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Surg,Diab,Imm,Lesion
Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abduction | movement away from the midline |
| aberrant | wandering away from the norm |
| ablactation | weaning a baby from the breast |
| ablation | takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer |
| abnormal | unusual (not normal) |
| aboral | away from the mouth |
| abortion | termination of pregnancy |
| abrasion | scraping |
| adduction | movement toward the midline |
| aeorphilia | attraction to air |
| anhidrosis | absence of sweating |
| anisocytosis | cell of unequal sizes |
| anismastia | brests of unequal size |
| autodermic | plastic surgery and grafting using one's own skin (dermatoplasty) |
| autodiagnosis | diagnosing one's self |
| autogenous | made by or from one's own tissues |
| autograft | graft of tissue from one's own body |
| autohemotherapy | transfusion with one's own blood (autologous donor) |
| autoimmunity | reaction of immune response to one's own tissue |
| autonomic | self-controlling part of the nervous system (adjective) |
| autophagia | biting one's self |
| autophilia | attraction to one's self |
| autophobia | abnormal fear of one's self, being alone |
| autopsy | necropsy, postmortem examination |
| centigram | one hundreth of a gram (0.01g) |
| centimeter | one hundreth of a meter (0.01m) |
| cholangio-pancreatography | x-ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium |
| circumduction | moving as to describe a circle with a body part |
| circumocular | encircling the eye |
| circumscribed | encircling or in the shape of a circle |
| cytoplasm | substance within the cell (endoplasm) |
| decagram | 10 grams |
| decalcification | calcium loss (from bone) |
| decaliter | ten liters |
| deciduous | falls down (primary teeth that come out) |
| decigram | one tenth of a gram (0.1g) |
| deciliter | one tenth of a liter(0.1L) |
| dehydration | water loss |
| descending | moving downward |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| diuresis | increase in urine output |
| diurectic | agent that causes diuresis |
| epilepsy | disorder characterized by seizures |
| excision | removing a body part |
| excretion | removal of waste (urination, defecation) |
| exhale | breathe out (expire) |
| extention | to straighten or lentghten a body part |
| extractionre | removal or pulling out of a body part |
| flexion | to shorten or bend a body part |
| hematophilia | attraction to blood |
| hydrophobia | fear of water (symptom of rabies |
| isocellar | equal size cells |
| isodactylism | digits the same length |
| isometric | measures the same on all sides |
| isotonic | osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell |
| mastectomy | excision of the breast tissue |
| mastocarinoma | breast cancer |
| millimeter | one thousandth of a meter (0.001m) |
| monocyte | one cell (type of leukocyte) |
| monocytosis | increase in the number of monocytes |
| monoma | a single tumor |
| monomyoplegia | paralysis of one muscle |
| mononeural | involving one nerve |
| mononuclear | having one nucleus |
| mononucleosis | viral infection causing monocytosis |
| multicapsular | having more than one capsule (adjective) |
| multicellular | having or involving many cells (adjective) |
| multiglandular | having or involving many glands (adjective) |
| multinuclear | a cell having more than one nucleus (adjective) |
| multipara | having many live births (born in third trimester) |
| necretomy | excision of dead tissue |
| necrocytosis | condition of cell death or decomposition |
| necroparasite | organism that lives off dead tissue |
| necrophobia | abnormal fear of dead bodies |
| necrotic | pertaining to necrosis (condition of dead tissues) |
| necrotomy | inicison into dead tissues |
| nocturnal enuresis | bed wetting |
| nullipara | having no pregnacies carried to the third trimester |
| percussion | striking or tapping |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| perforation | puncturing |
| periaticular | area surrounding a joint |
| pericadiectomy | excision of the membrane around the heart |
| periocolic | area surrounding the colon |
| perihepatitis | inflammation arround the liver |
| primigravida | first pregnancy |
| primipara | first live birth |
| pyrexia | fever (hyperthermia) |
| pyrolysis | destruction of tissue caused by fever |
| pyromania | compulsion (madness for setting fires) |
| pyrometer | thermometer |
| pyrophilia | attraction to fire |
| pyrophobia | abnornal fear of fire |
| pyrosis | heartburn |
| pyrotoxin | poisonous by-product of metabolism created during fever |
| transluminal | across the lumen |
| circumocular | encircling the eye |
| circumscribed | encircling or in the shape of a circle |
| cytoplasm | substance within the cell (endoplasm) |
| decagram | 10 grams |
| decalcification | calcium loss (from bone) |
| decaliter | ten liters |
| deciduous | falls down (primary teeth that come out) |
| decigram | one tenth of a gram (0.1g) |
| deciliter | one tenth of a liter(0.1L) |
| dehydration | water loss |
| descending | moving downward |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| diuresis | increase in urine output |
| diurectic | agent that causes diuresis |
| epilepsy | disorder characterized by seizures |
| excision | removing a body part |
| excretion | removal of waste (urination, defecation) |
| exhale | breathe out (expire) |
| extention | to straighten or lentghten a body part |
| extractionre | removal or pulling out of a body part |
| flexion | to shorten or bend a body part |
| hematophilia | attraction to blood |
| hydrophobia | fear of water (symptom of rabies |
| isocellar | equal size cells |
| isodactylism | digits the same length |
| isometric | measures the same on all sides |
| isotonic | osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell |
| mastectomy | excision of the breast tissue |
| mastocarinoma | breast cancer |
| millimeter | one thousandth of a meter (0.001m) |
| monocyte | one cell (type of leukocyte) |
| monocytosis | increase in the number of monocytes |
| monoma | a single tumor |
| monomyoplegia | paralysis of one muscle |
| mononeural | involving one nerve |
| mononuclear | having one nucleus |
| mononucleosis | viral infection causing monocytosis |
| multicapsular | having more than one capsule (adjective) |
| multicellular | having or involving many cells (adjective) |
| multiglandular | having or involving many glands (adjective) |
| multinuclear | a cell having more than one nucleus (adjective) |
| multipara | having many live births (born in third trimester) |
| necretomy | excision of dead tissue |
| necrocytosis | condition of cell death or decomposition |
| necroparasite | organism that lives off dead tissue |
| necrophobia | abnormal fear of dead bodies |
| necrotic | pertaining to necrosis (condition of dead tissues) |
| necrotomy | inicison into dead tissues |
| nocturnal enuresis | bed wetting |
| nullipara | having no pregnacies carried to the third trimester |
| percussion | striking or tapping |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| perforation | puncturing |
| periaticular | area surrounding a joint |
| pericadiectomy | excision of the membrane around the heart |
| periocolic | area surrounding the colon |
| perihepatitis | inflammation arround the liver |
| primigravida | first pregnancy |
| primipara | first live birth |
| pyrexia | fever (hyperthermia) |
| pyrolysis | destruction of tissue caused by fever |
| pyromania | compulsion (madness for setting fires) |
| pyrometer | thermometer |
| pyrophilia | attraction to fire |
| pyrophobia | abnornal fear of fire |
| pyrosis | heartburn |
| pyrotoxin | poisonous by-product of metabolism created during fever |
| transluminal | across the lumen |
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