Dr. Rawand P. L4 Flashcards
Retro
Behind
Retrosternal pain
Pain behind the sternum عَظْمة القَصِّ
Retroorbital swelling
Can bulge the eyes forward
Retrograde
Flow is a backward flow as opposed to normal forward flow
Retrograde catheterization ( of urinary tract)
To discover point and cause of obstruction
Intra
Within
Intradural swelling
One within the furs in the spinal canal
Intravenous injections (IV)
Deliver drugs in the veins
Intramuscular injections
Deliver drugs in the muscle
Intraocular pressure
The pressure inside the eyeball
Intracranial
Within the cranium or skull
Extra
Outside
Extracellular space
The space outside of the cell
Extradural swelling
One outside the dura in the spinal canal
Extracranial
Outside the cranium or skull
Extraordinary
going beyond what is usual, remarkably exceptional.
Ante
Before
Antenatal care
Refers to the care for the pregnant and fetus before before birth
Antemortem
Before death
Antecedents
Ancestors, parents
Antepartum hemorrahge
Vaginal bleeding before birth
Post
After
Postnatal care
Care to the mother and neonate after birth
Postmortem examination
The dissection and examination after death to discover the cause of death
Post nasal drip
The flow of mucous secretion from the posterior part of the nasal cavity onto the wall of the pharynx
Pharynx
بلعوم
Postpartum hemorrhage
Vaginal bleeding after labor
Partum
Labor
Pre
Before, earlier than, in front of
Premedical studies
Are those that prepare you to study medicine
Premalignant conditions
Those that occur before and predispose to malignancy
Presacral swelling
One situated before or anterior to the sacrum
Crypto
Hidden
Cryptorchidism
Undescended testis
Cryptogenic cirrhosis
Cirrhosis of unknown cause
Cirrhosis
a chronic disease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation, and fibrous thickening of tissue. It is typically a result of alcoholism or hepatitis.
Meta
Change / after
Metaplasia
Change from one type of epithelium into another in smokers the delicate pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium of the bronchial mucosa undergoes metaplasia into squamous type epithelium.