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chap 3 vocab
ms fuentes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |