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Vocab 9
Health Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ophthalmoscope | instrument for examining the eye |
| opthalmo | eye |
| scope | examining instrument |
| Oliguria | less than normal amounts of urine |
| olig | few, less than normal, small |
| uria | urine |
| Atrophy | without nutrition (wasting away) |
| a | without, lack of |
| trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
| Hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| hepat | liver |
| itis | inflammation |
| Cephalgia | pain in the head;headache |
| cephal | head |
| algia | pain |
| Proctologist | person who studies the rectum |
| proct | rectum, rectal, anus |
| ologist | person who does/studies |
| Hypoglycemia | low sugar in the blood |
| hypo | decreased, low |
| glyc | sugar |
| emia | blood |
| Gastroenteritis | inflammation of the intestine and stomach |
| gastro | stomach |
| enter | intestine |
| itis | inflammation |
| Cholelithiasis | condition of stones in the gallbladder |
| chole | gallbladder, bile |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| iasis | condition of, pathological, abnormal |
| Bradycardia | slow heart |
| brady | slow |
| cardia | pertaining to the heart |
| Transdermal | through the skin |
| trans | across, over, beyond |
| derm | pertaining to the skin |
| al | like, similar, pertaining to |
| Aphasia | without speech |
| a | -without, lack of |
| phasia | speech |