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sperm
spermo/cide
sperm/to kill
*alternate spelling: SPERMAT/O- |
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ball, globe, round
spher/o/cyte
ball, globe, round/cells |
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that which binds together
sphinct/er
that which binds together or tight (ring like)
(The 'pylorus sphincter' is known as the gatekeeper to the small intestines. The 'anal sphincter' is this ring which binds together at the end of the big colon) |
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pulse
sphygmo/mano/meter
pulse/by hand/measurement
(this records the pressure of blood above atmospheric pressure 760 mm/hg as it passes through arteries) |
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pulse or lack of pulse
a/sphyx/ia
without/pulse/refers to
(this refers to lack of a heart beat 'no pulse' due to lack of breathing) |
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thorn or thorny
spin/al
thorn or thorny/refers to
(sharp pointed projection of bone: the spine has multiple thorny projections)
*related term(s): CORNU- (means horn or horny) |
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breathe or breathing
spir/o/meter
breathe, breathing/measure
spiro/gram
breathing/record
spiro/graph
breathing/instrument used to record
*related term(s): -PNEA |
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organ
splanchn/o/log/y
organ (viscera)/study of/process of |
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spleen
splen/o/tom/y
spleen (organ)/cut into/procedure of
*related term(s): LEINO- |
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vertebra
spondyl/itis
vertebra/inflamed |
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to wring out or press out
sprain
to wring out or press out
(usually with tears, swelling, and bleeding) |
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scaly
squam/ous
scaly/refers to |
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to contract
peri/stalsis
around/to contract |
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staped/ectomy
stirrup (shape)/excision or removal
(One of three tiny bones of the middle ear: mallus/incus/stapes = hammer/anvil/stirrup)
*related term(s): STAPES |
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grape or grape-like clusters
straphylo/coccus
grape or grape-like clusters/berry
(bacteria appearance)
*related term(s): UV-, UVE/A-, UVE/O-, UVUL/O- |
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stoppage, standing, location
hemo/stasis
blood/stoppage
(arrest of bleeding or circulation; blood stagnation causing clots)
hemeo/statsis
same or equal/standing or location
*alternate spelling: -STASIA |
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to stop or immediately
hemo/stat
blood/to stop
(device or drug that immediately arrests blood flow. STAT. or stat means immediately-stop what you are doing and help) |
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dripping or trickling
epi/staxia
upon/dripping or trickling
(epistaxis means nosebleed) |
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fat
steato/rrhea
fat/flow
(flow from the sebaceous 'oil' glands of hair follicle)
*related term(s): ADIPO-, LIPO- |
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narrowing
sten/osis
narrowing/condition of |
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three dimensional or solid
stereo/cine/fluoro/graphy
three dimensional (viewing)/motion
picture/fluorescence/recording procedure |
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chest, sternum, or breastbone
stern/al
chest, sternum, breastbone/pertain to |
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chest
stetho/scope
chest/to examine
*related term(s): PECT/O-, PECTER/O-, THORAC/O- |
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contract
sy/stole
together/contract
(blood pressure created by heart chamber contraction)
dia/stole
between/contraction
(lower blood pressure that occurs when heart chamber is filling with blood between contractions of the heart muscle)
*related term(s): -SPASM, -STALSIS |
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mouth
stomat/itis
mouth/inflamed |
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to squint or squinting
strabism/us
to squint or squinting/refers to
(lazy eye 'one eye deviates' do to loss of acuity, muscle, nerve damage. Types include: 'cross-eyed, wall-eyed, intermittent, vertical, paralytic, & spastic') |
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to draw tight
strain
to draw tight (stretch)
(less severe than a sprain) |
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layer
strati/form
layer/shaped
strat/um basal
layer/refers to: base of (skin) |
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twisted or twisted chain
strepto/coccus
twisted or twisted chain/spheres
(bacteria appearance) |
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stripes or threads
stria/tion
stripes or threads/process of
(usually associated with muscle appearance and skin stretch marks) |
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drawing or binding
strict/ure
drawing or binding/state of |
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raised
stye
raised
(this is the infalmed sebaceous gland and hair follicle near an eyelash follicle)
*related term(s): HORDEOL/O- |
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Definition
beneath, under, less or lesser
sub/lingu/al
under/tongue/pertains to
sub/dur/al
under/hard (meninges layer)/refers to
sub/lux/ation
lesser/dislocation/process of |
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sweat
sudorifer/ous
sweat/pertain to
*related term(s): HIDR/O |
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sulfur
sulfon/amide
sulfur/in protein
*related term(s): THIO- |
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above or upon
super/cil/ia
above hairs/refers to
(eyelash-like)
super/ficial
on or near/refer to surface |
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to throw backward
supinat/ion
throwing backward/process of
(to turn the body or part upward) |
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above or upon
aupra/pelvic
upon or above/pelvis or basin
supra/cost/al
above/ribs/pertaining to |
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on calf of leg
sur/al
on calf of leg/refers to
(muscles: area of leg calf) |
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working by hand
surg/ical
working by hand/refers to
surgeon
one who works by hand |
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sewing together
sutur/ing
sewing together/procedure of |
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together
sym/physis
together/growth
*related term(s): COM-, CON-, SYN- |
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together
syn/drome
together/running (signs and symptoms)
syn/apse
together/point of contact
syn/ovi/al
together/like egg/refer to
*related term(s): COM-, CON-, SYM- |
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to faint or fainting
syncope
to faint or fainting |
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Definition
to draw together or contract
systol/ic
to draw together or contract/refer to
*related term(s): TRACT/O- |
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fast or swift
tachy/card/ia
fast or swift/heart/refers to |
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ankle
tal/us
ankle/refers to |
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broad or flat surface
meta/tars/al
beyond/broad flat surface/refer to |
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dregs, sediment or particles
tart/ar
dregs, sediment or particles/pertains to
(minerals and other particles deposited on teeth. Also known as Plaque or Calculus) |
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arrange, to order, to organize, locate
tax/o/nom/y
arrange, to order, to organize, locate/law/process of
(to classify plants or animals, to organize or put a order to items in biology) |
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muscle coordination
a/taxia
without/muscle coordination |
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end or outward
telo/phase
end or outward/stage
(the end stage or phase of mitosis)
*related term(s): TELE- |
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temple
tempor/al
temple/refers to
(bones of both sides of skull at its base) |
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Definition
tendon
teno/desis
tendon/binding
(surgical fixating or reattaching a tendon)
*related term(s): TEND/O-, TENDON- |
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to stretch or stretches
tens/or
to stretch or stretches/one who
*alternate spelling: TENT/O- |
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Definition
monster
terat/o/logy
monster/study of
(medical special that studies deformed offspring)
*alternate spelling: TERA- |
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round
teres
round
(round and smooth muscles or ligaments that are cylindrical) |
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end, place at the end, boundary
term
a set period of time like the end of
pregnancy
*related term(s): TERMIN/O- |
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third
terti/para
third/birth
tert/iary stage
third/state of or condition: phase
(3ds stage of a disease like syphilis, which forms gummas or gum-like lesions)
*related term(s): TERT- |
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shell or seed producer
test/icle
shell or seed producer/small
(the appearance is that of a shell and it produces the seed called sperm) |
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Definition
spasm or spasms
tetan/y
spasm or spasms/process of (contraction of muscles-like in lockjaw) |
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Definition
four
tetra/olog/y (of Fallot)
four/science of or study of/process of
(combination of four abnormalities seen in a Fallot's Heart) |
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death
thanato/log/y
death/studying or study of/process of
*related term(s): NECR/O- |
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Definition
nipple
thel/ectomy
nipple/removal or excision (surgical procedure)
(usually associated with breast cancer) |
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Definition
palm of hand or sole of foot
then/ar
palm of hand or sole of foot/pertains to
(palm of hand and the fleshy part at base of thumb) |
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GOD
theo/mania
God/madness
theo/log/y
God/study of/process of |
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treating or curing
therap/y
treating or curing/procedure of
chemo/therap/y
chemical (with)/treatment or cure/procedure of |
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heat, hot or warm
therm/ometer
heat, hot or warm/measurement
therm/al
temperature/pertain to
thermo/gram
heat/recording
(diagnostic graphic record of heat variations: blood flow or tissue changes) |
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chest
thoraco/centesis
chest (thorax)/surgical puncture to drain fluid
(thorax 'chest' relates to the 12 chest vertebra with 12 pairs of attached ribs)
*related term(s): PECTER/O-, STETH/O- |
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clot, clump together, curdle
thromb/osis
clot, clump together, curdle/condition of
(this is a blood clot somewhere in the vascular system or an organ) |
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soul, emotion, flowery smell
thym/us
soul, emotion, flowery smell/refers to
(endocrine gland that is part of the immune system '1-13 Y/O blood development') |
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shield or shield shaped
thyr/oid
shield or shield-shaped/resembling |
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shinbone
tibi/al
shinbone/refers to
tibi/algia
shinbone/pain |
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capable of, or state of
caus/tic
burning or burn/capable of or state of |
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fungus
tine/al
fungus/refers to |
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jingling, tinkling, ringing
tinnitus
jingling, tinkling, ringing
(inflamed lower part of cochlea 'snail' of inner ear: causing a ringing sound) |
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process of or procedure of
nutri/tion
nourishment/process of or procedure of
*related term(s): -AGE, -ATION, -IATION, -ING, -ION, -Y |
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nature of or quality of
in/sensi/tive
not/feeling or to feel/nature of or quality of |
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birth, giving birth, birthing
dys/toci/a
difficult, painful, faulty/birth/refers to
*alternate spelling: TOC-
*related term(s): NAT-, NATO-, PARTO- |
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cutting instrument
derma/tom/e
skin/cut/instrument
(an instrument used to cut into the skin) |
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tension, tone, pressure
tone/meter
tension, tone, pressure/to measure
(instrument used to measure pressure or tension within the eye 'intra/ocul/ar') |
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almond shape
tonsill/ectomy
almond shape/removal or excision
(this lymph node gland tissue becomes overwhelmed and swollen with infections) |
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location
top/al
location/refers to
ec/top/ic
outside/location/pertains to
(usually a mal-positioned pregnancy in the wombs tube, cervix, on the ovary) |
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twisted
tors/ion
twisted/refers to
(torsion means twisting of a body part. This is usually a twisting of the blood vessels around the vas de/ference in the male scrotum, causing a blood flow blockage, pain, & vessel dilation)
*related term(s): ILEO-, VARIC/O-, TORTI- |
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poison
tox/ic
poison/refers to
toxic/olog/y
poison/science of/procedure of
(science that studies how poisons are chemical composed, action tests, and antidotes)
*related term(s): SEPS/O-, SEPT/O-, VIR/O- |
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rough
trache/o/tom/y
rough/to cut into/refers to
(the cut is between the semi-circular cartilage rings of the windpipe)
*related term(s): TRACHY- |
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to draw or pull
tract/ion
to draw or pull/process of
*related term(s): SYSTOL/O- |
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across or through
trans/fus/ion
across or through/connect/process of
trans/verse
across/to draw
(horizontal cut creating the top and bottom parts of the body or a structure)
*related term(s): DIA- |
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perforation or opening
a/tresia
without/perforation or opening |
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three
tri/ceps
three/headed
(muscle in back of arm-extends forearm)
tri/gemin/al
three (parts)/form or development of/refer to |
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to sort or classify
triage
to sort or classify
(screening: in hospitals, at accidents, in war to prioritize treatment) |
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hair
tricho/crypt/osis
hair/hidden/condition
(any hair follicle disease-hidden below surface)
tricho/mon/iasis
hair/single or one/condition
(VD parasitic infection: protozoa has one tail 'single hair or tail projection')
*related term(s): PILO-, -THRIX |
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rubbing
inter/trigo
between/rubbing
(friction causes skin weakness usually between digits & fungus infection) |
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pulley or pulley like
trochle/ar
pulley or pulley-like/refer to
(name of fourth '4th' cranial nerve: innervates superior oblique eye muscles) |
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stimulate or to turn
gonado/tropin (hormone)
teste or ovary/stimulate
trop/ism
to turn/state of
(reaction to stimuli-turn toward or away from heat, cold, light, etc.) |
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development, nourishment or nutrition
hyper/troph/y
increased/development/process of
tropho/therapy
nourishment or nutrition/treatment |
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to crush
litho/tripsy
stone/crushing (gall stones) |
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borer, to bore, drill
trypano/som/iasis
borer/body/disease or condition
*related term(s): TREPAN/O- |
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canal or tube
tub/al ligation (female sterilization)
canal or tube/refers to: to bind (burning or cauterizing)/procedure of |
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swelling, nodule, tubercule
tuberculo/sis
swelling small/condition
(Bacteria bacillus rods-'Mycobacterium tuerculosis' that form nodular colonies 'swelling' within lungs, bones, and in other body tissues. Over one third of the world population has this disease) |
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swelling or tumor growth
tum/or
swells, to swell, swelling/one who
(note: Tum/or (swelling); Reb/or (redness); Cal/or (heat); Dol/or (pain) are all signs of: 'Inflammation. The word 'Tumor' is often associated with a cancerous swelling both benign or malignant) |
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swelling
turgor
swelling (skin test for hydration) |
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cough
per/tussis
through/cough
Pertussis (Whooping cough) is characterized by fits of coughing followed by a noisy, "whooping" indrawn breath, and is caused by the bacteria "Bordetella pertussis" |
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eardrum
tympan/itis
eardrum/inflamed
(outer part of middle ear) |
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Definition
stupor
typh/oid
stupor/resembles (bacterial infection causing high fever and a stupored state) |
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Definition
sore
ulcer/ation
sore/process of
(may develop in many diseases or conditions) |
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small or lesser
tab/ule
canal/small or lesser
*related term(s): -CULE, -ICLE, -IOLE, -ULA |
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elbow
uln/ar
elbow/refers to |
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beyond
ultra/sound (US)
beyond (normal hearing levels)/sound (waves)
ultra/micro/scop/e
beyond/small/view/instrument
(objects invisible through ordinary microscope: side illumination 'darkfield') |
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navel
umbilic/al
navel (watery)/refers to |
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nail
unguin/al or ungun/al
nail/pertain to
(Note: ung 'unguentum' is the abbreviation for ointment)
*alsternate spelling: UNGU/O-
*related term(s): ONYCH/O- |
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urine
ur/olog/y
urine/study/process or procedure of
*alternate spelling: UR/A-, UR/E-, UR/I-
*related term(s): UR- |
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small canal
ureter/itis
small canal/inflamed |
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canal
urethr/itis
canal/inflamed
(tube running from urinary bladder to outside of body) |
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hives or nettles
urticar/ia
hives or nettles (skin condition)/pertain to |
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womb
uter/al
womb/refers to |
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Definition
grape
uve/itis
grape/inflamed
(thin membrane between retina and sclera of eye-iris, ciliary body and choroid vascular layer)
*related term(s): STAPHYLO-, UV-, UVE/O-, UVUL/O- |
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wanderer (the longest cranial nerve)
vag/us
wanderer/pertains to
(tenth cranial nerve that wanders down through torso body cavities) |
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sheath
vagin/al
sheath/refers to
vagin/itis
sheath/inflamed |
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inward
valg/us
inward/refers to the condition of "genu valgum," which means the knees are in "valgus" (i.e., "knock knees"); "valgum" is the adjective; "valgus" is the noun.
*alternate spelling: VALG/US, VALG/UM |
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tiny fold or small valve
valvul/itis
tiny fold or small valve/inflamed |
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outward
var/us
Outward/refers to the condition of "genu varum," which means the knees are in "varus" (i.e., "bow legged"); "varum" is the adjective; "varus" is the noun.
*alternate spelling: VARUS, VARUM |
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twisted
varico/cele
twisted/rupture or protrusion
(veins of spermatic cord)
*related term(s): ILEO-, TORSI- |
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tiny spot
varicella
a tiny spot
(chickenpox lesions-macules 'spots', papules 'pimples', vesicles 'blisters', and crusting lesions appear on the skin during different stages. It lasts 10 days and is caused by the herpes zoster virus that also causes shingles later in life) |
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vessel
vas/ec/tom/y
vessel/out/cut/procedure of
*related term(s): ANGI/O- |
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vein
ven/ous
vein/pertain to
*related term(s): PHLEB/O- |
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belly
ventr/al
belly/refer to
ventr/icle
belly/small |
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true
polycythemia: vera
many red blood cells: true
(also known as erythremia) |
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worm
vermi/form
worm/shaped
(shape of appendix projecting from the cecum)
*related term(s): ASCAR/IS, HELMINTH/O-, VERMI- |
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wart
plantar verruca(e)
foot/refers to: wart |
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turn or to turn
in/version
inward/turning (usually foot)
*related term(s): VERS- |
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jointed
vertebr/al
jointed/refers to
(six or more articulations or joints on each vertebral bone) |
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whirling
vertigo
whirling (maze part or labyrinth of inner ear inflamed causing a spinning sensation) |
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sac or small blister
vesic/al
sac or small blister/pertains to
*related term(s): VESICUL/O- |
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Definition
shaggy hair
vill/us
shaggy hair (appearance)/refers to
(hair-like structure in small intestine that absorbs nutrients into the blood) |
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poison
vir/al
poison/refers to
(smallest of etiologic infectious agents - thought to cause severe poisoning)
*related term(s): SEPS/O-, SEPT/O-, TOX/O- |
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organ
eviscer/ate
out (from)/organ/process of or procedure of |
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alive, life, living
vit/al
alive, life, living/pertains to
(your resume' is your personal vitae)
*related term(s): VIV/I- |
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to currupt
Vitiligin/ous
to corrupt/state of
(leuko/derma: white patches on skin often seen in dark skinned people) |
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to twist, twisting, rolling
volv/ulus
twisting or rolling/refers to
(bowel obstruction causes by the bowel twisting - stops forward food movement) |
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covering
vulv/a
covering/refers to
(the covering tissue of the female external genitalia) |
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Definition
round or circle
wheal
round
(A circular elevated skin condition with a pale red periphery that itches and white in center. It is associated with urticaria or hives and insect bites) |
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white flow
whitlow
white flow
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yellow/skin
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yellow/swelling
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strange or foreign
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strange/eye/refers to
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stranger/fear of/pertains to |
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dry
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dry/skin/refers to
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raspberry appearance
yaws
raspberry appearance
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procedure of or process of
thereap/y
treating or curing/procedure of or process of
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union
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union/instrument |
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| anterior cruciate ligament |
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| allergy or acute leukocytic leukemia |
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Thiamine HCL Vitamin or first degree (Stage I) burn
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Riboflavin Vitamin or 2nd degree (Stage II) burn
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3rd degree (Stage III) burn
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4th degree (Stage IV) burn
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| Adenosine Phosphate Vitamin |
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barium enema
*related term(s): BE |
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blood pressure
(Average Intra/vascular 'BP' is 120/80 mm/Hg above atmosphere pressure. Low 'BP' is 90/60 or lower; High 'BP' is 140/90 or higher) |
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| blood sugar, bowel sounds, before sleep, breath sounds, Blue Shield |
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| body temperature, bleeding time, brain tumor |
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| chief complaint or chief component |
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| chart not available, certified nurse's aide |
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
(asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis) |
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| cardiac output or computer order |
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| cerebral palsy, chest pain |
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| drug administration device |
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differential diagnosis
(differentiating between diseases 'signs & symptoms' or their etiology 'cause') |
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diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
(pertussis is also known as whooping cough, tetanus is also known as lock jaw) |
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electrocardiogram
*related term(s): ECG |
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electromyography
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| extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy |
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| fracture or fractional urine |
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| gastrointestinal or granuloma inguinal |
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| drop, drops, or glucose tolerance test |
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herpes simplex type 1
herpes simplex type 1 are oral herpes |
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herpes simplex type 2
herpes simplex type 2 are genital herpes |
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| Hearing Impaired or Hard of Hearing |
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| infectious disease, initial dose, intradermal |
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low blood pressure
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| MD (4 different meanings) |
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| muscular dystrophy, manic depression, mental deficiency, Medical Doctor |
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| measles, mumps, and rubella |
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| multiple sclerosis, mitral stenosis |
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over the counter
(over the counter items are sold without prescription) |
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| physical exam, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion |
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red blood cell
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| respiration rate or recovery room |
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| prescription, drug, medication, reaction |
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| if necessary, if urgently required, may be repeated once |
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Let It Be Written, label, instructions
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| sexually transmitted infections, skin test dose |
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tuberculosis, total blood (cell) count
(this disease infects 1/3 of the world population)
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| transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation |
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transient ischemic attack
(Rapid blockage in carotid artery in the neck, that causes stroke symptoms. Typically, the clot suddenly passes through and the symptoms usually disappear: Sign of pending major stroke or CVA - cerebrovascular accident) |
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| temperature, pulse, respiration |
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ointment
(url means unrelated, urol means urology) |
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| upper respiratory infection |
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| ultrasound, unit secretary |
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| white blood cells or white blood count |
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| examination and diagnosis |
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