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Arms, legs, head; referring to extremities

Acr/o

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Heart

Cardi/o

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Blue

Cyan/o

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Cell

Cyt/o

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Skin

Dermat/o or Derm/o

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Duodenum

Dueoden/o

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Electric

Electr/o

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Pain

-algia

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To cut out, excise, or remove surgically

-ectomy

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Inflammation of

-itis

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One who studies; specialist

-ologist

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Study of

-ology

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Cause

Eti/o

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Stomach

Gastr/o

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Record

Gram/o

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White

Leuk/o

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Enlarged

Megal/o

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Disease

Path/o

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Condition of, usually abnormal

-osis, -a, -y

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Abnormal enlargement of the extremities

Acromegaly

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Inflammation of the skin of the extremities

Acrodermatitis

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Abnormal condition of blueness of the extremities

Acrocyanosis

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Abnormal condition of blueness

Cyanosis

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Abnormal skin condition

Dermatosis

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An instrument that cuts

-tome

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A piece cut off

Tomos

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Incision into

-otomy

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Abnormal condition of blueness of the skin

Cyanoderma

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A procedure to form a new opening

-ostomy

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Condition of white skin, or abnormally white skin

leukoderma

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The study of cells

Cytology

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White blood cell

Leukocyte

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Blood

-emia

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Enlargement of the heart

Megalocardia or cardiomegaly

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Abnormal enlargement of the stomach

Megalogastria or gastromegaly

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Inflammation of the heart

Carditis

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Inflammation of the stomach

Gastritis

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A condition in which bodily health is impaired.

disease

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Evidence, exhibition

Manifestation

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scientific study of cause of disease

Pathology

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If a disease is of unknown etiology, it means the cause of the disease is not yet known

Etiology

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One who studies structural and functional changes in the body produced by disease

Pathologist

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Someone who specializes in heart disease

Cardiologist

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Record of the electrical activity of the heart

electrocardiogram

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Heart pain

Cardialgia

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Stomach pain

Gastralgia

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Excision (removal) of all or part of the stomach

Gastrectomy

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Forming a new opening between the stomach and duodenum

Gastroduodenostomy

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Incision into the duodenum

Duodenotomy

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Inflammation of the duodenum

Duodenitis

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Of, or pertaining to, the duodenum

Duodenal

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Of or pertaining to

-al

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To form a new opening into the duodenum

Duodenostomy

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Pertaining to the study of causes of disease

Etiological

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Esophag/o

Esophagus combining form

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electrocardiography

recordings of electrical waves of the heart

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megalocardia, cardiomegaly

enlargement of the heart

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Cardiology

The study of disease of the heart

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Pathologist

one who specializes in the study of structural and functional changes in the body

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gastroduedenostomy

A surgical operation to make a new opening between the stomach and the duodenum

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Etiology

Study of, or pertaining to, causes (of disease)

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Manifestion

Display, evidence of disease

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Duodenostomy

A surgical procedure forming a new opening in the duodenum

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Leukemia

An abnormal condition of too many white blood cells

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Gastralgia

Pain in the stomach

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disease

impaired bodily health

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cyanoderma

bluish discoloration of the skin

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white cell

leukocyte

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megalogastria

Oversized or enlarged stomach

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manifestion

evidence of disease

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etiology

The study of causes if an illness

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gastroectomy

excision (removal) of the stomach

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duodenal

pertaining to the duodenum

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cynaosis

generalized condition of blueness

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cardialgia

heart pain

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carditis

inflammation of the heart

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leukoderma

an abnormal condition of white skin

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acrodermatitis

inflammation of the skin of the extremities

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cytology

the study of cells

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dermatosis

an abnormal condition of the skin

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A condition of softened bone tissue

Osteomalacia

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A condition of

-ia

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A toothache or pain in the tooth.

Dentalgia

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A tumor inside of the bone canal

Endosteoma

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Adenitis

Inflammation of glandular tissue

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Adenoma

Tumor of glandular tissue

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An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface

Electroencephalogram

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Arthroplasty

surgical repair of a joint

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Between the teeth

Interdental

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Between

Inter-

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Biological science dealing with the structure of an organ or body parts

Morphology

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Bone tumor

Osteoma

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Bone

Ost/o, oste/o

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Brain tumor

Encephaloma

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Branch of medicine that studies tumors

Oncology

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By, produced by or in

-genous

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Cancerous tumor

Carcinoma

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Carcinogenic

pertaining to producing cancer

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Carcinoma

Malignant tumor

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Cartilage

Chondr/o

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