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Unit 10
Sugery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions, & Prefixes of Numbers & Direction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abduction | movement away from the midline |
| aberrant | wandering away from the norm |
| ablactation | weaning a baby from the breast |
| ablation | takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer |
| abnormal | unusual (not normal) |
| aboral | away from the mouth |
| abortion | termination of pregnancy |
| abrasion | scraping |
| adduction | movement toward the midline |
| aerophilia | attraction to air |
| anhidrosis | absence of sweating |
| anisocytosis | cells of unequal size |
| anisomastia | breats of unequal size |
| autodermic | plastic surgery and grafting using one's own skin |
| autodiagnosis | diagnosing one's self |
| autogenous | made by or one's own tissue (adj.) |
| autograft | graft of tissue from one's own body |
| autohemotherapy | transfusion with one's own blood |
| autoimmunity | reaction of immune response to one's own tissue |
| autologous | originating from one's self |
| autonomic | self-controlling part of the nervous system (adj) |
| autophagia | biting one's self |
| autophilia | attraction to one's self |
| autophobia | abnormal fear of one's self, being alone |
| autopsy | necropsy, postmortem examination, exam to confirm cuase of death |
| centigram | one hundredth of a gram |
| centimeter | one hundredth of a meter |
| cholangio-pancreatography | x-ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium |
| circumduction | moving as to describe a circle with a body part |
| circumocular | encircling the eye |
| circumscribed | encircling or in the shape of a circle |
| cytoplasm | substance within the cell |
| decagram | ten grams |
| decalcification | calcium loss (from bone) |
| decaliter | ten liters |
| deciduous | falls down (primary teeth that come out) |
| decigram | one tenth of a gram |
| deciliter | one tenth of a liter |
| dehydration | water loss |
| descending | moving downward |
| diaphoresis (hyperhidrosis) | profuse sweating |
| diathermy | heat through tissues |
| diuresis | increase in urine output |
| diuretic | agent that causes diuresis |
| epilepsy | disorder characterized by seizures |
| excision | removing a body part |
| excretion | removal of waste (urination, defecation) |
| exhale | breathe out (expire) |
| extension | to straighten or lengthen a body part |
| extraction | removal of pulling out of a body part |
| flexion | to shorten or bend a body part |
| glycogenesis | formation of glycogen or sugar |
| glycohemoglobin | hemoglobin with attached glucose |
| hematophilia | attraction to blood |
| hidrosis | condition of sweating |
| hydrophilia | attraction to water |
| hydrophobia | fear of water (symptom of rabies) |
| hyperpyrexia | high fever |
| hyperglycemia | high blood glucose level |
| hypoglycemia | low blood glucose level |
| immuno-deficiency | deficient (poor) immune system |
| immunotherapy | vaccination, immunization |
| isocellular | equal size cells |
| isodactylism | digits the same length |
| isometric | measures the same on all sides |
| isotonic | osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell |
| laparoscopy | examination of the abdonmen with a scope |
| laparotomy | incision into the abdomen |
| mastectomy | excision of breast tissue |
| mastocarcinoma | breast cancer |
| milligram | one thousandth of a gram |
| millimeter | one thousandth of a meter |
| monocyte | one cell (type of leukocyte) |
| monocytosis | increase in the number of monocytes |
| monoma | a single tumor |
| monomyplegia | paralysis of one muscle |
| mononeural | involving one nerve |
| mononuclear | having one nucleus |
| mononucleosis | viral infection causing monocytosis |
| multicapsular | having more than one capsule (adj) |
| multicellular | having or involving many cells (adj) |
| multiglandular | having or involving many glands (adj) |
| multinuclear | a cell haing more than one nucleus (adj) |
| multipara | having many live births (born in third trimester) |
| necrectomy | excision of dead tissue |
| necrocytosis | condition of cell death or decomposition |
| necroparasite | organism that lives off dead tissue |
| necrophobia | abnormal fear fo dead bodies |
| necrotic | pertaining to necrosis (condition of dead tissue) |
| necrotomy | incision into dead tissue |
| nocturnal enuresis | bedwetting |
| nullipara | haing no prenancies carried to the thrid trimester |
| omphalotomy | incision into the navel |
| percussion | striking or tapping |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| perforation | puncturing |
| perfusion | supplying blood to tissue |
| periarticular | area surrounding a joint |
| pericardiectomy | excision of the membrane around the heart |
| pericolic | area surrounding the colon |
| perihepatitis | inflammation around the liver |
| peritonsillar | area surrounding the tonsils |
| postmortem | after death |
| primigravida | first pregnancy |
| primipara | first live birth |
| pyrexia | fever |
| pyrolysis | destruction of tissue caused by fever |
| pyromania | compulsion (madness) for setting fires |
| pyrometer | thermometer |
| pyrophilia | attraction to fire |
| pyrophobia | abnormal fear of fire |
| pyrosis | heartburn |
| pyrotoxin | poisonous by-product of metabolism created during fever |
| transluminal | across the lumen |
| vaccination | immunization |
| vaccine | substance used to stimulate an immune response for immunization |
| anhidrosis | absence of sweat |
| parity | quality of having given birth |
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