Lesson 3 Building Greek Vocabulary

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achlorhydria

Back 1

absence of free hydrochloric acid in the stomach;may be associated with gastric carcinoma, gastric ulcer, pernicious anemia, adrenal insufficiency, or chronic gastritis

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anisocytosis

Back 2

condition in which there is excessive inequality in the size of cells

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antihypnotic

Back 3

preventing or inhibiting sleep

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arachnodactyly

Back 4

spider fingers; state in which fingers and sometimes toes are abnormally long and slender

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arteriomyomatosis

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thickening of arterial walls due to overgrowth of muscles fibers

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asthenia

Back 6

lack or loss of strength

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chloroleukemia

Back 7

leukemia with chlorosis

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chondralgia

Back 8

pain in or around the cartilage

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dermatosclerosis

Back 9

infiltration of the skin with fibrous material

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dermatomycosis

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a skin infection caused by a certain fungi of the genra trichophyton

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helcoma

Back 11

ulcer of the cornea

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hidrosis

Back 12

the formation and secretion of sweat

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histiocyte

Back 13

a monocyte that has become a resident in tissue

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histiocytosis

Back 14

an abnormal amount of histiocytes in the blood

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hydronephrosis

Back 15

stretching of the renal pelvis as a result of obstruction to urinary outflow

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hyperchlorhydria

Back 16

an excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach

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hypnotic

Back 17

an agent that causes an insensitivity to pain by inhabiting afferent impulses or by inhibiting the reception of sensory impressions in the cortical centers of the brain thus causing partial or incomplete unconsciousness

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hypnotize

Back 18

to put under hypnosis

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inosemia

Back 19

an excessive amount of fibrin in the blood

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isodactylism

Back 20

a condition of having fingers or toes of equal length

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macrodactylia

Back 21

excessive size of one or more digits

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melanoleukoderma

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mottled skin

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meningitis

Back 23

inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord or brain, usually but not always caused by an infectious illness

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mesoderm

Back 24

a primary germ layer of the embryo lying between ectoderm and endoderm

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mycethemia

Back 25

fungi in the blood

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myoendocarditis

Back 26

inflammation of the cardiac muscular wall and membranous lining

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narcosis

Back 27

unconsciousness or stupor produced by drugs

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narcotize

Back 28

to place under the influence of a narcotic

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necrocytotoxin

Back 29

a toxin that causes the death of cells

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necrosis

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the death of cells, tissues, or organs`

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neurasthenia

Back 31

an old term occasionally used to signify functional illness marked by symptoms such as chronic fatigue, weakness

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onychomycosis

Back 32

a fungal infection of the nails usually caused by tinea species

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osteochondroma

Back 33

a tumor composed of both cartilaginous and bony substance

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pachyderma

Back 34

unusual thickness of skin

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pachyonychia

Back 35

abnormal thickening of the fingernails or toenails

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perionychium

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the epidermis surrounding the nail

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poliomyelitis

Back 37

an acute infectious inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray matter of the spinal cord

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polymyositis

Back 38

a relatively uncommon inflammatory disease of skeletal muscles, marked by symmetrical weakness of the proximal muscels of the limbs, elevated serum muscle enzymes, evidence of muscle necrosis on biopsy abnormalities

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polyp

Back 39

a swelling or excrescence emanating from a mucous membrane

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pseudoicterus

Back 40

discoloration of the skin

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psychosis

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a mental disorder in which there is severe loss of contact with reality

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psychosomatic

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disorders that have a physiological component but are thought to originate in the emotional state of the patient

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somatic

Back 43

nonreproductive cells or tissues

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sympodia

Back 44

a fusion of the lower extremities

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syndactylous

Back 45

having fused or wedges fingers or toes

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toxicoderma

Back 46

a disease of the skin caused by poison or allergen

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trachelocele

Back 47

tumor or hernia

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xanthoma

Back 48

soft yellow skin plaques or nodule that contain deposits of lipoproteins inside histocytes

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xanthosis

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a yellowing of the skin seen in carotenemia resulting from ingestion of excessive quantities of carrots, squash, egg yolk, and other foods containing carotenoids

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angiosclerotic myasthenia

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muscular debility or weakness