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Medical Terminology
GPS-WK5-MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Term | Definition |
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hemi- | half |
hyper | excessive |
hypo | deficient, below, less than |
inter- | between |
later | side |
febrile | feverish |
fibrillation | uncontrollable twitching of muscle fibers of the heart |
hematoma | collection of blood in a tissue that clots and then becomes encapsulated by connective tissue. |
hyperglycemia | abnormally excessive amount of sugar in the blood |
hypertension | elevated blood pressure |
hypoglycemia | abnormally low amount of sugar in the blood |
hyporeflexia | below normal response of the reflexes |
idiopathic | of unknown cause |
ischemia | decrease or lack of blood supply to an organ or part due to a constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels. |
jaundice | aka. icterus, it is the yellowing of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes due to accumulation of bile salts in these tissues. it is indicative of several disease such as hepatitis. |