 | Term | Definition |
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arteri/o |
artery |
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ather/o |
plaque or fatty substance |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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arthralgia |
pain in a joint |
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ileum |
part of the small intestine |
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ilium |
part of the hip bone |
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infection |
invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism |
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inflammation |
localized response to injury or destruction of tissue |
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sign |
evidence of disease that can be observed by the patient and others |
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objective |
can be evaluated or measured by others |
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symptom |
can only be observed by patient |
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subjective |
can be evaluated or measured only by the patient |
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syndrome |
set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
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diagnosis |
identification of the disease |
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differential diagnosis |
attempts to determine which one of several diseases may be producing the symptoms |
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prognosis |
prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder |
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acute |
rapid onset, severe course, and relatively short duration |
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chronic |
long duration, though they may be controlled, such diseases are rarely cured |
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remission |
parital or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure |
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condition described |
disease named for condition described |
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eponym |
disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first |
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acronym |
word formed from the intial letter or letter os the major parts of a compound term |
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myel/o |
bone marrow or spinal cord |
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palpitation |
pounding or racing heart |
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prostrate |
to collapse and be lying flat or to be overcome with exhaustion |
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pyr/o |
fever or fire |
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supination |
act of rotation the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward. It also means the act of assuming the supine position |
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suppuration |
formation of discharge of pus |
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ligation |
act of binding or tying off blood vessels or ducts |
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triage |
medical screening of patients to determine their realtive priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
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trauma |
wound or injury |
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virile |
possessing masculine traits |
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a (vertebra) |
ae (vertebrae) |
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ex/ix (appendix) |
ices (appendices) |
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is (diagnosis) |
es (diagnoses) |
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itis (arthritis) |
itides (arthritides |
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nx (phalanx) |
ges (phalanges) |
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on (criterion) |
a (criteria) |
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um (ovum) |
a (ova) |
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us (alveolus) |
i (alveoli) |
