Session 20: Feelings, Human Relations, Identity, and Sleep Flashcards
-esthesia
sensation, feeling
anestesia
lack of sensation or feeling
hyperesthesia
an abnormal increase in sensitivity or feeling
excoriae
to flay
excoriation
scratches or abrasions of the skin
libido
sexual desire
miso-
hatred
misogyny
hatred of women
nausia
seasickness
nausea
feeling of sickness in stomach leading to vomiting
palliat-
cloak, soothe
palliative
affording relief but not a cure
phobos
fear
photophobia
sensitive to (afraid of) light
hydrophobia
fear of water (this has been considered a sign of rabies)
placebo
to please
placebo (term)
an inactive (dummy, control) medical treatment
placebo effect
a perceived beneficial effect cause by expectations of a treatment rather than the treatment itself, as much as 30% of humans treated may report a benefit from sugar pills or sterile water if they think they treatment is medication instead of a placebo
satiety
sufficiency
satiety
full of gratification of appetite or thirst
-thymia
mind, emotions
dysthymia
depression
andro-
man
androgen
a substance that promotes masculinization
anthropo-
man
anthropomorphism
attributing human form or characteristics to non-humans
antropology
study of the origins of humans
atavus
grandfather
atavism
acquiring a genetic trait from a remote ancestor
-demic
people
endemic
a disease prevalent to a particular location
epidemic
a rapidly spreading disease of humans in the same area, at the same time (an animal “epidemic” is an epizootic)
pandemic
world-wide human disease outbreak
gameto-
husband and wife
gamete
a sperm or ova
gametogenesis
production of a sperm or ova
genos
family, offspring
genetics
study of heredity
genodermatosis
genetic origin (inherited) skin disease
gynec-
woman
gynecology
study of diseases of the women’s genital tract
gynecomastia
woman-like development of breast tissue in a man
parthenos
virgin
parthenogenesis
virgin born, not resulting from a mating
phylon
tribe
phylum
a primary division in the animal kingdom
presby-
old man
presbyopia
aging change in eye accommodation, far-sighted
pubetas
adult sexual characteristics
puberty
time of adult sex characteristics and reproduction
puer
child
puerperal
pertaining to the mother of a newborn
allo-
other
allokinesis
involuntary movement (reflex or passive)
allograft
transplant with donor of the same species, but a different genetic makeup
allelo-
like each other
allele
one of a matched pair of genes at like locations on a chromosome with the same function
allelotaxis
development of an organ from tissues of a different origin (example - adrenal gland)
anomalo-
irregular, not ordinary
anomaly
deviation from the normal
anomalous
deviating from a general rule
auto-
self
autogeneous
originating from the same individual that receives it (a tissue graft or vaccine)
autoimmune
the immune system becomes sensitized against its own tissue
idio-
self produced
idiopathic
relating to an illness of unknown cause (literally “self produced sickness” but this is not how the term is now used)
idiosyncracy
a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual
nomen-
name
nomclature
a classification of names
proprio-
self
proprioception
sensing stimuli (position or movement) from one’s own body
coma
deep sleep
comatose
unconsciousness when a patient cannot be aroused
hypno-
sleep
hypnosis
sleep-like condition with heightened suggestibility
hypnotic
inducing sleep
karotis
sleep
carotid
principal artery of the neck (compression of both carotids causes a loss of consciousness)
narco-
numbness/stupor
narcosis
reversible depression and insensitivity
narcotic
an agent that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor
REM
Rapid Eye Movement
somni-
sleep
somnolence
excessive drowsiness or sleepiness
sopor-
deep sleep
soporific
causing profound sleep
stupere
stunned
stupor
reduced or suspended sensibility, numbness
