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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achyla | not gastric partial or complete loss of gastric juice |
| agenesis | not developed , faulty or incomplete developement |
| anomaly | not distributed , not in a normal or expected position |
| aplasia | not formed, the incomplete or faulty formation of an organ or part |
| aspiration | to breath, the act of breathing or drawing in, also removal of fluids or gases from a cavity |
| atresia | not opening, absence or closure of a natural passage of the body |
| atrophy | not nourished , a wasting away or decrease in size as from disuse , old age, injury, or disease |
| abscess | literally to GO away , a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue |
| adhesion | sticking to, the abnormal union of surface normally separated by the formation of new fibrous tissue, also the union of edges of a wound |
| adenocarcinoma | cancerous gland tumor, a cancerous(malignant) tumor originating in glandular tissue such as breast |
| adenolymphoma | tumor of the lymph gland, an adenoma(benign tumor of gland like structure |
| adenomyoma | tumor of gland and muscle, a benign tumor composed of muscular and glandular elements |
| adenomyosis | condition of muscle and gland, the presence of endometrial(lining of uterus)material in the myometrium(muscle layer of the wall of uterus) Internal Endometriosis |
| adenoma | tumor of gland, a benign tumor of gland-like structure |
| aerophagia | air swallowing, the swallowing of air especially in hysteria |
| agglutination | stick to , the process of union in the healing of a wound also a reaction in which particles such as red blood cells , bacteria and virus particles tend to cluster together when suspended in a liquid |
| ameloblastoma | tumor of enamel buds or germ cells, a tumor of the jaw formed from remnants of tooth enamel germ(bud or sprout) cells |
| amyloid | resembling starch, starchlike substance starchy food |
| anorexia | lacking appetite, pathological loss of appetite from psycic issues starvation diets |
| anaplastic | form back again, characterized by reversed development |
| angulation | process or connected with an angle, an abnormal bend or curve in an organ |
| bifurcation | two forked, branching into two parts , division into two branches |
| bulimia | literally Hungry as Cattle an abnormal and constant craving for food |
| calcareous | full of lime, containing calcium or any calcium compound |
| calculus | a small stone,solid stone-like matter composed mostly of mineral salts found mainly in hollow organs,ducts,passages,and cyts |
| carcinoma | cancerous tumor, a malignant tumor |
| cardialgia | heart pain, heartburn; pain in the heart |
| caudally | toward the tail, in a direction more toward the tailor the rear part of the trunk |
| chlorhydria | meaning hydrochloric acid , hydrochloric acid in gastric juices essential in breaking down food into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and used by body |
| achlorhydria | not hydrochloric acid, absence of hydrochloric acid from gastric juice |
| hyperchlorhydria | excessive hydrocloric acid in gastric juice , ulceration |
| hypochlorhydria | deficient hydrchloric acid in gastric juice |
| cholangioma | tumor of bile duct, |
| chondroma | tumor of bile duct |
| concretion | grow together , a hard mass formed in a body cavity or in a tissue |
| constipation | press together, abnormally delay or infrequent movement of hard stool |
| contracture | draw together, |
| dilataion | wide apart, stretched beyond normal dimensions result of overwork or disease |
| diverticulation | a turning away from, the formation of abnormal pouches or sacs opening from a hollow organ such as the intestine or bladder |
| diarrhea | flow through, an abnormal frequency of discharge of more or less fluid waste products from the bowels |
| dislocation | apart from place, displacement of one or more bones at a joint compare displacement ectopia |
| displacement | apart from place, ectopia(out of place) |
| distortion | twisting apart, the state of being twisted out of a natural or normal state or position |
| dorsally | backwardly, in a back position or direction |
| duplication | doubling, process of doubling applied to abnormal doublings or dupli. in fetal development |
| dysphagia | difficult swallowing, do to disease or accident |
| dysplasia | abnormal development, abnormal growth or development as of organs tissues or cells |
| efferent | carry from from, bearing or conducting outward from part or organ specifically the conveying of nervous impulses from a center |
| elongation | far away from, the process or condition of increasing in length |
| eructation | belch forth, belching gas |
| ectopia | away from place, abnormal congenital or position of an organ |
| embolism | thrown in , stopped , sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or obstruction carried by the blood stream |
| embolus | throw in stopper , the clot or plug obstructing the blood flow in a blood vessel |
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