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HESIA2 CHAPTER 3 VOC
VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OTALGIA | PAIN IN THE EAR |
| NEUALGIA | PAIN OF NERVES |
| MYALGIA | PAIN OF MUSCLES |
| RECTOCELE | HERNIA OF THE RECTUM |
| CYSTOCELE | HERNIA OF THE URINARY BLADDER |
| THROACOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FROM THE CHEST (THORACENTESIS) |
| AMNIOCENTIESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE AMNION |
| ABDOMINOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE ABDOMEN |
| STREPTOCOCCUS | BERRY-SHAPPED BACTERIUM FOUND IN TWISTED CHAINS |
| STAPHYLOCOCCI | BERRY-SHAPED BACTERIA IN CLUSTERS |
| PLEURODYNIA | PAIN IN THE CHEST WALL MUSCLES THAT IS AGGREVATED BY BREATHING (LITERALLY: PAIN IN THE PLEURA) |
| LARYNGECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE LARYNX |
| MASTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF BREAST |
| ISCHEMIA | TO HOLD BACK BLOOD FROM AN AREA OF THE BODY |
| CARCINOGENESIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING CANCER |
| PATHOGENESIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING DISEASE |
| ANGIOGENESIS | FORMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS |
| CARCINOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCE CANCER |
| OSTEOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCED WITHIN THE BONE |
| MYELOGRAM | RECORD (X-RAY) OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MAMMOGRAM | RECORD (X-RAY) OF THE BREAST |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING THE ELECTRICITY IN THE BRAIN |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING THE ELECTRICITY IN THE BRAIN |
| ANGIOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING (X-RAY) BLOOD VESSELS |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI |
| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS |
| PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF VEINS |
| OPHTHALMOLOGY | STUDY OF THE EYE |
| MORPHOLOGY | STUDY OF SHAPE OR FORM |
| HEMOLYSIS | DESTRUCTION OF BLOOD (BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELLS WITH RELEASE OF HEMOGLOBIN) |
| OSTEOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF BONE |
| CHONDROMALACIA | SOFTENING OF CARTILAGE |
| ACROMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF EXTREMITIES |
| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN |
| MYOMA | TUMOR (BENIGN) OF MUSCLE |
| MYOSARCOMA | TUMOR (MALIGNANT) OF MUSCLE (A TYPE OF FLESH TISSUE) |
| MULTIPLE MYELCOMA | TUMOR OF BONE MARROW |
| NECROPSY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF DEAD BODIES; AUTOPSY (MOST OFTEN USED FOR ANIMALS) |
| NECROSIS | CONDITION OF DEATH (OF CELLS) |
| HYDRONEPHROSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF WATER (FOUND) IN THE KIDNEY |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION (SLIGHT INCREASE IN NUMBERS) OF NORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| CARDIOMYOPATHY | DISEASE OF HEART MUSCLE |
| ERYTHROPENIA | DIFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
| LEUKOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| THROMBOCYTOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF CLOTTING CELLS |
| ACROPHOBIA | FEAR OF HEIGHTS |
| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF BLOOD VESSELS |
| ACHONDROPLASIA | NO (IMPROPER) DEVELOPMENT OF CARTILAGE |
| AGORAPHOBIA | FEAR OF BEING IN OPEN, CROWDED SPACES (MARKETPLACE) |
| BLEPHAROPTOSIS | PROLAPSE, SAGGING OF AN EYELID |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF ARTERIES |
| LAPAROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE THE ABDOMEN |
| METASTASIS | BEYOND CONTROL; SPREADING OF A CANCEROUS TUMOR |
| HEMOSTASIS | STOPPING THE FLOW OF BLOOD (NATURALLY BY CLOTTING OR ARTIFICIALLY BY COMPRESSION) |
| COLOSTOMY | NEW OPENING OF THE COLON (TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY) |
| TRACHEOSTOMY | NEW OPENING OF THE WINDPIPE (TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY) |
| HYDROTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH WATER |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH DRUGS |
| RADIOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH X-RAYS |
| LAPAROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE ABDOMEN |
| PHLEBOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE VEIN |
| HYPERTROPHY | EXCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT |
| ATROPHY | NO DEVELOPMENT; WASTING AWAY TISSUE |
| RADIOGRAPHER | ONE WHO RECORDS X-RAY |
| PNEUMONIA | CONDITION (ABNORMAL) OF LUNGS |
| NEPHROLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF THE KIDNEY |
| ARTERIOLE | SMALL ARTERY |
| VENULE | SMALL VEIN |
| PERICARDIUM | STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
| NEPHROPATHY | DISEASE OF THE KIDNEY |
| CARDIAC | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
| PERITONEAL | PERTAINING TO THE PERITONEUM |
| INGUINAL | PERTAINING TO THE GROIN |
| PLEURAL | PERTAINING TO THE PLEURA |
| TONSILLAR | PERTAININ TO TONSILS |
| LAPAROSCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN |
| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS |
| AXILLARY | PERTAINING TO THE ARMPIT |
| LARYNGCAL | PERTAINING TO THE VOICEBOX |
| CHRONIC | LONG-TERM; OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME |
| ACUTE | SHARP, SUDDEN, SEVERE |
| PATHOLOGICAL | PERTAINING TO THE STUDY OF DISEASE |
| ADENOIDS | RESEMBLING GLANDS (LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE THROAT, NEAR THE NOSE). |
| ADIPOSE | PERTAINING TO FAT |
| MUCOUS | PERTAINING TO MUCUS |
| MUCUS | THE SUBSTANCE SECRETED FROM MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
| NECROTIC | PERTAINING TO DEATH (OF CELLS) |
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