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DV L-6 Read Assign
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acoustic | pertaining to hearing |
| acoustogram | the graphic tracing of the measures of sound such as decibel levels and frequency per second |
| hemianacusia | loss of hearing in one ear only |
| anacusis | condition of not hearing; total deafness |
| auricle | the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head |
| auricul- | form denoting relationship to the ear or to an ear-shaped appendage of a chamber of the heart |
| auriculocranial | pertaining to an ear and the cranium |
| auris | the ear |
| buccal | pertaining to the cheek; directed toward the cheek |
| buccally | toward the cheek |
| buccocervical | that surface of a tooth along its neckline on the cheek side |
| suprabuccal | above the cheek region |
| ciliary | pertaining to the eyelashes; resembling the eyelashes |
| cilium | the eyelashes |
| supracilia | the eyebrows; above the eyelashes |
| ciliogenesis | the formation or development of cilia |
| pyocolpos | collection of pus within a vagina |
| hematocolpos | an accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina |
| colpitis | inflammation of the vagina |
| cordate | heart-shaped |
| cordial | stimulating the heart |
| dendrite | name for the nerve fibers that extend from a nerve cell |
| dendritic | resembling a dendrite; branching like a tree |
| dendroid | branching like a tree |
| encephalic | pertaining to the brain |
| encephalon | name for the brain |
| endocardium | the tissue lining the heart |
| endosteum | the tissue lining the cavity of a bone and surrounding the bone marrow |
| histocyte | a tissue cell |
| histoma | a tumor formed from fully developed tissue such as blood vessels, muscles, etc. |
| leiomyoma | a tumor composed of smooth muscle fibers |
| leiodermia | abnormal glossiness or smoothness of the skin |
| orchic | pertaining to the testicles |
| -orchidism | a specified form or condition of the testes |
| orchitis | inflammation of a testicle |
| orchidopexy | the surgical fixing in place of a displaced testicle |
| palpebral | pertaining to an eyelid |
| palpebra | the eyelid |
| palpebrate | to wink |
| palpebration | abnormally frequently winking |
| phlebectasis | an enlargement of a vein |
| phlebolith | a bloodclot, in a vein, which has turned chalky |
| phlebostenosis | narrowing or constriction of a vein |
| phlebophlebostomy | surgical openings to provide communication between two veins |
| phonopathy | any disease or disorder of the organs of speech |
| phonomyogram | a record of the sound produced by muscle action |
| phonogram | a record of any sound |
| phonocardiogram | a record of heart sounds |
| physiology | the study of the functions of the body and its parts |
| physiatrics | the diagnosis and treatment of disease with the aid of physical agents such as light, heat, cold, water, and electricity, or with mechanical apparatus |
| physician | an authorized practitioner of medicine |
| attending physician | a physician who attends a hospital at stated times to visit the patients and give direction as to their treatment |
| pilus | a hair |
| pilosis | excessive growth of hair |
| pilocystic | cystlike and containing hair; used to describe certain skin tumors |
| depilation | the process of removing hair |
| hyperplasia | abnormal increase in growth; usually applied to abnormal |
| hypoplasia | incomplete or defective development |
| mastoplasia | the development of breast tissue |
| plexal | pertaining to a plexus |
| plexiform | resembling a plexus or network |
| subplexal | situated beneath a plexus or network of vessels, nerves or veins |
| renal | pertaining to the kidney |
| supraren- | situated above the kidney, especially with reference to the suprarenal gland |
| nephrectomy | surgical removal of a kidney |
| ruga | a ridge, wrinkle or fold, as of mucous membrane |
| rugose | characterized by wrinkles |
| rugosity | the condition of being wrinkled |
| salpingostomy | the making (by surgery) of an opening into the fallopian (uterine) tube because the natural opening has become closed |
| endosalpinx | the mucous membrane lining the salpinx |
| stomatology | the branch of medicine that treats the mouth and its diseases |
| stomatoplasty | plastic surgery of, operative repair of, defects of the mouth |
| stomatogastric | pertaining to the stomach and the mouth |
| stomatalgia | mouth pain |
| thalamus | name for the large gray mass in the brain |
| thalamic | pertaining to the thalamus |
| tympanum | name for the enclosure or chamber in which the eardrum is located |
| tympanic membrane | name for the eardrum |
| tympanal | pertaining to the tympanum |
| tympanic | pertaining to the tympanum |
| umbilicus | name for the navel |
| umbilical | pertaining to the umbilicus or navel |
| umbilicectomy | excision of the umbilicus |
| parumbilical | near the navel |
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