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Chapter 4
Medical Terms
| Medical Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abnormal | pertaining to being away from the norm; irregular |
| adrenal glands | two endocrine glands, each above the kidney which produce hormones such as adrenalin and hydrocortisone |
| analysis | separating a substance into its component parts |
| anemia | deficiency of hemoglobin and or numbers of red blood cells which results in reducced oxygen to body cells |
| antepartum | before birth |
| antibiotic | pertaining to a substance that works against germor bacterial life |
| antibody | a substance that works against germs produced by white blood cells when germs enter the blood stream |
| antigen | foreign protein that stimulates white blood cells to make antibodies |
| aphasia | absence or impairment of communication through speech |
| apnea | not able to breath |
| atrophy | decrease in size of cells within an organ |
| benign | not cancerous, a tumor that does not spreadand is limited in growth |
| bilateral | pertaining to two sides |
| bradycardia | slow heartbeat |
| congenital anomaly | irregularity; a deviation from the normal |
| dialysis | complete separation of wastes from the blood when the kidneys fail |
| diarrhea | discharge of watery wastes from the colon |
| dysphagia | difficult swallowing |
| dysplasia | difficult speech |
| dyspnea | painful breathing |
| dysuria | painful of difficult urination |
| ectopic pregnancy | development of the zygote in a place outside the uterus |
| endocrine glands | organs that produce hormones |
| endoscopy | processs of viewing the inside of hollow organs or cavities with an endoscope |
| epidural hematoma | mass of blood above the dra mater |
| excision | act of cutting out, removing, or resection |
| extrahepatic | pertaining to the outside of the liver |
| hemigastrectomy | Removal of half of the stomach |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| hyperglycemia | higher than normal levers sugar in the blood |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hyperthyroidism | excessive activity of the thyroid gland |
| hypertrophy | enlargement or over growth of an organ or part of the body as a result of and increase in size of individula cells |
| hypoglycemia | blood condition of decreased sugar |
| incision | cutting into the body or into the pelvis |
| intervertebral | pertaining to lying beween the backbones |
| intrauterine | pertaining to with in the uterus |
| intravenous | pertaining to the vein |
| malignant | tending to become over wellmr |
| metacarpal | bones of the hand between wirist bones |
| metastasis | spread of a cancerous tumor to a distant organ or location |
| neonatal | pertaining to new birth |
| neoplastic | pertaining to a new growth |
| paralysis | los or impairment of movement in a part of the body |
| paraplegia | impairment or loss of movement in the lower part of the body, primarly the legs and in some cases bowel and bladder function |
| parathyroid glands | forur eidocrine glands behind the thyroid glands |
| perianal | pertaining to around the anus |
| periosteum | membrane that surrounds the bone |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| polyneurophathy | disease of many nerves |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| postmortem | afterdeath |
| postpartum | after birth |
| precanscerous | pertaining to a condiditon that ma come before a cancer |
| prolaps | falling down or drooping of a part of the body |
| prosthesis | artificial subsitiute for a missing part of the body |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four extremities and usally the trunk of the body caused by injury to the spinal cord in the cervical region of the spine |
| relapse | retrun of a disease after its apparent termination |
| remission | lessining of smptoms of a diseases |
| resection | removal of an organ or a structure |
| retroperitioneal | pertaining to behind the peritoneum |
| subcostal | pertaining to below the ribs |
| subcutaneous | lower layer of the skin |
| subduralhematoma | collection of blood under the dura mater |
| subscapular | pertaining to under the shoulder bone |
| subtotal | less than total |
| syndrome | set of symptoms and sings of disease that occur together to indicate a disease condition |
| tachycardia | rapid heartbeat |
| tachypnea | rapid breathing |
| transabdominal | pertaining to across the abdomen |
| transurethral | pertaining to across the urethra |
| tricuspid valve | fold of tissue between the upper and lower chambers on the right side of the heart |
| ultrasonography | recordion of the internal body structures with sound waves |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side |
| urinalysis | examination of urine to determine its content |
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