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An enzyme found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars

AMYLASE

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A disorder of pregnancy where the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE

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A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness

ANALGESIA

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A medication that reduces or eliminates pain

ANALGESIC

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A male sex hormone

ANDROGEN

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Induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations

ANESTHESIA

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An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery

ANEURYSM

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Abnormal stiffening and immobility of a joint due to fusion of the bones

ANKYLOSIS

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Absences of one or both testes

ANORCHISM

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Loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage

APHASIA

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(chiefly of a drug) Used to prevent or reduce the severity of epileptic fits or other convulsions

ANTICONVULSANT

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Surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint

ARTHROPLASTY

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(of body tissue or an organ) Waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution

ATROPHY

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Uremia. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine

AZOTEMIA

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Enlarged prostate, appears to be part of the natural aging process

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

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Surgery to remove both ovaries and both fallopian tubes

BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY

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Any of the major air passages of the lungs that diverge from the windpipe

BRONCHI

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A procedure in which a hollow, flexible tube called a bronchoscope is inserted into the airways through the nose or mouth to view the tracheobronchial tree

BRONCHOSCOPY

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The abbreviation for (blood urea nitorgen)

Nitrogen in the form of urea in the blood or serum, used as a indicator of kidney function

BUN

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A chronic disease of the heart muscle in which the muscle is abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or thickened

CARDIOMYOPATHY

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Severe burning pain in a limb caused by injury to a peripheral nerve

CAUSALGIA

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Stroke: A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT

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The part of the brain at the back of the skull. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity

CEREBELLUM

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Incision of the vagina with entry into the

cul-de-sac

COLPOTOMY

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A duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum

COMMON BILE DUCT

An artery supplying blood to the heart

CORONARY ARTERIES

A procedure that carefully destroys certain cells by freezing them

CRYOGENIC SURGERY

A blind pouch or cavity that is closed at one end. (It refers to the pouch of Douglas, an extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and back wall of the uterus)

CUL-DE-SAC

A bluish discoloration of the skin

CYANOSIS

Painful menstruation

DYSMENORRHEA

Difficulty or pain when swallowing

DYSPHAGIA

Dilation or distension of a hollow organ

ECTASIS

In an abnormal place or position

ECTOPIC

Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery

ENDARTERECTOMY

Inflammation of the endocardium

ENDOCARDITIS

The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones

ENDOCRINOLOGY

A condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain

ENDOMETRIOSIS

A highly convoluted duct behind the testis, along which sperm passed to the vas deferens

EPIDIDYMIS

A surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid delivery and prevent rupture of tissues

EPISIOTOMY

What is the female gamete | gamete is a cell that fuses with another gamet during fertilization

THE EGG

What is the female gonad

THE OVARY OR EGG SAC

A finger-like part or structure, as at the opening of the fallopian tubes

FIMBRAE

Visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus

GASTROSCOPY

The process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth

GESTATION

A painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints

GOUTY ARTHRITIS

Presence of blood in the urine

HEMATURIA

Type of portable heart monitor that is a small electrocardiogram (EKG) device worn in a pouch around the neck or waist. It keeps a record of the heart rhythm

HOLTER MONITOR

Of or relating to the humerus of a human or other vertebrate

HUMERAL

A condition in a newborn babies in which the lungs are deficient in surfactant, preventing their proper expansion and causing the formation of hyaline material in the lung spaces

HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE

A region of the forebrain below the thalamus that coordinates both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary (responsible for sleep cycles, body temperature)

HYPOTHALAMUS

A painful obstruction of the ileum or other part of the intestine

ILEUS

An inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body especially the heart muscles

ISCHEMIA

An x-ray of the kidneys, ureter, and bladder

KUB

Excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back

KYPHOSIS

A surgical procedure in which a fiber-optic instrument is inserted through the abdominal wall to view the organs in the abdomen or to permit a surgical procedure

LAPAROSCOPY

Surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)

LARYNGECTOMY

What is the male gamete

THE SPERM

What is the male gonad

THE TESTIS

The lowermost portion of the vertebrate brain, continuous with the spinal cord, responsible for the control of respiration, circulation, and other body functions

MEDULLA OBLONGATA

The 1st menstrual period

MENARCHE

A hernial protrusion of the meninges and spinal cord through a defect in the vertebral column, often Spina Bifida

MENINGOMYELOCELE

Heavy bleeding at menstruation

NEMORRHAGIA

A fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen

MESENTERY

Abnormal bleeding from the uterus

METRORRHAGIA

The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart

MITRAL VALVE

Pain in a muscle or a group of muscles

MYALGIA

A condition causing abnormal weakness of certain muscles

MYASTHENIA

X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space

MYELOGRAM

Of or relatin to both muscles and nerves, especially to nerve endings in muscle tissue

MYONEURAL

The branch of pediatrics concerned with the newborn | diagnosis and treatment of newborns

NEONATOLOGY