HCC OT Medical Terminology Lesson 8 Medical Terms
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| show | pertaining to the air
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| show | the production of gas in the tissues or organs of the body
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| show | any disease due to a change in atmospheric pressure such as compressed air illness (“bends”) or air sickness
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| show | (plural alveoli) name used to designate a small saclike pit or cavity
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| show | the tooth sockets in the upper and lower jaw bones
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| show | pertaining to an alveolus
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| show | surgical excision of the tooth socket bony structure as a preparatory measure for the wearing of false teeth (dent ures); may include the removal of remaining teeth and roots of teeth and excision of diseased tissue
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| show | the surgical improvement of the shape and condition of the tooth sockets in preparation for immediate or future denture construction
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| show | pertaining to the cornea of the eye
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| corneous (corne ous) | show 🗑
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| show | examination of fingerprints for purpose of identification
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| show | a condition in which the fingers are of relatively equal length
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| show | a spasm or cramp of a finger or toe
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| edematous (edemat ous) | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal quantities of fluid in the lungs
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| dactyledema (dactyl edema) | show 🗑
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| ependyma (ependym a) | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to or composed of ependyma
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| show | any disease of this membrane (the ependyma)
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| ependymitis (ependym itis) | show 🗑
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| fistula (fistul a) | show 🗑
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| fistulous (fistul ous) | show 🗑
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| show | an abnormal passage between two internal organs
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| external fistula | show 🗑
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| intestinal fistula | show 🗑
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| fistulization (fistul ization) | show 🗑
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| show | the operation of making a fistula empty permanently into the intestine
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| show | shaped like a fork; forked
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| show | forked; divided into two like a fork
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| show | division into two branches; the site where a single structure divides into two
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| show | the presence of sugar in the blood
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| hyperglycemia (hyper glyc em ia) | show 🗑
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| glycolysis (glyc o lysis) | show 🗑
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| show | a deficiency of sugar in the body tissues
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| show | a thick, syrupy, sweet liquid; the sweet, colorless, soluble form of dextrose that occurs widely in nature and is the usual form in which carbohydrate is assimilated by animals
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| gravid | show 🗑
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| show | occurring during pregnancy
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| show | the condition of being with child; pregnancy
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| gravidocardiac (gravid o cardi ac) | show 🗑
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| iris | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the iris
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| show | the patient’s perception of colored halos about lights, occurring in glaucoma
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| keratic (kerat ic) | show 🗑
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| show | a horny skin or covering
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| keratoid (kerat oid) | show 🗑
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| hyperkeratosis (hyperkeratosis) | show 🗑
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| show | softening of the cornea
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| show | puncture of the cornea
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| show | the sum of all the physical and chemical processes by which living organized substance is produced and maintained, and also the transformation by which energy is made available for the use of the body
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| show | the minimal energy needed to maintain the physical and chemical activities of the body
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| show | name of the membranous cover of the abdominal organs
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| show | pertaining to the omentum
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| omentopexy (oment o pexy) | show 🗑
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| show | the use of omental grafts, that is, surgical repair using the omentum as the grafting material
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| oophoron (oophor on) | show 🗑
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| show | the surgical fixation or attaching of the ovary
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| show | surgical removal of the uterus and ovaries
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| parietal (pariet al) | show 🗑
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| show | inflammation of the wall of an organ
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| show | nail biting
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| phagomania (phag o mani a) | show 🗑
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| show | any cell that absorbs (“eats”) micro-organisms, other cells, and foreign bodies
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| phagocytosis (phag o cyt osis) | show 🗑
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| show | pain in swallowing
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| show | pertaining to the mind; pertaining to the diaphragm
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| bradyphrenia (brady phren ia) | show 🗑
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| leukoplakia (leuk o plak ia) | show 🗑
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| malacoplakia (malac o plak ia) | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the lungs
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| pneumatic (pneumat ic) | show 🗑
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| show | a swelling containing air any place in the body; a pushing out of the lung through a weak place in the wall of the chest
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| show | inflammation of the lungs, usually with complications and usually accompanied by chill, increase in temperature, pain and coughing
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| pneumonitis (pneumon itis) | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the lung or to pneumonia
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| show | breathing
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| show | abnormal increase in the speed and depth of breathing
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| hypopnea () | show 🗑
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| bradypnea () | show 🗑
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| show | excessive secretion of saliva; salivation
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| show | the spitting of
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| hemoptysis (hem o pty sis) | show 🗑
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| show | dilation (enlarging) of a salivary duct by surgery
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| show | formed from or by the action of saliva
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| pulmo (pulm o) | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the lungs
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| show | pertaining to the kidney and lungs
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| show | pertaining to rays; pertaining to the spreading out from the center
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| show | the study of X-rays, frequently called roentgenology after Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, the discoverer of X-rays
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| radiotherapy (radiotherapy) | show 🗑
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| show | directed to the cause; going to the root or source of a morbid process
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| show | ”the root”; the lowermost part, or a structure by which something is firmly attached
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| show | ”a little root”; any one of the smallest branches of a vessel or nerve
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| radiculectomy (radic ul ectomy) | show 🗑
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| radiculoneuropathy (radic ul o neur opath y) | show 🗑
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| show | the act or process of calming
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| show | an agent such as a drug that calms or reduces excitement
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