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DV Reading Assign L8
Medical terminology words that use the elements introduced in Lesson 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| corneal | pertaining to the cornea of the eye |
| corneous | hornlike or horny |
| dactlyospasm | a spasm or cramp of a finger or toe |
| isodactylism | condition in which the fingers are of relatively equal length |
| edamatous | pertaining to or affected by edema |
| pneumonedema | abnormal quantities of fluid in the lungs |
| dactyledema | abnormal swelling of the fingers or toes due to fluid accumulation |
| ependyma | name of the membrane lining the cavities of the brain and the canal enclosing the spinal cord |
| ependymopathy | any disease affecting the membrane that lines the cavities of the brain and the canal enclosing the spinal cord |
| ependymitits | inflammation of the membrane that lines the cavities of the brain and the canal enclosing the spinal cord |
| fistulous | pertaining to or of the nature of an abnormal passage |
| fistulization | surgical creation of an opening into a hollow organ or of an opening between two structures which were not previously connected |
| fistuloenterostomy | the operation of making a fistula empty permanently into the intestine |
| bifurcation | division into two branches; the site where a single structure divides into two |
| bifurcate | forked; divided into two like a fork |
| glycemia | the presence of sugar in the blood |
| glycopenia | deficiency of sugar in the body tissues |
| glycolysis | the breaking down of sugar into simpler compounds |
| gravid | pregnant; containing developing young |
| gravidic | occuring during pregnancy |
| gravidocardiac | pertaining to heart disease during pregnancy |
| iris | name of colored membrane of the eye |
| iridization | patient's perception of colored halos about lights, occurring in glaucoma(a disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball) |
| karatoderma | a horny skin or covering |
| hyperkeratosis | overgrowth of the horny layer of the skin |
| keratocentesis | puncture of the cornea |
| keratomalacia | softening of the cornea |
| metabolism | sum of all the physical and chemical processes by which living organized substances is produced and maintained including the transformation in which energy is made available for the use of the body |
| basal metabolism | minimal energy needed to maintain the physical and chemical activities of the body |
| omentoplasty | use of omental grafts; surgical repair using the omentum as the grafting material |
| omentum | name of the membranous cover of the abdominal organs |
| oophoron | ovary |
| oophoropexy | surgical fixation or attaching of the ovary |
| hystero-oophorectomy | surgical removal of the uterus and ovaries |
| parietitis | inflammation of the wall of an organ |
| onychophagy | nail biting |
| phagomania | an insatiable (impossible to satisfy) craving for food; eating mania |
| odynophagia | pain in swallowing |
| bradyphrenia | slowness of mental activity such as initiative, interest, speech, frequently accompanying encephalitis |
| leuplakia | a disease marked by white thickened patches on the mucous membrane of the cheeks, gum and tongue |
| malacoplakia | formation of soft patches on the mucous membrane of a hollow organ |
| pneumatic | pertaining to air or respiration (breathing) |
| pneumonitis | condition of localized, acute inflammation of the lung without the range of complication and symptoms accompanying the lung without the range of complications and symptoms accompanying pneumonia |
| bradypnea | abnormal slowness of breathing |
| hypopnea | abnormal decrease in the speed and depth of breathing |
| ptylectasis | dilation (enlarging) of salivary duct by surgery |
| ptyalogenic | formed from or by the action of saliva |
| pulmonic | pertaining to the lungs |
| renopulmonary | pertaining to the kidney |
| radiotherapy | treatment of disease by the use of x-rays or rays from a radioactive substance |
| radiculoneuropathy | disease of nerve roots and the nerve |
| radicle | any one of the smallest branches of a vessel or nerve |
| sedation | the act or process of calming |
| sedative | an agent such as a drug that calms or reduces excitement |
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