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2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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   Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

3. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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   Medical terminology. Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine . Medical terminology has quite regular morphology, the same prefixes and suffixes are used to ...

4. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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   Health care – Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields.

5. Heart Disease Definitions: Glossary of Heart Terms - WebMD

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   Here is a glossary of terms and definitions related to heart disease: Ablation: Permanent disruption of a problematic electric pathway in the heart with a heated catheter. Advance Directive ...

6. Digestive Diseases Glossary of Terms - WebMD

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   Gastroesophageal reflux: A condition in which stomach acid and contents back up into the esophagus, producing symptoms of heartburn or regurgitation. Gastroparesis: Full or partial paralysis of ...

7. Basic Cancer Terms and What They Mean - WebMD

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   Carcinoma (CAR-sin-OH-muh) is cancer that starts in the lining of your organs or the outer layer of your skin. Chemotherapy (KEE-moh-THER-uh-pee) is a treatment that uses powerful drugs to kill ...

8. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

9. An Asthma Glossary of Terms - WebMD

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   Asthma: a disease of the airways or branches of the lung (bronchial tubes) that carry air in and out of the lungs. Asthma causes the airways to narrow, the lining of the airways to swell and the ...