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Biomedical Terminology > Session 6: Mythology > Flashcards

Session 6: Mythology Flashcards

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achilles

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greek hero

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achilles tendon

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large tendon of the heel

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aesculapius

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god of medicine

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aesculapian staff

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symbol of medicine (one snake, no wings)

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aesculapian staff

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symbol of medicine (one snake, no wings)

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Aphrodite

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goddess of love and beauty

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aphrodisiac

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substance alleged to increase sexual desire

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Arachne

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goddess of weaving

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arachnoid

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web-like middle lining for the spinal cord

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atlas

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titan who holds up the heavens

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atlas (medical)

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first vertebra of the neck that holds up the skull

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Atropos

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fate that cuts thread of life

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atropine

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potential poison that is used to dry respiratory secretions and prevent heart from beating too slow during surgery

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caduceus

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staff of mercury, messenger of god

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staff of caduceus

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symbol of army medical corps and incorrect symbol of medicine (two snakes + wings)

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cesarean

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method of Julius caesar’s birth

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cesarean or C-section

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cutting the abdomen and uterus to retrieve a baby

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cyclops

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one-eyed monster

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cyclopia

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development abnormality when a baby is borne with one, centrally located eye in forehead

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giant

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large superhuman

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gigantism

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huge body size caused by excessive growth hormone secretion in a young individual

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hermaphroditus

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male boy god who became united with a nymph (salmacis)

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hermaphrodite

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developmental abnormality that produces an individual with both male and female sex organs

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hygeia

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goddess of health

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hygiene

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practice of healthy habits

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hymen (mythology)

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god of marriage

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hymen (med terml)

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membrane at entrance of vagina

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iris (mythology)

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goddess of rainbows

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iris (med term)

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colored part of the eye

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meditrine

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daughter of a

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meditrine

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daughter of aesculapius

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medicine

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a healing substance

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morpheus

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god of dreams (and forms)

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morphology

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study of form, structure, and shapes

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morphine

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drug that can cause strange dreams

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nymph (mythology)

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(young girl) goddess of nature

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nymph (med term)

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developing form (either sex) of “bugs”

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nymphomania

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excessive sexual desire in a female

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nymphomania

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excessive sexual desire in a female

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panacea (mythology)

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daughter of aesculapius

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panacea (med term)

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a cure-all (hoax)

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priapus

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male god of procreation

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priapism

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an abnormal persistent erection of the penis

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psyche

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goddess of thought and judgement

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psychology

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study of the human mind and conscious self

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recipe

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Horus, sun god of health

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Rx

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pharmacy symbol

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satyrs

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male fertility wood spirit

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satyriasis

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excessive sexual desire in a male

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thanatos

A

death

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euthanasia

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quiet, painless death

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venus

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goddess of sexual

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venereal

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transmitted by sexual intercourse

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