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Group 8
Medical Terminology
| Laceration | A cut; a torn wound (TD) |
| -emia | Blood condition (TD) |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture (TD) |
| Spondyl | Vertebra (backbone) (TD) |
| Dactyl | Finger, toe (TD) |
| Jaundice | Yellowing to the skin, white to the eyes, mucous membrane. Leads to liver disease (TD) |
| Gravid | Pregnant (TD) |
| Oophor | Ovary (TD) |
| Steth | Chest (TD) |
| Dys- | Painful, abnormal, difficult, bad (TD) |
| Hepatitis | Inflammation or infection of the liver (TD) |
| Narc | Numbness, stupor, sleep (TD) |
| Paralysis | A loss of muscle movement due to nerve damage (TD) |
| -pexy | Fixation, to put in place (TD) |
| Fixation | Process of making a bone immobile so it can heal (TD) |
| FBS | Fast Blood Sugar (TD) |
| -megaly | Enlargement (TD) |
| Adenoidectomy | Removal of small masses of lymphatic tissue near the opening of the pharynx (TD) |
| Fibr | Connective tissue (TD) |
| Colp | Vagina (TD) |
| Pulmon | Lung (TD) |
| Cerebr | Cerebrum (part of the brain) (TD) |
| Tumor | An abnormal mass of tissue that grows as a result of excessive cell division (TD) |
| _iatry, -iatrist | Healer by a provider, healer (TD) |
| Tonsillectomy | Surgical removal of the tonsils (TD) |
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drummondtammilee
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