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Week 3 - Vocab
Week 3 - Medical Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |