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Ch. 04: Prefixes
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Undergraduate 1
02/09/2012
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If a diabetic takes too much insulin, they will lower their blood sugar too low. This is called
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Hypoglycemia
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The muscle that carries the limb toward the body is
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Adductor
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The term that means without oxygen is
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Anoxia
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A congenital anomaly in which fingers or toes are webbed (formed together) is
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Syndactyly
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Which term means pertaining to between the ribs?
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Intercostal
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Removal of half the tongue is:
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Hemiglossectomy
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An irregularity present at birth is
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Congenital
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A patient complains of difficulty in sleeping, he is speaking about
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Insomnia
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A membrane surrounding the bone would be called
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Periosteum
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A vague feeling of bodily discomfort is:
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Malaise
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Pertaining to between the ribs
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intercostals
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Pertaining to the opposite side
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contralateral
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Protrusion of an eyeball
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exophthalmos
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A congenital anomaly
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syndactyly
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Symbiosis
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parasitism is an example
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Symptoms precede an illness
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syndrome
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Before meals
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ante cibum
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Antibodies
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protein substances made by leukocytes
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Symphysis
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bones grown together, as in the pelvis
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Ultrasonography
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sound waves and echoes are used to create an image
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Metamorphosis
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change in shape or form
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Hypertrophy
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increase in cell size; increased development
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Excessive sugar in the blood
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hyperglycemia
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Retroperitoneal
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behind the abdomen
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Antigens
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produced by antibodies
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Return of disease symptoms
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relapse
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Dia-:
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complete, through
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Abductor muscle
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carriers a limb away from the body
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Dyspnea
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difficult breathing
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Brady-
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short
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Located on the dorsal side of an endocrine gland in the neck
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parathyroid glands
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Recombinant DNA
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gene from one organism is inserted into another organism
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Tachycardia
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rapid heartbeat
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Epithelium
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surface cells that line internal organs and are found in the skin
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Percutaneous
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through the skin
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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cib/o
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meals
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cis/o
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to 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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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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to bend
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furc/o
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forking, 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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protection
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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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nect/o
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to bind, tie, connect
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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)
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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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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o
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nipple
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thry/o
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thyroid gland; shield
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top/o
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place, position, location
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tox/o
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poison
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trache/o
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windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
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urethra
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-crine
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to secret
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-drome
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to 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 produce
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
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to measure
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-mission
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to send
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-or
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one who
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
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to 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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-ptosis
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falling, dropping, prolapse
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-stasis
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stopping, 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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up, apart
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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, opposite
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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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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
ecto-
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out, outside
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en-
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, away from
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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, below, under
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in-
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not, 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, infront of
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pro-
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before, forward
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pseudo-
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false
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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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immune response
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the reaction between an antigen and an antibody
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jaundice
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yellow skin pigmentation from excessive destruction of RBCs.
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anomaly
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is an irregularity in a structure or organ.
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congenital anomalies
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infant is born with webbed finger or toes and heart defects. some are hereditary, whereas others are produced by factos present during pregnancy.
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syndactyly
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is a congenital anomaly marked by fusion of fingers or toes (webbed fingers or toes)
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ipsilaterl
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means located on the same side
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recombinant DNA technology
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is the process of taking a gene (a region of DNA) from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism
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polymerase chain reaction
PCR
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a method of producing multiple copies of a single gene, which is an important tool in recombinant DNA technology.
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marfan syndrome
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is an inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body with long, "spidery" fingers and toes (arachnodactyly), elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and ophthalmic abnormalities.
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symbiosis
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refers to two organisms living together in close associaiton, either for mutual benefit or not (parasitism)
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parasitism
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bacteria that normally live in the digestive tract of humans live in symbiosis with the cells lining the intestine
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symphysis
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a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage.
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pubic symphysis
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is the area in which the pubic bones of the pelvis have grown together.
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transuerthral
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a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument (resectoscope) passed through the urethra.
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ultrasonography
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is a diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves (inaudible sound waves) to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
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echocardiograms
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are ultrasound images of the heart
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