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DV L-4 Read Assign
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| benign psychosis | mild vs. severe |
| benign malaria | not threatening life or health |
| bradycardia | abnormal slowness of the heartbeat |
| myobradia | a slow, sluggish reaction of muscle to electrical stimulation |
| bradyglossia | abnormal slowness of utterance |
| bradylogia | abnormal slowness of speech due to slowness of thinking as in a mental disorder |
| canthal | pertaining to a corner of the eye |
| canthus | name of the corner of the eye |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail or a tail-like appendage (the rear end) |
| cauda | name for a tail-like appendage |
| caudalward | towards the caudal, tail or rear end |
| caudal anesthesia | loss of sensation produced by an injection of an anesthetic into the lower (caudal) portion of the spinal cord |
| myocele | a muscle hernia; a muscle protrusion |
| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder through the vaginal wall |
| cepalocele | protrusion of part of the cranial contents |
| hydrocele | collection of fluid in a swelling; esp. in male genital parts |
| celiac | pertaining to the abdomen |
| celiorrhaphy | suture of the abdominal wall |
| celitis | any inflammation of the abdomen |
| celiotomy | surgical incision into the abdominal cavity |
| cheilocarcinoma | cancer of the lip |
| cheilorrhaphy | suturing of the lip |
| cheiloplasty | surgical repair of the lips |
| cheilosis | a condition of the lips characterized by chapping and fissuring |
| cytogenesis | the production and development of cells |
| myocyte | a cell of the muscular tissue |
| -cytic | pertaining to the cells |
| hemocyte or hemacyte | a blood cell; blood cells are of two kinds leukocyte- white & erythrocyte red |
| angiectasis | beyond normal stretching of a blood vessel |
| nephrectasis | stretching (distention) if the kidney |
| emesis | the act of vomiting |
| emetic | that which causes vomiting such as a drug |
| emeticology | the study of, or that which causes vomiting |
| hematemesis | the vomiting of blood |
| erythra | an eruption (breaking out) of the skin marked by redness of the skin and/or swelling |
| erythralgia | a condition marked by pain and redness of the skin |
| erythocytopenia | deficiency of the number of red blood cells; frequently shortened to erythropenia |
| erythrocythemia | a condition of increase of the number of red blood cells; also erythrocytosis |
| anesthesia | the condition of lack of feeling |
| anesthesiology | the branch of medical science dealing with the bringing about the loss of sensation, principally as an adjunct to pain-causing therapeutic procedures such as surgery |
| optesthesia | the ability to see; the ability to perceive visual stimuli |
| -esthesia | the condition of felling; a "feeling of"; awareness of feeling |
| lithiasis | a condition characterized by the formation of stones |
| elephantiasis | a condition characterized by enlargement of the parts affected and thickening and discoloration of the skin covering these parts |
| leukocyte | a white (colorless) blood cell |
| leukocyt- | combining form meaning white blood cell |
| leukocytosis | a condition of increased leukocytes in the blood |
| leukocytoma | a tumorlike mass of leukocytes |
| lingual | pertaining to the tongue |
| lingula | a small tongue; generally a part of the body which is shaped like and projects like a tongue |
| lingually | toward the tongue |
| retrolingual | behind the tongue |
| lobe | name for a well-defined portion of an organ; organs having such parts are the brain, the lungs, the liver, the glands, the ears |
| lobule | a small lobe |
| lobectomy | excision of a lobe, as of the thyroid, liver, brain, or lung |
| lobar | of or pertaining to a lobe or section |
| melanin | a black or dark brown pigment in the skin and hair |
| melanocyte | the cell responsible for the production of black pigment |
| melanosis | a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of black pigment |
| cardiomelanosis | deposits of black pigment in the heart; melanosis of the heart |
| myringa | the eardrum, name of the eardrum |
| myringoscopy | inspection of the eardrum using a myringoscope |
| myringoplasty | surgical repair of defects of the eardrum |
| odontic, odontal | pertaining to a tooth / pertaining to the teeth |
| -odontia | form, condition or mode of treatment of the teeth |
| odontogenic | originating in the teeth |
| endodontics | the branch of dentistry dealing with the inside of the tooth including the cause, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the inner structure of a tooth, principally the pulp which fills the inside of the root canals |
| semenology | the study of semen |
| seminal | pertaining to the semen |
| semination | production or dispersal of semen; seed |
| spondylic, spondylous | pertaining to a vertebra; pertaining to the spinal column |
| stenocephalous | having a narrow head |
| stenocephilia | excessive narrowness of the head |
| stenostomia | narrowing the mouth |
| angiostenosis | narrowing of the diameter of a vessel |
| enterostenosis | narrowing of the intestine |
| transfusion | the introduction of blood from another source; a "pouring across" of blood |
| transplant | a piece of tissue from grafting taken from another part of the patient's body or from a donor; a "planting across" |
| transnormal | beyond normal; more than normal |
| vascular | pertaining to a vessel; full of vessels |
| vasculum | a small vessel |
| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the blood vessels of the cerebrum or brain |
| vasectomy | surgical excision of all or part of the duct in the male through which the sperm is secreted |
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