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Language of Medicine Test Six Flashcards

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adiop-

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fat

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albino-

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white

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causo-

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burn, burning

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cutaneo-

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skin

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dermo- dermato-

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skin

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erythemato-

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redness

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hidro-

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sweat

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kerato-

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hard

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melano-

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black

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myco-

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fungus

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onycho-

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nail

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sebo-

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sebum

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tricho-

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hair

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xero-

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dry

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aqueo-

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water

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blepharo-

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eyelid

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corneo-

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cornea

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iro-

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iris

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lacrimo-

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tears

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opthalmo-

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eye

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opto- optic-

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eye, vision

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pupillo-

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pupil

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retino-

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retina

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sclero-

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sclera

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glauco-

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gray

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photo-

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light

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presbyo-

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old age

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-opia

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vision

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-opsia

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vision

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acouso-

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hearing

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audio- audito-

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hearing; the sense of hearing

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auro- auriculo-

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ear

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33
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myringo-

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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oto-

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tympano-

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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-otia

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ear condition

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sebum

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oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands

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melanin

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major skin pigment, formed by melanocytes in the epidermis

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keratin

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hard protein material found in the epidermis, nails and hair are made from it (found in animal horns)

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onycholysis

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infection/trauma to the nail that may cause it to detach from the nail bed

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atopic dermatitis

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eczema in an infant

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mycosis

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athlete’s foot

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alopecia

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absence of hair from areas where is normally grows

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pruitus

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acne

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chronic papular/pustular eruption of the skin with increased production of sebum

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urticaria (hives)

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acute allergic reaction in which red, round, wheals, develop on the skin

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eczema

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inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular lesions

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psoriasis

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chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silver/gray scales

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tinea

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infection of the skin caused by a fungus

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ringworm

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infection in a ring-like pattern, highly contagious and causes severe pruritus

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vitiligo

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loss of pigment in areas of the skin (milk-white patches)

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verruca

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epidermal growth of warts caused by a virus

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basal cell carcinoma

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malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis

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malignant melanoma

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cancerous growth composed of melanocytes

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ABCDEs of melanoma

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Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolution

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skin biopsy

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suspected malignant skin lesions are removed and examined microscopically by a pathologist

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pupil

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central opening of eye, surrounded by the iris, and fluids of the eye to bring rays into focus on the retina

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retina

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light-sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing photoreceptor cells (rodes and cones)

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cornea

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fiborus transparent layer of tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball

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iris

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colored layer that opens/closes to allow more/less light into the eye

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sclera

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tough white outer coat of the eyeball

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conjunctiva

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delicate membrane lining the undersurface of the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball

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rods and cones

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cones- color and central vision rods- vision in dim light and peripheral vision

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conjunctivitis

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discharge of pus, highly contagious infection of the conjunctiva

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hyperopia

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nearsightedness, eyeball is to short

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myopia

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nearsightedness, eyeball is to long

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presbyopia

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impairment of vision as a result of old age

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cataract

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the lens appears cloudy

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glaucoma

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increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve, causes loss of vision

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macular degeneration

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progressive damage to the macula of the retina, effects central vision

71
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opthalmoscopy

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visual examination of the interior of the eye

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LASIK

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use of an exciner laser to correct errors of refraction , they sculpt the cornea

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auricle

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flap of the ear; the protruding part of the external ear

74
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external auditory meatus

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auditory canal

75
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eustachain tube

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auditory tube

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ossicles

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small bones of the ear

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deafness

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loss of the ability to hear; nerve and conductive

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otits media

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inflammation of the middle ear

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tinnitus

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sensation of noises (ringing,buzzing,whistling,booming) in the ears

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vertigo

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sensation of irregular or whirling motion of either oneself of external objects

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audiometry

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testing the sense of hearing

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cochlear implant

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surgical insertion of a device that allows sensorineural hearing-impaired able to understand speech

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otoscopy

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visual examination of the ear canal with an otoscope

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