unit 12 glossary

Question 1

administration

Answer 1

giving a treatment or medication

Question 2

anorexia

Answer 2

lack of appetite or desire to eat

Question 3

antagonistic

Answer 3

oppositional or blocking

Question 4

anteberile

Answer 4

before a fever

Question 5

anteflexion

Answer 5

bending forward

Question 6

antemortem

Answer 6

before death

Question 7

antenatal

Answer 7

before delivery

Question 8

anteposition

Answer 8

in front of

Question 9

antepyretic

Answer 9

before a fever

Question 10

anteversion

Answer 10

turning toward

Question 11

asyptomatic

Answer 11

without symptoms

Question 12

bicellular

Answer 12

made of two cells

Question 13

biceps

Answer 13

a two bellied muscle

Question 14

bifocal

Answer 14

lens having two focus strengths

Question 15

bifurcation

Answer 15

branch into two

Question 16

binuclear

Answer 16

having two nuclei

Question 17

bipolar

Answer 17

having two poles

Question 18

bisexual

Answer 18

attracted to two sexes

Question 19

bulimia

Answer 19

condition of purging after eating

Question 20

cachexia

Answer 20

wasting away of the body

Question 21

congenital

Answer 21

born with

Question 22

consanguinity

Answer 22

with blood relationship

Question 23

disassociate

Answer 23

to break apart

Question 24

disinfect

Answer 24

to rid of infectious agents

Question 25

dispense

Answer 25

to give out for use

Question 26

dissect

Answer 26

to cut apart

Question 27

excise

Answer 27

to take out

Question 28

exhale

Answer 28

to breathe out

Question 29

expiration

Answer 29

breathing out

Question 30

genitals

Answer 30

reproductive system structures

Question 31

hemianesthesia

Answer 31

anesthesia involving half the body

Question 32

hemicardia

Answer 32

half a heart

Question 33

hemigastrectomy

Answer 33

excision of half the stomach

Question 34

hemiplegia

Answer 34

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 35

hemicardia

Answer 35

half a heart

Question 36

hemigastrectomy

Answer 36

excision of half the stomach

Question 37

hemiplegia

Answer 37

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 38

incise

Answer 38

to cut into

Question 39

incoherent

Answer 39

unable to be understood

Question 40

incompatible

Answer 40

not compatible, does not associate will with

Question 41

incompetency

Answer 41

not able to function properly

Question 42

incontinece

Answer 42

inablilty to control urination or defecation

Question 43

incubation

Answer 43

original growth of an organism

Question 44

infested

Answer 44

organisms living within or on another organism

Question 45

infiltration

Answer 45

penetration of a solution into tissue

Question 46

inflamed

Answer 46

act of being red, swollen

Question 47

inflammation

Answer 47

condition with such symptoms as red swollen and warm area

Question 48

infusion

Answer 48

introducing a substance into a vein through a needle

Question 49

insane

Answer 49

not sane

Question 50

insemination

Answer 50

process of introducing semen into the uterus or tubes

Question 51

insomnia

Answer 51

unable to fall asleep

Question 52

inspiration

Answer 52

breathing in

Question 53

instillation

Answer 53

applying drops

Question 54

intercellular

Answer 54

between the cells

Question 55

intra-abdominal

Answer 55

within the abdomen

Question 56

intra-aortic

Answer 56

within the aorta

Question 57

intra-aterial

Answer 57

within the artery

Question 58

intracranial

Answer 58

within the cranium

Question 59

intracystic

Answer 59

within the urinary bladder

Question 60

intradermal

Answer 60

within the dermal layer

Question 61

intraduadenal

Answer 61

within the duodenum

Question 62

intrathoracic

Answer 62

within the thorax

Question 63

intravenous

Answer 63

within the vein

Question 64

malaise

Answer 64

generally poor feeling

Question 65

malaria

Answer 65

infestation of malaria parasite plasmodium

Question 66

malformation

Answer 66

poor formation

Question 67

malnutrition

Answer 67

poor nurtition

Question 68

malodorous

Answer 68

smelling bad

Question 69

mononuclear

Answer 69

having one nucleus

Question 70

morbidity

Answer 70

related to illness

Question 71

mortality

Answer 71

related to death

Question 72

posticibal

Answer 72

after meals

Question 73

postcoital

Answer 73

after intercourse

Question 74

postesophageal

Answer 74

in back of the esophagus

Question 75

postfebrile

Answer 75

after a fever

Question 76

postglucose

Answer 76

after glucose is administered

Question 77

postmastectomy

Answer 77

after mastectomy surgery

Question 78

postmenopausal

Answer 78

after menopause is complete

Question 79

postmortem

Answer 79

after death

Question 80

postnatal

Answer 80

after birth

Question 81

postoperative

Answer 81

after surgery

Question 82

postpartum

Answer 82

after delivery

Question 83

postprandial

Answer 83

after meals

Question 84

preanesthetic

Answer 84

before anesthesia

Question 85

preanesthetic

Answer 85

before anesthesiA

Question 86

postprandial

Answer 86

after meals

Question 87

prefrontal

Answer 87

in front of the frontal bone

Question 88

preoperative

Answer 88

before surgery

Question 89

prescribed

Answer 89

write an order for before it can be done

Question 90

sanguineous

Answer 90

bloody

Question 91

semicircle

Answer 91

half of a circle

Question 92

semicomatose

Answer 92

partilally in a coma

Question 93

semiconscious

Answer 93

partially conscious

Question 94

semiprivate

Answer 94

situation in which a room is shared

Question 95

subcutaneous

Answer 95

the layer below the dermis of the skin

Question 96

triceps

Answer 96

a three headed muscle

Question 97

trifurcation

Answer 97

branch into three

Question 98

unicellular

Answer 98

of one cell

Question 99

unilateral

Answer 99

one side

Question 100

uninuclear

Answer 100

having one nucleus