Exam 3 Flashcards
Aqua
Water
Aqueous Humor
Clear watery fluid in the front chamber of the eye
Biliary
Relating to bile production and excretion
Bilirubin
Pigment produced by the liver processing red blood cell breakdown products
Cholecystitis
Inflammation of the gall bladder
Cholelith
Gall stone
Chylomicron
Fat globules transported in blood or lymphatic fluid (turbid white or yellow “juice”)
Chylothorax
Accumulation of chyle (lymphatic fluid) in the chest
Coprophagous
Feeding on excrement
Coprophagy
Habit of eating excrement
Eleotherapy
Treatment internally or externally with oil
Fecal
Referral to digestive waste
Fecalith
A firm mass of digestive waste
Flux
Discharge of large quantity of fluid from the body
Galactorrhea
Flow of milk
Galactose
A milk sugar
Cholecysteagogue
Agent that causes gall bladder contraction
Hemocyte
Blood cell in invertebrates
Hemolysis
Breaking up of red blood cells
Hidrosis
Sweating
Hidradenitis
Inflammation of sweat glands
Hydrocephalus
Accumulation of fluid in brain
Hygroma
Cystic swelling containing watery fluid
Hygroscopic
Retaining moisture