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Biomedical Terminology > Session 18: Fluids > Flashcards

Session 18: Fluids Flashcards

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aqua

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water

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aqueous humor

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clearly watery fluid in front chamber of eye

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bili-

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bile

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biliary

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relating to bile production and excretion

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bilirubin

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pigment produced by the liver processing red blood cell breakdown products

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chole-

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bile

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cholecystitis

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inflammation of the gall bladder

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cholelith

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gall stone

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chylo

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juice

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chylomicron

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fat globule transported in blood or lymphatic fluid (turbid white or yellow “juice”)

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chylothorax

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accumulation of chyle (lymphatic fluid) in the chest

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copro-

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dung

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coprophagous

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feeding on excrement

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coprophagy

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habit of eating excrement

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dacryo-

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tear

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dacryoadenitis

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inflammation of tear gland

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eleo-

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oil

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eleotherapy

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treatment internally or externally with oil

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feces

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refuse

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fecal

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referral to digestive waste

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fecalith

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a firm mass of digestive waste

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flux

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to flow

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flux

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discharge of large quantity of fluid from the body

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galacto-

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milk

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galactorrhea
flow of milk
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galactose
a milk sugar
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gog-/-gogue
to make flow, leader
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cholecystagogue
agent that causes gall bladder contraction
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hemo-, hema-, hem-
blood
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hemocyte
blood cell in invertebrates
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hemolysis
breaking up of red blood cells
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hidro-
sweat
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hidrosis
sweating
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hidradenitis
inflammation of sweat glands
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hydro-, hydra-
water
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hydrocephalus
accumulation of fluid in brain
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hygro-
moisture
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hygroma
cystic swelling containing watery fluid
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hygroscopic
retaining moisture
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lacto-
milk
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lactose
a milk sugar
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lactation
process of producing milk
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lympho-
clear water
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lymphocyte
primary cell in lymph (watery circulating body fluid)
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lymphedema
swelling of tissue due to obstruction of lymph channels
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muco-
free slime
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mucous
related to a slimy substance
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mucosa
a mucous membrane
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myxo-
slimy
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myxedema
a firm swelling caused by accumulating slimy material between cells (mucopolysaccharides)
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myxomatosis
disease of rabbits caused by pox virus characterized by tumors of slimy material
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plasma
moldable (after clotting)
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plasmacytoma
tumor of plasma cells, producer of plasma (clotting protein-containing fluid of blood)
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plasmin
enzyme in plasma that digests clots
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pyo-
pus
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pyoderma
skin disease causing pus in skin
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pyometra
pus collecting in uterus
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-rrhea
flow
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rhinorrhea
runny nose
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diarrhea
frequent and excessive evacuation of watery feces
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sangui-
blood
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sanguineous
relating to the loss of blood
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serum
whey
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serum (term)
resulting fluid of blood after a clot forms
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serosanguineous
a fluid with aspects of both serum and blood caused by a disease
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sialo-
saliva
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sialocele
cyst containing saliva (also called a ranula)
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sianloadenitis
inflammation of a salivary gland
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sputum
spit
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sterco-
dung
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stercorous
relating to excrement
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sudor
sweat
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sudoriferous
producing sweat

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