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HCC OT Medical Terminology Lesson 7 Medical Terms

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adnexopexy (adnex o pexy)   show
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adnexitis (adnex itis)   show
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antrum (antr um)   show
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antral (antr al)   show
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antrostomy (antr ostomy)   show
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antrodynia (antr odyn ia)   show
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show a weakness in glandular secretion; deficient glandular activity  
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show deficient glandular secretion in the stomach  
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asthenia (asthen ia)   show
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show pertaining to or characterized by asthenia  
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show a condition of weakness in the eye  
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show a star-shaped cell, especially such a cell of the supporting structure of nervous tissue  
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show star-shaped  
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show a tumor composed of star-shaped cells (astrocytes)  
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hypocrinia AKA hypocrinism (hypo crin ia, hypo crin ism)   show
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show stimulating (producing) secretion  
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show inflammation of a lacrimal gland (a tear gland)  
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show excision of the wall of the lacrimal sac  
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show tear gland, lacrimal gland  
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dacrycysto-   show
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show the outermost of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord  
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show hardness; the act or process of becoming hard  
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show situated above or external to the dura mater  
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show a small bundle or cluster; used to designate a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers  
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fasciodesis (fasci o desis)   show
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fasciorrhaphy (fasci o rrhaphy)   show
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show sensitivity to sunlight  
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heliosis (helio sis)   show
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show the treatment of disease by exposing the body to the sun’s rays; therapeutic sunbathing  
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hypnotic (hypnot ic)   show
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hypnotism (hypnot ism)   show
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ahypnia (a hypn ia)   show
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show composed of cells of the same size and kind  
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isopia (is op ia)   show
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show having teeth of unequal size or length  
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anisopia (an is op ia)   show
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show inequality of the breasts  
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laparotomy (lapar otomy)   show
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hysterolaparotomy (hyster o lapar otomy)   show
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show incision through both the thorax and the abdomen  
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show suturing of the abdominal wall  
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show the creation of a permanent opening to the stomach through the abdominal wall  
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show tending to become progressively worse and to result in death if not treated, (opposite is “benign”)  
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show a tendency to spread or become progressively worse; used most frequently with cancerous growths which tend to progressively invade (spread among) the tissues of the body  
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show pertaining to the mind  
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show mental power or activity  
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dementia (de ment ia)   show
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ocular (ocul ar)   show
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show name for the eye  
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show pertaining to the eye and the nose  
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oculopathy (ocul o path y)   show
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oculofacial (ocul o facial)   show
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show rupture of the eye or eyeball  
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optician (opt ic ian)   show
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parturition (part ur ition)   show
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show occurring after childbirth or after delivery  
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show occurring before or just previous to labor  
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show accomplished by means of the foot, as in obstetrical deliveries  
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show condition of the foot  
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show the department of dentistry dealing with the oral health of children  
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show any disease of the foot  
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show a physician specializing in the diseases of children  
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podiatry (pod iatr y)   show
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show one who practices podiatry  
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scirrhus (scirrh us)   show
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scirrhous (scirrh ous)   show
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mastoscirrhus (mast o scirrh us)   show
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dacryadenoscirrhus (dacry aden o scirrh us)   show
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sclerous (sclera ous)   show
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sclerosis (scler osis)   show
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sclera (scler a)   show
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show peraining to hardness or hardening; pertaining to the sclera  
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septum (sept um)   show
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nasal septum (nas al sept um)   show
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septal (sept al)   show
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show a small separating wall or partition  
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show resembling a sinus; used to designate blood channels in organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, pancreas  
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show surgical incision of a sinus  
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sinusology (sinus ology)   show
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show pertaining to the body  
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show denoting the body as distinguished from the mind  
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somatomegaly (somat o megal y)   show
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somatotherapy (somat o therap y)   show
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show a condition of bodily weakness  
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show pertaining to both body and mind  
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psychosomatic (psycho s omat ic)   show
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show the ankle region  
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show pertaining to the instep; pertaining to the ankle bones (tarsal bones)  
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metatarsus (meta tars us)   show
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metatarsal (meta tars al)   show
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topical (top ic al)   show
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show fixed or localized pain  
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show inflammation of the neck of the bladder  
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trachelodynia (trachel odyn ia)   show
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trachelomyitis (trachel o my itis)   show
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show name of the windpipe  
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tracheal (trache al)   show
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show combining forms indicating relationship to a neck or necklike structure  
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show inflammation of the uterine cervic (neck of the womb)  
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