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chapter 3
betty davis second endition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardiac | heart |
| duodenal | duodenum |
| ventricular | ventricle |
| pulmonary | lungs |
| esophageal | esophagus |
| thoracic | thorax |
| neurological | nerves |
| febrile | fever |
| mucoid | mucus |
| auditory | hearing |
| obstertrician | specialist in female reproductive |
| pediatrics | doctor specialized in children |
| psychiatry | mental illness doctor |
| geriatrician | specialized in aging |
| pharmacist | prepare and dispense medication |
| biologist | specialist in study of life |
| biology | study of living things |
| amniocentesis | surgical puncture of amniotic sac |
| osteoclasis | surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity in the bone |
| arthrodesis | fixation of a joint by a procedure designed to accomplish fusion of the joint surfaces |
| appendectomy | surgical removal of appendix |
| electrocardiograph | instrument used to record the electrical activity in the heart |
| electrocardiogram | record of the electrical activity of the heart |
| electocadiography | the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart |
| anesthetize | to induce a state of anesthesia to make one feelingless |
| dialysis | cleaning the blood through semipermeable membrane |
| pelvimeter | measuring the dimension of the pelvis |
| pelvimetery | process of measuring the dimensions of pelvis |
| colpopexy | surgical fixation of a relaxed vaginal wall |
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose in which the structure of the nose in channged |
| nephrorrhaphy | the operation of suturing the kidney |
| ophthalmoscopy | using the ophthalmoscope to view the interior of the eye |
| colostomy | surgial creation of a new opening between the colon and the surface of the body |
| phlebotomy | incision into the vien |
| lithotriopsy | crushing of a stone in the bladder |
| cyanoderma | blue skin |
| caudad | tail bone area |
| analgesia | sentitivity to pain |
| cephaloagia | headache |
| hemolysate | something that results from hemolysis |
| leokoblast | immature white blood cell |
| cytocele | herniation of the urinary bladder through the wall of the vagina |
| spermicide | chemical substance that kills spermatozoa |
| osteoclasis | intentional surgical fracture of a bone to correct a defomity |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| arthrodesis | fixation of joint by a procedure designed to accomplish fusion of the joint surface |
| cephalodynia | headache |
| dermatome | instrument used to cut into skin thin slices for grafting |
| gatrectasia | stretching of stomach or dilatation |
| hyperglycemia | high sugar |
| radiographer | one who takes x-rays |
| enuresis | condition of urinary incontinence |
| glycogen | generates sugar |
| lithogenesis | formation of stones |
| lithogenic | formation of stones |
| multigravida | multi pregnancies |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the lower half of the body |
| cholelithiasis | abnormal presence of gallstones in the gallbladder |
| conduction | heat is tranferred from one substance to another |
| hirsutism | condition of excessive body hair in a masculineline distribution |
| narcolepsy | seizure sudden attack of sleep |
| rhinolith | stone in the nose |
| keratolytic | agent used to destroy hardened skin |
| megalomania | delusions of grandeur |
| lipoma | fatty tumor |
| myopia | condition of nearsightedness |
| hemanopsia | blindness in one half of the visual field |
| venous | veins |
| adenopathy | disease of a gland |
| leukocytopenia | decrease in the number of white blood cells |
| colpopexy | surgical fixation of a vaginal wall |
| necrophilia | attraction to dead people |
| necrophobia | fear of dead people |
| dyspnea | without breathing |
| gastrorrhagia | bursting forth of blood from the stomach |
| nephrorrhaphy | operation of suturing the kidney |
| rhinorrhea | flow or drainage from the nose |
| hemostasis | controlling the flow of blood |
| relaxation | reducing tension |
| macula | small pigmented spot that appears separate from the surrounding tissue |
| venule | smallest vein that collects blood from a capillar |
| coccus | singular bacterium |
| myopathy | abnormal condition of the muscles |
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rose phillips
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