terms used in clinical anatomy

Question 1

suffix ‘its’

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mean inflammation e.g. appendicitis , tonsillitis

Question 2

suffix ‘ectomy ‘

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mean removal from body e.g. appendicectomy tonsillectomy

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suffix ‘otomy’

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means open and than close a hollow organ e.g. laparotomy , hysterotomy , cystotomy

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suffix ‘ostomy’

Answer 4

mean open hollow organ and than leave it open e.g. tracheostomy

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puberty

Answer 5

age at secondary sexual character develop

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symptom

Answer 6

subjective complaint of the patient

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signs

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objective finding of the doctor

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diagnosis

Answer 8

identification of disease

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prognosis

Answer 9

doctors point of view about patient condition

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pyrexia

Answer 10

fever

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lesion

Answer 11

injury or change in the tissue

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inflammation

Answer 12

reaction of tissue to an injury

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odema

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swelling due to accumulation of fluid

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thrombosis

Answer 14

blood clotting

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embolism

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vessel blocked due to thrombosis

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hemorrhage

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bleeding maybe external or internal

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ulcer

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a localized gap in skin or mucus

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sinus

Answer 18

a blind track open at one end lined by epithelium

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fistula

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track open at both end (abnormal connection b/w two body parts given by surgery

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necrosis

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death of tissue or organ due to too little flow of blood

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degeneration

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change causing distortion in structure and function

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gangrene

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form of necrosis combined with decomposition

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infarction

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death of tissue due to sudden obstruction of artery

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atrophy

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decrease in the size of cell tissue or organ due to loss of nutrition

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dystrophy

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decrease in size due to defective nutrition

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hypertrophy

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increase in size without any increase in no of cells

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hyperplasia

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increase in size due to increase in no of cell

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aplasia

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failure of development of any organ

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syndrome

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symptoms and sign constituting picture of disease

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paralysis

Answer 30

loss of motor power of part of body

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monoplegoa

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paralysis of any one limb

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paraplegia

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paralysis of both lower limb

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hemiplegia

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paralysis of one half of body

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quadriplegia

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paralysis of all four limb

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analgesia

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loss of pain sensibility

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anasthesia

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loss of touch sensibility

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thermalasthesia

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loss of temperature sensibility

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hyperasthesia

Answer 38

abnormal increase in sensibility

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paranesthesia

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prevented feeling of sensation

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coma

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deep unconsciousness

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tumor

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nonharmful , noninflammatory ,abnormal growth of body tissue

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benign

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mild illness or growth ,which don’t endanger life

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malignant

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severe illness resistant of treatment and end in death

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carcinoma

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malignant growth arising from epithelium (ectoderm)

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sarcoma

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malignant growth arising from connective tissue (mesoderm )

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cancer

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term to indicate malignant result in death

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metastasis

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spread of disease to distant part of body

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convalescence

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recovery period between end of disease and restoration to complete health

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therapy

Answer 49

medical treatment