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| An x-ray of blood vessels which can be seen because the patient receives an injection of dye to outline the vessels on the x-ray. |
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| Meaning an abnormal heart rhythm. Heartbeats may be too slow, too rapid, too irregular, or too early. |
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| Wasting away. (Example: Muscle atrophy is the wasting away of muscle, decrease in muscle mass). |
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| A ball-and-socket joint is one in which the round end of a bone fits into the cavity of another bone. (Example: the hip joint). |
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| In a general sense, "benign" means of a mild character that does not threaten health or life. (Example: benign tumor, non-cancerous tumor that does not threaten health or life). |
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| Tending to be severe and become progressively worse. |
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| The removal of a sample of tissue for purposes of diagnosis. |
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| A state of deep unarousable unconsciousness. |
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| Present at birth. A condition that is congenital is one that is present at birth. |
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| Electroencephalogram, a technique for studying the electrical current within the brain. |
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| A break in bone or cartilage. |
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| Prefix meaning "high, beyond, excessive, above normal" (Example: hypersensitivity). |
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| Prefix meaning "low, under, beneath, down, below normal" (Example: hypoglycemia low blood sugar). |
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| A tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. |
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| The field of medicine devoted to cancer. |
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| Referring to bones (Example: osteoporosis-decreased bone mass). |
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| The radius is the smaller of the two bones within the forearm. (The radius is on the thumb side of the forearm. |
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| The larger of the two long bones within the forearm (The ulna is on the same side of the arm as the little finger). |
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