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Conner MT1
med terms ch4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bradycardia | abnormal slow heartbeat |
| myobradia | slow reaction of muscle to electrical stimulation |
| bradyglossia | abnormal slow speech (utterance) |
| bradylogia | abnormal slow speech due to slowness of thinking as in a mental disorder |
| canthal | pertaining to the corner of the eye |
| canthus | name of the corner of the eye |
| caudal | pertaining ot the tail (rear end) tail like |
| cauda | name for a tail like appendage |
| caudad | directed toward the tail opposite of cephal |
| caudalward | toward the tail or back end |
| caudal anesthesia | loss of sensation produced by an injection of anesthesia into the caudal (lower) portion of the spinal cord |
| myocele | muscle hernia |
| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder through the vaginal wall |
| cephalocele | protrusion of part of the cranial contents |
| hydrocele | collection of fluid in swelling; especially in male genital parts |
| celiac | pertaining to the abdomen |
| celiorrhaphy | suture of the abdominal wall |
| celitis | inflammation of the abdomen |
| celiotomy | surgical incision of the abdominal cavity |
| cheilocarcinoma | cancer of the lip |
| cheilorrhaphy | suturing of the lips |
| cheiloplasty | surgical repair fo the lips |
| cheilosis | a condition of the lips cahracterized by chapping and fissuring |
| contraction | acting against, shortening |
| contraception | acting against conception; preventing pregnancy |
| contrastimulant | against stimulation; a medicine or action applied to overcome or alleviate stimulation |
| counteropening | a second incision made opposite to another, as in an abscess, to promote drainage |
| counterirratation | an irritation that is supposed to relieve some other irritation |
| hemocyte | a blood cell |
| hemacyte | blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cells |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| myocyte | a cell of muscle tissue |
| cytic | pertaining to cells |
| cytogenosis | the production and development of cells |
| angiectasis | beyond normal strectching of blood vessels |
| nephrectais | stretching or distention of the kidney |
| emesis | the act of vomitting |
| emetic | that which causes vomitting such as a drug |
| emeticology | the study of that which causes vomitting |
| emetology | the study of that which causes vomitting |
| hematemesis | the vomitting of blood |
| cholemesis | the vomitting of bile or gall |
| erthra | the eruption of the skin marked by redness and or swelling |
| erythralgia | a condition marked by pain and redness of the skin |
| erythrocyt | red cell; red blood cell |
| erythrocytopenia | decreased number of red blood cells; can be shortened to erythropenia |
| erythrocythemia | a condition to increase the number of red blood cells, also erythrocytosis |
| esthetic | pertaining to feeling |
| esthesia | the condition of feeling, awareness of feeling |
| optesthesia | the ability to see, to perceive visual stimuli |
| anesthesia | the condition of lack of feeling |
| anesthesiology | the branch of medicine dealing with bringing a loss of sensation |
| lithiasis | a condition characterized by the formation of stones |
| elephantiasis | a condition characterized by enlargement of the parts affected and thickening and discoloration fo the skin covering these part |
| leukemia | overproduction of white blood cells in the tissues, usually fatal |
| leukocythemia | overproduction of white blood cells in the tissues, usually fatal |
| leukocytosis | a condition of increased white blood cells in the blood |
| leukocytoma | a tumorlike mass of white blood cells |
| lingual | pertaining to the tongue |
| lingula | a small tongue; generally a part fo the body that is shaped like a tongue and projects |
| lingually | toward the tongue |
| lobe | a well defined portion of an organ; liver, brain, lungs glands and the ears |
| lobule | a small lobe |
| lobar | pertaining to a section of a lobe |
| lobectomy | excision of a lobe like the thyroid, liver, brain or lung |
| melanin | a black pigment in the skin and hair |
| melanocyte | a cell responsible for the produ |
| melanodermic | having a black or dark skin |
| melanemia | a condition which blood contains black or dark pigment |
| melanosis | a condition in which there are abnormal deposits of black pigment |
| cardiomelanosis | deposits of black pigment in the heart |
| myringa | the eardrum |
| myringoscope | an instrument used to inspect the eardrum |
| myringoplasty | surgical repair of the defects of the eardrum |
| odontic | pertaining to a tooth |
| odontal | pertaining to a tooth |
| odontia | form, condition or mode of treatment of the teeth |
| odontogenic | originating in the teeth |
| endodontics | branch of denistry dealing with the inside of the tooth, diseases that affect the innere structure |
| semenology | the study fo semen |
| seminal | pertaining to semen |
| semination | production of dispersal of semen |
| spondylic | pertaining to the vertebra or the spinal column |
| spondylous | pertaining to the vertebra or the spinal column |
| stenocephalous | having a narrow head |
| stenocephalia | excessive narrowness of the head |
| stenostomia | narrowing of the mouth |
| stenosis | a narrowing of a duct or canal |
| angiostenosis | narrowing fo the diameter of a vessel |
| enterostenosis | narrowing of the intestine |
| transfusion | pouring across, taking blood from one source to another |
| transplant | planting across, taking tissue from one place to another either within the person or from a donor |
| transnormal | beyond normal, more than normal |
| vascular | pertaining to a vessel, full of vessels |
| vasculum | a small vessel |
| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the blood vessels in the cerebrum or brain |
| myovascular | pertaining ot the muscle and it's blood vessels |
| vasectomy | surgical excision of all or part of the duct in the male through which sperm is secreted |
| blank | blank |
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