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Wk 1 Spelling
Week 1 spelling words ch. 1&2
Term | Definition |
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adipose | connective tissue known as fat |
Anuria | Urine suppression, lack of urine |
Auditory | pertaining to hearing |
Cephalic | Toward the head |
Coronal | Pertaining to the cornea |
Crural | Pertaining to the leg |
Cytoplasm | Water like substance within the cell |
Dystrophy | abnormal development |
Electrocardiogram | electric record of the heart |
Epigastric | Above the stomach |
Gastroenterologist | Specialist in the GI |
Hospice | Where terminally ill patients go to be cared for along with the families |
Hypochondriac | pertaining to under the cartilage |
Ophthalmologist | specialist in the eyes |
Orthopedic | medical branch specializing in musculoskeletal system |
Peritoneal | Pertaining to the peritoneum |
Physiatrist | Specialized in physical medicine |
Physiology | the study of living things |
Proctologist | Specialist in the rectum/anal |
Prone | lying horizontal, face down |
Proximal | closes point toward the attachment to the body |
Pulmonary | Pertaining to the lungs |
Quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs |
Rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
Sagittal | a plane that divides the body in half, right and left |
Supine | lying horizontal face up |
Thoracic | Pertaining to the chest |
Transverse | a plane that divides the body in half, top and bottom |
Vertebrae | one of the 33 vertebrae in spine |
Visceral | Pertaining to the internal organs |