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AWAY FROM
ABNORMAL MEANS NOT NORMAL OR AWAY FROM NORMAL |
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BAD, DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL
DYSFUNCTIONAL MEANS AN ORGAN OR BODY PART THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY |
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EXCESSIVE OR INCREASED
HYPERTENSION IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE |
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INTERSTITIAL MEANS BETWEEN, BUT NOT WITHIN, THE PARTS OF A TISSUE |
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UNDER, LESS OR BELOW.
SUBCOSTAL MEANS BELOW A RIB OR RIBS |
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TOWARD OR IN THE DIRECTION OF.
ADDICTION MEANS BEING DRAWN TOWARD OR HAVING A STRONG DEPENDENCE ON A DRUG OR SUBSTANCE |
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GOOD, NORMAL, WELL OR EASY
EUPNEA MEANS EASY OR NORMAL BREATHING |
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HYPOTENSION IS LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE |
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INTRAMUSCULAR MEANS WITHIN THE MUSCLE |
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ABOVE OR EXCESSIVE
SUPRACOSTAL MEANS ABOVE OR OUTSIDE THE RIBS |
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| OUT OF, OUTSIDE, AWAY FROM |
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| LARGE, ABNORMAL SIZE OR LONG |
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| SUFFIX MEANING ABNORMAL CONDITION |
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| AGO, IASIS, OSIS, ESIS, ION, IA ISM |
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| SUFFIX MEANING PERTAINING TO |
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| AC, EAL, IOR, AL, ICAL, ORY, AN, IAL, OUS, AR, IC, TIC, ARY, INE |
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| BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A LACK OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD |
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| ANY CONDITION OF UNUSUAL DEPOSITS OF BLACK PIGMENT IN THE BODY TISSUES OR ORGANS |
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| VIRAL INFECTION OF THE GRAY NERVE TISSUE OF THE SPINAL CORD |
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| CONTAINS BASIC MEANING OF THE TERM, USUALLY INDICATES THE INVOLVED BODY PART |
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| A WORD ROOT WITH A COMBINING VOWEL ADDED AT THE END, USED WHEN 2 WORD ROOTS ARE COMBINED OR WHEN A SUFFIX BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT IS ADDED. |
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| USUALLY INDICATES THE PROCEDURE, CONDITION OR DISEASE AND IS ALWAYS AT THE END OF THE WORD. |
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| USUALLY INDICATES LOCATION, TIME, NUMBER OR STATUS |
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| IF IT SOUNDS LIKE F IT MAY BEGIN WITH |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX A, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THE ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX EX OR IX, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THESE ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX ITIS, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THE IS ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX NX, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THE X ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX ON, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THE ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX UM, THE PLURAL USUALLY IS FORMED BY CHANGING THE ENDING TO |
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| IF THE SINGULAR TERM ENDS IN THE SUFFIX US, THE PLURAL IS USUALLY FORMED BY CHANGING THE ENDING TO |
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| SURGICAL CRATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING TO THE BODY SURFACE |
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| CUTTING OR SURGICAL INCISION |
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| OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF DISEASE, SUCH AS FEVER |
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| IDENTIFICATION OF A DISEASE |
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| RAPID ONSET, A SEVERE COURSE AND A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION |
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| CONDITION IN WHICH ONE OR MORE BODY PARTS ARE BOT FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. |
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| SUBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF A DISEASE, SUCH AS A HEADACHE OR PAIN |
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| CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED OR MEASURED BY THE PATIENT |
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS (D / DX)
ALSO KNOWN AS A RULE OUT |
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| AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE OF SEVERAL POSSIBLE DISEASES IS CAUSING THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT ARE PRESENT |
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| LONG DURATION....THERE IS RARELY A CURE |
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| A DISEASE, STRUCTURE, OPERATION OR PROCEDURE NAMED FOR THE PERSON WHO DISCOVERED OR DESCRIBED IT FIRST. |
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| A SET OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER AS PART OF A SPECIFIC DISEASE PROCESS |
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| A PREDICTION OF THE PROBABLE COURSE AND OUTCOME OF A DISEASE |
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| TEMPORARY, PARTIAL, OR COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE WITHOUT HAVING ACHIEVED A CURE |
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| A WORD FORMED FROM THE INITIAL LETTER OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF A COMPOUND TERM. |
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| GROOVE OR CRACK LIKE SORE OF THE SKIN |
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| ABNORMAL PASSAGE, USUALLY BETWEEN TWO INTERNAL ORGANS OR LEADING FROM AN ORGAN TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY. MAY BE DUE TO SURGERY, INJURY OR DRAINING OF ABSCESS |
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LAST AND LONGEST PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
(HAS AN E LIKE INTESTINE) |
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| A PART OF THE HIP BONE (HAS AN I LIKE HIP) |
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| FEELING OF GENERAL DISCOMFORT OR UNEASINESS THAT IS OFTEN THE FIRST INDICATION OF AN INFECTION OR OTHER DISEASE |
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| A FLUID, SUCH AS PU, THAT LEAKS OUT OF AN INFECTED WOUND |
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| LOCALIZED RESPONSE TO AN INJURY OR TO THE DESTRUCTION OF TISSUES. |
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| TORN OR JAGGED WOUND OR AN ACCIDENTAL CUT |
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| A PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OF THE TISSUES DUE TO DISEASE OR INJURY |
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| SPECEALIZED MEMBRANES THAT LINE THE BODY CAVITIES |
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| FLUID SECRETED BY THESE MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
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| EXAMINER'S HANDS ARE USED TO FEEL THE TEXTURE, SIZE, CONSISTENCY AND LOCATION OF CERTAIN BODY PARTS |
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| A POUNDING OR RACING HEART |
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| ACT OF ROTATING THE ARM SO THAT THE PALM OF THE HAND IS FORWARD OR UPWARD |
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| FORMATION OR DISCHARGE OF PUS |
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| MEDICAL SCREENING OF PATIENTS TO DETERMINE THEIR RELATIVE PRIORITY OF NEED AND PROPER PLACE OF TREATMENT |
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| HAVING THE NATURE, PROPERTIES OR QUALITIES OF AN ADULT MALE |
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