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Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Osteotomy | Incision into a bone |
| Angiosclerosis | Hardening of a blood vessel |
| Dermatomycosis | Skin condition caused by fungus |
| Dys/enter/y | Bad intestine condition (Severe diarrhea) |
| Hepato/spleno/megaly | Enlargement of the liver and spleen |
| Hyper/plas/ia | Over formation condition |
| Hypo/glyc/emia | Low blood sugar |
| Vas/o | Vasospasm, vasectomy |
| Vascul/o | Vasculopathy. vasculitis |
| Cutaneo | Subcutaneous |
| Morph/o | Change |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Orthr/o | Straight |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Sten/o | Narrowing |
| Troph/o | Nourishment/Development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| Cardiomyopathy | Disease of the heart muscle |
| Hyper/trop/ic | Pertaining to over-development |
| Acute | Sharp, Severe Symptom (Started Recently) |
| Chronic | It's been going on for a while now |
| Exacerbation | It is getting worse |
| Abrupt | All of sudden |
| Febrile | To have a fever |
| Afebrile | To not have a fever |
| Malaise | Not feeling well |
| Noncontributory | Not related to this specific problem |
| Lethargic | A decrease in level of consciousness/ indicates that the patient is really sick. |