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DV L3 Reading Assign
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acral | pertaining to extremities or tip |
| acrocyanosis | blueness of the extremities |
| acrodermatitis | inflammation of the skin of the hands and feet |
| autohemotherapy | treatment by injection of the patient's own blood |
| autolysis | disintegration of tissue due to causes within the patient's own body |
| autocystoplasty | a plastic operation on the bladder with grafts from the patient's own body |
| brusopathy | any disease of a bursa |
| bursa | closed sacs that contain fluid and lie between surfaces that glide over each other |
| bursotomy | surgical incision of a bursa |
| adenocarcinoma | a carcinous tumor composed of glandlike cells |
| carcinoma | harmful and life-threatening (malignant) growth |
| carcinous | pertaining to cancer |
| encephalic | pertaining to the brain |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| cephalad | toward the head end of the body |
| costal | pertaining to a rib |
| costicervical | pertaining to or connecting the ribs and neck |
| chondrocostal | of or pertaining to the ribs and rib cartilage |
| debtal | pertaining to the teeth |
| dentiform | formed or shaped like a tooth |
| denture | an entire set of natural or artificial teeth |
| arthrodesis | surgical fusion of a joint |
| glossodynia | pain in the tongue |
| odynolysis | relief of pain |
| acrodynia | pain in the extremities |
| epicyst | the structure above the bladder |
| epigastrium | upper middle region of the abdomen |
| epithelium | the covering of internal and external surfaces of the body |
| genital | pertaining to reproduction |
| genitoplasty | surgical repair on the genital organs |
| glossal | pertaining to the tongue |
| glossodynia | pain in the tongue |
| hypoglossal | underneath the tongue |
| cardiogram | a record to show heart beats |
| hydric | pertaining to water |
| hidrocystoma | a cyst of the sweat gland consisting of retained sweat |
| hidrosis | any skin disease affecting the sweat glands |
| manic | pertaining to manic |
| megalomania | largeness obsession |
| mastitis | inflammation of the breast |
| mastectomy | surgical removal of a breast or a part |
| hematopenia | deficiency of blood in the body |
| erythropenia | deficiency in the number of red blood cells |
| leukopenia | reduction in the numbers of white blood cells |
| blepharoptosis | dropping of the upper eyelid |
| hepatoptosis | condition where the liver is displaced |
| retraction | the act of drawing back |
| retrocardiac | behind the heart |
| nephrorrhaphy | the sewing in position of a displaced kidney |
| myorrhaphy | suture or suturing of the rectum |
| cardiorrhexis | rupture of the heart |
| onychorrhexis | splitting and brittleness of the fingernail or toenail |
| streptococcus | name of an infectious microorganism |
| supracerebral | over or on a surface of the cerebrum |
| tripsis | rubbing or massaging |
| hepaticolithotripsy | operation of crushing a stone in a liver |
| lithotripsy | crushing of a calculus(stone) within the bladder |
| trophic | pertaining to nutrition, development, growth |
| trophopathy | any disease due to nutrition |
| hypertrophy | over development |
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