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surgical puncture
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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excision, removal
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separation; destruction; loosening
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fixation (of an organ)
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forming an opening (mouth)
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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instrument for recording
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process of recording
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angi/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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instrument for measuring
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instrument for examining
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visual examination
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-algia, -dynia
pain
neuralgia, otodynia
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dilation, expansion
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bronchi
bronchus (plural: bronchi)
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chol/e/lith/iasis*
koleeliTHIasis
-iasis = abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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excessive, above normal
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chol/e/lith*
chol/e: bile, gall
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood vessels)
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decrease, deficiency
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting (of)
hemorrhage, menorrhagia
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men/o
menses, menstruation
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narrowing, stricture
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nourishment, development
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dys-
bad; painful, difficult
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A- an-
not, without
a=before a consonant
an=before a vowel
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act of leading, bringing, conducting
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dia-, trans-
through, across
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formation, growth
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under, below, deficient
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instrument for examining
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pre-, pro-
before, in front of
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later/o
side, to one side
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poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
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ventr/o
belly, belly side
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specialist in the study of
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separation; destruction; loosening
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adjective suffixes that mean 'pertaining to'
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horizontal plane
transverse
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cephal/ad
toward the head
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act of leading, bringing, conducting
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cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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lumb/o
loins (lower back)
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umbilicus, navel
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adhesion
band of scar tissue binding anatomical surfaces that are normally separate from each other
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inflammation
protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection or allergy
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sepsis
body's inflammatory response to infection, in which these is fever, elevated heart and respiratory rate, and low blood pressure
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visual examination
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endoscopy
visual examination of the interior organs and cavities with a specialized lighted instrument called an endoscope
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fluoro-
luminous, fluorescence
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fluroscopy
radiographic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen instead of a photographic plate to produce a visual image from x-rays that pass through the patient, resulting in continuous imaging of the motion of internal structures and immediate serial images.
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MRI
radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce multiplanar cross-sectional images of the body
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nuclear scan
diagnostic technique that produces an image of an organ or area by recording the concentration of a radiopharmaceutical (radioactive substance {radionuclide} and another chemical) introduced into the body (ingested, inhaled, or injected)
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radiography
production of captured shadow images on photographic film through the action of ionizing radiation passing through the body from an external source
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radi/o
radiation, x-ray, radius
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radiopharmaceutical
diagnostic, research, and therapeutic
drug that contains a radioactive substance which travels to an area or specific organ to be scanned
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scan
technique for carefully studying an area, organ, or system of the body by recording and displaying an image of the area
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tomography
(CT, PET, and SPECT)
radiographic technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross-section, or slice of an area, tissue, or organ at a predetermined depth
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CT
narrow beam of x-rays that rotate in a full arc around the patient to acquire multiple views of the body that a computer interprets to produce cross-sectional images of that body part
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