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Week 8 Med Term
Week 8 Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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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 |