Chapter 4 Part 3 Flashcards
Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin
Polymorphonuclear
Pertaining to a many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell
Polyneuritis
Inflammation of many nerves
Postmortem
After death
Postpartum
After child birth
Precancerous
Pertaining to before cancer
Prenatal
Pertaining to before birth
Prodrome
Signs and symptoms that may appear before the onset of a more severe illness
Prolapse
Sliding forward or downward
Prosthesis
Artificial limb or part of a body
Relapse
A sliding back; recurrence of a symptoms of disease
Remission
To send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease
Recombinant DNA
Inserting a gene from one organism into the dna of a another organism
Retroperitoneal
Pertaining to behind the peritoneum
Retroflexion
Bending backwards