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abdomin |
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al |
abdominal |
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ab |
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rupt |
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abrupt |
| Latin acutus, "sharp, pointed" |
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acute |
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acute |
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febr |
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ile |
afebrile |
| Italian all'erte "to the high tower!" |
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alert |
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alert |
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ana |
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tom |
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ical |
anatomical |
| Greek ana + temnein, "to cut up" |
ana |
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tom |
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y |
anatomy |
| Latin ante (as in prefix), "more in front; earlier" |
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anter/i |
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or |
anterior |
| Greek antron, "cave" |
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antrum |
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antrum |
| Latin auscultare, "listen attentively to" |
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ausculta |
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tion |
auscultation |
| Latin benignus, "well-born" (cf. malignant) |
beni |
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gn[us] |
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benign |
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bi |
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later |
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al |
bilateral |
| Calor is literally the Latin word for "heat", as in calorie. |
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calor |
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calor |
Latin cancer, from Greek karkinos, which has three meanings like the English word "cancer": a crab, the constellation which was thought to resemble a crab, or a tumor which penetrates and grabs onto normal tissue like a crab
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cancer |
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Latin, candida, "shining white" from which we get the English words incandescent or candle; Latin albicans is "white" so it literally means "shining white-white"
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candid[a] |
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iasis |
candidiasis |
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cardio |
vascul |
ar |
cardiovascular |
| Latin cauda, tail. Also seen as cauda equina ("horse's tail") at the inferior end of the spinal cord |
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caud |
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al |
caudal |
| Greek khronos, "time" |
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chronic |
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chronic |
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contra |
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later |
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al |
contralateral |
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coron |
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al |
coronal |
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cran/i |
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al |
cranial |
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de |
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genera |
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tion |
degeneration |
| Greek diagignōskein, "to know one thing apart from another" |
dia |
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gnos |
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is |
diagnosis |
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different |
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ial |
differential |
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dis |
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charge |
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discharge |
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dis |
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ease |
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disease |
| Latin dis– "apart" + ponere "to put, place" |
dis |
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posi |
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tion |
disposition |
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dist |
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al |
distal |
| The Latin word dolor is pain or sadness. The name Dolores derives from St. Mary of the Sorrows (Spanish, Maria de los Dolores)
It is also featured in a hilarious episode of Seinfeld. |
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dolor |
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dolor |
| Latin dorsum, "back" |
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dors |
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al |
dorsal |
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dorsum |
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dorsum |
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dys |
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lipid |
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emia |
dyslipidemia |
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endo |
crino |
logy |
endocrinology |
| Greek epi–, "among, upon" + dēmos, "a people"+ –logy. Compare to democracy, demo + Greek – kratos, "rule, strength". Democracy is literally "rule by the people" and epidemic is literally "[disease] on top of the people". |
epi |
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dem/i/o |
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logy |
epidemiology |
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epi |
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gastr |
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ic |
epigastric |
| Greek aitia, "cause, responsibility"; also spelled ætiology |
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etio |
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logy |
etiology |
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ex |
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acerb[o]/a |
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tion |
exacerbation |
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febr |
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ile |
febrile |
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front |
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al |
frontal |
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genet |
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ic |
genetic |
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hereditar |
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y |
hereditary |
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homeo |
stasis |
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homeostasis |
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horizon[t] |
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al |
horizontal |
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hyper |
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tens |
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ion |
hypertension |
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hypo |
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chondr |
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iac |
hypochondriac |
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hypo |
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gastr |
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ic |
hypogastric |
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hypo |
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tens |
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ion |
hypotension |
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hyp[o] |
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ox |
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ia |
hypoxia |
| literally, "caused by a healer"; a condition caused by a medical procedure |
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iatro |
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gen + ic |
iatrogenic |
| blow or strike; smite; describes a disease that "hits you upside the head" |
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ict[us] |
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al |
ictal |
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idio |
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path |
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ic |
idiopathic |
| Latin ileum, singular form of ilia "flank, groin" |
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il[eum] |
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iac |
iliac |
| Latin impressionem, "making a mark on through pressure" |
im |
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press |
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ion |
impression |
| First used to mean "causing no pain"(in–, "not" + –dol[or], "pain" |
in |
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dol[or] |
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ent |
indolent |
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infer |
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ior |
inferior |
| Latin inguinalis, "groin" |
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inguin |
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al |
inguinal |
From Latin insidiosus,
"lying in wait", as an enemy crouched to ambush |
in |
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sidi[osus] |
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ous |
insidious |
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ipsi |
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later |
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al |
ipsilateral |
| Latin lateris, "the side" |
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later |
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al |
lateral |
| Latin læsionem, "damage, injury" |
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lesion |
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lesion |
| Greek lethargikos, "drowsy" |
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lethargic |
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lethargic |
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local |
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ized |
localized |
| Latin lumbus "hip, loin" |
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lumb[us] |
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ar |
lumbar |
| French word meaning "bad state of being" cf. disease |
mal |
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aise [ease] |
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malaise |
| "badly born" mal- + Latin -gnus ("born") |
mal/i |
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gn[us] |
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ant |
malignant |
| Clearly defined; easy to distinguish |
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marked |
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marked |
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med/i |
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al |
medial |
| Greek meta–, "change" + –histanai, "to stand or place" |
meta |
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stasis |
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metastasis |
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micro |
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scope |
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microscope |
| French morbidité, "in a state of disease" |
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morbid |
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ity |
morbidity |
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mortal |
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ity |
mortality |
| literally, "join together to pay tribute to". Con– substitutes for com– before a t. |
non |
con |
tribut |
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ory |
noncontributory |
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observa |
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tion |
observation |
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occult |
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occult |
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orient |
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ed |
oriented |
| Latin palliatavus, "under a cloak; concealed" |
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palliat |
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ive |
palliative |
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palm |
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ar |
palmar |
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palpa |
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tion |
palpation |
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path/o |
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gen |
pathogen |
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patho |
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logy |
pathology |
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patho |
physi/o |
logy |
pathophysiology |
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pend |
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ing |
pending |
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percuss |
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ion |
percussion |
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physio |
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logy |
physiology |
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plant |
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ar |
plantar |
| Latin posterus (initial meaning coming after in time; here, means coming after anatomically) |
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poster/i |
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or |
posterior |
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pro |
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gnos |
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is |
prognosis |
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progress |
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ive |
progressive |
| Latin pronus, "bent forward" |
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prone |
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prone |
| Greek prophylassein, "to keep watch, guard" |
pro |
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phylax |
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is |
prophylaxis |
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prox/im |
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al |
proximal |
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radio |
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graph |
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ic |
radiographic |
| re, "again"+ Latin assecurar, "to secure" + ance, "to give" |
re |
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assur |
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ance |
reassurance |
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recurr |
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ent |
recurrent |
| Latin remissionem, "diminishing; going away" |
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remiss |
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ion |
remission |
| French reproduire |
re |
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produc |
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tive |
reproductive |
| Latin rostrum, "beak, muzzle, snout" |
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rostr |
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al |
rostral |
| "Calor, dolor, rubor, turgor" is an old Latin mnemonic for the four cardinal signs of inflammation (in English: heat, pain, redness, swelling). |
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rubor |
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rubor |
| Latin sagittalis, "like an arrow" |
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sagitt |
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al |
sagittal |
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sequel |
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sequelae |
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skelet |
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al |
skeletal |
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sterile |
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sterile |
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super/i |
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or |
superior |
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supine |
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supine |
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sup [sub] |
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port |
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ive |
supportive |
| Greek píptō, fall |
sym |
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ptom |
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symptom |
| Greek, "running together" |
syn |
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drome |
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syndrome |
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sy/s |
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stem |
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ic |
systemic |
| Latin transvertere, "turning across" |
trans |
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vers[us] |
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transverse |
| Latin turgere, "to swell". |
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turgor |
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turgor |
| Latin umbilicus "navel" |
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umbilic[us] |
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al |
umbilical |
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uni |
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later |
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al |
unilateral |
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un |
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remark |
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able |
unremarkable |
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vaso |
dila |
tion |
vasodilation |
| Latin venter, "belly" |
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ventr |
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al |
ventral |
