unit 9 glossary

Question 1

achromophilic

Answer 1

resisting color

Question 2

aerobic

Answer 2

requiring air to live

Question 3

aerocele

Answer 3

herniation containing air

Question 4

aerophobia

Answer 4

abnormal fear of air

Question 5

aerotherapy

Answer 5

treatment using air

Question 6

amenorrhea

Answer 6

cessation of menstruation

Question 7

anaerobic

Answer 7

able to live without air

Question 8

anterolateral

Answer 8

front and side

Question 9

anteromedial

Answer 9

front and middle

Question 10

anteroposterior

Answer 10

from the front to back

Question 11

anterosuperior

Answer 11

front to top

Question 12

areriostasis

Answer 12

control of flow through arteries

Question 13

axillary

Answer 13

underarm

Question 14

bioethics

Answer 14

study of what is good and bad for living things

Question 15

biology

Answer 15

science studying living things

Question 16

blastoderm

Answer 16

embryonic disk that gives rise to the endoderm

Question 17

caudad

Answer 17

toward the tail

Question 18

cephalad

Answer 18

toward the head

Question 19

cephalocaudal

Answer 19

from head to tail

Question 20

chondrodysplasia

Answer 20

defective development of cartilage

Question 21

chromogenesis

Answer 21

formation of color

Question 22

chromolysis

Answer 22

destruction of color

Question 23

chromometer

Answer 23

measuring of color

Question 24

chromophilic

Answer 24

attracting color

Question 25

coronal

Answer 25

pertaining to the crown or encircling

Question 26

coronary

Answer 26

pertaining to the crown or encircling.. reference to around the heart

Question 27

diagnosis

Answer 27

identifying a disease

Question 28

dialysis

Answer 28

separation of substances in a solution

Question 29

diarrhea

Answer 29

abnormally loose watery bowel movement

Question 30

distal

Answer 30

away from a point of origin or designated point

Question 31

dorsal

Answer 31

back or posterior

Question 32

dorsocephalad

Answer 32

toward the back of the head

Question 33

dysentery

Answer 33

inflammation of the intestine

Question 34

dysmenorrhea

Answer 34

difficult or painful menstruation

Question 35

dyspepsia

Answer 35

poor digestion

Question 36

dyspnea

Answer 36

difficultly breathing

Question 37

dystocia

Answer 37

difficulty in labor

Question 38

ectocytic

Answer 38

outside the cell

Question 39

ectoderm

Answer 39

outer embryonic layer

Question 40

ectogenous

Answer 40

formed outside the body

Question 41

eptopic

Answer 41

outside the normal location

Question 42

ectoplasm

Answer 42

outer membrane of the cell

Question 43

endocardium

Answer 43

inner membrane layer of the heart

Question 44

endochondral

Answer 44

within the cartilage

Question 45

endocolitis

Answer 45

inflammation of the lining of the colon

Question 46

endocystic

Answer 46

inside the urinary bladder or inside a cyst

Question 47

endoderm

Answer 47

inner embryonic layer

Question 48

endoenteritits

Answer 48

inflammation of the lining of the small intestine

Question 49

endogenous

Answer 49

made by ones own body

Question 50

endoscopy

Answer 50

process of using a scope to look into the body

Question 51

eugenics

Answer 51

choosing good genetic traits to propagate

Question 52

eupepsia

Answer 52

good digestion

Question 53

eupnea

Answer 53

easy breathing

Question 54

euthanasia

Answer 54

easy death

Question 55

eutocia

Answer 55

easy labor

Question 56

hemostasis

Answer 56

control blood flow

Question 57

hyperplasia

Answer 57

overdevelopment

Question 58

hypoplasia

Answer 58

underdevelopment

Question 59

inferior

Answer 59

below

Question 60

lateral

Answer 60

side

Question 61

lithotripsy

Answer 61

surgical crushing of a stone

Question 62

lymphostasis

Answer 62

control or stoppage of lymph flow

Question 63

medial

Answer 63

middle

Question 64

menopause

Answer 64

cessation of menstruation

Question 65

menorrhagia

Answer 65

hemorrhage during menstruation

Question 66

menses

Answer 66

menstruation

Question 67

mesoderm

Answer 67

meddle germ layer

Question 68

midaxillary

Answer 68

middle of the armpit

Question 69

midsagittal

Answer 69

the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves

Question 70

neurotripsy

Answer 70

surgical crushing of a nerve

Question 71

omphalectomy

Answer 71

excision of the umbilicus

Question 72

ompholacele

Answer 72

umbilical hernia

Question 73

omphalorrhagia

Answer 73

hemorrhage of the umbilicus

Question 74

omphorrhea

Answer 74

discharge from the umbilicus

Question 75

omphalorrhexis

Answer 75

rupture of the umbilicus

Question 76

osteochondrodyplasia

Answer 76

defective development of bone and cartilage

Question 77

para-appendicitis

Answer 77

inflammation of near the appendix

Question 78

paracentral

Answer 78

pertaining to near the center

Question 79

paracolpitis

Answer 79

inflammation near the vagina

Question 80

paracystitis

Answer 80

inflammation near the urinary bladder

Question 81

parahepatisis

Answer 81

inflammation near the liver