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Anatomic Terms
Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| achromphilic | resisting color (stain) |
| aerocele | herniation containing air |
| endocystic | inside the urinary bladder or inside a cyst (adjective) |
| caudad | caudal - downward, toward the tail toward the tail (sacrum) |
| bioethics | study of what is good and bad for living things |
| amenorrhea | rrhea - discharge, flow or runnycessation of menstruation |
| chromogenesis | formation of color |
| aerophobia | abnormal fear of air |
| aerotherapy | treatment using air (respiratory therapy) |
| anterolateral | front and side |
| anteomedial | front and middle |
| anteroposterior | from front to back |
| anterosuperior | front and top |
| biology | science of studying living things |
| cephalad | toward the head |
| cephalocaudal | from head to tail |
| chromolysis | destruction of color |
| chromometer | measuring color |
| chromophilic | attracting color (stain) |
| diagnosis | identifying a disease |
| dorsal | back (posterior) |
| dorsocephalad | from back toward the head |
| dysmenorrhea | diffucult or painful menstruation |
| dyspepsia | poor digestion |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| dystocia | difficult in labor |
| ectocytic | outside the cell (extracellular, adjective) |
| eupnea | easy breathing |
| euthanasia | easy death |
| eutocia | easy labor |
| hyperplasia | hyper -- overdevelopmentoverdevelopment (too many cells) |
| hypoplasia | hypo -- underdevelopmentunderdevelopment (too few cells) |
| inferior | below |
| lateral | side |
| lithotripsy | litho -- stonesurgical crushing of a stone |
| medial | middle |
| menorrhagia | rrhagia -- hemorrhagehemmorrhage during menstruation |
| menses | menstruation (menorrhea), plural: menses |
| neurotripsy | surgical crushing of a nerve |
| para - appendicitis | itis-- inflammation of...inflammation of near the appendix |
| paracentral | pertaining to near the center (adjective) |
| paracolpitis | itis -- inflammmation of ...inflammation near the vagina |
| paracystitis | inflammation of --itisinflammation near the urinary bladder |
| parahepatitis | itis -- inflammation of the --inflammation near the liver |
| paranephritis | itis--inflammation of ...inflammation near the kidney |
| posteroanterior | from back to front |
| posteroexternal | back and outside |
| posterointernal | back and inside |
| posterolateral | back and side |
| procephalic | in front of the head |
| prognosis | predicting the outcome of a disease |
| prognostic | pertaining to the prognosis |
| retrocolic | behind the colon (adjective) |
| superior | above |
| syphilophobia | abnormal fear of syphilis |
| pseudocyst | pseudo - falsefalse cyst |
| pseudocyesis | pseudo - false(pseudopregnancy) |
| pseudoestesia | pseduo - false estesia -sensationfalse sensation (i.e., phantom limb) |
| pseudoededma | pseudo - falsefalse swelling |
| omphalectomy | tomy - excision or incision into or of the ....excision of the umbilicus |
| omphalic | pertaining to the umbilicus |
| omphalitis | itis -- inflammation of the ...inflammation of the umbilicus |
| omphalocele | cele -- herniaumbilical hernia (umbilicocele) |
| omphalorrhagia | rragia - hemorrhagehemorrhage of the umbilicus |
| omphalorrhea | rrhea - discharge of the ...discharge of the umbilicus |
| omphalorrhexis | rupture of the umbilicus |
| retroflexion | bending (flexing) backward |
| dysentery | enter - intestineinflammation of the intestine |
| endoenteritis | itis - inflammation of the .... enter-intestineinflammation of the lining of the small intestine |
| retroperitonitits | itis -- inflammation of the ...inflammation of the area behind the peritoneum |
| retroperitoneum | behind the peritoneum |
| retroversion | twisting (turning) backward |
| ectopic | outside of the normal location (adjective) |
| blastoderm | embryonic disk that gives rise to the endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm |
| eugenics | choosing good genectic trait to propagate |
| sagittal | vertical in an anteroposterior direction or plane |
| proximal | near the point of origin or a designated point |
| distal | away from a point of origin or designated point |
| menopause | cessation of menstruation, ovulation, and atrophy of female reproductive system |
| peritonuem | membrane of the abdomen |
| pleura | membrane of the lungs |
| midsagittal | the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves |
| coronal | pertaining to the crown or encircling |
| coronay | pertaining to the crown or encircling (reference to around the heart) |
| retrosternal | behind the sternum (adjective) |
| syphilopsycosis | severe mental condition caused by untreated syphilis |
| ectoplasm | outer membrane of the cell |
| endocardium | inner membrane layer of the heart |
| dialysis | separtating of substances in a solution (filtration) |
| diarrhea | abnormally loose watery bowel movement |
| chondrodysplasia | defective development of cartilage |
| osteochondrodysplasia | defective development of bone cartilage |
| endoderm | inner embryonic (germ) layer |
| ectoderm | outer embryonic (germ) layer |
| ectogenous | formed outside the body (from another source, adjective) |
| endogenous | made by one's own body (adjective) |
| endocolitis | itis -- inflammation of the ...inflammation of the lining of the colon |
| arteriostasis | stasis -- control of flow...control of flow through arteries |
| lymphostasis | control of lymph flow |
| phebostasis | control of flow through a vein (venostasis) |
| endochondral | within the cartlage (adjective) |
| endoscopy | scopy - process of using a scope to look...process of using a scope to look into the body |
| aerobic | requiring air to live |
| anaerobic | able to live without air |
| parietal | pertaining to the wall |
| syphilotherapy | treatment for syphilis |
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yolanda greer
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