Lesson 10 Flashcards by Milika Lee

What is the meaning of isotonic?

The same concentration inside and out.

Iso- equal, the same as
Tonic- osmotic pressure or concentration

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What is the meaning of prodromal?

Pertaining to the time before a condition becomes evident.
Pro- before
Drom- course
Al- pertaining to

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What is the meaning of intramuscular?

Inside a muscle

Intra- inside
Muscular- muscle

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What is the meaning of homeostasis?

Unchanging, stabilized physiologic condition of the body.

Homeo- unchanging
Stasis- stabilize

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What is the meaning of hypoxia?

Insufficient oxygen in the tissues of the body.

Hypo- too little
Oxia- oxygen

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What is the meaning of prognosis?

Predicted outcome of a disease.

Pro- before
Gnos- knowledge
Os(is)- condition of

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What is the meaning of dystocia?

Difficulty in giving birth.

Dys-difficult
Toc- birth
Ia- condition

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What is the meaning of hyperesthesia?

Extreme sensitivity of the senses, especially to painful stimuli.

Hyper- excessive
Esthesia- sensation

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What is the meaning of anisocytosis?

Increased number of cells of unequal size.

Aniso- unequal
Cytosis- increased # of cells

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What is the meaning of panleukopenia?

Insufficient number of all types of white blood cells.
Pan- all
Leuko- white
Penia- insufficient cells

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What is the therapeutic use of water?

Hydrotherapy

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What is the inflammation of the skin on the extremities?

Acrodermatitis

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What is the term for between the digits?

Interdigital

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What is the term relating to before reaching the kidneys?

Prerenal

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What is the term for after an operative procedure?

Postoperative

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What is the term for preferring the opposite sex?

Heterosexual

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What is the term for fracturing a bone again?

Refracture

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What is the term for a deficiency of carbon dioxide?

Hypocapnia

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What is the term for low blood pressure?

Hypotension

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What is the term for normal labor or birth?

Cuticular

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What is the term for without muscle tone or strength?

Atomic

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What is the term for cautery by freezing?

Cryocautery

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What is the meaning of agonal?

Pertaining to the struggling seen just before death; pertaining to an infection or dz in its terminal stages.

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What is the meaning of alopecia?

The loss of hair from an area I which hair is normally precent.

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What is the meaning of anorexia?

The lack of an appetite

What is the meaning if antemortem?

Before death

What is the meaning of arrest?

The cessation of function

What is the meaning of ataxia?

Muscular incoordination; irregular muscular contraction

What is the meaning of cachexia?

The state of advanced malnutrition or debilitation.

What is the meaning of colic?

Acute abdominal pain; pertaining to the colon.

What is the meaning of convulsion?

Violent, involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles, originating from a neurological disorder.

What is the meaning of emaciation?

State of extreme weight loss

What is the meaning of epilepsy?

Disturbance of brain function, characterized by intermittent periods of seizure activity, loss of consciousness or other neurologic abnormalities.

What is the meaning of febrile?

Characterized by fever.

What is the meaning of idiopathic?

Of unknown cause

What is the meaning of morbidity?

Ratio of sick to healthy animals in a population.

What is the meaning of mortality?

Death rate; ratio of total deaths in a given population to the total number of animals in a given population.

What is the meaning of paroxysm?

The sudden recurrence or intensification of signs; a spasm or seizure.

What is the meaning of postmortem?

After death.

What is the meaning of pathognominic?

Distinctive or specific to a particular disease, such that a dingos is May be based on it.

What is the meaning of pruritus?

Itchiness

What is the meaning of pyrexia?

Fever

What is the meaning of seizure?

Sudden attack of a disease, especially neurologic disease; a convulsion.

What is the meaning of vital?

Necessary for life

What is the meaning of zoonosis?

A disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans.

What is the meaning of Acro-?

Extremities, top, summit, to an extreme

What is the meaning of Aer/o?

Air, gas, oxygen

What is the meaning of anis/o?

Unequal, dissimilar

What is the meaning of ante?

Before, in time or place

What is the meaning of aut/o?

Self

What is the meaning of cryo-?

Cold, freezing

What is the meaning of esthesi/o?

Feeling, to sense

What is the meaning of eu-?

Good, easy, well

What is the meaning of heter/o?

Other, another, different

What is the meaning if homeo-?

Like, resembling, always the same, unchanging

What is the meaning of hom/o?

Same

What is the meaning of hydr/o?

Water

What is the meaning of inter-?

Between

What is the meaning of Intra-?

Within, inside

What is the meaning of iso-?

Equal, alike, same

What is the meaning of neo-?

New

What is the meaning of noct-, | nyct/o?

Night, during darkness

What is the meaning of pan?

All, entire

What is the meaning of pre-?

Before

What is the meaning of pro-?

Before, in front of, in favour of

What is the meaning of post-?

After, behind, caudal to

What is the meaning of re-?

Back, again, contrary, replace

What is the meaning of syn-?

Together, union, in association

What is the meaning of -capnia?

Carbon dioxide

What is the meaning of -drome?

Course, conduction, running

What is the meaning of -esthesia?

Perception, feeling, sensation

What is the meaning of -gnos?

Know, known, knowledge

What is the meaning of -natal?

Birth

What is the meaning of -oid?

Alike, resembling, similar to

What is the meaning of -phobia?

Abnormal fear

What is the meaning of tension?

Stretching, straining

What is the meaning of therapy?

Treatment

What is the meaning of tonic?

Tone, colloidal osmotic pressure

What is the suffix meaning vision?

Opia

What is the term for pupils of unequal size?

Anisocoria

What is the prefix meaning before?

Ante

What is the term for insufficient oxygen?

Anoxia

What is the prefix meaning the same?

Homo

What is the term for stoppage or cessation?

Arrest

What is the term for collection if signs characterizing a disease?

Syndrome

What is the term for excessive carbon dioxide?

Hypercapnia

What is the term for between the ribs?

Percapnia

What is the suffix related to hearing?

Acousia

What is the term for determining the cause of illness?

Diagnosis

What is the term for a lesion resembling a carcinoma?

Carcinoid

What is the term for inflammation if all parts of a bone?

Panosteitis

Lesson 10 Flashcards

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