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Stedman's Medical Transcription Skill Builders Creating Surgical Reports

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Abscess formation   show
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show The adhering or uniting of 2 surfaces or parts, especially the union of the opposing surfaces of a wound  
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show fat, fatty; composed of fat cells  
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show a tissue or organ transplant between genetically nonidentical individual of the same species  
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Antrum, pl antra   show
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apex; apical; apically   show
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Apgar; Apgar scores   show
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show A fibrinous sheet or flat extended tendon that gives attachment to muscular fibers that serves as the means of origin or insertion of a flat muscle  
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show the area where 2 or more structures join or connect to allow motion between parts  
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show lack of proportion between 2 similar parts  
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Atherosclerotic   show
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show in transplantation, a graft in which the donor and recipient areas are in the same individual, or to blood that the donor has previously donated, and then receives back usually during surgery  
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show in transplantation, a graft in which the donor and recipient areas are in the same individual, or to blood that the donor has previously donated, and then receives back usually during surgery  
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Benign   show
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biopsy; biopsied, biopsies   show
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show masticated morsel of food or other substance ready to be swallowed (e.g. a bolus of barium for radiographic studies)  
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bone graft   show
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show abbreviation for Celsius  
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Calcar   show
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show syn capsule  
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show a small projection of cartilage from a structure. Syn calcar  
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Cellulite-type   show
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show Metric unit of temperature  
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show referring to a health-related state, lasting a long time  
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Coagulate; coagulated   show
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show relating to the colon and rectum, or to the entire large bowel  
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Compartment   show
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show static muscle shortening due to tonic spasm or fibrosis; often a result of diminished muscular balance  
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copiously   show
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show any long ropelike structure  
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cremasteric fibers   show
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show a leg, or any anatomical structure resembling a leg  
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show relating to the urinary bladder; also relating to or containing cysts  
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Cytology; cytologic   show
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show falling away from a higher position  
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diffuse   show
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dissect; dissection   show
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Dosimetry calculation   show
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edematous   show
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effusion   show
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show to enclose in a capsule or sheath  
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show pertaining to an examination of the interior of a canal or hallow viscus by means of endoscope  
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erythema   show
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evacuate   show
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show to cut out; surgical removal of a structure or organ in whole or in part  
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excoriation   show
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show outside, or unrelated to, the body or any anatomic corpus  
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show relating to any fascia  
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show composed of fibrous and adipose tissue  
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fibroid   show
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show composed of or containing fibroblasts, and also the fibrils and fibers of connective tissue formed by such cells  
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show measurement of space about the width of one finger  
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fixate; fixated, fixation   show
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show vascularized tissue for transplantation  
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flexor   show
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show pertaining to the examination of the tissues and deep structures of the body by x-ray penetration  
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frozen section   show
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show full thickness of mucosa and submucosa or of skin and subcutaneous tissue  
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show the bottom or lowest part of a sac or hollow organ  
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show union as by joining together  
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show any tissue or organ for transplantation  
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hemorrhoid; hemorrhoidal   show
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show the arrest of bleeding or circulation in a part  
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Hertz (Hz)   show
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hot biopsy   show
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show collection of serous fluid in a sacculated cavity such as the testis or along the spermatic cord  
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show to overlap like shingles; the operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects  
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show to permeate or penetrate into a substance, cell or tissue; the act of permeating or penetrating into a substance, cell, or tissue  
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intraoperative radiograph   show
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show to separate; to set apart from others  
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show the act of creating a pathologic change in tissues, often used to treat chronic pain  
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line of demarcation   show
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linear erosion   show
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show a benign tumor or mass of immature adipose (fatty) tissue  
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show the interior channel of a tubular structure  
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malignant   show
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meatus   show
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show the 1st intestinal discharge of the newborn infant  
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show crescent-shaped structure  
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milliliter (mL)   show
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show mucous tissue lining various tubular structures; mucous membrane  
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show syn myocutaneous relating to both muscle and skin  
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myocutaneous   show
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naris, pl. nares   show
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show the pit in the center of the abdominal wall marking the site where the umbilical cord entered in the fetus  
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nonunion   show
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show pertaining to the mouth & throat  
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orotracheal   show
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osteophyma   show
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osteophyte   show
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show whole blood from which plasma has been removed  
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pedicle   show
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show syn. pedicle-constricted portion of stalk, stalk that attaches a non sessile tumor to normal tissue  
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show having a stalk or peduncle  
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show excessive amounts of oral mucus  
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plantar   show
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show an entry into the body, organ, or tissue  
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show occuring after trauma  
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projection   show
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prophylactic; prophylactically   show
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prostatic bed   show
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show small pieces of the prostate gland  
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purulent material   show
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radiation oncologist   show
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show to bring close together again, to reattach  
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recalcitrant   show
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show to rebuild or re-create  
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refractory   show
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resect; resected; resection   show
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show syn resect to cut off; to excise a segment or a part  
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show to shorten; to pull back  
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retrograde fashion   show
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show adhesions involving the sclera of the eye  
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sedation   show
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sheath   show
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show to excise tissue down to the skeletal layer  
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S/P, SP abbreviation for status post   show
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show a small part or sample of a substance or material obtained for testing  
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show cyst of the epididymis containing sperm  
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stenotic   show
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subcutaneous; subcutaneously   show
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subcutaneous tissue   show
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transfuse; transfused; transfusion   show
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show through the urethra  
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show to remove from beneath; to remove tissue from under a structure  
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show the portion of the vaginal vault remaining open to the peritoneum following hysterectomy  
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show any body part or area resembing an arched roof or dome  
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show unit of electromotive force  
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