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Lesson 10 Flashcards

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What is the meaning of isotonic?

A

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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10
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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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12
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What is the term for between the digits?

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Interdigital

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13
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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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16
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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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21
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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?

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The lack of an appetite

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What is the meaning if antemortem?

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Before death

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What is the meaning of arrest?

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The cessation of function

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What is the meaning of ataxia?

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Muscular incoordination; irregular muscular contraction

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What is the meaning of cachexia?

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The state of advanced malnutrition or debilitation.

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What is the meaning of colic?

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Acute abdominal pain; pertaining to the colon.

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What is the meaning of convulsion?

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

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What is the meaning of emaciation?

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State of extreme weight loss

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What is the meaning of epilepsy?

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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?

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Characterized by fever.

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What is the meaning of idiopathic?

A

Of unknown cause

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What is the meaning of morbidity?

A

Ratio of sick to healthy animals in a population.

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What is the meaning of mortality?

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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?

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

38
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What is the meaning of postmortem?

A

After death.

39
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What is the meaning of pathognominic?

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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?

A

Itchiness

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What is the meaning of pyrexia?

A

Fever

42
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What is the meaning of seizure?

A

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

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What is the meaning of vital?

A

Necessary for life

44
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What is the meaning of zoonosis?

A

A disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans.

45
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What is the meaning of Acro-?

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Extremities, top, summit, to an extreme

46
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What is the meaning of Aer/o?

A

Air, gas, oxygen

47
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What is the meaning of anis/o?

A

Unequal, dissimilar

48
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What is the meaning of ante?

A

Before, in time or place

49
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What is the meaning of aut/o?

A

Self

50
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What is the meaning of cryo-?

A

Cold, freezing

51
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What is the meaning of esthesi/o?

A

Feeling, to sense

52
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What is the meaning of eu-?

A

Good, easy, well

53
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What is the meaning of heter/o?

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Other, another, different

54
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What is the meaning if homeo-?

A

Like, resembling, always the same, unchanging

55
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What is the meaning of hom/o?

A

Same

56
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What is the meaning of hydr/o?

A

Water

57
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What is the meaning of inter-?

A

Between

58
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What is the meaning of Intra-?

A

Within, inside

59
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What is the meaning of iso-?

A

Equal, alike, same

60
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What is the meaning of neo-?

A

New

61
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What is the meaning of noct-,

nyct/o?

A

Night, during darkness

62
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What is the meaning of pan?

A

All, entire

63
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What is the meaning of pre-?

A

Before

64
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What is the meaning of pro-?

A

Before, in front of, in favour of

65
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What is the meaning of post-?

A

After, behind, caudal to

66
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What is the meaning of re-?

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Back, again, contrary, replace

67
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What is the meaning of syn-?

A

Together, union, in association

68
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What is the meaning of -capnia?

A

Carbon dioxide

69
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What is the meaning of -drome?

A

Course, conduction, running

70
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What is the meaning of -esthesia?

A

Perception, feeling, sensation

71
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What is the meaning of -gnos?

A

Know, known, knowledge

72
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What is the meaning of -natal?

A

Birth

73
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What is the meaning of -oid?

A

Alike, resembling, similar to

74
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What is the meaning of -phobia?

A

Abnormal fear

75
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What is the meaning of tension?

A

Stretching, straining

76
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What is the meaning of therapy?

A

Treatment

77
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What is the meaning of tonic?

A

Tone, colloidal osmotic pressure

78
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What is the suffix meaning vision?

A

Opia

79
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What is the term for pupils of unequal size?

A

Anisocoria

80
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What is the prefix meaning before?

A

Ante

81
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What is the term for insufficient oxygen?

A

Anoxia

82
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What is the prefix meaning the same?

A

Homo

83
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What is the term for stoppage or cessation?

A

Arrest

84
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What is the term for collection if signs characterizing a disease?

A

Syndrome

85
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What is the term for excessive carbon dioxide?

A

Hypercapnia

86
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What is the term for between the ribs?

A

Percapnia

87
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What is the suffix related to hearing?

A

Acousia

88
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What is the term for determining the cause of illness?

A

Diagnosis

89
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What is the term for a lesion resembling a carcinoma?

A

Carcinoid

90
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What is the term for inflammation if all parts of a bone?

A

Panosteitis

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