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Medical Terminology
GPS-WK5-MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hemi- | half |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | deficient, below, less than |
| inter- | between |
| later | side |
| febrile | feverish |
| fibrillation | uncontrollable twitching of muscle fibers of the heart |
| hematoma | collection of blood in a tissue that clots and then becomes encapsulated by connective tissue. |
| hyperglycemia | abnormally excessive amount of sugar in the blood |
| hypertension | elevated blood pressure |
| hypoglycemia | abnormally low amount of sugar in the blood |
| hyporeflexia | below normal response of the reflexes |
| idiopathic | of unknown cause |
| ischemia | decrease or lack of blood supply to an organ or part due to a constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels. |
| jaundice | aka. icterus, it is the yellowing of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes due to accumulation of bile salts in these tissues. it is indicative of several disease such as hepatitis. |