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Week 8 Med Term
Week 8 Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vaso/o | blood vessel |
| constrict | to draw together, narrow |
| diastol/o | dilating |
| ectop/o | outside of a place |
| systol/o | contracting |
| pyrexia | fever |
| arrhythmia | without rhythm: out of rhythm |
| homeostasis | state of fluid balance in the body; ideal health |
| oral | pertaining to the mouth |
| febrile | a fever is present |
| scler/o | hardening |
| trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
| centrifuge | driving away from the center |
| adenosarcoma | cancerous tumor of a gland |
| sarcoma | malignant cancer of the connective tissue |
| pent | five |
| tympan | eardrum |
| pneum | lung |
| trich | hair |
| crypt | hidden; obsecure |
| trips | crushing; breaking up |
| phon | sound; voice |
| necr | death |
| onco | mass; bulk; tumor |
| hyster | uterus |