ultrasound ultrasonography |
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| ventral cavity that contains digestive, reproductive, and excretory structures |
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| removal of a part, pathway, or function by surgery, chemical destruction, electrocautery, freezing, or radiofrequency (RF) |
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| abnormal condition in which the extremities are blue |
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| movement toward the median plane |
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| abnormal fibrous band that binds together tissues |
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| process of recording a joint |
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| destruction of tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals |
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| part of the spine known as the neck |
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| substance injected into body to facilitate radiographic images of internal structures |
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| scraping body cavity with spoon shaped instrument |
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| specialist in study of cells |
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| away from the surface of the body (internal) |
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| specialist in the study of skin |
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| measurement of blood flow in a vessel by reflecting sound waves off moving blood cells |
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| visual examination of cavity or canal using a lighted instrument (an endoscope) |
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| study of the causes of disease |
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| feverish; pertaining to a fever |
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| radiographic technique that directs x-rays to a fluorescent screen and displays "live" images on a monitor |
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| pertaining to different colors |
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| formation of same (tissue) |
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| balance in internal environment |
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| pertaining to the area below the stomach |
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| pertaining to an unknown (cause of) disease |
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| incision and drainage (I&D) |
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| away from the head, or toward the tail or lower part of a structure |
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| body defense marked by redness, swelling, heat, pain |
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| pertaining to the area below the ribs |
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| turning inward or inside out |
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kary/o/lysis
kary/o=nucleus |
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| visual examination of abdominal organs through small incisions |
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| surgical technique using a device that emits intense heat |
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| part of small and large intestines, left ovary, left fallopian tube, left ureter |
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| left lobe of liver, stomach, spleen, part of pancreas, part of small and large intestine |
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| part of the spine known as the loin |
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| disease, or pertaining to disease |
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| study of form, shape, or structure |
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| branch concerned with radioactive substances |
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| use of a radioactive material and scanning device to determine size, shape, location, and function of various organs and structures |
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| specialist in the study of disease |
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| pertaining to the area around the heart |
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| pertaining to the sole of the foot |
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| inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
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| near the back of the body |
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| lying horizontal with face downward |
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| nearer to the center (trunk of the body) |
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| excision of a core sample of tissue for examination |
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| instrument for recording x-rays |
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| specialist in the study of radiation |
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| surgical removal of tissue in an extensive area surrounding the surgical site |
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| imaging technique using x rays |
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| specialty concerned with use of electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, and imaging techniques |
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| substances that emit radiation spontaneously; also called tracer |
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| radionuclide attached to a substance to highlight internal body when scanned |
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| partial excision of a bone, organ, or other structure |
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| part of small and large intestines, appendix, right ovary, right fallopian tube, right ureter |
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| right lobe of liver, gallbladder, part of pancreas, part of small and large intestine |
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| pathological state due to presence of microorganisms |
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son/o/graphy
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| process of recording sound |
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| toward the surface of the body (external) |
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| lying horizontally on back, face up |
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| producing or associated with generation of pus |
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| instrument for measuring heat |
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| ventral cavity that contains heart, lungs, and associated structures |
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| visual examination of lungs with scope inserted between ribs |
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| pertaining to a direction across or through the abdomen |
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| pertaining to beyond audible sound |
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| imaging technique that employs high frequency sound waves |
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| thoracic and abdominoplevic |
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| act of measuring the ventricles |
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| pertaining to internal organs |
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| abnormal condition of dryness |
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