Sugery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions, & Prefixes of Numbers & Direction
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| abduction | movement away from the midline
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| aberrant | wandering away from the norm
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| ablactation | weaning a baby from the breast
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| ablation | takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer
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| abnormal | unusual (not normal)
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| aboral | away from the mouth
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| abortion | termination of pregnancy
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| abrasion | scraping
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| adduction | movement toward the midline
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| aerophilia | attraction to air
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| anhidrosis | absence of sweating
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| anisocytosis | cells of unequal size
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| anisomastia | breats of unequal size
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| autodermic | plastic surgery and grafting using one's own skin
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| autodiagnosis | diagnosing one's self
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| autogenous | made by or one's own tissue (adj.)
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| autograft | graft of tissue from one's own body
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| autohemotherapy | transfusion with one's own blood
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| autoimmunity | reaction of immune response to one's own tissue
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| autologous | originating from one's self
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| autonomic | self-controlling part of the nervous system (adj)
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| autophagia | biting one's self
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| autophilia | attraction to one's self
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| autophobia | abnormal fear of one's self, being alone
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| autopsy | necropsy, postmortem examination, exam to confirm cuase of death
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| centigram | one hundredth of a gram
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| centimeter | one hundredth of a meter
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| cholangio-pancreatography | x-ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium
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| circumduction | moving as to describe a circle with a body part
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| circumocular | encircling the eye
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| circumscribed | encircling or in the shape of a circle
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| cytoplasm | substance within the cell
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| decagram | ten grams
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| decalcification | calcium loss (from bone)
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| decaliter | ten liters
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| deciduous | falls down (primary teeth that come out)
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| decigram | one tenth of a gram
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| deciliter | one tenth of a liter
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| dehydration | water loss
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| descending | moving downward
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| diaphoresis (hyperhidrosis) | profuse sweating
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| diathermy | heat through tissues
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| diuresis | increase in urine output
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| diuretic | agent that causes diuresis
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| epilepsy | disorder characterized by seizures
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| excision | removing a body part
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| excretion | removal of waste (urination, defecation)
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| exhale | breathe out (expire)
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| extension | to straighten or lengthen a body part
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| extraction | removal of pulling out of a body part
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| flexion | to shorten or bend a body part
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| glycogenesis | formation of glycogen or sugar
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| glycohemoglobin | hemoglobin with attached glucose
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| hematophilia | attraction to blood
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| hidrosis | condition of sweating
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| hydrophilia | attraction to water
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| hydrophobia | fear of water (symptom of rabies)
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| hyperpyrexia | high fever
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| hyperglycemia | high blood glucose level
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| hypoglycemia | low blood glucose level
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| immuno-deficiency | deficient (poor) immune system
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| immunotherapy | vaccination, immunization
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| isocellular | equal size cells
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| isodactylism | digits the same length
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| isometric | measures the same on all sides
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| isotonic | osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell
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| laparoscopy | examination of the abdonmen with a scope
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| laparotomy | incision into the abdomen
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| mastectomy | excision of breast tissue
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| mastocarcinoma | breast cancer
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| milligram | one thousandth of a gram
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| millimeter | one thousandth of a meter
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| monocyte | one cell (type of leukocyte)
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| monocytosis | increase in the number of monocytes
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| monoma | a single tumor
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| monomyplegia | paralysis of one muscle
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| mononeural | involving one nerve
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| mononuclear | having one nucleus
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| mononucleosis | viral infection causing monocytosis
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| multicapsular | having more than one capsule (adj)
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| multicellular | having or involving many cells (adj)
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| multiglandular | having or involving many glands (adj)
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| multinuclear | a cell haing more than one nucleus (adj)
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| multipara | having many live births (born in third trimester)
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| necrectomy | excision of dead tissue
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| necrocytosis | condition of cell death or decomposition
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| necroparasite | organism that lives off dead tissue
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| necrophobia | abnormal fear fo dead bodies
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| necrotic | pertaining to necrosis (condition of dead tissue)
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| necrotomy | incision into dead tissue
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| nocturnal enuresis | bedwetting
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| nullipara | haing no prenancies carried to the thrid trimester
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| omphalotomy | incision into the navel
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| percussion | striking or tapping
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| percutaneous | through the skin
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| perforation | puncturing
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| perfusion | supplying blood to tissue
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| periarticular | area surrounding a joint
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| pericardiectomy | excision of the membrane around the heart
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| pericolic | area surrounding the colon
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| perihepatitis | inflammation around the liver
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| peritonsillar | area surrounding the tonsils
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| postmortem | after death
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| primigravida | first pregnancy
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| primipara | first live birth
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| pyrexia | fever
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| pyrolysis | destruction of tissue caused by fever
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| pyromania | compulsion (madness) for setting fires
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| pyrometer | thermometer
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| pyrophilia | attraction to fire
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| pyrophobia | abnormal fear of fire
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| pyrosis | heartburn
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| pyrotoxin | poisonous by-product of metabolism created during fever
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| transluminal | across the lumen
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| vaccination | immunization
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| vaccine | substance used to stimulate an immune response for immunization
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| anhidrosis | absence of sweat
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| parity | quality of having given birth
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