Lesson 10 Flashcards

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What is the meaning of isotonic?

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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?

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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?

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Inside a muscle

Intra- inside
Muscular- muscle

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What is the meaning of homeostasis?

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Unchanging, stabilized physiologic condition of the body.

Homeo- unchanging
Stasis- stabilize

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What is the meaning of hypoxia?

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Insufficient oxygen in the tissues of the body.

Hypo- too little
Oxia- oxygen

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What is the meaning of prognosis?

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Predicted outcome of a disease.

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

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What is the meaning of dystocia?

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Difficulty in giving birth.

Dys-difficult
Toc- birth
Ia- condition

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What is the meaning of hyperesthesia?

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Extreme sensitivity of the senses, especially to painful stimuli.

Hyper- excessive
Esthesia- sensation

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What is the meaning of anisocytosis?

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Increased number of cells of unequal size.

Aniso- unequal
Cytosis- increased # of cells

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What is the meaning of panleukopenia?

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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?

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Hydrotherapy

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What is the inflammation of the skin on the extremities?

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Acrodermatitis

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What is the term for between the digits?

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Interdigital

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What is the term relating to before reaching the kidneys?

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Prerenal

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What is the term for after an operative procedure?

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Postoperative

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What is the term for preferring the opposite sex?

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Heterosexual

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What is the term for fracturing a bone again?

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Refracture

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What is the term for a deficiency of carbon dioxide?

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Hypocapnia

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What is the term for low blood pressure?

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Hypotension

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What is the term for normal labor or birth?

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Cuticular

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What is the term for without muscle tone or strength?

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Atomic

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What is the term for cautery by freezing?

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Cryocautery

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What is the meaning of agonal?

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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?

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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
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What is the meaning if antemortem?
Before death
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What is the meaning of arrest?
The cessation of function
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What is the meaning of ataxia?
Muscular incoordination; irregular muscular contraction
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What is the meaning of cachexia?
The state of advanced malnutrition or debilitation.
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What is the meaning of colic?
Acute abdominal pain; pertaining to the colon.
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What is the meaning of convulsion?
Violent, involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles, originating from a neurological disorder.
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What is the meaning of emaciation?
State of extreme weight loss
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What is the meaning of epilepsy?
Disturbance of brain function, characterized by intermittent periods of seizure activity, loss of consciousness or other neurologic abnormalities.
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What is the meaning of febrile?
Characterized by fever.
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What is the meaning of idiopathic?
Of unknown cause
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What is the meaning of morbidity?
Ratio of sick to healthy animals in a population.
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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.
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What is the meaning of paroxysm?
The sudden recurrence or intensification of signs; a spasm or seizure.
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What is the meaning of postmortem?
After death.
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What is the meaning of pathognominic?
Distinctive or specific to a particular disease, such that a dingos is May be based on it.
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What is the meaning of pruritus?
Itchiness
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What is the meaning of pyrexia?
Fever
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What is the meaning of seizure?
Sudden attack of a disease, especially neurologic disease; a convulsion.
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What is the meaning of vital?
Necessary for life
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What is the meaning of zoonosis?
A disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans.
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What is the meaning of Acro-?
Extremities, top, summit, to an extreme
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What is the meaning of Aer/o?
Air, gas, oxygen
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What is the meaning of anis/o?
Unequal, dissimilar
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What is the meaning of ante?
Before, in time or place
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What is the meaning of aut/o?
Self
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What is the meaning of cryo-?
Cold, freezing
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What is the meaning of esthesi/o?
Feeling, to sense
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What is the meaning of eu-?
Good, easy, well
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What is the meaning of heter/o?
Other, another, different
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What is the meaning if homeo-?
Like, resembling, always the same, unchanging
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What is the meaning of hom/o?
Same
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What is the meaning of hydr/o?
Water
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What is the meaning of inter-?
Between
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What is the meaning of Intra-?
Within, inside
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What is the meaning of iso-?
Equal, alike, same
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What is the meaning of neo-?
New
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What is the meaning of noct-, | nyct/o?
Night, during darkness
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What is the meaning of pan?
All, entire
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What is the meaning of pre-?
Before
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What is the meaning of pro-?
Before, in front of, in favour of
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What is the meaning of post-?
After, behind, caudal to
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What is the meaning of re-?
Back, again, contrary, replace
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What is the meaning of syn-?
Together, union, in association
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What is the meaning of -capnia?
Carbon dioxide
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What is the meaning of -drome?
Course, conduction, running
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What is the meaning of -esthesia?
Perception, feeling, sensation
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What is the meaning of -gnos?
Know, known, knowledge
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What is the meaning of -natal?
Birth
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What is the meaning of -oid?
Alike, resembling, similar to
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What is the meaning of -phobia?
Abnormal fear
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What is the meaning of tension?
Stretching, straining
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What is the meaning of therapy?
Treatment
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What is the meaning of tonic?
Tone, colloidal osmotic pressure
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What is the suffix meaning vision?
Opia
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What is the term for pupils of unequal size?
Anisocoria
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What is the prefix meaning before?
Ante
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What is the term for insufficient oxygen?
Anoxia
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What is the prefix meaning the same?
Homo
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What is the term for stoppage or cessation?
Arrest
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What is the term for collection if signs characterizing a disease?
Syndrome
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What is the term for excessive carbon dioxide?
Hypercapnia
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What is the term for between the ribs?
Percapnia
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What is the suffix related to hearing?
Acousia
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What is the term for determining the cause of illness?
Diagnosis
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What is the term for a lesion resembling a carcinoma?
Carcinoid
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What is the term for inflammation if all parts of a bone?
Panosteitis