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ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| homeostasis | stable internal environment |
| disease | disruption of homeostasis |
| pathological | |
| morbid | |
| signs | objective |
| symptom | subjective indicator of disease |
| diagnosis | cause and nature of the disease |
| prognosis | prediction of the disease's courses and it's probably outcome |
| idiopathicdisease | one whose cause is unknown or exists without any connection with any known cause |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| Bx, bx | biopsy |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| I&D | Incision and Drainage |
| LAT, lat | lateral |
| LLQ | Left lower quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| RF | Rheumatoid factor, radio frquency |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomography |
| Sx | symptom |
| Tx | treatment |
| U&L, U/L | upper and lower |
| US | ultrasound, ultrasonoscopy |
| cyt | cell |
| hist | tissue |
| kary | nucleus |
| nucle | nucleus |
| anter | front |
| cuad | tail |
| cephal | head |
| dist | far |
| dors | back (of body) |
| infer | lower, below |
| later | side |
| medi | middle |
| poster | back (of body) behind, posterior |
| proxim | near |
| ventr | belly, belly side |
| albin | white |
| leuk | white |
| chromo | color |
| cirrho | yellow |
| jaund | yellow |
| xanth | yellow |
| cyan | blue |
| erythr | red |
| melan | black |
| poli | grey |
| radi | radiation |
| tom | to cut |
| viscer | internal organs |
| ar | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| graphy | process of recording |
| infra | below, under |
| peri | around |
| super | upper, above |
| ultra | excess, beyond |
| cephalad | toward the head |
| distal | pertaining to far |
| dorsal | pertaining to the back |
| inferior | pertaining to below |
| lateral | pertaining to the side |
| mediad | toward the middle |
| posterior | pertaining to back |
| proximal | pertaining to near |
| ventral | pertaining to the belly |
| albinism | condition of whiteness |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| heterochromia | pertaining to different color |
| cytologist | study of cells |
| histology | study of tissues |
| karyolysis | separation or the nucleus (death of a cell) |
| nuclear | pertaining to the nucleus |
| anterior | pertaining to the front |
| caudad | toward the tail |
| cirrhosis | skin, sclera of the eyes, and membranes take on a yellow color |
| jaundice | yellowing of the skin |
| xanthoma | yellow tumor |
| cyanotic | lack of oxygen in the blood: bluish discoloration of the skin |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| melanoma | malignancy that arises from melanocytes |
| poliomyelitis | inflation of bone marrow in the spinal chord |
| radiologist | specialist in the study of radiation |
| tomography | an imaging procedure that employs a computer to produce images that appear as cuts of an organ or structure |
| visceral | pertaining to the internal organs |
| lumbar | pertaining to the lower back |
| gastric | pertaining to the stomach |
| sonography | the process of recording sound |
| infracostal | pertaining to below |
| periumbilical | pertaining to the navel |
| superior | pertaining to above |
| ultrasonic | pertaining to excess sound |
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