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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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cardi/o
heart, upper part of stomach
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col/o, colon/o
large intestine, colon
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cyst/o
sac of fluid, bladder
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gen/o
giving rise to, creating
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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ped/o
child, infant, foot
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ecto/, exo/
outside, outer
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infra/
inferior to, below
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peri/
around, surrounding
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/centesis (noun)
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withdrawing fluid
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/emia or /hemia (noun)
throughout the blood
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/gram (noun)
picture, record, tracing
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/graph (noun)
instrument that creates a picture or recording
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/graphy (noun)
process of creating a picture, record, tracing
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/ism (noun)
situation, process, condition
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/ist (noun)
one who does, one who specializes in
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/itis (noun)
/itic (adj)
/itid/es
inflamation
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/ium, /um (noun)
/ia, /a
structure
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/megaly (noun)
enlargement
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/meter (noun)
distance measure, instrument to measure
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/osis, /sis (noun)
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/otic, /tic (adj)
pathologic condition, relating to a condition
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/pathy (noun)
disease process
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/scope (noun)
instrument to see through or with
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/stasis (noun)
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control, hold in
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/ose (adj)
like, relating to (also chemical name for sugar)
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angi/o
vessel containing fluid
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carcin/o
cancer of gland tissue
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electr/o
electrical activity
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laryng/o
voicebox, larynx
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sarc/o
nongland tissue, flesh
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contra/
opposite, against
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ultra/
beyond, higher than
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/blast (noun)
undifferentiated, original
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/fusion (noun)
pour, bond
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/malacia (noun)
softening
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/mania (noun), maniac (adj)
excessive preoccupation or obsession
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/oma (noun)
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tumor, mass
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/partum (noun)
labor, delivery
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/penia (noun)
lack of, decrease, poor
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/plasty (noun)
restore by surgery
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/stoma (noun)
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body opening (to the outside)
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/stomy (noun)
surgically created body opening
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/therapy (noun)
treatment
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/tome (noun)
cutting instrument
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/tomy (noun)
cut into or slice
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/trophy (noun)
growth, development by size or nourishment
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relating to growth, development
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bronch/o
airway tubes in lung
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crin/o
to separate from blood, secrete
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dactyl/o
digits, fingers, toes
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gnos/o
knowledge, understanding
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phag/o, /phage
eat, swallow, engulf
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plasm/o
plasma, cell substance
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
air, gas, lung air sacs
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radi/o
rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
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seps/o, sept/i
infection, bacteria
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tom/o
cut, slice or a hole
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supra/, super/
above, superior to
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/cele (noun)
sac protruding, hernia
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/lysis (noun), /lytic (adj)
break down or apart, dissolve
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/pexy (noun)
affix, attach into place
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/physes
grow
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/plasia (noun)
growth, development
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/poiesis (noun)
formation
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/ptosis (noun)
drooped, slipped down
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/sclerosis (noun), /sclerotic (adj)
hardening
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reflex
Babinski's, Gordon's, Babkin, Barkman's, Brudzinski's
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point
McBurney, Brewer's, Addison's, Pauly's, Mackenzie's
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syndrome
Cushing's, Curtius', Charcot's, Cornelia de Lange's, Leriche's
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fracture
Pott's, Colles', Monteggia's, Galeazzi's, Jefferson's
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cirrhosis
Laƫnnec('s), Hanot's, Budd's, Charcot's, Todd's
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palsy
Bell's, Erb's, Klumpke's, Todd's
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respiration
Corrigan's, Cheyne-Stokes, Austin Flint, Kussmaul's
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sarcoma
Hodgkin's, Kaposi's, Kupffer cell, Abernethy's, pseudo-Kaposi
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disease
Alzheimer's, Hodgkin's, Hodgson's, Hirschsprung's, Legg's
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tube
Miller-Abbott, Kelly's, Mueller-Frazier, Ochsner's, Cantor
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incision
Roux-en-Y, Pfannenstiel's, Halsted's, Rollet's, McBurney
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anemia
Cooley's, Lederer's, Dresbach's, Chvostek's
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virus
Epstein-Barr, Brunhilde, West Nile, Powassan, Mengo
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Below Knee Amputation
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head, eyes, ears, nose (and) throat
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HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Lactated Ringer's Solution
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NPO
- mil per so
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NSD
no significant disease
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PDR
Physician's Desk Reference
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PERRLA
(The) pupils (are) equal, round (and) reactive (to) light (and) accommodation
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Sexually Transmitted Disease
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VDRL
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory
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a.c., ante cibum
before meals
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ad lib., ad libitum
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centimeter, centimeters
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- 5% dextrose in water
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b.i.d., bis in die
two times a day
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E. coli
- Escherichia coli
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ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram
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Fr
French (a kind of catheter or tube)
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FUO
fever of unknown origin
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mcg
microgram, micrograms
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milliequivalent, milliequivalents
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milligram per cent, milligrams per cent
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milliliter, millileters
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mmHg
millimeters of mercury
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mm
millimeter, millimeters
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n.p.o., nil per so, NBM
nothing by mouth
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oxygen (chemical element)
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p.r.n., pro re nata
as needed, as required
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per cent
for every one hundred
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pH
hydrogen ion concentration
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polys
polymorphonuclear leukocytes
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q.( ) h., quaque ( ) hora
every ( ) hours
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q.a.m., quaque ante meridian
every morning
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q.d., quaque die
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q.h.s.
every hour of sleep, every bedtime
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q.i.d., quater in die
four times a day
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q.n.s.
quantity not sufficient
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RBC
red blood cells, red blood count
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sed rate
sedimentation rate
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segs
segmented neutrophils
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subcutaneous
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temperature, pulse and respiration
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t.i.d., ter in die
three times a day
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- unit, units
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wbc, WBCs
white blood count, white blood cells
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appendectomy, appendicitis
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cysto
cystoscopy, cystogram
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nullip
nullipara, woman with no deliveries
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primip
primipara, woman with one previous birth
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sibs
siblings, brothers and sisters
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