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Undergraduate 1
03/31/2024
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Aden/o
 Definition
Gland
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Arthr/o
 Definition
Joint
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Bi/o
 Definition
Life
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Cardi/o
 Definition
Heart
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Cephal/o
 Definition
Head
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Cerebr/o
 Definition
Cerebrum
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Cis/o
 Definition
Cut
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Crin/o
 Definition
To secrete
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Cyst/o
 Definition
Urinary Bladder
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Gastr/o
 Definition
Stomach
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Enter/o
 Definition
Intestines
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-ac
 Definition
Pertaining to
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-cyte
 Definition
Cell
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-gram
 Definition
Record
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-ic
 Definition
Pertaining to
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-oma
 Definition
Tumor, mass or swelling
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-ist
 Definition
Specialist
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-logy
 Definition
Study of
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-itis
 Definition
Inflammation
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-opsy
 Definition
Process of viewing
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-globin
 Definition
Protein
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Hepatitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the liver
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What is encephalalgia?
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Headaches
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Iatrogenic
 Definition
Physician, treatment associated
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A pediatrician is:
 Definition
A children's physician
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Gynecologist
 Definition
Specialist in the field of female reproductive organ; treats illnesses and diseases
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Pathology
 Definition
Study of disease
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Dermatitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the skin
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Osteomyelitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow
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Osteotomy
 Definition
Incision into a bone
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Cell
 Definition
Basic structural unit of life
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Cell membrane
 Definition
Outer boundary of the cell
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Metabolism
 Definition
Sum of the chemical processes in a cell
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Mitochondria
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Part of the cell where catabolism, or energy production primarily occurs
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Responsibility of Cell Membrane
 Definition
Allows materials to pass into and out of the cell
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Chromosomes
 Definition
What genes are made of
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Diaphragm
 Definition
Muscular wall separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
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Mediastinum
 Definition
Space in the chest between the lungs
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The pleural cavity is located:
 Definition
Between the membranes around the lungs
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Vicera
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Internal Organs
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Hypochondriac Regions
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The upper regions below the cartilage of the ribs, that extend over the abdomen
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The Right Upper Quadrant Contains:
 Definition
The liver
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Disk
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A piece of cartilage between two backbones
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Crani/o
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Skull
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Cervic/o
 Definition
Neck
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Sacr/o
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Sacrum
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
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Hist/o
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Tissue
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A distal place
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Is the furthest away from where it starts top to bottom
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Transverse Plane
 Definition
Divides the body into upper and lower portions
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Frontal Plane
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Divides the body into front and back
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Sagittal Plane
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Divides the body into left and right
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Amniocentesis
 Definition
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo
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Tonsillitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the lymph tissue in the throat
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Ischemia
 Definition
Blood is held back from an area
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Necr/o
 Definition
Death
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Otalgia
 Definition
Pain in the ear
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-scope
 Definition
Instrument to visually examine
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Cystocele
 Definition
Hernia of the urinary bladder
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Myelogram
 Definition
X-ray record of the spinal cord
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-cocci
 Definition
Berry shaped (spheroidal) bacteria
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-graph
 Definition
Instrument for recording
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Laryngectomy
 Definition
Removal of the voicebox
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Angioplasty
 Definition
Surgical repair of a blood vessel
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-sclerosis
 Definition
Abnormal hardening
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-stomy
 Definition
Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body
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-genesis
 Definition
Condition of producing, forming, formation of
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-pathy
 Definition
Disease condition
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-lysis
 Definition
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-penia
 Definition
Deficiency
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Angiography
 Definition
Process of recording a blood vessel
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Myalgia
 Definition
Pain of a muscle
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Thoracocentesis
 Definition
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
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Myosarcoma
 Definition
Flesh (malignant) tumor of muscle
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Myeloma
 Definition
Tumor in the bone marrow
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Cardiomyopathy
 Definition
Disease of the heart muscle
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Hemolysis
 Definition
Destruction of (red) blood cells
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Hepatomegaly
 Definition
Enlargement of the liver
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Necrotic
 Definition
Pertaining to death 
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Tracheostomy
 Definition
Procedure to make a new opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body
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