Chapter 4 Part 3 Flashcards

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Percutaneous

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Pertaining to through the skin

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2
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Polymorphonuclear

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Pertaining to a many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell

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3
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Polyneuritis

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Inflammation of many nerves

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4
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Postmortem

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After death

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5
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Postpartum

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After child birth

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6
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Precancerous

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Pertaining to before cancer

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7
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Prenatal

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Pertaining to before birth

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8
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Prodrome

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Signs and symptoms that may appear before the onset of a more severe illness

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9
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Prolapse

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Sliding forward or downward

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10
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Prosthesis

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Artificial limb or part of a body

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11
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Relapse

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A sliding back; recurrence of a symptoms of disease

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12
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Remission

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To send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease

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13
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Recombinant DNA

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Inserting a gene from one organism into the dna of a another organism

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14
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Retroperitoneal

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Pertaining to behind the peritoneum

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15
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Retroflexion

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Bending backwards

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16
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Subcutaneous

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Pertaining to under the skin

17
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Suprapubic

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Pertaining to above the pubic bone part of the pelvis

18
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Syndactyly

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Conditions of webbed finger and toes

19
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Synthesis

A

To put or place together as in protein synthesis

20
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Syndrome

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A groups of symptoms that occur together

21
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Symbiosis

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Condition or state of life together; two organisms living together for mutual benefit or not

22
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Symmetry

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State of measurement together; equality of parts

23
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Symphysis

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To grow together; bones that grow together at the joints

24
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Symptoms

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A subjective change in condition

25
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Tachypnea

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Rapid breathing

26
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Transfusion

A

To pour across; transferring blood from one person to another

27
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Ultrasonography

A

Process of ultrasound waves

28
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Unilateral

A

Pertaining to one side