Med Term 10 Flashcards
1
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laparo
A
abdominal wall
2
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pyro
A
heat/fire
3
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emia
A
condition of the blood
4
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dia
A
thourgh/complete
5
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per
A
though
6
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circum
A
around
7
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ABDUCTION
A
movement away from the middle
8
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aberrant
A
wandering away from the norm
9
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ABLACTION
A
weaning a baby from the breast
10
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ablation
A
takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer
11
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aboral
A
takes away from the mouth
12
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abnormal
A
unusual
13
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abortion
A
termination
14
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abrasion
A
scraping
15
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adduction
A
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MIDDLE
16
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aerophilla
A
attraction to air
17
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anhidrosis
A
absence of sweating
18
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anisocytosis
A
cells of unequal sizes
19
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anisomastia
A
breasts of unequal size
20
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autodermic
A
plastic surgery and grafting using ones own skin
21
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autodiagnosis
A
diagnosising ones self
22
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autogenous
A
made from ones own tissues
23
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autograft
A
graft of tissue from ones own body
24
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autophilia
A
attraction to ones self
25
autohemotherapy
transfusion with ones own blood
26
autoimmunity
reaction of immune response to ones own tissues
27
autoanagous
originating from ones self
28
autophagia
biting ones self
29
autophobia
abnormal fear of ones self, being alone
30
autopsy
postmortem examination
31
centigram
one hundredth of a gram
32
centimeter
one hundreth of a meter
33
choleangiopancretography
x ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium
34
circumduction
moving as to describe a circle with a body part
35
circumocular
encircling the eye
36
cytoplasm
substance within the cell
37
decagram
ten grams
38
circumscribed
encircling or in the shape of a cell
39
decalcification
calcium loss from bone
40
decaliter
ten liters
41
deciduous
falls down (primary teeth that come out)
42
decigram
one tenth of a gram
43
deciliter
one tenth of a liter
44
dehydration
water loss
45
descending
moving downward
46
diaphoresis
profuse sweating
47
diathermy
heat through tissue
48
diuretic
agent that causes diuresis
49
epilepsy
disorder characterized by seizures
50
excision
removing a body part
51
excretion
removal of waste
52
exhale
breathe out
53
extension
removal of water
54
exhale
breathe out
55
extension
to straighten or lengthen a body part
56
extraction
removal or pulling out of a body part
57
flexion
to shorten or bend a body part
58
glycogenesis
formation of glycogen or sugar
59
glycohemoglobin
hemoglobin with attached glucose
60
hematophilia
attraction to blood
61
hidrosis
condition of sweating
62
hydrophilia
attraction to water
63
hydrophobia
fear of water
64
hyperpyrexia
high fever
65
hyperglycemia
high blood glucose level
66
hypoglycemia
low blood glucose level
67
immuno-deficiency
poor immune system
68
immunotherapy
vaccination, immunization
69
isocellular
equal size cells
70
isodactylism
digits the same length
71
isometric
measures the same on all sides
72
isotonic
osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell
73
laparoscopy
examination of the abdomen with a scope
74
laparotomy
incision into the abdomen
75
mastectomy
excision of breast tissue
76
mastocarcinoma
breast cancer
77
milligram
one thousandth of a gram
78
millimeter
one thousandth of a meter
79
monocyte
one cell
80
monocytosis
increase in the number of monocytes
81
monoma
a single tumor
82
monomyoplegia
paralysis of one muscle
83
mononeural
involving one nerve
84
mononuclear
having one nucleus
85
mononucleosis
viral infection causing monocytosis
86
multicapsular
having more than one capsule
87
multicellular
having or involving many cells
88
multiglandular
having or involving many glands
89
multinuclear
a cell having more than one nucleus
90
multipara
having many live births
91
necrectomy
excision of dead tissue
92
necrocytosis
condition of cell death or decomposition
93
necroparasite
organism that lives off dead tissue
94
necrophobia
abnormal fear of dead bodies
95
necrotic
pertaining to necrosis
96
necrotomy
incision into dead tissue
97
nocturnal enuresis
bedwetting
98
nullipara
having no pregnancies carried to the third trimester
99
omphalotomy
incision into the navel
100
percussion
striking or tapping
101
percutaneous
through the skin
102
perforation
puncturing
103
perfusion
supplying blood to tissues
104
periarticular
area surrounding a joint
105
pericardiectomy
excision of the membrane around the heart
106
pericolic
area surrounding the colon
107
perihepatitis
inflammation around the liver
108
peritonsillar
area surrounding the tonsils
109
postmortem
after death
110
primigravida
first pregnancy
111
primipara
first live birth
112
pyrexia
fever
113
pyrolysis
destruction of tissue caused by fever
114
pyromania
compulsion for setting fires
115
pyrometer
thermometer
116
pyrophilia
attraction to fire
117
pyrophobia
fear of fire
118
pyrosis
heartburn
119
pyrotoxin
poisonous by product of metabolism created during feverq
120
transluminal
across the lumen
121
vaccination
immunization
122
vaccine
substance used to stimulate an immune response for immunization
123
aids
autoimmunodefiecency virus
124
dpt
diptheria, pertussis,tetanus
125
ghb
glycosylated hemoglobin
126
gtt
glucose tolerance test
127
ipv
inactivated poliovirus vaccine
128
pcv
pneumococcal vaccine
129
var
chicken pox vaccine
130
hs
hours of sleep
131
tid
times a day
