Unit 2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
blastocyte | immature cell |
cardialgia | heart pain |
cardiologist | physician specialist in heart disease |
cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
cyanoderma | blueness of the skin |
cyanosis | condition of blueness |
cytologist | a technologist who studies cellular disease |
cytology | the science of studying cells |
cytometer | instrument used to count cells |
cytometry | process of using a cytometer |
dermatology | the science of studying the skin |
dermatome | instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue |
duodenal | pertaining tot he duodenum (adj) |
duodenotomy | incision into the duodenum |
duodenum | first part of the small intestine |
echocardiography | sonography of the heart |
electrocardiogram | picture (tracing) representing the electrical activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle |
electrocardiograph | instrument that produces the electrocardiogram |
erythema (erythroderma) | reddened skin |
erythremia | abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes |
erythroblast | immature red blood cell |
erythrocytes | red blood cells |
erythrocytopenia | low number of erythrocytes |
erythrocytosis | high number of erythrocytes |
erythroderma | redness of the skin |
etiology | the study of the origin of the cause of disease |
gastralgia | stomach pain |
gastrectomy | excision of the stomach |
gastric | pertaining to the stomach (adj) |
gastroduodenostomy | making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum |
gastromegaly | enlarged stomach |
gastrostomy | making a new opening in the stomach |
histoblast | immature tissue cells |
histology | the science of studying tissues |
hypodermic | pertaining to below the dermis |
inflamed | verb form for inflammation |
inflammation | tissue condition of redness, swelling, heat |
jaundice | yellow appearance due to high bilibrubin level in the blood |
leukemia | blood cancer involving leukocytes and bone marrow |
leukocyte | white blood cell |
leukocytopenia | low number of leukocytes |
leukocytosis | high number of leukocytes |
leukoderma (vitiligo) | abnormally white skin |
lymphatic | pertaining to the lymph system |
lymphedema | obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissues (swelling) |
lymphocyte | lymphatic system white blood cell |
megalomania | abnormally enlarged self-image |
melanocyte | pigment cell |
melanoderma | dark patches of skin |
pathologist | physician specialist in the study of disease |
pathology | the science of studying disease |
radiogram | x-ray picture (film) |
radiograph | instrument used to produce the radiogram or the x-ray film |
radiologist | physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities |
sonogram | image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound |
sonograph | instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and uses a computer to create an image of body structures |
sonographer | technologist who performs sonography |
sonography | process of using a sonograph |
thrombocytes | platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments |
thrombocytopenia | low number of thrombocytes |
thrombocytosis | high number of thrombocytes |
tomogram | picture made by a tomograph |
tomograph | instrument that uses x-ray to produce images through planes of the body |
xanthemia (carotenemia) | yellow condition of the blood |
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