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Gastr/o=

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Stomach

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What does gastroscopy mean?

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Visual examination of stomach with instrument

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What does endoscopy mean?

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Visual examination of the small intestines with an instrument

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What does colonoscopy mean?

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Visual examination of the colon with an instrument

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Gnos/o=

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Knowledge

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Define diagnosis

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Complete knowledge gained after testing and examining the patient

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What is the prefix for going through the patient?

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Dia-

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Gynec/o=

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Woman/female

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What does gynecology mean?

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The study of female disorders

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Hemat/o=

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Blood

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What does hematoma mean?

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Mass or swelling containing blood

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What is a subdural hematoma?

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Mass or swelling containing blood under the dura mater

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Hepat/o=

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liver

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What does hepatitis mean?

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Inflammation of the liver

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Lapar/o=

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Abdomen

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What does laparotomy mean?

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Incision of the abdomen

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Leuk/o=

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White

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What is a leukocyte?

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WBC

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Nephr/o=

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Kidney

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What does nephrectomy mean?

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Excision of the kidney

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Neur/o=

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Nerve

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What does neurology mean?

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The study of the nervous system and the nerves

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Onc/o=

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Tumor

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What does oncologist mean?

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Cancer specialist

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Ophthalm/o=
Eye
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What does ophthalmoscope mean?
Instrument used to examine the internal eye
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Oste/o=
Bone
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What does osteoarthritis mean?
Inflammation of the bone and joints due to degeneration
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Path/o=
Disease
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What does pathologist mean?
MD who views biopsy samples to make a diagnosis and examines a dead body to determine the cause of death
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Psych/o=
Mind
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What does psychosis mean?
Condition in which a person loses touch with reality
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Ren/o=
Kidney
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What does renal mean?
Pertaining to the kidney
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Rhin/o=
Nose
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What does rhinitis mean?
Inflammation of the nose
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Sarc/o=
Flesh
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What does sarcoma mean?
Tumor of the fleshy tissues of the body
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Thromb/o=
Clotting
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What is a thrombocyte?
Small cell that helps blood to clot
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A- or an- =
No/without
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Aut- =
Self
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Dia- =
Complete/through
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Dys- =
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Endo- =
Within
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Exo- =
Outside
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Hyper- =
Excessive, more than normal, too much
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Hypo- =
Below, less than normal, under
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Pro- =
Before
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Re- =
Back
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Retro- =
Behind
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Sub- =
Below or under
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Trans- =
Across or through
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-al =
Pertaining to
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-algia =
Pain
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-cyte =
Cell
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-ectomy =
Cutting out, removal, excision
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-emia=
Blood condition
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-globin=
Protein
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-gram =
Record
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-ia
Condition (of)
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-ic =
Pertaining to
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-ism =
Condition or process
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-itis =
Inflammation
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-logist=
Specialist in the
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-logy =
Study of
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-oma =
Tumor or mass
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-opsy =
To view
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-osis=
Abnormal condition

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