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

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    cancer: Greek καρκίνος (karkínos), crab carcinoma: cardi-of or pertaining to the heart: Greek καρδία (kardía), heart cardiology: carp-of or pertaining to the wrist: Latin carpus < Greek καρπός (karpós), wrist; NOTE: This root should not be confused with the mirror root carp(o)- meaning fruit. carpal, carpopedal spasm ...

  3. List of medical abbreviations: C - Wikipedia

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    Meaning c̅ (c with an overbar) with (from Latin cum) means with C: cytosine cervical vertebrae: C1: atlas – first cervical vertebra of the spine C2: axis – second cervical vertebra of the spine CA: carcinoma cancer: Ca: calcium carcinoma cancer: CAA: coronary artery aneurysm: c/b: complicated by: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft ...

  4. Jehovah - Wikipedia

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    The name Iehova at a Lutheran church in Norway [1]. Jehovah (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ h oʊ v ə /) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה ‎ Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה ‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament.

  5. Djed - Wikipedia

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    The djed, an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic backbone of the god Osiris.. The djed, also djt (Ancient Egyptian: ḏd 𓊽, Coptic ϫⲱⲧ jōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) [1] is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion.

  6. Luz (bone) - Wikipedia

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    Interpretations disagree as to where in the spine the luz is located. Some say it refers to the small, almond-shaped bone at the top of the spinal column (the first cervical vertebra, C1 or the Atlas ), underneath the brain, on the top of the spine, (the bone where the knot of the tefillin rests).

  7. Spinal tumor - Wikipedia

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    Most symptoms from spinal tumors occur due to compression of the spinal cord as it plays a primary role in motor and sensory function. [13] The spinal cord is surrounded by three layers known as the spinal meninges. [13] These are the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater. Spinal cord tumors are classified based on their location within ...

  8. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [1] is a collection of religious texts or scriptures which to a certain degree are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The ...

  9. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    a-, an-: Pronunciation: /ə/, /a/, /ən/, /an/. Origin: Ancient Greek: ἀ-, ἀν-(a, an-). Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that ...