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Med Term Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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carp/o

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wrist bone

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cis/o

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cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protect

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

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put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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posion

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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uretha

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-crine

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secrete

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-drome

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run

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-fusion

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coming together; to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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measure

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-mission

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send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptom

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happening, occurrence

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45
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-ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stop, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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a-, an-

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no, not,
without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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apart, up

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, oppose

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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abnormal,
bad
difficult,
painful

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ec-

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out, outside

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not

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in-

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into, within

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infra-

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beneath,
under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within,
into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond,
change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal,
beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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anabolism

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Process required energy

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catabolism

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Process that releases energy; breaks down complex molecules into smaller unit.

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apnea

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temporary stopping of breathing, especially during sleep.

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anoxia

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lack of oxygen

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abductor

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a muscle that draws a limb away from the body.

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adductor

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A muscle that raws a limb towards the body.

106
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Urainlysis

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A laboratory examination of urine that aids in the diagnosis of many medical conditions.

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antecibum

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The word cibum means meals. The notation a.c., seen on
prescription orders, means before meals. You can guess
that p.c. means after (post) meals.

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anteflexion

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a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.

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antepartum

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occuring not long before childbirth

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antibodies

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blood proteins produce by B-cells in response and counteracting a specific antigen/

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antibiotics

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destroy or inhibit the growth of
microorganisms such as bacteria.

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antisepsis

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method of using chemcial, called antisepsis, to destroy the germs cause by infection.

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autoimmune disease

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when immune system malfunctions, attacking healthy cells, tissues, and organs, which weakens the bodily function and can be life threatening.

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bifurcation

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Normal splitting into two branches, such as bifurcation
of the trachea to form the bronchi.

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bilateral

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both sides or two of something.

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bradycardia

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Slow heartrate, heart rate lower than 60 bpm

117
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tachycardia

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a pulse of more than 100 bpm

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congenital anomaly

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birth defects, develops on its own before or/and after birth that is not due to genetic inheritance.

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contraindication

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a specific situation in which a medicine, procedure, or surgery should not be used because it may be harmful to the person.

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contralateral

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of or pertaining to the other side

121
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hemodialysis/ peritoneal diaphysis

A

waste materials are separated from the
blood via a machine (artificial kidney) when the kidneys
no longer function.

122
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dyspnea

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difficult breathing

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dysentery

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infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces.

124
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dystrophy

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a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away.

125
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Muscular dystrophy

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includes many inherited diseases
that cause muscular weakness and deterioration.

126
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dysplasia

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the presence of cells of an abnormal type within a tissue, which may signify a stage preceding the development of cancer.

127
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ectopic

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in wrong place, out of place

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