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What is ante-?
Before, forward
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What is -centesis?
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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What is flex/o
to bend
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What is a radiographer
A technologist that assist in the making of a diagnostic x-ray pictures
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What is radiotherapy
High energy radiation to treat an illness
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What is cata-?
down
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What is -malacia?
softening
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What is imnun/o
protecton
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What is a necropsy
An autopsy or post-mortem examination
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What is myelitis
inflammation of the spinal cord
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What is infra-?
beneath, under
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What is -ptosis?
dripping, falling, prolapse
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What is somn/o
sleep
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What is cardiomyopathy
Primary disease of the heart muscle in the absence of a known underlying cause
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What is ischemia
to hold back blood from a part of the body or tissue
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What is para-?
abnormal, beside, near
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What is -blast?
embryonic, immature
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What is dactyl/o
fingers, toes
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What is a thoracentesis
A surgical puncture in the chest to remove fluid
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What is angioplasty
the surgical repair of blood vessel (artery) using a surgical balloon that is inflated after incursion.
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What is retro-?
behind, comma backward
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What is -plasia/
development, formation, growth
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What is cutane/o
skin
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What is a laparotomy
A creation of a large incision into the peritoneal cavity
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What is arteriosclerosis
depots of fat collected in an artery.
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