Final Exam Review

  1. ren/o
    kidney
  2. path/o
    disease
  3. ophthalm/o
    eye
  4. rhin/o
    nose
  5. sarc/o
    flesh
  6. oste/o
    bone
  7. psych/o
    mind
  8. onc/o
    tumor
  9. thromb/o
    clotting
  10. ur/o
    urinary tract
  11. radi/o
    x-rays
  12. sect/o
    to cut
  13. cephal/o
    head
  14. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  15. cyt/o
    cells
  16. encephal/o
    brain
  17. enter/o
    intestines
  18. hepat/o
    liver
  19. ped/o
    child or foot
  20. ren/o
    kidney
  21. ur/o
    urine or urinary tract
  22. cis/o
    to cut
  23. cardi/o
    heart
  24. dermat/o
    skin
  25. glyc/o
    sugar
  26. gynec/o
    woman, female
  27. hypo-
    deficient, below, under
  28. dia-
    complete, through
  29. -scopy
    visual examination
  30. -gram
    record
  31. -globin
    protein
  32. trans-
    across, through
  33. sub-
    under or below
  34. retro-
    behind, back, backward
  35. epi-
    above, upon, on
  36. end-, endo-
    in or within
  37. crani/o
    cranium
  38. cervic/o
    neck or cervix
  39. sacr/o
    sacrum
  40. trache/o
    trachea
  41. inguin/o
    groin
  42. viscer/o
    internal organs
  43. sarc/o
    flesh
  44. chondr/o
    cartilage
  45. thorac/o
    chest
  46. hist/o
    tissue
  47. inter-
    between
  48. hypo-
    below, under
  49. ana-
    up, apart, backward
  50. -ose
    full of, pertaining to
  51. -eal
    pertaining to
  52. -ectomy
    removal, excision, resection
  53. kary/o
    nucleus
  54. -tomy
    process of cutting
  55. -centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  56. -dynia
    pain
  57. -stasis
    stopping, controlling
  58. -plasty
    surgical repair
  59. -genesis
    condition of producing, forming
  60. -cyte
    cell
  61. -penia
    deficiency
  62. -trophy
    development, nourishment
  63. -emia
    blood condition
  64. -graphy
    process of recording
  65. -scope
    instrument ot visually examine
  66. -phobia
    fear
  67. -megaly
    enlargement
  68. -ptosis
    droop, sag, prolapse
  69. -lysis
    separation, destruction
  70. -malacia
    softening
  71. -tomy
    incision
  72. -therapy
    treatment
  73. -ectomy
    excision
  74. -stomy
    new opening
  75. chondr/o
    cartilage
  76. lapar/o
    abdomen, abdominal wall
  77. axill/o
    armpit
  78. blephar/o
    eyelid
  79. mamm/o
    breast
  80. angi/o
    vessel
  81. cyst/o
    urinary bladder
  82. isch/o
    to hold back
  83. adip/o
    fat
  84. hepat/o
    liver
  85. my/o
    muscle
  86. ot/o
    ear
  87. tonsill/o
    tonsil
  88. morph/o
    shape
  89. pneumon/o
    lung
  90. pulmon/o
    lung
  91. ante-
    before, forward
  92. anti-
    against
  93. ana-
    up, apart
  94. brady-
    slow
  95. con-
    with, together
  96. contra-
    against, opposite
  97. bi-
    two
  98. ad-
    toward
  99. dys-
    bad, painful, difficult
  100. dia-
    thorough, complete
  101. eu-
    good, normal
  102. intra-
    into, within
  103. de-
    down, lack of
  104. inter-
    between
  105. hypo-
    deficient, under
  106. hyper-
    excessive, above
  107. mal-
    bad
  108. peri-
    surrounding
  109. poly-
    many, much
  110. per-
    through
  111. syn-
    together, with
  112. neo-
    new
  113. meta-
    beyond, change
  114. para-
    abnormal, beside, near
  115. post-
    after, behind
  116. ab-
    away from
  117. ante-
    before, forward
  118. cata-
    down
  119. contra-
    against, opposite
  120. post-
    after, behind
  121. syn-
    together, with
  122. sym-
    together, with
  123. retro-
    behind, backward
  124. supra-
    above, upper
  125. hemi-
    half
  126. micro-
    small
  127. tachy-
    fast
  128. pseudo-
    false
  129. pro-
    before, forward
  130. ultra-
    beyond, excess
  131. necr/o
    death
  132. carp/o
    wrist bones
  133. gloss/o
    tongue
  134. seps/o
    infection
  135. cost/o
    rib
  136. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  137. -plasia
    development, formation
  138. -pnea
    breathing
  139. -partum
    birth, labor
  140. -trophy
    nourishment, development
  141. amyl/o
    starch
  142. an/o
    anus
  143. appendic/o
    appendix
  144. bil/i
    bile or gall
  145. bronch/o
    bronchial tube
  146. celi/o
    belly or abdomen
  147. cheil/o
    lip
  148. cholangi/o
    bile vessel
  149. cib/o
    food
  150. col/o
    large intestine
  151. dent/i
    tooth
  152. duoden/o
    duodenum
  153. enter/o
    small intestine
  154. esophag/o
    esophagus
  155. eti/o
    cause
  156. hem/o
    blood
  157. herni/o
    hernia
  158. lapar/o
    abdomen
  159. bucc/o
    cheek
  160. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  161. choledoch/o
    common bile duct
  162. gastr/o
    stomach
  163. hepat/o
    liver
  164. ile/o
    ileum
  165. jejun/o
    jejunum
  166. lith/o
    stone
  167. pancreat/o
    pancreas
  168. pharyng/o
    throat
  169. labi/o
    lip
  170. lingu/o
    tongue
  171. lip/o
    fat, lipid
  172. lymphangi/o
    lymph vessel
  173. mandibul/o
    lower jaw, mandible
  174. men/o
    menses
  175. odont/o
    tooth
  176. odyn/o
    painful
  177. or/o
    mouth
  178. peritone/o
    peritoneum
  179. proct/o
    anus and rectum
  180. prote/o
    protein
  181. pylor/o
    pylorus sphincter
  182. rect/o
    rectum
  183. sialaden/o
    salivary gland
  184. sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon
  185. splen/o
    spleen
  186. steat/o
    fat
  187. stomat/o
    mouth
  188. tonsill/o
    tonsil
  189. -ase
    enzyme
  190. -chezia
    defecation
  191. -ectasia
    dilation or expansion
  192. -spasm
    sudden contraction of muscles
  193. -emia
    blood condition
  194. -iasis
    abnormal condition
  195. -orexia
    appetite
  196. -pathy
    disease
  197. -pepsia
    digestion
  198. -phagia
    eating or swallowing
  199. -prandial
    pertaining to a meal
  200. -tresia
    perforation, opening
  201. -rrhagia, -rrhage
    bursting forth of blood
  202. -rrhaphy
  203. -rrhaphy
    suture
  204. -scopy
    process of visual examination
  205. -stenosis
    narrowing, tightening
  206. -tresia
    new opening
  207. -stasis
    to stop, control
  208. -tomy
    incision
  209. -ptysis
    spitting
  210. -emesis
    vomiting
  211. cyst/o
    urinary bladder
  212. pyel/o
    renal pelvis
  213. vesic/o
    urinary bladder
  214. lith/o
    stone
  215. ren/o
    kidney
  216. albumin/o
    albumin
  217. hydr/o
    water
  218. py/o
    pus
  219. azot/o
    nitrogen
  220. olig/o
    scanty
  221. -tripsy
    to crush
  222. -poietin
    substance that forms
  223. -uria
    urination, urine condition
  224. -sclerosis
    hardening
  225. -ole
    small
  226. -gram
    record
  227. dips/o
    thirst
  228. noct/o
    night
  229. angi/o
    blood vessel
  230. metr/o
    uterus
  231. myom/o
    muscle, muscle tumor
  232. galact/o
    milk
  233. mast/o
    breast
  234. colp/o
    vagina
  235. episi/o
    vulva
  236. oophor/o
    ovary
  237. hyster/o
    uterus, womb
  238. perine/o
    perineum
  239. -pareunia
    sexual intercourse
  240. -cele
    hernia
  241. -gravida
    pregnancy
  242. -parous
    bearing, bringing forth
  243. uni-
    one
  244. multi-
    many
  245. nulli-
    no, not, none
  246. pre-
    before
  247. balan/o
    glans penis
  248. salphing/o
    fallopian tube
  249. orchi/o
    testis, testicle
  250. vas/o
    vessel, duct; vas deferens
  251. zo/o
    animal life
  252. andr/o
    male
  253. crypt/o
    hidden
  254. cry/o
    cold
  255. hydr/o
    water, fluid
  256. epididym/o
    epididymis
  257. terat/o
    monster
  258. -plasia
    formation, structure
  259. -pexy
    fixation, to put in place
  260. kines/o
    movement
  261. mening/o
    membranes, meninges
  262. neur/o
    nerve
  263. my/o
    muscle
  264. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  265. radicul/o
    nerve root
  266. tax/o
    order, coordination
  267. myel/o
    spinal cord
  268. esthesi/o
    feeling, nervous sensation
  269. quadri-
    four
  270. para-
    abnormal
  271. -algesia
    sensitivity to pain
  272. -paresis
    weakness
  273. -phasia
    speech
  274. -plegia
    paralysis, palsy
  275. -sthenia
    strength
  276. -praxia
    action
  277. -blast
    embryonic, immature cell
  278. anxi/o
    uneasy, anxious
  279. hypn/o
    sleep
  280. iatr/o
    physician, treatment
  281. klept/o
    to steal
  282. ment/o
    mind; chin
  283. phren/o
    mind
  284. psych/o
    mind
  285. pyr/o
    fever, fire
  286. schiz/o
    split
  287. somat/o
    body
  288. xen/o
    stranger
  289. aut/o
    self, own
  290. phil/o
    like, love, attraction to
  291. -genic
    produced by or in
  292. -leptic
    to seize, take hold of
  293. -mania
    obsessive, preoccupation
  294. -phobia
    fear
  295. -thymia
    mind (condition of)
  296. -phoria
    to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
  297. ather/o
    plaque (fatty substance)
  298. brachi/o
    arm
  299. my/o
    muscle
  300. phleb/o
    vein
  301. aort/o
    aorta (largest artery)
  302. axill/o
    armpit
  303. coron/o
    heart
  304. ox/o
    oxygen
  305. cyan/o
    blue
  306. thromb/o
    clot
  307. atri/o
    atrium (upper heart chamber)
  308. valvul/o
    valve
  309. sphygm/o
    pulse
  310. vas/o
    vessel
  311. myx/o
    mucus
  312. ventricul/o
    ventricle
  313. ven/o
    vein
  314. vascul/o
    vessel (blood)
  315. -constriction
    narrowing
  316. -dilation
    widening, stretching
  317. tri-
    three
  318. adenoid/o
    adenoids
  319. alveol/o
    alveolus, air sac
  320. bronch/o
    bronchial tube
  321. bronchiol/o
    bronchiole
  322. nas/o
    nose
  323. pector/o
    chest
  324. orth/o
    straight
  325. laryng/o
    voice box
  326. phon/o
    voice
  327. phren/o
    diaphragm
  328. coni/o
    duct
  329. py/o, purul/o
    pus
  330. tel/o
    complete
  331. trache/o
    windpipe
  332. -osmia
    smell
  333. -ptysis
    spitting
  334. acous/o
    hearing
  335. ambyl/o
    dull, dim
  336. anis/o
    unequal
  337. aque/o
    water
  338. audit/o
    hearing; sense of hearing
  339. aur/o
    ear
  340. cochle/o
    cochlea
  341. conjuctiv/o
    conjuctiva
  342. cor/o
    pupil
  343. corne/o
    cornea
  344. cycl/o
    ciliary body or muscle of the eye
  345. dacry/o
    tears, tear duct
  346. dipl/o
    double
  347. glauc/o
    gray
  348. ir/o
    iris
  349. kerat/o
    cornea
  350. lacrim/o
    tears
  351. mi/o
    smaller, less
  352. mydr/o
    widen, enlarge
  353. myring/o
    eardrum; tympanic
  354. nyct/o
    night
  355. ocul/o
    relationship to the eye
  356. ophthalm/o
    eye, vision
  357. ossicul/o
    ossicle
  358. ot/o
    ear
  359. palpebr/o
    eyelid
  360. papill/o
    optic disc, nipple-like
  361. phac/o
    lens of the eye
  362. phot/o
    light
  363. presby/o
    old age
  364. pupill/o
    pupil
  365. retin/o
    retina
  366. salping/o
    eustachian tube, auditory tube
  367. scler/o
    sclera
  368. scot/o
    darkness
  369. staped/o
    stapes
  370. tympan/o
    eardrum, tympanic membrane
  371. uve/o
    uvea; vascular layer of the eye
  372. vitre/o
    glassy
  373. xer/o
    dry
  374. -cusis
    hearing
  375. -opia
    vision
  376. -otia
    ear condition
  377. -meter
    instrument to measure
  378. -metry
    measurement
  379. -phobia
    fear
  380. -plegia
    paralysis, stroke
  381. -tropia
    to turn
  382. calc/o,
  383. calc/o, calci/o
    calcium
  384. kyph/o
    humpback, hunchback
  385. lamin/o
    lamina (part of the vertrebal arch)
  386. lord/o
    curve, swayback
  387. lumb/o
    loins, lower back
  388. myel/o
    bone marrow
  389. orth/o
    straight
  390. oste/o
    bone
  391. scoli/o
    crooked, bent
  392. spondyl/o
    vertebra
  393. vertebr/o
    vertebra
  394. -blast
    embryonic or immature cell
  395. -clast
    to break
  396. -listhesis
    slipping
  397. -malacia
    softening
  398. -physis
    to grow
  399. -porosis
    pore, passage
  400. -tome
    instrument to cut
  401. acetabul/o
    acetabulum
  402. calcane/o
    calcenus (heel)
  403. carp/o
    carpals (wrist bones)
  404. clavicul/o
    clavicle (collar bone)
  405. cost/o
    ribs
  406. crani/o
    cranium (skull)
  407. femor/o
    femur (thigh bone)
  408. fibul/o
    fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
  409. humer/o
    humerus (upper arm bone)
  410. ili/o
    ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
  411. ischi/o
    ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
  412. malleol/o
    malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
  413. mandibul/o
    mandible (lower jaw bone)
  414. maxill/o
    maxilla (upper jaw bone)
  415. metacarp/o
    metacarpals (hand bones)
  416. metatars/o
    metatarsals (foot bones)
  417. olecran/o
    olecranon (elbow)
  418. patell/o
    patella (kneecap)
  419. pelv/i
    pelvis (hipbone)
  420. perone/o
    fibula
  421. phalang/o
    phalanges (fingers and/or toe bones)
  422. pub/o
    pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
  423. radi/o
    radius (lower arm bone - thumb side)
  424. scapul/o
    scapula (shoulder blade)
  425. stern/o
    sternum (breastbone)
  426. tars/o
    tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)
  427. tibi/o
    tibia (shin bone)
  428. uln/o
    ulna (lower arm bone - little finger side)
  429. ankyl/o
    stiff
  430. arthr/o
    joint
  431. articul/o
    joint
  432. burs/o
    bursa
  433. chondr/o
    cartilage
  434. ligament/o
    ligament
  435. rheumat/o
    watery flow
  436. synov/o
    synovial membrane
  437. ten/o
    tendon
  438. tendin/o
    tendon
  439. -desis
    to bind, tie together
  440. -stenosis
    narrowing
  441. fasci/o
    fascia
  442. fibr/o
    fibrous connective tissue
  443. leiomy/o
    smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
  444. my/o
    muscle
  445. myocardio/o
    heart muscle
  446. myos/o
    muscle
  447. plant/o
    sole of the foot
  448. rhabdomy/o
    skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
  449. -asthenia
    lack of strength
  450. -trophy
    development, nourishment
  451. ab-
    way from
  452. ad-
    toward
  453. dorsi-
    back
  454. adip/o
    fat
  455. albin/o
    white
  456. caus/o
    burn, burning
  457. cauter/o
    heat, burn
  458. cutane/o
    skin
  459. derm/o, dermat/o
    skin
  460. diaphor/o
    profuse sweating
  461. erythem/o, erythemat/o
    redness
  462. hidr/o
    sweat
  463. ichthy/o
    scaly, dry (fish-like)
  464. kerat/o
    hard, horny tissue
  465. leuk/o
    white
  466. lip/o
    fat
  467. melan/o
    black
  468. myc/o
    fungus
  469. onych/o
    nail
  470. phyt/o
    plant
  471. pil/o
    hair, hair follicle
  472. py/o
    pus
  473. rhytid/o
    wrinkle
  474. seb/o
    sebum
  475. squam/o
    scale-like
  476. steat/o
    fat
  477. trich/o
    hair
  478. ungu/o
    nail
  479. xanth/o
    yellow
  480. xer/o
    dry
  481. anthrac/o
    black
  482. chlor/o
    green
  483. cirrh/o
    tawny yellow
  484. eosin/o
    rosy
  485. erythr/o
    red
  486. jaund/o
    yellow
  487. lute/o
    yellow
  488. melan/o
    black
  489. poli/o
    gray
  490. aden/
    gland
  491. bi/o
    life
  492. carcin/o
    cancerous, cancer
  493. cis/o
    to cut
  494. crin/o
    to secrete
  495. electr/o
    electricity
  496. gnos/o
    knowlege
  497. -ac
    pertaining to
  498. -al
    pertaining to
  499. -ic, -ical
    petaining to
  500. -ion
    process
  501. -ist
    specialist
  502. -logy
    process of study
  503. -oma
    tumor, mass, swelling
  504. -opsy
    process of viewing
  505. -osis
    condition, usually abnormal
  506. -sis
    state of, condition
  507. -y
    process, condition
  508. aut-, auto-
    self, own
  509. exo-
    outside of, outward
  510. in-
    into, in
  511. re-
    back, backward, again
  512. anter/o
    front
  513. bol/o
    to cast (throw)
  514. cervic/o
    neck
  515. chrom/o
    color
  516. coccyg/o
    coccyx (tailbone)
  517. dist/o
    far, distant
  518. dors/o
    back portion of the body
  519. hist/o
    tissue
  520. kary/o
    nucleus
  521. later/o
    side
  522. lumb/o
    loewr back
  523. medi/o
    middle
  524. pelv/i
    pelvis
  525. poster/o
    back, behind
  526. proxim/o
    nearest
  527. sacr/o
    sacrum
  528. spin/o
    spine, backbone
  529. thel/o
    nipple
  530. umbilic/o
    navel, umbilicus
  531. viscer/o
    internal organs
  532. -eal
    pertaining to
  533. -iac
    pertaining to
  534. -ior
    pertaining to
  535. -ism
    process, condition
  536. -ose
    pertaining to, full of
  537. -plasm
    formation
  538. -somes
    bodies
  539. -type
    picture, classification
  540. acr/o
    extremities, top, extreme point
  541. acu/o
    sharp, severe, sudden
  542. amni/o
    amnion
  543. carcin/o
    cancer
  544. chem/o
    drug, chemical
  545. chron/o
    time
  546. col/o
    colon
  547. muc/o
    mucus
  548. necr/o
    death (of cells or whole body)
  549. neutr/o
    neutrophil
  550. plas/o
    formation, development
  551. staphyl/o
    clusters
  552. strept/o
    twisted chains
  553. ven/o
    vein
  554. -coccus
    berry-shaped bacterium
  555. -er
    one who
  556. -ia
    condition
  557. -ist
    specialist
  558. -ole
    little, small
  559. -ule
    little, small
  560. -um, -ium
    structure, substance
  561. -oid
    resembling
  562. -tic
    pertaining to
  563. nat/i
    birth
  564. furc/o
    forking, branching
  565. dactyl/o
    fingers, toes
  566. duct/o
    fingers, toes
  567. norm/o
    rule, order
  568. seps/o
    infection
  569. son/o
    sound
  570. the/o
    to put, place
  571. thyr/o
    thyroid gland
  572. top/o
    place, position, location
  573. tox/o
    poison
  574. -cyesis
    pregnancy
  575. -drome
    to run
  576. -fusion
    coming together, to pour
  577. -lapse
    to side, fall, sag
  578. -mission
    to send
  579. -partum
    labor, birth
  580. -physis
    to grow
  581. -plasia
    development, formation
  582. -plasm
    structure or formation
  583. de-
    down, lack of
  584. infra-
    beneath
  585. macro-
    large
  586. in-
    not
  587. pan-
    all
  588. trans-
    across, through
  589. bucc/o
    cheek
  590. cec/o
    cecum
  591. an/o
    anus
  592. faci/o
    face
  593. gingiv/o
    gums
  594. chlorhydr/o
    hydrochloric acid
  595. gluc/o, glyc/o
    sugar
  596. glycogen/o
    glycogen, animal starch
  597. sial/o
    saliva, salivary
  598. cali/o, calic/o
    calyx (calix)
  599. glomerul/o
    glomerulus
  600. meat/o
    meatus
  601. pyel/o
    renal pelvis
  602. trigon/o
    trigone
  603. ureter/o
    ureter
  604. urether/o
    urethra
  605. azot/o
    nitrogen
  606. ket/o, keton/o
    ketone bodies
  607. lith/o
    stone
  608. chori/o, chorion/o
    chorion
  609. culd/o
    cul-de-sac
  610. episi/o
    vulva
  611. hyster/o
    uterus, womb
  612. metr/o, metri/o
    uterus
  613. obstetr/o
    pregnancy, childbirth
  614. o/o
    egg
  615. ov/o
    egg
  616. ovari/o
    ovary
  617. phor/o
    to bear
  618. -arche
    beginning
  619. -salpinx
    uterine tube
  620. -tocia
    labor, birth
  621. -version
    act of turning
  622. primi-
    first
  623. gon/o
    seed
  624. orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
    testis, testicle
  625. prostat/o
    prostate gland
  626. semin/i
    semen, seed
  627. sperm/o, spermat/o
    spermatozoa, semen
  628. varic/o
    varicose veins
  629. -one
    hormone
  630. cerebell/o
    cerebellum
  631. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  632. dur/o
    dura mater
  633. gli/o
    glial cells
  634. lept/o
    thin, slender
  635. mening/o, meningi/o
    membranes, meninges
  636. pont/o
    pons
  637. thalam/o
    thalamus
  638. thec/o
    sheath
  639. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  640. alges/o, -algesia
    excessive sensitivity to pain
  641. -algia
    pain
  642. comat/o
    deep sleep
  643. esthisi/o, -esthesia
    feeling, nervous sensation
  644. kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, kinesis, -kinetic
    movement
  645. -lepsy
    seizure
  646. lex/o
    word, phrase
  647. -praxia
    action
  648. syncop/o
    to cut off, cut short
  649. myx/o
  650. pericardi/o
    pericardium
  651. phleb/o
    vein
  652. capn/o
    carbon dioxide
  653. coni/o
    dust
  654. epiglott/o
    epiglottis
  655. lob/o
    lobe of the lung
  656. mediastin/o
    mediastinum
  657. aque/o
    water
  658. conjuctiv/o
    conjuctiva
  659. cor/o
    pupil
  660. corne/o
    cornea
  661. cycl/o
    ciliary body
  662. dacry/o
    tears, tear duct
  663. ir/o, irid/o
    iris
  664. kerat/o
    cornea
  665. ocul/o
    eye
  666. opt/o, optic/o
    eye, vision
  667. palpebr/o
    eyelid
  668. papill/o
    optic disc; nipple-like
  669. phac/o, phak/o
    lens of the eye
  670. pupill/o
    pupil
  671. retin/o
    retina
  672. scler/o
    sclera
  673. uve/o
    uvea
  674. vitre/o
    glassy
  675. ambly/o
    dull, dim
  676. glauc/o
    gray
  677. mi/o
    smaller, less
  678. mydr/o
    widen, enlarge
  679. phot/o
    light
  680. presby/o
    old age
  681. scot/o
    darkness
  682. -opia
    vision
  683. -opsia
    vision
  684. -tropia
    to turn
  685. hallucin/o
    hallucination, to wander in the mind
Author
agagarin
ID
19121
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Final Exam Review
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The Language of Medicine - Final Exam
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