| Question |
Answer |
| apnea |
not breathing |
| anoxia |
with out oxygen (decrease in tissues) |
| abnormal |
pertaining to away from the norm; not regular |
| abductor |
one who leads away from the body |
| adductor |
one who leads toward the body |
| adrenal glands |
endocrine glands located above the the kidneys |
| anabolism |
process of casting (building) up materials (proteins) in the cell |
| analysis |
to seperate (apart) |
| ante cibum |
before meals |
| anteflexion |
bending forward |
| antepartum |
before birth |
| antisepsis |
condition against infection |
| antibiotic |
pertaining to against life |
| antigen |
a substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of antibodies |
| antibody |
protein substance made in the body to destroy foreign antigens |
| antitoxin |
a substance produced in response to and capable of neutralizing a toxin |
| autoimmune |
related to making antibodies against one's own cells and tissues |
| bifurcation |
forking (branching) into two |
| bilateral |
pertaining to two sides |
| bradycardia |
condition of slow heart beat |
| catabolism |
process of casting down marterials (sugar) to release energy in the cells |
| congenital anomaly |
irregularity at birth |
| connective |
to tie (bind) together |
| contraindication |
to point out against; as reasons why a drug should not be taken |
| contralateral |
pertaining to the opposite side |
| dehydration |
condition of lack of water |
| diameter |
to measure through; as the diameter of a circle |
| diarrhea |
to flow through; water is not properly absorbed through the walls of the colon |
| dialysis |
complete separation; two types of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis |
| dyplasia |
abnormal ("bad") development or formation |
| ectopic pregnancy |
pregnancy out of the normal place (usually in the fallopian tubes) |
| endocardium |
inner lining (membrane) of the heart |
| endoscope |
intrument to view with in the body |
| endotracheal |
pertaining to within the trachea |
| epithelium |
skin cell |
| euphoria |
good feeling, "high" |
| euthyroid |
normal thyroid function |
| exophthalmos |
eyeballs that protrude |
| hemiglossectomy |
removal of half the tongue |
| hyperglycemia |
increase in blood sugar |
| hyperplasia |
condition of increased formation (increse in the number of cells) |
| hypertrophy |
increse in development; increase in size of cells |
| hypodermic |
pertaining to below the skin |
| hypoglycemia |
decrease in blood sugar |
| insomniac |
pertaining to inability to sleep |
| incision |
process of cutting into; sectioning |
| infracostal |
pertaining to below the ribs |
| intercostal |
pertaining to between the ribs |
| intavenous |
pertiaining to within the vein |
| macrocephaly |
pertaining to a large head |
| malignant |
harmful, bad; cancerous condition |
| malaise |
feeling of discomfort, bad feeling |
| metacarpal bones |
five hand bones beyond wrist |
| metamorphosis |
condition of changing shape or form |
| metastasis |
beyond control; spreading of a cancerous tumor |
| microscope |
intrument to view small objects |
| neonatal |
pertainign to a newborn (infant) |
| neoplasm |
new growth; new formation (tumor) |
| pancytopenia |
condition of decrease in all cells (blood cells) |
| paralysis |
abnormal destruction (of nerves) leading to loss of muscle function |
| parathyroid glands |
endocrine glands located near the thyroid gland |
| percutaneous |
pertaining to throught the skin |
| percardium |
membrane surround the heart |
| periosteum |
membrane surround the bone |
| polymorphonuclear |
pertaining to many-shaped nucleas; a type of white blood cell |
| polyneurtits |
inflammation of many nerves |
| postmortem |
after death |
| precancerous |
pertaining to before cancer, a lesion that may become cancerous |
| prenatal |
pertaining to before birth |
| prodrome |
symptoms that appear before the onset of a more severe illness |
| prolapse |
sliding forward or downward |
| pseudocyesis |
state of false pregnancy |
| relapse |
a sliding back; recurrence of symptoms fo disease |
| remission |
to send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease |
| recombinant DNA |
inserting a gene from one organism into the DNA of another organism |
| retroperitoneal |
pertaining to behind the peritoneum |
| retroflexion |
bending backward |
| subcutaneous |
pertaining to under the skin |
| suprapubic |
pertaining to above the pubic bone |
| syndactyly |
condition of webb (held together) fingers or toes; a congential anomaly |
| synthesis |
to put, place together |
| syndrome |
a group of symptoms that run (occur) together |
| symbiosis |
condition or state of "life together"; two organisims living together for mutual benefit or not |
| tachypnea |
rapid breathing |
| transfusion |
to pour across, as in transferring blood from one person to another |
| transurethral |
pertaining to through the urethra |
| ultrasonography |
process of recording ultrasound waves |
| unilateral |
pertaining to one side |
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