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Final Ex Study Guide
Chpts. 1-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hyperemesis | a complication of pregnancy that can require hospitalization. The part of the disorder that tells you excessive vomiting occurs. Also, gallbladder attacks can cause excessive vomiting. |
| cephalodynia | pain in the head |
| encephalomalacia | softening of brain tissue |
| adenopathy | glandular disease |
| encephalocele | herniation of brain tissue |
| arthroplasty | surgical repair of the joint |
| bursectomy | excision of a bursa |
| chondrocostal | pertaining to cartilage and ribs |
| chondralgia | pain in or around the cartilage |
| abdominocentesis | surgical puncture (tapping or puncturing of the abdomen) |
| osteoarthropathy | bone and joint disease |
| tympanites | distended with gas (abdomen) |
| tachyphagia | fast eating |
| rhinorrhea | runny nose |
| cholecystectomy | excision of the gallbladder |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| tympanotomy | incision into the eardrum |
| tympanities | distended with gas |
| angiofibroma | angioma (A vessel tumor) fibroma (A fibrous tumor) |
| hematolysis | destruction of blood cells |
| thrombolymphangitis | inflammation of a lymph vessel with formation of a thrombus (clot) |
| hysterosalpingoophorectomy | total abdominal hysterectomy |
| spermatopathy | any disease of the sperm |
| orchidotomy | incision into a testicle |
| cheiloplasty | surgical repair of the lips |
| coloclysis | irrigation of the colon |
| enterocele | intestinal hernia |
| gastrorrhagia | hemorrhage of the stomach |
| gingivectomy | excision of the gums |
| glossoplegia | tongue paralysis |
| hepatorrhaphy | suture of the liver |
| pancreatolith | stone in the pancreas |
| proctopexy | fixation of a prolapsed anus and rectum |
| rectoclysis | irrigation of the rectum |
| splenomegaly | enlarged spleen |
| stomatalgia | mouth pain |
| stomatomycosis | fungal condition of the mouth |
| angiectasia | dilation of a vessel |
| angiosclerosis | hardening of a vessel |
| atheroma | fatty tissue tumor inside a large vessel |
| bradyphasia | slow speech |
| dysesthesia | difficult or painful sensation |
| hemarthrosis | blood in a joint |
| metrorrhexis | rupture of uterine tissues |
| myopathy | muscle disease |
| neurolysis | nerve destruction |
| phlebectomy | excision of a vein |
| myelodysplasia | defective (poor or bad) formation of the spinal cord |
| osteochondrodysplasia | defective development of bone and cartilage |
| anaerobic | able to live without air |
| lithotripsy | surgical crushing of stones |
| chromolysis | destruction of color |
| euthanasia | easy death |
| pseudocyesis | false pregnancy (pseudopregnancy) |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| syphilopsychosis | severe mental condition caused by untreated syphillis |
| omphalorrhagia | hemorrhage of the umbilicus |
| nullipara | having no pregnancies carried to the third trimester |
| pyrexia | fever |
| retromammary | behind the breast |
| septicemia | infection in the blood |
| asepsis | without poisons or infection |
| contraceptive | agent that prevents conception |
| metastasis | disease that spreads beyound its region |
| sepsis | a poisoned state or infection |
| sanguino | bloody |
| natal | birth |
| malodorus | smelling bad |
| malariology | malaria (bad air) |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body (right or left) |
| congenital | born with |
| inspiration | breathing in |
| nasoantritis | inflammation of the nose and antrum |
| broncholith | bronchial stone |
| sinistromanual | left handed |
| laryngalgia | larynx pain |
| apnea | absense of breathing |
| dyspnea | difficulty (painful) breathing |
| pharyngocele | herniation of the throat |
| mycology | the science and study of fungi |
| phrenoplegia | paralysis of the diaphragm |
| pleurisy | inflammation of the pleura |
| pneumonopathy | any lung disease |
| tracheopyosis | condition of pus in the trachea |
| pneumonomelanosis | black lung disease |
| noctambulism | sleepwalking |
| nyctalopia | night blindness |
| ambulatory | able to walk, walking |
| ankylosis | condition of stiffening, loss of mobility |
| cervical | pertaining to the neck, neck of the uterus, other necklike structure |
| hemostasis | control of blood flow |
| palatoschisis | cleft palate |
| rachischisis | split spine |
| tracheotomy | incision into the trachea |
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yolanda greer
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