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Week 3 - Vocab
Week 3 - Medical Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| afebrile | literally means pertaining to without fever |
| anicteric | term used to describe a condition that is without signs of jaundice |
| arrest | to stop, inhibit, restrain |
| bifurcate | having two forks or two branches or two divisions |
| binary | literally means to separate into two branches or composed of two elements or two structures |
| concentration | the process of being able to bring to the center of one thought and focus on it |
| decompensation | failure of a system |
| enucleate | literally means to remove the kernel |
| extraocular | pertaining to outside the eye, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles |
| hyperactive | nature or quality of excessive activity |
| hypoplasia | underdevelopment of a tissue, organ, or body |
| insomnia | condition of not being able to sleep |
| intermediary | pertaining to situated between two bodies or occuring between two periods of time |
| latent | lying hidden; quiet, not active |
| lumen | space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube |
| multifocal | pertaining to or arising from many locations |
| occlusion | process of closing or state of being closed such as of a passage or lumen |
| parasternal | pertaining to either side of the sternum |
| patent | wide open; freely open |
| pericardial | pertaining to the pericardium |
| polydactyly | pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers and toes |
| premenstrual | pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses |
| react | literally means to act again |
| regurgitation | process of a backward flow of solids or foods from the stomach to the mouth |
| sign | any objective clinical evidence of an illness or disordered funcion of the body |
| subacute | literally means below sharp |
| superinfection | an infection following a previous infection produced by an overgrowth of a resistant strain of bacteria |
| symptom | any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease |
| unconscious | an abnormal state in which the person is not aware of his or her environment |