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chapter 4 med term review Flashcards

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Adductor

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Ad/duct/or
muscle that moves towards the body

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Abductor

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Ab/duct/or
muscle that moves away from body

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Adrenal

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Ad/ren/al
above the kidney

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Analysis

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Ana/lysis
separation of various substances into various parts

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Anoxia

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An/ox/ia
condition pertaining to without oxygen

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Anteflexion

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Ante/flex/ion
process of bending forward

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Apnea

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A/pnea
failure to breathe

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Antisepsis

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Anti/sep/sis
eliminates microorganisms that cause disease

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Bilateral

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Bi/later/al
pertaining to both sides of the body

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Bradycardia

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Brady/cardi/ia
slow heart

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Contralateral

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Contra/lateral
opposite side of the body

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Arteriosclerosis

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Arteri/o/scler/osis
hardening of the arteries

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Catabolism

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Cata/bolism
breakdown of complex molecules

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Encephalopathy

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Encephal/o/pathy
disease of the brain

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Carpometacarpal

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Carp/o/meta/carpal
joint that connects wrist to fingers

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Pericardium

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Peri/cardi/um
pertaining to around the heart

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Anemia

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An/emia
blood condition when one has a lack of red blood cells

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Polyneuritis

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Poly/neur/itis
inflammation of many nerves

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Transurethral

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Trans/urethr/al
surgery through the urethra

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Prodrome

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Pro/drome
early symptom indicating disease

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Sucrase

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Sucr/ase
enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose

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Tachypnea

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Tachy/pnea
rapid breathing

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Postmortem

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Post/mort/em
happening after death

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Subcutaneous

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Sub/cutane/ous
under the skin

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Retroperitoneal

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Retro/perit/o/neal
pertaining to behind the peritoneum (the tissue that lines the walls and surrounds the organs of the abdominal cavity)

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Intercostal

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Inter/cost/al
between the ribs

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Oral

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or/al
pertaining to the mouth

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Myocardial

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my/o/cardi/al
pertaining to the heart muscle

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Hysterectomy

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Hyster/ectomy
surgical removal of the uterus

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Macrocephaly

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macro/cephal/y
large head

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Gastroscope

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Gastr/o/scope
instrument to look into the stomach

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Hemostasis

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Hem/o/stasis
process to stop blood flow

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Gastralgia

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Gastr/algia
stomac pain

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Percutaneous

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Per/cutane/ous
pertaining to through the skin

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Osteocyte

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Osteo/cyte
bone cell

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Pneumonia

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Pneumon/ia
lung condition

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Urosepsis

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Uro/sepsis
infection in the urinary bladder/ tract

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Dislocation

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Dis/location
away from its location

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Leukocyte

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Leuk/o/cyte
white blood cell

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