| 1.a combining form denoting relationship to the male |
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| 2. blindness, especially that occurring without apparent lesion of the
eye, as from disease of the optic nerve, spine, or brain (hint: diabetic a. - loss of
vision due to diabetes mellitus) |
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| 3. defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs,
or of comprehending spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain |
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| 4. absence or abnormal stoppage of the menses |
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| 5. a general term used in anatomical nomenclature to designate a flasklike
dilatation of a tubular structure (hint: a. of Vater, a hepatopancreatica) |
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| 6. a sac formed by the dilatation of the wall of an artery, a vein, or the
heart; it is filled with fluid or clotted blood, often forming a pulsating tumor |
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| 7. irregular tension of the blood vessels |
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| 8. radiography of the heart and great vessels after introduction of
contrast material into a blood vessel or one of the cardiac chambers |
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| 9. the process of vessel formation (hint: poiesis = formation) |
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| 10. a nonspecific term indicating hardening of the walls of the blood
vessels |
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| 11.the operation of incising the sac of an aneurysm |
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| 12. suture of a vessel or vessels |
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| 13. a malignant neoplasm arising from vascular endothelial cells (vessel +
the combining form denoting relationship to flesh + oma) |
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| 14. preventing or alleviating cardiac arrhythmia |
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| 15. immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or
surgical procedure |
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| 16. marked deviation from the normal standard, especially as a result of
congenital defects |
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| Define the following abbreviations: |
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| 17. ABGs |
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| 18. a.c. |
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| 19. AIDS |
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| 20. ARC |
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