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26 Cards in this Set
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discreet (good judgment)
vs. discrete (made of separate parts) |
diverticulum, datum, medium
(all singular) vs. diverticula, data, media (all plural) |
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DNC (a no show)
vs. D&C (dilation & curettage) |
efflux (outward flow)
vs. reflux (backward/return flow) |
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Eurax (a dermatology cream)
vs. Urex (a urologic tablet) |
extirpation (to move entirely)
vs. extubation (to remove a tube) |
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in toto
in vivo |
(totally)
(within a living body) |
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en bloc
in situ |
(in a lump)
(in it's normal place) |
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in vitro
vs. in vivo |
(within a test tube)
(within a living body) |
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glans
vs. glands |
(gland-like bodies)
bodies that excrete or secretes |
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gravida
multiparous |
a pregnant woman
2 or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring |
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nulligravida
nulliparous |
never been pregnant
no births resulting in viable (capable of living) infants |
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Gravida 5, para 3-1-1-3
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3 full-term deliveries
1 premmie 1 abort/miscarriage 3 living children |
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gavage
lineal |
forced feeding
re: spleen |
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ligature
ligate |
suture
to sew/tie/bind |
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livor
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discoloration of skin on corpse
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ostiomeatal (NOT OSTEO)
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an opening
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perineum vs.
peritoneal vs. peroneal |
genital area
abdominopelvic wall side of the leg |
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pruritis
vs. purulent |
itchy skin condition
forming pus |
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radicle
radical |
smallest branches (anatomical)
going to root or source of disease |
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reperitonealize
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to cover again with peritoneal
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shotty
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lead pellet-like in reference to lymph nodes (usually); shotty nodes
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tendinous
vs. tendonitis |
(resembling a tendon)
inflammed tendon |
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tenia
vs. tinea |
bandlike structure
ringworm |
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tinnitus
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noises in the ear
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umbo (pl. umbones)
vs. umbonate |
tumor
knob-like |
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vagus
vs. valgus |
10th cranial nerve
bent outward/twisted/deformed |
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vesicle
vs. vesical |
little blister/sac
urinary bladder |
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villus
vs. villous |
little protrusion
shaggy with soft hairs |
