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Medical Terms
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnormal | pertaining to being away from the norm; irregular |
| adrenal glands | two endocrine glands above the kidney |
| analysis | separating a substance into its component parts |
| anemia | lower-than-normal number of red blood cells or a decrease in hemoglobin in the cells |
| antepartum | before birth |
| antibiotic | pertaining to a substance that works against germs |
| antibody | a substance that works against germs |
| antigen | foreign protein that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies |
| aphasia | absence or impairment of communication through speech |
| apnea | not able to breathe |
| atrophy | decrease in size of cells within an organ |
| bengin | not cancerous; a tumor that does not spread and is limited in growth |
| bilateral | pertaining to both sides |
| bradycardia | slow heartbeat |
| congenital anomaly | irregularity present at birth; not normal |
| dialysis | separation of wastes from the blood |
| diarrhea | discharge of watery wastes from the colon |
| dysphagia | difficult swallowing |
| dysplasia | abnormality of the development or the formation of cells |
| dyspnea | painful breathing |
| dysuria | painful or difficult urnation |
| ectopic pregnancy | development of the zygote in a place outside the uterus |
| endocrine glands | organs that produce hormones |
| endoscopy | process of viewing the inside of hollow organs or cavities |
| epidural hematoma | mass of blood above the dura mater |
| excision | act of cutting out, removal |
| extrahepatic | pertaining to the outside of the live |
| hemigastrectomy | removal of half of the stomach |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| hyperglycemia | higher than normal levels of sugar in the blood |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hyperthroidism | excessive activity of the thyroid glands |
| hypertrophy | enlargement of growth of an organ or part of the body due to increase of size to individual cells |
| hypoglycemia | blood condition of decrease sugar |
| incison | cutting into the body or into an organ |
| intervertebral | pertaining to lying between two backbones |
| intrauterine | pertaining to within uterus |
| intravenous | pertaining within a vein |
| malignant | tending to become progressively worse |
| metacarpal | bones of the hand between the wrist bones and the finger bones |
| metasis | spread of cancerous tumor to a distanct organ or location |
| neonatal | pertaining to newbirth; first four weeks after birth |
| neoplastic | pertaining to a new growth or neoplasm |
| paralysis | loss or impairment of movement in the part of the body |
| paraplegia | impairment of loss in movement in the lower part of the body |
| parathroid glands | four endocrine glands behind the thyroid glands |
| perianal | pertaining to the surrounding of the anus |
| periosteum | membrane that surrounds the bone |
| polydipsia | excessive thrist |
| polyneuropathy | disease of many nerves |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| postmortem | after death |
| postpartum | after birth |
| percancerous | pertaining to a condition that may come before a cancer |
| prolapse | falling down or drooping of a part of the body |
| prosthesis | artifical substance to replace a missing part of the body |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs; caused by the injury of the spinal cord |
| relapse | return of disease after is appearnt termination |
| remission | lessening of symptoms of disease |
| resection | removal of a organ at a structure |
| retroperitoneal | pertaining to behind the peritoneum |
| subcoastal | pertaining to below the ribs |
| syndrome | set of symptoms and signs of disease that occur together to indicate a disease condition |
| tachycardia | condition of fast; rapid heartbeat |
| tachypnea | condition of rapid breathing |
| transabdominal | pertaining to acroos the abdomen |
| transurethral | pertaining to the urethra |
| tricuspid valve | fold of tissue between the upper and lower chamber on the right side of the heart |
| ultrasonography | recording of internal body structres with sound waves |
| urinalysis | examination of urine to determine its contents |
| subcutaneous tissue | lower layer of the skin composed of fatty tissue |
| subdural hematoma | collection of blood under the shoulder bone |
| subtotal | less than total; just under the total amount |
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