Medical Terminology

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Anter/o

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Before, front

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Caud/o

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Lower part of the body

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Endo

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In, within, inside

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Exo

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Out of, outside, away from

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Ologist

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Specialist

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Ology

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Study of

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Path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Plasia

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Development, growth, formation

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Poster/o

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Behind, towards the back

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Stasis

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Control, maintenance of a constant level

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Abdominal cavity

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Contains primarily the major organs of digestion

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Adenectomy

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Surgical removal of a gland

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Adenocarcinoma

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Malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue

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Adenoma

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Benign tumor that anses in, or resembles glandular tissue

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Adenosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of a gland

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Adenomalacia

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Abnormal softening of a gland

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Anaplasia

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A change in the structure of cells and their orientation to each other

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Anatomy

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Is the study of the structure of the body

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Anomaly

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A deviation from what is regarding as normal

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Anterior

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Means situated in front

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Endocrine gland

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Produces hormones, do not have ducts

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Aplasia

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Is the defective development or the congenital absence of an organ or tissue

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Bloodborne transmission

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Spread of a disease, through contact with body fluids/blood

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Caudal

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Towards the lower part of the body

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Cephalic

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Towards the head

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Chromosome

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Are genetic structures located within the nucleus of each cell

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Communicable diseases

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Condition that is transmitted from one person to another either by direct contact with objects

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Congenital disorder

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Abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth

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Cytoplasm

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Is the material within the cell membrane

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Distal

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Means situated nearest the midline or beginning of a structure

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Dorsal

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Refers to the back of the body or organ

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal development of growth, cells or an organ or tissue

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Endemic

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Refers to the ongoing presence of a disease within a population group or area

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Endocrine Glands

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Produces hormones, do not have ducts

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Epidemic

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Sudden and wide spread outbreak of a disease within a specific population group or area

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Epigastric Region

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Located above the stomach

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Etiology

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Study of the cause of disease

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Exocrine gland

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(sweat gland) secrate chemicals substances into duct that lead either to other organs or out of your body

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Functional Disorder

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Produces symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified pathological

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Genetic Disorder

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Pathological condition caused by an absent or defective gene

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Geriatrician

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Physician who specializes in the care of older people

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Hemophilia

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Is a group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which a blood clotting factor is missing

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Histology

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Is the study of the structural composition and function of tissues

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Homeostasis

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Process which the body maintains a constant internal environment

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Hyperplasia

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Is the enlargement of an organ or tissues because of abnormal increase in the number of cells

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Latrogenic illness

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Unfavorable response due to prescribed medical treatment

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Idiopathic Disorder

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An illness without known cause

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Infectious disease

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An illness caused by a living pathogenic organism such as bacteria

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Inguinal

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Related to the ground, refers to the entire lower area of the abdomen

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Medial

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The direction toward or nearer the midline

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Mesentary

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Is a fused double layer of the peritoneum that attaches of the intestines

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Midsagittal plane

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Space formed between by the hip bones that contains primarily the organs of reproductive and excretory systems

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Nosocomial infection

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A disease acquired in a hospital or clinical setting

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Pandemic

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Refers to an outbreak of a disease occurring over a large geographic area, possibly world wide

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Peritoneum

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Is a multilayered membrane that protects and holds in the place within the abdominal cavity

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Peritonitis

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Inflammation of the peritoneum

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Phenylketonuria

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Genetic Disorder in which the essential digestive enzymes phenylalanine and hydroxylase is missing

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Posterior

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Situated in the back

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Proximal

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Means situated nearest the midline or beginning of a body structure

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Retroperitoneal

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Located behind the peritoneum

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Stem cells

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Unspecialized cells that are able to renew themselves for long period of times by cell division

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Thoracic cavity

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Surrounds and protects the heart and lungs

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Transverse plane

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Divides the body into upper and lower portions

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Umbilicus

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Which is commonly known as the belly button or navel

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Vector Borne transmission

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Spread of certain disease due to the bite of a vector

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Ventral

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Refers to the front or belly side of the organs or body