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Elizabeth Koch
Medical Final Exam
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08/08/2016
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Andr/o
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male
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infer/o
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inferior
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vas/o
 Definition
vessel
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viv/o
 Definition
life
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pept/o

dyspepsia

"ingestion"

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digestion
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enter/o
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small intestine
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col/o

colon/o

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Large Intestine(colon)
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cyst/o

vesic/o

cystitis

"inflammation of the bladder"

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bladder
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ot/ear
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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hepat/o
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liver
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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aden/o

adenopathy

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gland
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lith/o
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stone
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therapeut/o
 Definition
treatment
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tympan/o

myring/o

 Definition
eardrum
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phag/o
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to eat
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inguin/o
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groin
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phon/o

dysphonia

difficulty talking

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sound
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poly
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many
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epi
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above
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multi

multigravida

more than one pregnancy

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many
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abd
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away from
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circum
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around
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dia
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across
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bi
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two
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brady
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slow
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tachy
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fast
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hyper
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excessive
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hypo
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below
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dys

dysmenorrhea

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bad or difficult
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endo
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within
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a,an,anti
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negative
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ia,osis,aisis
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condition
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stomy
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new opening
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uria
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burning
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kinesis
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movement
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centesis
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surgical removing fluid
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pexy

colpopexy

"vaginal walls have to be 

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surgical fixation
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plasty
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surgical repair
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para

nulipara

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birth
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algia,dynia
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pain
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suffix

changes the meaning

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prefix
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number or location
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prone
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lying face down
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lithotomy
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gynecological position
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prn
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as needed
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cortisone

steroidal

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injection anti inflammatory
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cheyne-stokes resp
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dying person
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emboli
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more than one moving
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thrombus
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singleclot
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aneurysm
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thinning
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esr
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internal inflammation test
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sublaxation
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partial dislocation
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bun
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blood urea nitrogen

kidney function
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ua

test(dipstick)

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looking for ketones, bacteria, rbcs, wbcs
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c&s
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culture and sensitivity

test for uti (best antibiotic)
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kub
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picture of kidneys no contrast
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closed reduction
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chyme
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partially digested food
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peri-menopause
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before menstruation
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tympan
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Term
what secretes bile?
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liver
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what is a parasite?
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protozoan(has to have a host)
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cataracts
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cloudiness over lens
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anastomosis
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two tubular structures joined
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glycosuria
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tinea

cruis-groin

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ringworm
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trendelenburg position
 Definition
feet are elevated above their head
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hyperhydrosis
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sweating excessively
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bbp
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blood born pathogen

Hep A
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epididymus
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sperm are stored
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vas deferens
 Definition

cut so sperm doesn't go up

vasectomy
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