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Terms Flashcards

1
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Medical Terms

Dysphasia

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Partial or complete impairment of the ability to communicate

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Acalculia

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A form of aphasia characterized by the inability to perform mathematical calculations

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Agraphia

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Impairment or loss of the ability to write

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Apraxia

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Loss of the ability to perform activities

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Astereognosis

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The inability to determine the form of an object by touch

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Inattention

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Decreased screening and regard to stimuli in a given sense.

Eg Visual inattention - Decreased visual screening and regard to visual stimuli

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Aphasia

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Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow

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Aphagia

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Loss of the ability to swallow

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Odynophagia

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Severe pain on swallowing

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Lanugo hair

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Very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented, downy hair as can be found on the body of a fetus or newborn baby.
Can be seen with malnutrition

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Atresia

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Absence or abnormal narrowing of an opening or passage in the body

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Imperforate anus

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A congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening

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Chemosis

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Chemosis is oedema of the conjunctiva

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Medical Terms

Blepharitis

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Inflammation of the eyelid

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Keratitis

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Inflammation of the cornea

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Epiphoria

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Excessive watering of the eye

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Blepharospasm

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Involuntary tight closure of the eyelids

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Medical Terms

Cycloplegia

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Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation

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Medical Terms

Hypopyon

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Inflammation of cells in the anterior chamber of eye.

Leukocytic exudate (pus) seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera.

Sign of anterior uveitis or iritis

21
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Medical Terms

Uvea

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Consists of the:

  • Iris
  • Ciliary body
  • Choroid
22
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Medical Terms

Esotropia

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Synonym: esodeviation

Convergent squint

23
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Medical Terms

Retinoblastoma

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A rare malignant tumour of the retina, affecting young children.

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Medical Terms

Paresis

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A condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease; partial paralysis.

25
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Medical Terms

Strabismus

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Aka squint

Any ocular misalignment

26
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Exotropia

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Divergent squint

27
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Medical Terms

Amblyopia

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Poor vision in one eye which may be reversible with glasses and/or patching and/or correctly aligning the eye/s

28
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Medical Terms

Aphthous Ulcers

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A blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth (canker sores) or gastrointestinal tract

29
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Medical Terms

Angular stomatitis

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Inflammation at the corners of the mouth, associated with a wrinkled or fissured epithelium that does not involve the mucosa.

30
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Medical Terms

Meconium

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Dark green mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full-term fetus

31
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Medical Terms

Meconium ileus

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Ileus
- Intestinal obstruction …

Meconium
- … in the newborn due to blocking of the bowel with thick meconium.

32
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Medical Terms

Azoospermia

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Lack of live spermatozoa in the semen

Classified as obstructive or nonobstructive depending on whether cause is blockage of the tubules or ducts.

33
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Medical Terms

Micrognathia

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Abnormal smallness of the jaws, especially of the mandible.

34
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Medical Terms

Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

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Expansion of the distal ends or entire shafts of the long bones, which is sometimes associated with erosion of the articular cartilages, thickening and villous proliferation of the synovial membranes, and often with finger clubbing.

35
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Medical Terms

Tremulous

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Pertaining to tremors, or involuntary muscular contractions.

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Medical Terms

Coloboma

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  1. an absence or defect of tissue.
  2. a defect of ocular tissue, due to failure of part of the fetal fissure to close; it may affect the choroid, ciliary body, eyelid, iris, lens, optic nerve, or retina.
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Medical Terms

Choanal atresia

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Atresia due to congenital failure of one or both choanae to open owing to the failure of the bucconasal membrane to involute. It results in nasal obstruction and, if bilateral, can endanger neonates because they are obligatory nasal breathers.

38
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Medical Terms

Involute

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Decrease normally, in size and functional activity, an organ whose role in the body economy is temporary or confined to certain periods of life.

Involute should be distinguished from
atrophy, which means to waste away from abnormal causes.

39
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Medical Terms

Inspissation

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  1. The act of thickening or condensing, as by evaporation or absorption of fluid.
  2. An increased viscosity or diminished fluidity.
40
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Medical Terms

Hollenhorst plaque

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A cholesterol embolus that is seen in a blood vessel of the retina.

41
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Medical Terms

Amaurosis fugax

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From Greek “amaurosis” meaning dark and Latin “fugax” meaning fleeting

42
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Medical Terms

Cicatricial

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A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound

43
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Medical Terms

Emmetropia

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The normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina

44
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Medical Terms

Myopia

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Short-sighted

Parallel rays are focused in front of the retina

45
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Medical Terms

Hyperopia

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Far-sighted

Rays from close objests are focused behind the retina. Can lead to all rays focused behind the retina

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