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| IATR(O)- HEALING, MEDICAL TREATMENT |
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IATROGENIC- caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician
PEDIATRICS- the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children
GERIATRICS- the branch of medicine dealing with the diseases, debilities, and care of aged persons |
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| -(EC)TOMY- SURGICAL REMOVAL |
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TONSILLECTOMY- the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils
APPENDECTOMY- excision of the vermiform appendix
NECROTOMY- the dissection of dead bodies |
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NOSOGRAPHY- the systematic description of diseases
NOSOLOGY- the systematic classification of diseases
NOSOPHOBIA- an abnormal fear of disease |
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CARCINOGEN- any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer
CARCINOID- a small, yellowish amino-acid and peptide-secreting tumor usually found in the gastrointestinal tract and lung
CARCINOMA- a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer |
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NECROLOGY- a list of persons who have died within a certain time
NECROPHOBIA- an abnormal fear of death
NECROPHAGOUS- feeding on carrion or corpses |
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PHARMACEUTICAL- pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists
PHARMACIST- a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines
PHARMACOLOGY- the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs |
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