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2 week flashcards
chapter 5-7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| kinesia | movement |
| ton | muscle tone |
| phas | speech |
| meningo | meninges |
| encephal | brain |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| phren | mind |
| meningi | meninges |
| myel | spinal cord |
| esthesio | sensation |
| pns | peripheral nervous system |
| lp | lumbar puncture |
| pet scan | positron emission tomography |
| TIA | Transient ischemic attack |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| LOC | level of consciousness |
| asthen | weakness |
| gnos | knowledge |
| psychosomatic | relationship between the body and mind |
| cephal | head/skull |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| esthesi/o | sensation/feeling |
| -plegia | PARALYSIS |
| mening/o | membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| lob | lobe |
| encephalopathy | Brain |
| mania | excessive desire |
| autosomatognosis | feeling or sensation of a missing limb |
| phacoscope | instrument used for looking at the lens |
| scleromalacia | abnormal softening of the sclera |
| opthalmoscope | instrument used for looking at the eye |
| optomyometer | device used to determine the strength of the eye muscle |
| dacryopyorrhea | discharge of pus in tears |
| OS | left eye |
| chloremia | chloride |
| hypercalcemia | calcium |
| hypercholesterolemia | cholesterol |
| hyperglycemia | glucose |
| hyperkalemia | potassium |
| adenopathy | gland disease |
| GTT | glucose tolerance test |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| BS | blood sugar |
| DI | diabetes insipidus |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| stroke | loss of brain function caused by blood loss |
| eplilesy | a disease marked by seizures |
| narcolepsy | a disease characterized by sudden, uncontrolled sleepiness |
| dementia | loss or decline in mental function |
| postictal | time after seizure |
| preictal | time before seizure |
| cerebal angiography | procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain |
| Hemorrhagic stroke | a stroke where the blood loss is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel |
| ischemic stroke | a stroke where blood loss is caused by a blockage |
| cerebal embolism | blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a foreign object |
| cerebral thrombosis | blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a clot |
| -opia | eye condition |
| blephar | eyelid |
| -opsia | eye condition |
| kerato | cornea |
| corneo | cornea |
| cunjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| scler/o | hard |
| vitreo | glass |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| ox/o , oxi/i | oxygen |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| alveol/o | alveolus ( air sac) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| thorac/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| spirometro/o | breathing |
| spir/o | braething |
| thromb/o | clot |
| immun/o | immune ; protection |
| septic/o | infection |
| lymph/o | lymph fluid |
| eosin/o | dawn-colored (eosinophils) |
| phag/o | eat; swallow |
| bas/o | base ( basophils) |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| ser/o | serum |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| neutr/o | neutral (neutrophils) |
| tox/o | posion |
| toxic/o | posion |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| leuk/o | white |
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