Other Terms Flashcards
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Anastomosis:
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- Connection between two blood vessels.
2. Surgical joining of two ducts, vessels or bowel segments.
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Adhesion:
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Band of scar tissue binding surfaces that are normally separate from each other.
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Cauterize:
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Process of burning tissue by thermal heat, electricity, laser, or dry ice.
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Inflammation:
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- Protective response of body tissues to infection or allergy.
- redness, swelling, heat, pain
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Sepsis:
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- Inflammatory response to infection.
* fever, elevated heart/respiratory rate, low blood pressure
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Chondr/o/oma
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Tissue/tumor = a tumor composed of cartilage.
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Hist/o/lysis
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Tissue/separation, destruction, loosening (of)
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Cyt/o/meter
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Cell/measuring or counting instrument (of cells)
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Nucle/ar
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Nucleus/pertaining to
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Anter/ior
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Front/toward
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Caud/ad
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Tail/toward
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Dist/al
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Farthest/pertaining to
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Dors/al
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Back/pertaining to
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Infer/ior
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Below, lower/pertaining to
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Later/al
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Side/pertaining to
