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Aden/o
referring to a gland
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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kerat/o
cornea; hard, horny tissue
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leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
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myel/o
Marrow, spinal cord
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orth/o
comb straight or correct.
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poikil/o
varied; irregular
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rhabdomy/o
striated, skeletal muscles
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salping/o
fallopian tube, uterine tube
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-gram
picture, graph, record
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-graph
recording instrument
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-graphy
process of making an image
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-penia
deficiency, low number
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-poiesis
creation; formation
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-scopy
process of examining
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-trophy
development, growth, nutrition
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a-,
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without, lack of, absence of
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dys-
difficult, abnormal, bad, painful
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ex-,
exo-
outside, outward
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ACTH
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone
- hormone produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
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AD,
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- Right ear
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- each ear
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AP view
Anterior prosterior view
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C5-C6
cervical 5 and cervical 6
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COPD
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- most common lung diseases. It makes it difficult to breathe
- Chronic bronchitis, defined by a long-term cough with mucus
- Emphysema, defined by destruction of the lungs over time
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CT scan
combines special x-ray equipment with sophisticated computers to produce multiple images or pictures of the inside of the body. These cross-sectional images of the area being studied can then be examined
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FDA
Food and Drug Administration
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GTT
glucose tolerance test is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood
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IM
- internal medicine
- the branch of medicine concerned with nonsurgical diseases in adults, but not including diseases limited to the skin or to the nervous system
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IVP
Intravenous Pyelogram
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- Right eye
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PA
n X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front
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PERRLA
Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation
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TNM
is a cancer staging system that describes the extent of cancer in a patient’s body.T describes the size of the tumour and whether it has invaded nearby tissue,N describes regional lymph nodes that are involved,M describes distant metastasis (spread of cancer from one body part to another
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