Chapter 5
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| agenesis | lack of development
🗑
|
||||
| alcoholism | chronic physical and psychological addiction ot alcohol
🗑
|
||||
| amenorrhea | absence of menstruation
🗑
|
||||
| apepsia | cessation of digestion
🗑
|
||||
| aphasia | unable to speak
🗑
|
||||
| aphonia | no voice, unable to make sounds
🗑
|
||||
| apnea | absence of breathing
🗑
|
||||
| audipgram | graphic record of hearing function
🗑
|
||||
| audiologist | hearing specialist
🗑
|
||||
| audiology | science that studies hearing
🗑
|
||||
| audiometer | instrument to test hearing
🗑
|
||||
| audimetry | process of testing hearing
🗑
|
||||
| bacillus | rod-shaped bacterium
🗑
|
||||
| bradycardia | slow heart rate
🗑
|
||||
| bradypepsia | slow digestion
🗑
|
||||
| bradyphagia | slow eating (swallowing)
🗑
|
||||
| bradypnea | slow breathing
🗑
|
||||
| calculi | small stones
🗑
|
||||
| carcinogenesis | formation of cancer
🗑
|
||||
| cholangiogram | x-ray of the bile ducts
🗑
|
||||
| cholecyst | gallbladder
🗑
|
||||
| cholecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladder
🗑
|
||||
| cholecystogram | x-ray of the gallbladder
🗑
|
||||
| cholecystography | process of obtaining x-ray of the gallbladder
🗑
|
||||
| cholecystotomy | incision into the gallbladder
🗑
|
||||
| cholelith | gallstone
🗑
|
||||
| cholelithiasis | infestation with gallstones
🗑
|
||||
| coccus | shere-shaped bacterium
🗑
|
||||
| dactylitis | inflammation of the fingers and/or toes
🗑
|
||||
| dactylogram | fingerprint
🗑
|
||||
| dacylospasm | spasm of a digit
🗑
|
||||
| diplobacillus | double bacillus
🗑
|
||||
| diplococci | cocci growing in pairs
🗑
|
||||
| dipsomania | abnormal compulsion to drink
🗑
|
||||
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation
🗑
|
||||
| dyspepsia | poor digestion
🗑
|
||||
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing
🗑
|
||||
| dysponia | difficulty making sounds with the voice
🗑
|
||||
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing
🗑
|
||||
| hydrocephalus | enlarged head due to fluid accumulation (congenital)
🗑
|
||||
| hyperthermia | abnormally high body temperature (synonym fever)
🗑
|
||||
| hypothermia | abnormally low body temperature
🗑
|
||||
| lithometer | instrument to measure stones
🗑
|
||||
| lithotomy | incision for the removal of stones
🗑
|
||||
| macroblast | abnormally large immature cell
🗑
|
||||
| macrocephalus | large head size
🗑
|
||||
| macrocheilia | enlarged lips
🗑
|
||||
| macrococcus | large coccus
🗑
|
||||
| macrocyte | large cell
🗑
|
||||
| macrodactylia | abnormally large digits
🗑
|
||||
| macroglossia | enlarged tongue
🗑
|
||||
| macrorhinia | enlarged nose
🗑
|
||||
| microcardia | abnormally small-sized heart
🗑
|
||||
| microcyst | a small cyst
🗑
|
||||
| microcyte | a small cell
🗑
|
||||
| microgram | one millionth of a gram
🗑
|
||||
| microsurgery | surgery performed using a microscope or other magnifying device
🗑
|
||||
| moniliasis | yeast infection
🗑
|
||||
| oncogenic | tumor forming
🗑
|
||||
| otic | pertaining to the ear
🗑
|
||||
| otodynia | earache (synonym otalgia)
🗑
|
||||
| otorrhea | discharge from the ear
🗑
|
||||
| otoscope | instrument used to look in to the ear
🗑
|
||||
| paraphasia | abnormal speech
🗑
|
||||
| pathogenic | disease producing
🗑
|
||||
| peptic | pertaining to digestion
🗑
|
||||
| phasology | science that studies speech
🗑
|
||||
| phonic | pertaining to the voice
🗑
|
||||
| phonology | science that studies the voice sounds
🗑
|
||||
| ploydactylism | condition of having more than five digits on hands or feet
🗑
|
||||
| polydipsia | condition of excessive thirst
🗑
|
||||
| prodrome | symtoms before the onset of a disease
🗑
|
||||
| pyogenic | pus forming
🗑
|
||||
| pyorrhea | flow or discharge of pus
🗑
|
||||
| pyothorax | pus in the chest cavity
🗑
|
||||
| rhinitis | inflammation of the nose
🗑
|
||||
| rhinolith | calculus in the nasal passages
🗑
|
||||
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose
🗑
|
||||
| rhinorrhea | runny nose
🗑
|
||||
| staphylectomy | excision of the uvula (synonym uvuletomy)
🗑
|
||||
| staphyliits | inflammation of the uvula (synonym uvulitis)
🗑
|
||||
| staphylocci | bacteria growing in bunches (like grapes)
🗑
|
||||
| staphyloplasty | surgical repair of the uvula
🗑
|
||||
| streptobacillus | bacillus growing in twisted chains
🗑
|
||||
| steptococci | round bacteria growing in twisted chains
🗑
|
||||
| synartrosis | joints that are fused and immovable
🗑
|
||||
| syndactylism | fingers or toes that are fused (congenital)
🗑
|
||||
| syndrome | symptoms that occur together to characterize a disease
🗑
|
||||
| synergistic | works together
🗑
|
||||
| tachycardia | fast heart rate
🗑
|
||||
| tachyphagia | fast eating
🗑
|
||||
| tachypnea | fast breathing
🗑
|
||||
| thermal | pertaining to heat (synonym thermic)
🗑
|
||||
| thermoesthesia | oversensitivity to heat (synonym thermoalgesia)
🗑
|
||||
| thermogenesis | generation of heat
🗑
|
||||
| thermophobia | abnormal fear of heat
🗑
|
||||
| thermoplegia | paralysis caused by a person being exposed to too high of a temperature (synonym heat stroke)
🗑
|
||||
| trichomoniasis | infestation with Trichomonas
🗑
|
||||
| tympanectomy | excision of the eardrum
🗑
|
||||
| typanic | pertaining to the eardrum
🗑
|
||||
| tympanites | distended with gas (abdomen)
🗑
|
||||
| tympanometry | process of measuring eardrum function
🗑
|
||||
| tympanotomy | incision into the eardrum (synonym myringotomy)
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
yolanda greer
Popular Biology sets