Week 3 - Medical Vocabulary
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| afebrile | literally means pertaining to without fever
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| anicteric | term used to describe a condition that is without signs of jaundice
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| arrest | to stop, inhibit, restrain
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| bifurcate | having two forks or two branches or two divisions
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| binary | literally means to separate into two branches or composed of two elements or two structures
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| concentration | the process of being able to bring to the center of one thought and focus on it
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| decompensation | failure of a system
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| enucleate | literally means to remove the kernel
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| extraocular | pertaining to outside the eye, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles
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| hyperactive | nature or quality of excessive activity
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| hypoplasia | underdevelopment of a tissue, organ, or body
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| insomnia | condition of not being able to sleep
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| intermediary | pertaining to situated between two bodies or occuring between two periods of time
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| latent | lying hidden; quiet, not active
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| lumen | space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube
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| multifocal | pertaining to or arising from many locations
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| occlusion | process of closing or state of being closed such as of a passage or lumen
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| parasternal | pertaining to either side of the sternum
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| patent | wide open; freely open
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| pericardial | pertaining to the pericardium
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| polydactyly | pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers and toes
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| premenstrual | pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses
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| react | literally means to act again
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| regurgitation | process of a backward flow of solids or foods from the stomach to the mouth
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| sign | any objective clinical evidence of an illness or disordered funcion of the body
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| subacute | literally means below sharp
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| superinfection | an infection following a previous infection produced by an overgrowth of a resistant strain of bacteria
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| symptom | any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease
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| unconscious | an abnormal state in which the person is not aware of his or her environment
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