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Intro to Vet Med > Unit 6 and 7 > Flashcards

Unit 6 and 7 Flashcards

1
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angi/o

A

vessel

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2
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algesia

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sense of pain

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3
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arteri/o

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artery

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cardiac arrest

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stopped heart

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5
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dactyl/o

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fingers

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6
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defibrillation

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heart shocked to a regular heartbeat

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7
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embolism

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obstruction of a blood vessel

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8
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embolus

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foreign particle in the bloodstream

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9
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ethesia

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feeling sensation

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10
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fibrillation

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very fast, irregular heartbeat

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11
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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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12
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phas/o

A

speech

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13
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phleb/o

A

vein

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14
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plas/o

A

formation

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15
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thrombosis

A

blood clost occluding a vessel

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16
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thrombus

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a blood clot

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17
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a-, an-

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absent, without

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18
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brady-

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slow

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19
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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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20
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macro-

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large

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21
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micro-

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small, very small

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22
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tachy-

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fast

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23
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poly-

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many

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24
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sym-, syn-

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together

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-orrhexis

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rupture, bursting apart

26
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-tripsy

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rubbing, crushing

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-emia

A

blood

28
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atrophy

A

observable sign of disease

wasting away, or shrinking of tissues

an organ

or whole body

29
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edema

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accumulated excess fluid in the tissues of the lower estremities may be a condition of

30
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pulse

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31
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respiration

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32
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temperature

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33
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acute

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sharp, severe, having rapid onset and short course, not chronic

34
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central

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35
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chronic

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long, drawn out

36
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generalized

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involving the whole body or many aeas at the same time

37
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localized

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small area of the body

38
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paroxysmal

A

sudden periodic attack or recurrence of symptoms of disease, a fit or convulsion of any kind

39
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peripheral

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outer surface of the body, away from the center

40
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anti-

A

against

41
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chlor/o

A

green

42
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erythr/o

A

red

42
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melan/o

A

black

43
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xanth/o

A

yellow

44
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pyret/o

A

fever

45
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malaise

A

vague sensation of not feeling well, or feeling ill at ease

45
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nausea

A

sickness of stomach with a desire to vomit

45
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anorexia

A

loss of appetite

46
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dyspnea

A

difficult breathing

47
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tinnitus

A

jingling ot tinkling sound in the ear

48
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vertigo

A

sensation of turning arund in a space or of objects moving

49
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active

A

active treatment aims for a cure

50
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palliative

A

relieves bothersom symptoms and makes the patient comfortable

51
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prophylactic

A

treatment aimed at preventing a disease

52
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systemic

A

treatment of constitutional symptoms

53
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prodrome

A

running before a disease, a symptom or group of symptoms that occur a few hours or a few days before the onset of the disease are called prodromal symptoms

54
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prognosis

A

prediction of the course and outcome of a disease

55
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syndrome

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a group of symptoms occuring together chracterizing a specific disease

56
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morbitity

A

disease state

57
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mortality

A

state of being mortal and therefore subject to death

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