Exam 1 Week 1 Flashcards
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Surgery
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Hand work (work done by hand)
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Clinic
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Pertaining to a bed (bedside)
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Diagnosis
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Complete knowledge
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Doctor
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Teacher
Doctors teach patients how to stay healthy or get well
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Noso- (no-SOH)
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Disease
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Patho-, -pathy
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Sickness
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Dose
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Giving
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Etio-
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Cause
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Hospital
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Institution for guests
(Housing for sick people)
(back in the day Hospitalers ran a hospice or a motel for travelers who are often sick)
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Iatro-
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Physician, doctor
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Physio-
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Nature
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Apothecary (ah-POTH-e-ka-re)
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Storehouse (Drug Storehouse)
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Prognosis
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Foreknowledge (forecast of how a disease will turn out)
(forecast to recovery)
(-osis= unhealthy condition)
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Symptom
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Perception of disease
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Therap-
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To heal
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Veterinary
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Dealing with beasts of burden (any type of animal given medical care)
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Bio-
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Living
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-atrics
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To treat
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-ist, -logist
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A doer, a specialist
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-ize
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Treatment
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Morbus
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Disease
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-ology
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Study of
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-itis
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Inflammation
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-osis, -iasis
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Status, condition
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sanitas
Health
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Physic-
Natural
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Pharmaco-
Medicine
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Nosocomial
Disease originating in a hospital (disease from hospital such as urinary infection caused by urinary draining tubes)
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Nosology
Classification of diseases
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Pathology
Study of sickness
| Patho- = sickness; -ology = study of
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Adenopathy
Sickness of a gland
| Adeno=gland; pathy=sickness
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Etiology
Study of causes of disease
| Etio=Cause; -ology=study of
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Iatrogenic
Doctor-caused (Disease from doctor)
(Ex: Surgical Absess)
(Iatro=Doctor)
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Pharmacist
One who prepares and sells drugs
| Pharmaco=Medicine; -ist=one/specialist
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Pharmaceutics
Medicines
| Pharmaco=Medicine
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Therapist
One who heals
| Therap=to heal; -ist=one/specialist
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Physiotherapy
Healing with heat or other natural means
| Physio=nature; -therapy=to heal
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Biology
Study of living things
| Bio=living; -ology=study of
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Biomedical
Application of biology to medicine
| Bio=living
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Geriatrics
Treatment of the elderly
| Geri=elderly; -atrics= to treat
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Pediatrics
Treatment of children
| Pedi=children; -atrics=to treat
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Internist
Specialist in internal medicine
| -ist= specialist
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Cauterize
Treat by burning tissue
| -ize= action of treatment
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Morbid
Diseased
| morbus-= disease
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Morbidity
Incidence of disease
| morbus-= disease
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Pharmacology
Study of medicine
| Pharmac-=medicine; -ology=study of
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Dermatology
Study of skin diseases
| Dermat- =skin; -ology=study of
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Dermatitis
Skin inflammation
| Dermat- =skin; -itis = inflammation
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Dermatosis
Disease process in the skin
| Dermat- =skin; -osis/-iasis = unhealthy condition
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Leishmaniasis
Infection with Leishmania
| -iasis/-osis = Unhealthy condition
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Sanitary
Conducive to health
| Sanitas- =Health
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Sanitation
Process of promoting health
| Sanitas- = Health; -tion=process?
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Physiology
Study of natural functions of the body
| Physio- = Nature; -ology = Study of
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Thyroiditis
Thyroid inflammation
| -itis = inflammation
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Pancreatitis
Pancreas inflammation
| -itis = inflammation
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Cardiologist
Specialist in heart disease
| Cardio- = Heart; -ist= specialist
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Physician
Healer using medicine
| Physic- = Medicine
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Albus
White
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Amauros
Dark
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Argentum
Silver
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Aureus
Golden
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Chlor-
green
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Chroma
Color
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Cirros
Orange yellow
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Cyano-
Blue
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Eos
Dawn, roselike color
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Erythro-
Red
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Flavo-
Yellow
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Fuscin
Dark brown
70
Glaucos
Grayish green
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Ictero-
Jaundice (yelllow)
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Jaundice
Yellow
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Leuko, leuco-
White
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Luteus
Yellow
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Melano-
Black
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Neutro-
Neutral, neither
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Nigra
Black
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Pheo-
Dusky
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Polios (PO-le-os)
Gray
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Porphyra (pro-FI-rah)
Purple
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Purpurus (PUR-pu-rus)
Purple
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Rhodo- (Ro-do)
red, rosy
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Rubor
red
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Xantho (ZAN-tho)
Yellow
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Psychro- (SI-kro)
cold
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Frig-
cold
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Cryo-
Frost
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Eczema
To boil
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Febris (FEB-rul)
Fever
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Cauterium
Branding iron
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Causticus (KAWS-ti-cus)
Burning
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Pyros, pyretic
Fire
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Calor (KAL-or)
Heat
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Therme (Thurm)
Heat
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Albino
White (no pigment) skin
| Albus=white
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Albumin
Protein that coagulates white
| Albus=white
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Linea alba
White line on abdomen
| Albus=white; linea=line
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Eosinophil
Cell that can be stained red
| Eos= Rose-like, Dawn red
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Eosin
A rose colored stain
| Eos= Rose-like, Dawn red
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Cyanosis
Bluish color of skin caused by oxygenated blood
| cyan- = blue
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Cirrhosis
Scarring of the liver that is associated with an orange – yellow color seen in the white of the eye
(Orange-yellow)
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Chromatin
Most easily stained portion of the cell nucleus
| chroma- = color
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Chlorine
Yellow – green gaseous element
| Chlor- = green
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Chlorophyll
Green plant respiratory pigment
| Chlor- = green
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Staphylococcus Aureus
Bacterium that grows yellow colonies on blood auger
| Aureus- = golden
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Thermometer
Instrument to measure heat
| Therme- = heat
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Amaurosis
Central (no problem in eyes) blindness
| Amauros = dark
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Glaucoma
The graying of the eye from excessive pressure.
| Glaucos= gray-green
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Cryostat
A freezing chamber for tissue sample
| Cryo- = frost
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Cryotherapy
Surgery by freezing tissue
| Cryo- = frost; -therapy= to heal
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Eczema
Inflammatory skin disease that appears as if they are boiling onto the surface of the skin.
(Eczema= to boil)
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Febrile
Having above normal body temperature
| Febris= Fever
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Cautery
Application of heat to burn tissue
| Cauterium= branding iron
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Cauterize
Act of applying heat to burn tissue
| Cauterium= branding iron; -ize= treatment
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Causalgia
Skin sensation of burning
| Causticus= burning
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Caustic
Able to burn
| Causticus= burning
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Pyrexia
Fever
| Pyros-, Pyretic= fire
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Antipyretic
Drug that inhibits fever production
| Pyros-, Pyretic= fire; Anti= inhibits
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Calorie
The amount of energy required to create heat
| Calor = heat
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Caloric
Relations to heat or calories
| Calor = heat
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Argentaffin
Having an affinity for silver
| Argentum = silver
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Arginine
Protein in silver fish scales
| Argentum = silver
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Polioencephalomyelitis
Inflammation of the gray matter of the nervous system
(Polios- = gray; -itis= inflammation
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Psychrophile
An organism that likes to grow at low temperatures
| Psychro- = cold
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Neutrophil
White blood cell whose granules don't stain well with red or blue stains
(Neutro- = neutral)
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Icterus
Yellow standing of tissue caused by retention of bile pigments (also known as jaundice)
(Ictero- = yellow)
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Fuscin
Brown pigment found in retina (light absorbing portion) of eye
(Fuscin= dark brown)
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Frigidity
Coldness, often applied to lack of sexual desire
| Frig- = cold
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Xanthochromia
Patches of yellow color in the skin
| Xantho- = yellow, -chroma= color
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Xanthoma
Yellow tumor of skin
| Xantho- = yellow, -toma= tumor
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Bilirubin
Breakdown product of red blood cells eliminated in bile
| Rubor- = red
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Rubricyte
A precursor to a red blood cell
| Rubor- = red; -cyte= cell
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Erythrocyte
Red blood cell that carries oxygen
| Erythro- =red; -cyte= cell
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Erythema
Redness of the skin from congested capillaries
| Erythro- =red
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Porphyrin
Basic structure of the blood carrying pigment (hemoglobin) in red blood cells
(Porphyra- = purple)
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Riboflavin
Yellow colored B vitamin
| Flav= yellow
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Ligamentum Flavin
Yellow ligaments of the spine
| Flav= yellow; ligamentum= ligaments
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Pheochromocytoma
Dusky colored tumor of the adrenal gland
| Pheo- = dusky; -chroma- = cokor -cytoma= tumor
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Substantia nigra
Area of densely packed black brain cells in mid brain – associated with motion and attention
(Nigra- = Black)
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Melanoma
Black tumor of the skin
| Melan- = black ; -oma = tumor
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Melanin
Dark skin pigment
| Melan- = black
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Melena
Dark stools from digested blood
| Melan- = black
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Corpus luteum
Yellow body that's left after an egg is released from the ovary
(Luteus = yellow)
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Leukocyte
White blood cell
| Leuco-, Leuko- = white; -cyte= cell
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Leukoderma
White discoloration of skin
| Leuco-, Leuko- = white; -derma= skin
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Jaundice
Yellow standing of tissue caused by retention of bio pigments
(Jaundice= yellow)
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Rhodopsin
Visual purple, the red – purple light sensitive areas in the rods of the eye's retina which perceives light
(Rhodo- = Red, Rosy)
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Purpura
Small purple hemorrhage in skin
| Purpurus = purple
