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100

bones in the neck region

What is the cervical region?

100

A condition, state or process

What is Osis?

100

benign tumor of a muscle

What is a myeoma?

100

puncture to remove fluid

what is centesis?

100

opening of the trachea to the outside of the body

What is a tracheostomy?

200

bones in the loin or waist region

What is the lumbar region?

200

pain in a muscle or muscles

What is myalgia?

200

malignant tumor of muscle

what is myosarcoma?

200

a condition where tissue becomes abnormally hard or thickened, often due to scarring or the buildup of fibrous tissue

What is Sclerosis?

200

surgical incision into the larynx

What is a laryngotomy?

300

bones in the coccyx or tailbone region

What is the coccygeal region?

300

Inflammation of an ear

what is otitis?

300

a type of cancer that originates in glandular cells, which are responsible for producing and secreting substances like mucus, hormones, and enzymes

What is an adenocarcinoma?

300

surgical repair or surgical correction

What is plasty?

300

a surgical procedure involving an incision into the pharynx

What is a pharyngotomy?

400

bones in the chest region

What are the thoracic bones?

400

pain in the ear

What is otalgia?

400

benign tumor of a gland

What is an adenoma?

400

separation, breakdown, destruction

What is lysis?

400

a surgical procedure where a portion of the small intestine (the ileum) is brought through an opening in the abdominal wall  

What is an ileostomy?

500

bones in the sacrum or lower back region

What is the sacral region?

500

malignant tumor originating in the bone marrow

What is myeloma?

500

malignant tumor of cells in the bone marrow often occuring in other locations

What is a myeloma?

500

suture of a tendon

what is a tenorrhaphy?

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