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Luli 120 med term
chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ab- | Away from |
| Abdominocentesis | Surgical puncture of the abdomen by a needle to withdraw fluid |
| Arteriosclerosis | Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. |
| Cervic/o | Neck, uterine cervix |
| Conditions (disease) if the lung | A state of being |
| Craniotomy | Incision of the skull |
| Cystoscopy | Visual examination of the urinary bladder |
| Cytology | Study of cells |
| Dehydration | Excessive loss of water |
| Distal | Far from the beginning of a structure |
| Dyspnea | difficult breathing |
| Endo- | in; within |
| Endocrinology | Study of endocrine glands |
| Epithelium | Layer of cells covering the external surface of the body and lining the hollow tubes within the body |
| Euphoria | Exaggerated felling of wellbeing; elevated mood. "high" |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| Half | Partly |
| Hematoma | Collection or mass of blood |
| Hepatomegaly | Enlargement of the liver |
| Hyperglycemia | High levels of sugar in the bloodstream; often associated with diabetes mellitus |
| Hypo- | Deficient; below; under, less than |
| Hypochondriac | A person who has hypochondriasis, a disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body functions and the interpretation of normal body sensations |
| Iatrogenic | Pertaining to produced by a treatment or a procedure. |
| Inflammation of the nose | Rhinitis |
| Joint | The area where two bones are attached for the purpose of permitting body parts to move. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. |
| Karyotype | Classification of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell determined by a photograph taken during cell division. |
| Laparoscopy | Process of visually examining the content of the abdomen (using an endoscope. |
| Largest part of the brain | Cerebral (cerebrum) |
| -Megaly | Enlargement |
| Meta- | Change; beyond |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Neonatal | Pertaining to a new birth |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Neutrophil | A granular leukocyte; important disease-fighting cell |
| Osteomalacia | Softening of bones |
| Pathogenic | Pertaining to producing disease |
| -pathy | Disease; emotion |
| Pleura | Double-folded membrane surrounding each lung |
| Proximal | Near the point of attachment or beginning of an organ |
| Radi/o | X-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| Recombinant DNA | Insertion of a gene (region of DNA) from an organism into the DNA of another organism. |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -stomy | New opening (to form a mouth) |
| Study of cells | Cytology |
| supine | lying on the back. |
| symbiosis | close association between organisms of different species or a state in which two people are emotionally dependent on each other. |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| urine tract | Urinary tract: The organs of the body that produce, store, and discharge urine. These organs include the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. |
| viscera | internal organs |
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Brianna1997
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