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Ch. 2 Medical Terms
Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat, fatty tissue |
| anter | front |
| caud | tail |
| cephal | head |
| cyt | a cell |
| endo- | inside |
| exo- | outside |
| hist | tissue |
| -ologist | a science of study |
| -ology | study of |
| path | disease |
| -plasia | growth of formation |
| poster | the back |
| -stasis | Slowing; stoppage or Stable state |
| abdominal | abdomen |
| adenectomy | Surgical excision of a gland |
| adenocarcinoma | A malignant tumor originating in glandular tissue |
| adenoma | A benign epithelial tumor having a glandular origin and structure |
| adenomalacia | undue softness of a gland |
| adenosclerosis | hardening of a gland |
| anaplasia | Reversion of cells to an immature or a less differentiated form |
| anatomy | A skeleton, human body |
| anomaly | departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule |
| anterior | Placed before or in front |
| aplasia | The failure of an organ or tissue to develop or to function normally |
| bloodborne transmission | occurs thru contact with blood or body fluids that are contaminated with blood. |
| caudal | Of or like a tail. |
| cephalic | relating to the head |
| chromosomes | A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form |
| communicable diease | a disease that can be communicated from one person to another |
| congenital disorder | birth defect |
| cytoplasm | material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus |
| distal | Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment |
| dorsal | upper side or back of |
| dysplasia | The enlargement of an organ or tissue by the proliferation of cells of an abnormal type, as a developmental disorder or an early stage |
| endemic | Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. |
| endocrine glands | glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones |
| functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
| genetic disorder | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically |
| geriatrician | The branch of medicine or social science dealing with the health and care of old people |
| hemophilia | A medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced, often due to lack of factor VIII |
| histology | The study of the microscopic structure of tissues |
| homeostasis | The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium |
| hyperplasia | The enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the |
| hypertrophy | The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells |
| hypogastric region | The hypogastrium (or hypogastric region, or pubic region) is an area of the human abdomen located below the navel |
| hyperplasia | The enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the |
| iatrogenic illness | The terms iatrogenesis and iatrogenic artifact refer to inadvertent adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical |
| idiopathic disorder | disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause. |
| infectious disease | a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
| inguinal | Of the groin |
| medial | Situated in the middle, in particular |
| mesentery | A fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen |
| midsagittal plane | sagittal plane is an imaginary plane that travels vertically from the top to the bottom of the body, dividing it into left and right |
| nosocomial infection | are infections that are a result of treatment in a hospital or a healthcare service unit |
| pandemic | An outbreak of such a disease. |
| pelvic cavity | the space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera |
| peritoneum | serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and covering the abdominal organs |
| peritonitis | Inflammation of the peritoneum, typically caused by bacterial infection either via the blood or after rupture of an abdominal organ |
| phenylketonuria | inherited inability to metabolize phenylalanine that causes brain and nerve damage if untreated |
| physiology | 1.The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts |
| posterior | Further back in position |
| proximal | Situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment |
| retroperitoneal | is the anatomical space in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum |
| stem cells | undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type |
| thoracic cavity | chest cavity |
| transverse plane | is an imaginary plane that divides the body |
| umbilicus | The navel |
| vector-borne transmission | indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person |
| ventral | belly, adominal |
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