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DV L-7 Read Assign
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adnexopexy | the operation of fixing the uterine adnexa to the abdominal walls |
| adnexitis | inflammation of the uterine adnexa |
| antrum | a sinus; a cavity or chamber, especially within the bone |
| antral | pertaining to a sinus or an antrum |
| antrostomy | the operation of making an opening into an antrum for the purpose of drainage |
| antrodynia | pain in an antrum |
| adenasthenia | a weakness in glandular secretion; deficient glandular activity |
| gastric adenasthenia | deficient glandular secretion in the stomach |
| asthenia | lack or loss of strength and energy; weakness |
| asthenic | pertaining to or characterized by asthenia |
| astrocyte | a star-shaped cell, especially such a cell of the supporting structure of nervous tissue |
| astroid | star-shaped |
| astrocytoma | a tumor composed of star-shaped cells |
| hypocrinia | deficient secretion of any endocrine gland |
| hypercrinia | excessive secretion of any endocrine gland |
| crinogenic | stimulating secretion |
| dacryoadenitis | inflammation of a lacrimal gland |
| dacryocystectomy | excision of the wall of the lacrimal sac |
| dura mater | the outermost of the three membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord |
| induration | hardness |
| fasciculus | a small bundle or cluster; used to designate a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers |
| fasciodesis | the operation of suturing a fascia to one of the tissues attached to the skeleton |
| fasciorrhaphy | the suturing together of torn fascia |
| heliosensitivity | sensitivity to sunlight |
| heliosis | sunstroke |
| heliotherapy | the treatment of disease by exposing the body to the sun's rays |
| hypnotic | inducing sleep |
| hypnotism | the method or practice of an artificially induced passive state in which there is increased responsiveness to suggestions and commands |
| ahypnia | not sleep |
| isocellular | composed of cells of the same size and kind |
| isopia | equality of vision in the two eyes |
| anisodont | having teeth of unequal size or length |
| anisopia | inequality of vision in the two eyes |