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| Enzyme that breaks down starch; ptyalin is a salivary amylase and amylopsin is a pancreatic amylase |
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| Literally means a lack of red blood cells; reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells, the amount of the hemoglobin, or the volume of packed red cells (hematocrit) |
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| Chest pain that occurs when diseased blood vessels restrict blood flow to the heart; often referred to as angina |
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| X-ray record of the size, shape, and location of the heart and its blood vessels after the introduction of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Condition in which there is a lack or complete absence of sweating |
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| Condition in which the crystalline lens is absent |
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| Surgical excision of the appendix |
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| To stop, inhibit, restrain; a condition of being stopped, such as occurs in cardiac arrest when cardiac output and effective circulation stop |
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| Condition in which there is a lack of rhythm of the heartbeat; also called dysrhythmia |
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| Surgical puncture of a joint for removal of fluid |
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| Without decay; sterile, free from all living microorganisms |
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| Defect in the refractive powers of the eye, due to a misshapen curvature of the cornea and lens, in which a ray of light is not focused on the retina but is spread over an area |
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| Unequal in size or shape; without proportion of the body or parts of the body; different in placement or arrangement about an axis |
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| Literally means without contraction of the heart; a life-threatening cardiac condition characterized by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the heart |
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| Condition of the arteries characterized by the buildup of fatty substances (cholesterol deposits and triglycerides) and hardening of the walls |
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| Record of hearing by audiometry |
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| Person who specializes in disorders of hearing |
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| Study of hearing disorders |
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| Instrument used to measure hearing |
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| Measurement of the hearing sense |
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| Instrument that conveys sound to the auditory nerve through teeth or bone |
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| Pertaining to the sense of hearing |
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| Apparatus used to sterilize articles by steam under pressure |
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| automated external defibrillator |
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| Cell that has an attraction for a base dye; circulating granulocyte (white blood cell) that is essential to the nonspecific immune response to inflammation because of its role in releasing histamine and other chemicals that act on blood vessels |
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| Inflammation of the hair follicles and glands along the edges of the eyelids |
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| Condition of abnormally slow heartbeat that is less than 60 beats per minute |
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| X-ray record of the bronchial tree made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Condition of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting; can occur in chronic diseases such as cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis |
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| Pertaining to the heel bone |
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| Loss of effective heart function, which results in cessation of functional circulation |
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| Instrument used to measure the action of the heart |
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| Pertaining to the heart and lungs |
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| Pertaining to increasing the tone of the heart; type of medication |
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| Pertaining to the heart and small blood vessels |
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| Procedure used to treat different types of disruptions in the normal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmias); an electrical shock is delivered to the heart to restore its rhythm to a normal pattern |
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| Pertaining to the wrist bones |
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| Literally means a casting down; breaking of complex substances into more basic elements |
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| Intense burning pain associated with trophic skin changes in the hand or foot after trauma to the part |
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| Pertaining to the abdomen |
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| Having 100 steps or degrees, as the Celsius temperature scale |
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| Device used in a laboratory to separate solids from liquids |
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| Abnormal condition of the lip as seen in riboflavin and other B-complex deficiencies |
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| Treatment using chemical agents |
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| X-ray record of the bile ducts made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Surgical excision of the gallbladder |
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| Inflammation of the gallbladder |
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| X-ray record of the gallbladder made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Surgical incision of the common bile duct |
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| Tumorlike mass filled with epithelial cells and cholesterol |
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| Pertaining to the rib cartilage |
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| Inflammation of the vascular coat of the eye |
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| Microscopic body that carries the genes that determine hereditary characteristics |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of an organ in motion |
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| Process of making a motion picture record of successive x-ray images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen |
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| Pertaining to the clavicle (collar bone) |
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| Pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles |
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| Capable of forming a clot |
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| Pertaining to the coccyx (tailbone) |
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| Pain in the coccyx (tailbone) |
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| Surgical excision of part of the colon |
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| Fibrous insoluble protein found in the connective tissue, skin, ligaments, and cartilage |
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| Thin, lighted flexible instrument that is moved through the colon during a colonoscopy |
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| Visual examination of the colon via a colonoscope |
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| Literally means the creation of a new opening into the colon; performed for the purpose of evacuating the bowel |
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| Pertaining to a state of deep sleep (coma) |
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| Process in psychology of being able to bring to the center one thought and focus on it, while excluding other thoughts |
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| Pertaining to connecting or binding together |
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| Process of drawing together as in the narrowing of a vessel |
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| Process of drawing up and thickening of a muscle fiber |
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| Pertaining to a rib and the sternum |
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| Pertaining to the cranium (the portion of the skull that contains the brain) |
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the skull |
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| Condition of excess creatine (nitrogenous compound produced by metabolic processes) in the blood |
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| Technique of using subfreezing temperature (usually with liquid nitrogen) to produce well-demarcated areas of cell injury and destruction |
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| Abnormal condition of the skin and mucous membranes caused by oxygen deficiency in the blood; skin, fingernails, and mucous membranes can appear slightly bluish or grayish |
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| Paralysis of the ciliary muscle |
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| Tumorlike swelling caused by obstruction of the tear duct(s) |
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| Failure of a system; in cardiology_failure of the heart to maintain adequate circulation; in psychology_failure of the defense mechanism system that may occur during a relapsing of a mental condition |
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| Machine that helps restore a normal heart rhythm by delivering an electric shock; also called a cardioverter |
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| To remove water; to lose or be deprived of water from the body; to become dry |
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| Pain in a tooth; toothache |
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| One who specializes in dentistry |
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| Surgical procedure to remove acne scars, nevi, tattoos, or fine wrinkles on the skin by using sandpaper, wire brushes, or other abrasive materials on an anesthetized epidermis |
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| Skin condition caused by a fungus |
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| through, between, complete |
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| Determination of the cause and nature of a disease |
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| To carry through sweat glands; profuse sweating |
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| Partition of muscles and membranes that separates the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity |
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| Process in which parts of a substance move from areas of high concentration to areas of lower concentration |
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| Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon |
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| Pertaining to the duodenum; the first part of the small intestine |
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| bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
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| Difficult articulation of speech resulting from interference in the control over the muscles of speech, usually caused by damage to a central or peripheral motor nerve |
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| Difficulty in digestion; indigestion |
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| Condition of impaired muscle tone |
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| Faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment |
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| Condition in which the blood seeps into the skin causing discolorations ranging from blue-black to greenish-yellow |
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| Process of using ultrasound to study intracranial structures of the brain to diagnose conditions that cause a shift in the midline structures of the brain |
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| Process of using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool by making a record of the echo produced when sound waves are reflected back through tissues of different density |
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| Slender physical body form marked by predominance of tissue derived from the ectoderm (the outer layer of cells in the developing embryo) |
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| Device used for recording the electrical impulses of the heart muscle |
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| Device used to record heart sounds |
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| Recording of the electrical activity produced when the cochlea is stimulated |
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| Record of the electrical response of the retina to light stimulation |
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| Condition in which there is an obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign substances or a blood clot; a moving blood clot |
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| Surgical excision of the inner portion of an artery |
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| Pertaining to within the ear |
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| Inflammation of the endocardium |
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| Inner lining of the heart |
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| Clear fluid contained within the labyrinth of the ear |
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| Round physical body form marked by predominance of tissue derived from the endoderm (the inner layer of cells in the developing embryo) |
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| Pertaining to the small intestine |
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| Inflammation of the small intestine |
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| Literally means to remove the kernel of; used to describe the removal of the eyeball surgically or to remove a cataract surgically; also means to remove a part or a mass in its entirety |
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| Cell that stains readily with an acid stain; attraction for the rose-colored stain; type of granulocytic white blood cell that destroys parasitic organisms and plays a major role in allergic reactions |
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| Pertaining to the region above the stomach |
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| Structure that covers the internal and external organs of the body and the lining of vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs; layer of cells forming the outermost layer of the skin and the surface layer of mucous and serous membranes |
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| Abnormal condition in which there is an increase in red blood cells |
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| Abnormal redness of the skin occurring over widespread areas of the body |
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| Formation of red blood cells |
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| Pertaining to the esophagus |
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| Condition in which the eye or eyes turn inward; also called crossed eyes |
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| Abrasion of the epidermis by scratching, trauma, chemicals, burns, etc. |
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| Pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body or produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body |
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| Pertaining to outside the eye, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles that control eye movement and eye coordination |
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| Thin layer of connective tissue covering, supporting, or connecting the muscles of inner organs of the body |
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| Pertaining to the femur (thighbone), the longest bone in the body |
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| Inflammation of muscle and fibrous tissue |
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| Pertaining to the fibula, smaller of the two lower leg bones |
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| Process of examining internal structures by viewing the shadows cast on a fluorescent screen after the x-ray has passed through the body |
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| Literally means an eating sore; necrosis, or death, of tissue or bone that usually results from a deficient or absent blood supply to the area |
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| Surgical excision of a part or the whole stomach |
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| Pertaining to the stomach |
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| Study of the stomach and the intestines |
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| Surgical incision in the tongue |
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| Formation of glycogen from glucose |
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| Instrument used to examine the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye |
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| Pertaining to a feeling of “greatness”; refers in psychiatry to a person’s unrealistic and exaggerated concept of self-worth, importance, wealth, and ability |
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| Granular leukocyte (white blood cell containing granules); a poly morphonuclear white blood cell (includes neutrophils, eosinophils, or basophils) |
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| Benign tumor of a blood vessel |
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| Passage of stools that contain red blood |
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| Blood test that separates solids from plasma in the blood by centrifuging the blood sample |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the blood |
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| Collection of blood that has escaped from a vessel into the surrounding tissues resulting from trauma or incomplete hemostasis after surgery |
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| Blood protein; the iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues |
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| Destruction of red blood cells |
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| Hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation and tendency to bleed |
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| Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood |
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| Control or stopping of bleeding |
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| Inflammation of the liver |
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| Surgical repair of a hernia |
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| Pertaining to a different formation |
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| Inflammation of the sweat glands |
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| similar, same, likeness, constant |
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| State of equilibrium maintained in the body's internal environment |
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| Pertaining to the humerus (upper arm bone) |
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| Accumulation of watery fluid in the cavity of a joint |
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| Nature or quality of excessive activity; can refer to the entire organism or to a particular entity such as the thyroid, heart, or muscles; also describes an individual who exhibits constant overactivity |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of calcium in the blood |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of sugar in the blood |
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| Condition of excessive sweating |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of fat in the blood |
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| Excessive amount of fatty substances (lipids) in the blood |
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| Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; also called farsightedness |
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| High blood pressure; a disease of the arteries caused by such pressure |
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| Literally means excessive nourishment; the increase in the size of an organ, structure, or the body caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells; also called overgrowth |
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| Pertaining to under the skin or inserted under the skin, as a hypodermic injection |
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| Pertaining to below the stomach |
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| Condition of deficient amounts of sugar in the blood |
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| Underdevelopment of a tissue, organ, or body |
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| Deficient amount of oxygen in the blood, cells, and tissues; also known as anoxia and hypoxemia |
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| X-ray record of the uterus and fallopian tubes made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Inflammation of the ileum |
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| Creation of a new opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum |
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| Pertaining to the ilium and the sacrum |
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| Process whereby a pathogenic microorganism invades the body, reproduces, multiplies, and causes disease |
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| Point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves |
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| Condition of not being able to sleep |
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| Pertaining to between the ribs |
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| Pertaining to situated between two bodies or occurring between two periods of time |
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| Pertaining to within the skin, as an intradermal injection |
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| Pertaining to within a muscle |
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| Pertaining to within the eye |
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| X-ray record of the kidney and renal pelvis made visible through the use of an injected radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Instrument used to measure the amount of radiation used by x-rays or radioactive substances |
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| Treatment by introducing ions into the body |
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| Instrument used to measure the amount and intensity of x-rays |
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the iris |
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| Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body |
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| Pertaining to not being regular |
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| Condition in which there is a lack of blood supply to a part caused by constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel |
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| Pertaining to the ischium (hip) |
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| Pain in the ischium (hip) |
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| Pertaining to having equal measure |
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| Pertaining to having the same tone or tension |
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| Formation of a cell's nucleus |
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| Overgrowth of scar tissue caused by excessive collagen formation |
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| Inflammation of the cornea |
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| Surgical repair of the cornea |
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| Unit of weight in the metric system; 1000 g |
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| Surgical excision of the labyrinth |
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| Inflammation of the labyrinth |
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| Incision of the labyrinth |
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| Surgical excision of a vertebral posterior arch |
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| Surgical incision into the abdomen |
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| Lying hidden; quiet; not active |
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| Substance that acts to loosen the bowels |
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| Separation of white blood cells from the blood, which are then transfused back into the patient |
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| Disease of the blood characterized by overproduction of leukocytes, can be malignant, acute, or chronic |
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| Lack of white blood cells |
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| Localized loss of pigmentation of the skin |
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| Muscle that raises or elevates a part |
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| Abnormal anterior curvature of the spine |
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| Pertaining to the loins (lower back) |
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| Pain in the loins (lower back) |
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| Space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube; also the hollow core of a hypodermic needle, which forms an oval-shaped opening when exposed at the beveled (flat, slanted surface) point |
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| Inflammation of the lymph glands |
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| Incision into a lymph gland |
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| X-ray record of the lymph vessels made visible with radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of the lymph vessels |
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| Study of the lymphatic vessels |
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| Control or stopping of the flow of lymph |
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| Abnormally large erythrocyte |
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| Pertaining to objects large enough to be examined by the naked eye |
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| Process of bad or inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract |
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| Process of being badly shaped, deformed |
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| Process of obtaining pictures of the breast with x-rays |
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| Pertaining to the lower jawbone |
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| Inflammation of one of the mastoid bones; usually an extension of otitis media characterized by earache, fever, headache, and malaise |
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| Pertaining to the upper jawbone |
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| Cancerous tumor that has black pigmentation |
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| Malignant black mole or tumor |
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| Pertaining to the peritoneal fold encircling the small intestines and connecting the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall |
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| Well-proportioned body form marked by predominance of tissue derived from the mesoderm (the middle layer of cells in the developing embryo) |
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| beyond, over, between, change |
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| Pertaining to the bones of the hand |
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| Surgical excision of one or more bones of the hand |
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| Unit of weight in the metric system; 0.001 mg |
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| Small living organism not visible to the naked eye |
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| Instrument used to view small objects |
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| Unit of weight in the metric system; 0.001 g |
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| Unit of volume in the metric system; 0.001 L |
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| Condition of narrowing of the mitral valve (bicuspid valve) |
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| Condition that occurs when the leaflets of the mitral valve (bicuspid valve) between the left atrium and left ventricle bulge into the atrium and permit backflow of blood into the atrium |
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| Largest leukocyte, which has one nucleus |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood |
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| Pertaining to or arising from many locations |
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| Chronic disease characterized by progressive muscular weakness |
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| Inflammation of the bone marrow |
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| X-ray record of the spinal cord made visible with a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Embryonic cell that develops into a cell of muscle fiber |
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| Pertaining to the heart muscle |
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| Inflammation of the heart muscle |
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| Tumor that contains muscle and fiber |
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| Instrument used to record muscular contractions |
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| Muscular motion or activity |
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| Tumor containing muscle tissue |
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| Softening of muscle tissue |
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| Weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle |
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| Surgical repair of a muscle |
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| Malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue |
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| Condition of hardening of muscle |
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| Inflammation of muscle tissue, especially skeletal muscles; can be caused by infection, trauma, or parasitic infestation |
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| Spasmodic contraction of a muscle |
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| Instrument used to cut muscle |
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| Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane |
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| Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane |
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| Instrument used to examine the eardrum |
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| Instrument used for cutting the eardrum |
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| Pertaining to the nose and lip |
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| Condition of tissue death |
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| Pertaining to both nerves and muscles |
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| Pertaining to a disease condition involving both nerves and muscles |
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| Leukocyte that stains with neutral dyes |
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| Condition in which the individual has difficulty seeing at night; also known as night blindness |
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| Process of closing or state of being closed of a passage |
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| Posterior inner part of the eye as seen with an ophthalmoscope |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the eye |
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| Instrument used to examine the interior of the eye |
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| Instrument used to measure the strength of the muscles of the eye |
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| Branch of medicine concerned with diseases and disorders involving locomotor structures of the body |
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| Physician who specializes in orthopedics |
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| Instrument used to record an electrical wave visually on a fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube |
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| Inflammation of the bone and joint |
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| Cancerous tumor of a bone; new growth of epithelial tissue |
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| Inflammation of the bone and cartilage |
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| Inflammation of the bone marrow |
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| Deficiency of bone tissue regardless of the cause |
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| Condition that results in reduction of bone mass |
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| Malignant tumor of the bone; cancer arising from connective tissue |
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| Instrument used for cutting bone |
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| Pain in the ear, earache; also referred to as otalgia |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the ear and larynx (voice box) |
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| Study of the ear and larynx (voice box) |
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| Fungus condition of the ear |
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| Study of ear conditions with nerve complications |
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| Pertaining to the ear and pharynx |
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| Surgical repair of the ear |
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| Study of the ear, nose, and larynx (voice box); the medical specialty is often referred to as ENT (ear, nose, throat), in which throat is used in a broad sense instead of larynx |
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| Hardening condition of the ear characterized by progressive deafness |
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| Instrument used to examine the ear |
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| Colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential in the respiration of animals |
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| To use the hands or fingers to examine by touch; to feel |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas |
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| Lack of the cellular elements of the blood |
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| beside, alongside, abnormal |
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| Surgical puncture of a body cavity for fluid removal |
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| Pertaining to beside the sternum (breastbone) |
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| Infectious condition of the marginal structures around the nail |
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| Pertaining to the patella (kneecap) |
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| Condition of infestation with lice |
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| Pertaining to gastric digestion |
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| Process of pouring through |
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| Pertaining to the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) |
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| Pertaining to the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart |
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| Inflammation of the pericardium |
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| Serum fluid of the inner ear |
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| Wavelike contraction that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body, especially the alimentary canal |
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| Surgical destruction and removal of the crystalline lens in the treatment of cataract |
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| Condition of hardening of the crystalline lens |
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| Engulfing and eating of particulate substances such as bacteria, protozoa, cells and cell debris, dust particles, and colloids by phagocytes (leukocytes or macrophages) |
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| Pertaining to the bones of the fingers and the toes |
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| Pertaining to the pharynx |
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| Incision of a vein with a needle to withdraw blood for analysis |
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| X-ray record of images seen during fluoroscopic examination |
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| Unusual intolerance of light |
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| Person who specializes in the science of physics |
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| Study of the nature of living organisms |
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| Removal of blood from the body and centrifuging it to separate the plasma from the blood and reinfusing the cellular elements back into the patient |
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| Inflammation of more than one joint |
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| Condition of too many red blood cells |
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| Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers and toes |
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| Paralysis affecting many muscles |
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| Pertaining to the time before the discharge of the menses |
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| Impairment of hearing that occurs with aging |
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| Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; occurs normally with aging; also known as farsightedness |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the anus and the rectum |
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| Instrument used to view the anus and rectum |
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| Literally means condition of foreknowledge; prediction of the course of a disease and the recovery rate |
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| Chemical substance that interacts with calcium salts to produce thrombin |
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| Essential matter of a living cell |
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| Literally means pertaining to the gatekeeper; the opening between the stomach and the duodenum |
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| Pertaining to the production of heat; a fever |
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| Muscle that has four heads or points of origin |
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| Instrument used to measure the curvature of the spine |
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| Pertaining to the radius (lateral lower arm bone in line with the thumb); describes a pulse found on the thumb side of the arm |
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| Process by which radiant energy is propagated through space or matter |
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| Characterized by emitting radiant energy |
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| Inflammation of the skin caused by exposure to x-rays or radioactive substances |
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| Picture produced on a sensitized film or plate by rays; also called X-ray record |
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| Person skilled in making x-ray records |
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| Process of making an X-ray record |
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| Physician who specializes in radiology |
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| Study of radioactive substances |
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| Study of x-rays, radioactive substances, radioactive isotopes, and ionizing radiation |
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| Property of permitting the passage of radiant energy |
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| Property of obstructing the passage of radiant energy |
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| Process of viewing and examining the inner structures of the body through the process of x-rays |
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| Treatment of disease by the use of x-rays, radium, and other radioactive substances |
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| Literally means to act again; to respond to stimuli; to participate in a chemical reaction |
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| Hernia of part of the rectum into the vagina |
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| Process of a backward flow of solids or foods from the stomach to the mouth or the backflow of blood through a defective heart valve |
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| Process in which a muscle loosens and returns to a resting stage |
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| Red blood cell containing a network of granules; last immature stage of a red blood cell |
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| Separation of the retina from the choroid layer of the eye that can be caused by trauma or can occur spontaneously |
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| Inflammation of the retina |
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| Malignant tumor arising from the germ cell of the retina |
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| Any disease of the retina |
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| Virus, such as HIV, that contains a unique enzyme called reverse transcriptase that allows it to replicate within new host cells |
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| Tumor of striated muscle tissue |
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| Plastic surgery for the removal of wrinkles |
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| Study of roentgen rays for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes |
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| Process of moving a body part around a central axis |
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| Plasma membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber |
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| Pertaining to the shoulder blade |
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| Inflammation of the sclera |
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| Chronic condition with hardening of the skin and other connective tissues of the body |
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| Condition of lateral curvature of the spine; characteristics include asymmetry of the trunk, uneven shoulders and hips, a one-sided rib hump, and a prominent scapula |
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| Excessive flow of oil from the sebaceous glands |
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| Valves of the aorta and pulmonary artery |
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| Condition of dry skin and localized scaling caused by excessive exposure to the sun occurring in older people |
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| Condition in which pathogenic bacteria are present in the blood |
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| Bacterial culture of blood serum |
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| Inflammation of the salivary gland |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of the salivary ducts and glands |
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| Lack of iron in the blood |
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| Instrument used to view the sigmoid |
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| Any objective evidence of an illness or disordered function of the body that can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by the examiner |
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| Pertaining to the sinus venosus and the atrium |
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| Pertaining to stimulation of body growth |
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| Record produced by ultrasonography |
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| Condition of increased muscular tone causing stiff and awkward movements |
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| Instrument used to measure the arterial blood pressure |
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| Enlargement of the spleen |
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| Enlargement of the spleen |
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| Inflammation of one or more vertebrae |
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| Malignant tumor of squamous epithelial tissue |
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| Surgical excision of the stapes in the middle ear to improve hearing, especially in cases of otosclerosis; the stapes is replaced by a prosthesis |
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| Device made of expandable, metal mesh placed (by using a balloon catheter) at the site of a narrowing artery, then expanded and left in place to keep the artery open |
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| Pertaining to the sternum (breastbone) |
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| Muscle arising from the sternum and clavicle with its insertion into the mastoid process |
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| Surgical incision of the sternum (breastbone) |
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| Literally means resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of a large group of substances chemically related to sterols |
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| Instrument used to listen to the sounds of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs |
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| Inflammation of the mouth |
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| Literally means below sharp; describes a state between acute and chronic with some acute features; used to describe the course of a disease process or the healing process following tissue injury |
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| Pertaining to beneath the clavicle (collar bone) |
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| Pertaining to beneath the ribs |
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| Pertaining to below the skin, as a subcutaneous injection |
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| Pertaining to below the tongue |
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| Below the jaw or mandible |
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| Pertaining to below the nail |
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| New infection caused by a different organism from one that caused the initial infection; can occur from a harmful effect of an antibiotic, when there is an overgrowth of a resistant strain of bacteria, fungi, or yeast |
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| State of growing together |
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| Any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; can be classified as objective (signs), subjective (symptoms described by the patient), and cardinal (vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) |
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| Combination of signs and symptoms occurring together that characterize a specific disease |
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| Pertaining to certain muscles that work together |
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| Abnormally fast heartbeat that is over 100 beats per minute |
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| Chronic condition characterized by pain caused by excessive pronation and supination activities of the forearm; usually caused by strain, as in playing tennis |
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| Surgical binding of a tendon |
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| Condition characterized by cramps, convulsions, twitching of the muscles, and sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints; generally caused by an abnormality in calcium metabolism |
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| Hereditary anemia occurring in populations in areas bordering the Mediterranian Sea and in Southeast Asia |
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| Inability to distinguish between the sensations of heat and cold |
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| Process of recording heat patterns of the body's surface; useful in the detection of breast cancer |
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| Instrument used to measure degree of heat |
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| Surgical excision of a blood clot |
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| Clotting cell; a blood platelet |
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| Formation, development, or existence of a blood clot (thrombus) within the vascular system, such as venous thrombosis (thrombophlebitis), on the wall of a vein, accompanied by inflammation and obstructed blood flow |
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| Pertaining to the tibia (shin bone); larger of the two bones of the lower leg |
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| Ringing or jingling sound in the ear |
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| Process of cutting across and producing images of single tissue planes |
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| Pertaining to tone, especially muscular tension |
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| Recording of intraocular pressure used in detecting glaucoma |
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| Instrument used to measure intraocular pressure |
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| Surgical excision of the tonsil |
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| Pertaining to a place, definite locale |
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| Stiff neck caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck; also called wryneck |
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| Physical injury or wound caused by external force, violence, or a toxic substance; also refers to psychological injury resulting from a severe emotional shock, which can cause disordered feelings and/or behavior |
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| Sorting and classifying of injuries to determine priority of need and treatment |
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| Muscle having three heads with a single insertion |
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| Fungus condition of the hair |
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| Having three points; pertaining to the tricuspid valve |
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| Pertaining to having three foci |
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| Pertaining to a compound consisting of three molecules of fatty acids |
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| Instrument used in a hearing test, which, when struck at the forked end, vibrates and thus can be heard and felt |
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| Generally refers to the expected resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid |
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| Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane |
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| Pertaining to the eardrum |
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| Inflammation of the eardrum |
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| Pertaining to the ulna (medial lower arm bone) or to the nerve or the artery named from it; located on the little finger side of the arm |
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| Pertaining to the ulna side of the wrist |
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| Pertaining to sounds beyond 20,000 cycles/sec |
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| Process of using ultrasound to produce a record of ultrasonic echoes as they strike tissues of different densities |
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| Pertaining to not being aware; lacking awareness of one’s environment |
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| Pertaining to the second or vascular coat of the eye |
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| Inflammation of the uvea (consists of the, iris, ciliary body, and choroid, and forms the pigmented layer) |
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| valve replacement surgery |
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| Surgical replacement of a diseased heart valve with an artificial one |
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| Surgical repair of a valve, especially of a cardiac valve |
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| Drawing together, as in the narrowing of a blood vessel |
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| Nerve or agent that causes dilation of blood vessels |
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| Contraction of a blood vessel |
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| To pierce a vein with a needle for the removal of blood for analysis |
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| Process of making X-ray record of veins |
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| Pertaining to a ventricle |
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| Shaped like a worm; vermiform appendix |
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| Pertaining to a vertebra and the sternum |
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| Pertaining to body organs enclosed within a cavity, especially abdominal organs |
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| Under the control of one's will |
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| Eye condition in which the conjunctiva is dry |
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| Literally means resembling a sword; the lowest portion of the sternum; a sword-shaped cartilaginous process supported by bone |
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