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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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18
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eleotherapy

A

treatment internally or externally with oil

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19
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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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21
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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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23
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flux

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discharge of large quantity of fluid from the body

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24
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galacto-

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milk

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galactorrhea

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flow of milk

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galactose

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a milk sugar

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gog-/-gogue

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to make flow, leader

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cholecystagogue

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agent that causes gall bladder contraction

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hemo-, hema-, hem-

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blood

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hemocyte

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blood cell in invertebrates

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hemolysis

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breaking up of red blood cells

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hidro-

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sweat

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hidrosis

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sweating

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hidradenitis

A

inflammation of sweat glands

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hydro-, hydra-

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water

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hydrocephalus

A

accumulation of fluid in brain

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hygro-

A

moisture

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hygroma

A

cystic swelling containing watery fluid

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hygroscopic

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retaining moisture

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lacto-

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milk

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lactose

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a milk sugar

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lactation

A

process of producing milk

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lympho-

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clear water

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lymphocyte

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primary cell in lymph (watery circulating body fluid)

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lymphedema

A

swelling of tissue due to obstruction of lymph channels

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muco-

A

free slime

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mucous

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related to a slimy substance

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mucosa

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a mucous membrane

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myxo-

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slimy

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myxedema

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a firm swelling caused by accumulating slimy material between cells (mucopolysaccharides)

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myxomatosis

A

disease of rabbits caused by pox virus characterized by tumors of slimy material

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plasma

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moldable (after clotting)

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plasmacytoma

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tumor of plasma cells, producer of plasma (clotting protein-containing fluid of blood)

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plasmin

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enzyme in plasma that digests clots

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pyo-

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pus

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pyoderma

A

skin disease causing pus in skin

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pyometra

A

pus collecting in uterus

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-rrhea

A

flow

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rhinorrhea

A

runny nose

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diarrhea

A

frequent and excessive evacuation of watery feces

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sangui-

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blood

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sanguineous

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relating to the loss of blood

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serum

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whey

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serum (term)

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resulting fluid of blood after a clot forms

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serosanguineous

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a fluid with aspects of both serum and blood caused by a disease

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sialo-

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saliva

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sialocele

A

cyst containing saliva (also called a ranula)

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sianloadenitis

A

inflammation of a salivary gland

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sputum

A

spit

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sterco-

A

dung

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stercorous

A

relating to excrement

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sudor

A

sweat

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sudoriferous

A

producing sweat

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