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Med term 4
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| INTRAUTERINE | WITHIN THE UTERUS (WOMB) |
| EXTRAUTERINE | OUTSIDE THE UTERUS |
| ENDOMETRIUM | THE TISSUE THAT FORMS THE LINING OF THE UTERUS |
| MENSTRUATION (AKA MENSES) | THE DISCHARGE OF BLOODY FLUID FROM THE UTERUS AT FAIRLY REGULAR INTERVALS (THE SLOUGHING OFF OF THE ENDOMETRIUM) |
| COLPOSCOPY | USE OF A LOW POWERED MICROSCOPE TO MAGNIFY THE MUCOSA OF THE VAGINA AND THE CERVIX |
| LAPAROSCOPY | EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY THROUGH ONE OR MORE SMALL INCISIONS IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL |
| LAPAROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED IN A LAPAROSCOPY |
| AMENORRHEA | ABSENCE OF MENSTRUAL FLOW WHEN IT IS NORMALLY EXPECTED |
| DYSMENORRHEA | PAINFUL MENSTRUATION |
| MENORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE FLOW DURING MENSTRUATION |
| METORRHAGIA | BLEEDING FROM THE UTERUS AT ANYTIME |
| ENDOMETRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE ENDOMETRIUM |
| FISTULA | AN ABNORMAL, TUBE LIKE PASSAGE BETWEEN TWO INTERNAL ORGANS |
| OOPHORITIS | AN INFLAMED CONDITION OF AN OVARY |
| HYSTERECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS |
| SALPINGECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A UTERINE TUBE |
| SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY | REMOVAL OF AN OVARY AND IT'S ACCOMPANYING UTERINE TUBE |
| SALPINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| OOPHORECTOMY | THE REMOVAL OF AN OVARY OR OVARIES |
| COLPORRHAPHY | SUTURE OF THE VAGINA |
| LAPAROTOMY | AN ABDOMINAL OPERATION; SURGICAL OPENING OF THE ABDOMEN |
| PARA | BEARING OF OFFSPRING (BIRTH) |
| GRAVIDA | WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME |
| MASTECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A BREAST |
| MAMMOPLASTY | PLASTIC SURGERY TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE FEMALE BREAST (REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY IS PLASTIC SURGERY TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BREAST) |
| ORCHIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A TESTICLE |
| ORCHIOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF AN UNDESCENDED TESTICLE IN THE SCROTUM |
| PROSTATECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE PROSTATE OR PART OF IT |
| HYDROCELE | ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN A SACLIKE CAVITY, ESPECIALLY SEROUS TUMORS OF THE TESTES OR ASSOCIATED PARTS |
| CRYPTORCHIDISM | UNDESCENDED TESTICLES; FAILURE OF THE TESTICLES TO DESCEND INTO THE SCROTUM BEFORE BIRTH |
| ORCHITIS/ORCHIDITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A TESTICLE |
| PROSTATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE |
| CONTUSION | BRUISE CAUSED BY A BLOW TO THE BODY THAT DOES NOT BREAK THE SKIN |
| LACERATION | A TORN, JAGGED WOUND |
| DEBRIDEMENT | REMOVAL OF FOREIGN MATERIAL AND DEAD OR DAMAGED TISSUE, ESPECIALLY FROM A WOUND |
| DERMATITIS | AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN |
| URTICARIA | (aka HIVES) A SKIN ERUPTION CHARACTERIZED BY WHEALS OF VARYING SHAPES AND SIZES WITH WELL-DEFINED MARGINS AND PALE CENTERS. CAUSES INCLUDE DRUGS, FOODS, AND INSECT BITES |
| AKINESIA | COMPLETE OR PARTIAL LOSS OF MUSCLE MOVEMENT |
| APHAGIA | INABLILITY OR REFUSAL TO SWALLOW |
| APHASIA | ABSENCE OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH SPEECH, WRITING, OR SIGNS |
| CEPHALALGIA | HEADACHE |
| CONCUSSION | LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS CAUSED BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD |
| CERBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT | (STROKE)NORMAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN HAS BEEN DISRUPTED (INSUFFICIENT OXYGEN TO BRAIN TISSUE, CAUSED BY HEMORRHAGE, OCCLUSION, OR CONSTRICTION OF THE BLOOD VESSELS THAT NORMALLY SUPPLY OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN) |
| DIPLOPIA | DOUBLE VISION |
| HEMIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| HYPEROPIA | FARSIGHTEDNESS, AN ERROR OR REFRACTION IN WHICH THE RAYS OF LIGHT ENTERING THE EYE ARE BROUGHT TO A FOCUS BEHIND THE RETINA |
| MYOPIA | NEARSIGHTEDNESS, A DEFECT IN VISION IN WHICH THE RAYS OF LIGHT ENTERING THE EYE ARE BROUGHT TO FOCUS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA |
| NEUROLYSIS | (NERVE DESTRUCTION) RELEASE OF A NERVE SHEATH BY CUTTING IT LONGITUDINALLY; OPERATIVE BREAKING UP OF ADHESIONS SURROUNDING A NERVE; RELIEF OF TENSION ON A NERVE; DISINTEGRATION OF NERVE TISSUE |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK | CAUSED BY A BRIEF INTERRUPTION IN CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW |
| ADENOMA | TUMOR OF A GLAND |
| EUTHYROID | NORMAL THYROID FUNCTION |
| ABRASION | RESULTS WHEN SKIN IS SCRAPED OR RUBBED AWAY BY FRICTION |
| NEURALGIA | PAIN OF A NERVE |
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