Word Parts

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Acronyms

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A word formed by initial parts of the letters formed by a major parts of a compound term.

Question 2

Acute

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Condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relative short duration

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Diagnosis

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Is the identification of the disease

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Edema

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Describes swelling by excess fluid in the body tissue.

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Eponym

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Is a disease structure, operation, or procedure, named for the person who first discovered or described it.

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Erythrocytes

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Is a mature red blood cell.

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Fissure

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Is a groove or cracked like sore or the skin, this term also describes normal folds in the contour of the brain.

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Hemorrhage

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Is a loss of large amount of blood in a short time.

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Infection

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Is the invasion of the body by a disease producing organism.

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Inflammation

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Is a localized response to an injury or distraction of tissues. The indication of an inflammation are redness, heat swelling, and pain.

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Laceration

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Is a torn, ragged wound.

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Lesion

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Is a pathological change of the tissues due to disease or injury.

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Pathology

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Is the study of all aspects of diseases.

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Remission

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Is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.

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Sign

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Is objective evidence of disease such as a fever.

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Symptom

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Is evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache that can only be evaluated by the patient.

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Syndrome

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Is the set of the signs and symptoms that occurs together as part of a specific disease process.

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Trauma

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Is a wound or injury.

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Triage

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Is the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment.

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Angi/o

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Blood vessel

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

Blephar/o

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Bronch/o

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Bronchus (air passage of the lungs)

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Colon/o or Col/o

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Colon, large intestine

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Cyst/o

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Bladder

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Enter/o

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Small intestine