Session 23: Consistency

Question 1

agglutino-

Answer 1

glued

Question 2

agglutinate

Answer 2

to glue together

Question 3

baro-

Answer 3

heavy

Question 4

barium

Answer 4

heavy metal used for contrast studies with radiography (x-rays)

Question 5

baroreceptor

Answer 5

monitor tissue for blood pressure

Question 6

callus

Answer 6

hard

Question 7

callus

Answer 7

hard thickening of skin or bone

Question 8

callous

Answer 8

to become hardened

Question 9

cera

Answer 9

wax

Question 10

cerument

Answer 10

earwax

Question 11

ceruminolytic

Answer 11

agent that dissolves earwax

Question 12

colla

Answer 12

glue, jelly

Question 13

colloid

Answer 13

jelly-like mixture of particles in a liquid medium

Question 14

collodion

Answer 14

nitrocellulose solution in ether or alcohol (drug solvent or wound sealant)

Question 15

crystall-

Answer 15

ice

Question 16

crystalluria

Answer 16

crystals in the urine

Question 17

dura

Answer 17

hard

Question 18

dura mater

Answer 18

tough, fribous outer coat of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord

Question 19

indurated

Answer 19

made hard

Question 20

ebur

Answer 20

ivory

Question 21

eburnation

Answer 21

to make hard and dense like ivory

Question 22

glia/-glia

Answer 22

glue

Question 23

glioma

Answer 23

brain tumor composed of neuroglia cells

Question 24

neuroglia

Answer 24

cells that support and insulate nerve cells

Question 25

gluten

Answer 25

glue

Question 26

gluten (term)

Answer 26

tough, viscous material left after wheat is washed to remove starch

Question 26

gluten (term)

Answer 26

tough, viscous material left after wheat is washed to remove starch

Question 27

glassy

Answer 27

hyalo-

Question 28

hyalosis

Answer 28

a degenerative change in the vitreous humor

Question 29

inspissatus

Answer 29

thick

Question 30

inspissated

Answer 30

to become thicker as if with dehydration

Question 31

lepto-

Answer 31

delicate, slender

Question 32

leptospirosis

Answer 32

slender spiral bacteria that causes inflammation of the kidney

Question 33

leptomeningitis

Answer 33

inflammation of the pia mater or arachnoid membrane of the meninges surrounding the brain or spinal cord

Question 34

-malacia

Answer 34

softening

Question 35

osteomalacia

Answer 35

softening of bone

Question 36

mollis

Answer 36

soft

Question 37

emollient

Answer 37

a soothing (feels soft) agent

Question 38

oleo-

Answer 38

oil

Question 39

oleoresin

Answer 39

an oily plant sap that may cause contact allergy (capsaicin is an _______ from peppers used as a liniment)

Question 40

pachy-

Answer 40

thick

Question 41

pachyderm

Answer 41

“thick skin”

Question 42

pachymeningitis

Answer 42

inflammation of the dura mater of the meninges

Question 43

petra

Answer 43

rock hard

Question 44

petrous

Answer 44

pertaining to the hard part of the temporal bone

Question 45

petrosal

Answer 45

referring to the petrous temporal bone

Question 46

porous

Answer 46

-porosis

Question 47

osteoporosis

Answer 47

demineralization of bone

Question 48

scirrho-

Answer 48

hard

Question 49

scirrhous

Answer 49

firm and fibrous

Question 50

sclero-

Answer 50

hard

Question 51

sclera

Answer 51

dense white outer covering of most of the eye

Question 52

spongio-

Answer 52

spongy

Question 53

spongiosis

Answer 53

edema of the spongy layer of the skin

Question 54

stereo-

Answer 54

solid

Question 55

cholesterol

Answer 55

a solid alcohol first discovered in gallstones

Question 56

stereoscopic

Answer 56

pertaining to 3-dimensional vision

Question 57

viscidus

Answer 57

sticky

Question 58

viscous

Answer 58

sticky, thick, and resistant to flow

Question 59

viscosity

Answer 59

measuring the resistance to flow