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| pertaining to being away from the norm, irregular |
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| acquired immunodeficiency sydrome |
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| symptoms are severe infections, malignancy (Kaposi sarcoma and lymphoma), fever, malaise (discomfort), and gastrointestinal disturbances. It is caused by a virus that damages lymphocytes (white blood cells) |
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| two endocrine glands, each above the kidney, the adrenal glands produce hormones such as adrenalin (epinephrine) and hydrocortisone (cortisol) |
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| absence of mentrual periods |
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| separating a substance into its component parts |
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| deficiency of hemoglobin and/or numbers of red blood cells, which results in reduced oxygen to body cells. Literally, anemia means lacking in blood |
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| pertaining to a substance that works against germ or bacterial life |
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| a substance that works agains (anti-) germs ("bodies" of infection). Antibodies are produced by white blood cells when germs enter the bloodstream |
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| foreign protein (such as on a bacterium or virus) that stimulates white blood cells to produce antibodies. Antigens are then destroyed by the antibodies |
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| absence or impairment of communication through speech |
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| bone marrow fails to produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and clotting cells |
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| process of visual examination of a joint |
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| decrease in size of cells within an organ |
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| Barlow syndrome (mitral valve prolapse) |
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| symptoms are abnormal sounds (murmurs) heard from the chest when listening with a stethoscope. These murmurs indicate that the mitral valve is not closing properly. Chest pain, dyspnea (difficult breathing), and fatigue are other symptoms |
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| not cancerous; a tumor that does not spread and is limited in growth |
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| visual examination of bronchial tubes by passing an endoscope through the trachea (windpipe) into the bronchi |
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| symptoms are pain, tingling, burning, and numbness of the hand. A nerve leading to the hand is compressed by connective tisue fibers in the wrist |
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| visual examination of the colon |
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| irregularity; a deviation from the normal |
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| visual examination of the urinary bladder |
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| complete separation of wastes from the blood when the kidneys fail |
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| discharge of watery wastes from the colon; literally "through flow" |
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| symptoms include mental retardation, flat face with a short nose, slanted eyes, broad hands and feet, stubby fingers, and protruding lower lip. The syndrome occurs when an extra chromosome is present in each cell of the body |
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| dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain & spinal cord |
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| bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
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| difficult (impairment of) speech |
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| painful (labored, difficult) breathing |
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| painful or difficult urination |
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| development of the zygote in a place outside the uterus, the fallopian tubes are the most common ectopic site |
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| organs that produce (secrete) hormones |
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| process of viewing the inside of hollow organs or cavities with an endoscope |
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| mass of blood above the dura mater (outermost layer of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
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| act of cutting out, removing, or resecting |
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| pertaining to outside the skull |
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| pertaining to outside the liver |
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| visual examination of the stomach |
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| removal of half the stomach |
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| paralysis of one side of the body |
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| red blood cells are destroyed and bone marrow cannot compensate for their loss. This condition can be hereditary or acquire (after infection/chemotherapy) or can occur when the immune system acts against normal red blood cells (autoimmune condition) |
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| excessive, too much, above |
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| higher than normal levels of sugar in the blood |
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| excessive activity of the thyroid gland |
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| enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body as a result of an increase in size of individual cells |
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| deficient, too little, below |
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| blood condition of decreased sugar (lower than normal levels) |
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| visual examination of the uterus with an endoscope inserted through the vagina |
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| cutting into the body or into an organ |
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| pertaining to lying between two backbones. A disc is an intervertebral structure |
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| pertaining to within the uterus |
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| pertaining to within a vein |
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| low or absent iron levels lead to low hemoglobin concentration or deficiency of red blood cells |
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| visual examination of the abdomen |
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| visual examination of the interior of the voice box (larynx) with an endoscope |
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| loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
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| tending to become progressively worse. Used to describe cancerous tumors that invade and spread to distant organs |
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| visual examination of the mediastinum with an endoscope |
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| bones of the hand between the wrist bones (carpals) and the finger bones (phalanges) |
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| spread of a cancerous tumor to a distant organ or location. Literally means change (meta-) of place (-stasis) |
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| pertaining to new birth; the first 4 weeks after birth |
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| any new growth of tissue; a tumor |
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| pertaining to a new growth; or neoplasm |
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| organs in the femal abdomen that produces egg cells and female hormones |
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| gland that produces digestive juices (exocrine function) and the hormone insulin (endocrine function) |
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| loss or impairment of movement in a part of the body |
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| impairment or loss of movement in the lower part of the body, primarily the legs and in some cases bowel and bladder function |
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| four endocrine glands behind the thyroid gland. These glands are concerned with maintaining the proper levels of calcium in the blood and bones |
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| pertaining to surrounding the anus |
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| membrane that surrounds bone |
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| peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
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| the mucous membrane of the stomach fails to produce a factor (intrinsic factor) that is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 and the proper formation of red blood cells |
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| organ at the base of the brain that secretes hormones, these hormones enter the blood to regulate other organs and other endocrine glands |
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| formation, growth, development |
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| pertaining to a condition that may come before a cancer; a condition that tends to become malignant |
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| pertaining to before birth |
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| visual examination of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon with an endoscope |
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| falling down or drooping of a part of the body, literally means sliding forward |
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| artificial substitute for a missing part of the body; literally means to place before |
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| paralysis of all four extremities and usually the trunk of the body caused by injury to the spinal cord in the cervical region of the spine |
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| return of disease after its apparent termination |
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| lessening of symptoms of a disease |
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| removal (excision) of an organ or a struction |
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| pertaining to behind the peritoneum |
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| process of visual examination |
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| erythrocytes assume an abnormal crescent or sickle shape; it is caused by the inheritance of an abnormal type of hemoglobin. The sickle-shaped cells clump together, causing clots that block blood vessels |
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| visual examination of the sigmoid colon with an endoscope inserted through the anus and rectum |
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| to stand, place, stop, control |
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| pertaining to below the ribs |
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| pertaining to under the should bone |
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| less than total; just under the total amount |
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| set of symptoms and signs of disease that occur together to indicate a disease condition |
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| condition of fast, rapid heartbeat |
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| condition of rapid breathing |
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| two paired male organs in the scrotal sac that produce sperm cells and male hormone (testosterone). Also called testicles |
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| to put, place (state of putting or placing) |
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| endocrine gland in the neck that produces hormones, which act on cells all over the body, the hormones increase the activity of cells by stimulating metabolism and the release of energy |
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| symptoms are a high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, hypotension (low blood pressure), and shock. It is caused by a bacterial infection in the vagina of menstruating women using superabsorbent tampons. |
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| pertaining to across the abdomen |
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| pertaining to across (through) the urethra. A TURP is a transurethral resection of the prostate by surgery through the urethra |
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| fold of tissue between the upper and lower chambers on the right side of the heart, it has three cusps or points and prevents backflow of blood into the right atrium when the heart is pumping blood |
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| recording of internal body structures with sound waves |
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| urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of body) |
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| hormone(s) secreted by the adrenal glands |
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| hormone(s) secreted by the ovaries |
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| hormone(s) secreted by the pancreas |
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| hormone(s) secreted by the parathyroid glands |
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| parathyroid hormone (PTH) |
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| hormone(s) secreted by the pituitary gland |
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| adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSH) |
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