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chap 3 vocab
ms fuentes
Question | Answer |
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Cephalgia | hedache; pain in the head |
otalgia | earache; pain in the ear |
adipocyte | fat cell |
hysterectomy | surgical remover or excision of the uterus |
mastectomy | surgical removal or excision of the breast |
diagnosis | determing what disease or condition is present through a study of the signs and sympotoms and labratory |
prognosis | forecast of the outcome of the disease |
angiogram | record of a bloood vessel is produced using x-rays and contrast medium |
myelogram | record(image) of the spinal cord taken by x-rays |
mammogram | record(image) of the breast is produced using x-rays |
venogram | record(image) of a vein is produced using x-rays and contrast medium. |
cardiograph | instrument used to record the hearts activity |
electrocardiograph | instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart |
cardiography | process of recording the hearts activity |
computed tomography | an x-ray beam rotates around the patient taking multiple images of an organ at different depths |
mammography | process of producing images of the breast |
myleography | producing images of the spinal cord. |
radiography | process of producing images using xrays |
enteritis | inflimmation of the small intestine |
stomatitis | inflimmation of the mouth |
tonsillitis | inflimmation of the tonsills |
cardiology | study of the heart |
dermatology | study of the skin |