Medical Latin Activity
After a number of searches and open tabs, I've finally got to pick this medical case from the Journal of Medical Case Reports. You can access this from https://cyberleninka.org/article/n/186821/viewer !
Let's start highlighting :)

So I have found 25 medical terms that we can expound and interpret!
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Diagnosis |
Dx |
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HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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symptoms |
Sx |
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Pharyngitis |
itis (inflammation) pharyng/ (throat-pharynx) |
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Meningitis | itis (inflammation) mening/ (meninges) |
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Cytomegalovirus |
cyto (cell) megal/o (huge) virus |
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patient |
pt |
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AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome |
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year-old |
y/o |
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history |
Hx* |
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negative |
neg |
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RNA |
ribonucleic acid |
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lymphocytes |
cyte (cell) Lymph/o (lymph-clear,watery fluid) |
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Hematoschezia |
chezia (defecation, elimination of wastes) hemato (relating to blood) |
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Ileocaecal |
al (pertaining to) ileo (ileum) caec/ (cecum) |
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Colonoscopy |
colon (large intestine) scopy (visual examination) |
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Etiology |
logy (study of) eti/o (cause) |
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Primary
HIV infection |
PHI |
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Antiretroviral |
al (pertaining to) anti (against) retro (behind) vir-virus |
Here's more!

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lymphadenopathy |
pathy ( “pathos” -disease) lymph (lymph-clear,watery fluid) adeno (gland) |
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Gastrointestinal |
GI |
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Antigen |
Ag |
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complication |
Cx |
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Hepatitis |
itis (inflammation) Hepato (liver) |
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intravenous | ous (pertaining to) intra (within) ven/o (vein) |



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