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High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) is also known as good cholesterol.

Dystonia is a condition involving diminished tone of the skeletal muscles.

Which term means rapid, irregular, and useless contractions of the ventricles?

Which suffix means abnormal enlargement? 

Which plane divides the body into upper and lower portions? 

Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel? 

The suffix -necrosis means tissue death

The term meaning any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow is _____? 

Pleural effusion is an excess accumulation of fluid into the pleural cavity that prevents the lung from fully expanding.

What word describes a tumor that is not life-threatening but can cause damage as it grows and places pressure on adjacent structures?