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medical terminology3
definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pachycephalic (abnormal thickness of the skull | (blank) |
| paralgia (abnormal pain | (blank) |
| pathology (study of disease | (blank) |
| cytopenia (lack of cellular elements in the blood | (blank) |
| pericardium (around the heart | (blank) |
| retinopexy (surgical repair of a detached retina | (blank) |
| diaphoresis (perspiration, transmission of sweat | (blank) |
| orthoplasty (surgical straightening | (blank) |
| paraplegia (paralysis from the waist down | (blank) |
| polyarthritis (arthritis in numerous joints | (blank) |
| postmortem (after death | (blank) |
| preoperative, pre-op (before surgery | (blank) |
| proglossis (tip of the tongue | (blank) |
| pseudodipsia (false thirst | (blank) |
| ptosis (falling | (blank) |
| reflex (flex response to stimulation | (blank) |
| retroflexed (bent backward, posterior | (blank) |
| cardiorrhaphy (suturing of the heart | (blank) |
| angiorrhexis (ruptured blood vessel | (blank) |
| bronchoscopy (bronchus exam | (blank) |
| semicomatose (half-conscious | (blank) |
| sphygmomanometer (pulse meter | (blank) |
| sublingual (under the tongue | (blank) |
| superacute (highly severe | (blank) |
| symbiotic (dependent on one another | (blank) |
| tachycardia (rapid heart rate | (blank) |
| telemetry (distance signal monitor interpretation) | (blank) |
| toxicoderma (skin disease caused by poison | (blank) |
| transfusion (transfer of blood into an individual | (blank) |
| tricuspid (three cusps | (blank) |
| ultrasonic (high frequency sound | (blank) |
| uniocular (having one working eye | (blank) |
| xenograft (a graft from one species to another | (blank) |
| xerochilia (dry lips | (blank) |