Medical Terminology

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Abrade

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to scrape off

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Acro

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a combining form with the meanings “height,” “tip end,”

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Adhesion

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a. the abnormal union of adjacent tissues.
b. the tissue involved

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Angioplasty

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The surgical repair of a blood vessel, either by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter to unblock it, or by reconstructing or replacing part of the vessel

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Anterolateral

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In front and away from the middle line.

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Antiemetic

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of or pertaining to a substance that is useful in the suppression of nausea or vomiting

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Aseptic

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preventing infection

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Atrophy

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a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage

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Auris sinistra

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left ear

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Blepharoptosis

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a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid

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Cephalo

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head

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Colonoscopy

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a flexible, lighted, tubular instrument using fiber optics to permit visualization of the colon.

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Colostomy

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the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents.

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Costo

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rib

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Cyano

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blue

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Dyspnea

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difficult or labored breathing.

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Dystrophy

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faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.

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Ecto

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outer

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Encephalomyelopathy

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any disease that affects the brain and spinal cord

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Enteritis

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inflammation of the intestines, esp. the small intestine.

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Enterocele

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A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

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Enuresis

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lack of control of urination, esp. during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.

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Exophthalmos

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protrusion of the eyeball from the orbit, caused by disease, esp. hyperthyroidism, or injury

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Gastroenteroptosis

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Downward displacement of the stomach and a portion of the intestine

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Hemarthrosis

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hemorrhage into a joint

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Hidradenitis

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inflammation of a sweatgland

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Immunology

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the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system

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Intercostal

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–adjective 1. pertaining to muscles, parts, or intervals between the ribs.
2. situated between the ribs.
3. Shipbuilding. noting a structural member situated between or divided by continuous members, as frames or keelsons.

–noun 4. an intercostal muscle, member, or space.

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Malacia

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1. softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
2. an abnormal craving for highly spiced food.

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megaly

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irregular enlargement

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Metastasis

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the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.

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Mucoid

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resembling mucus

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Myelodysplasia

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a developmental anomaly of thespinal cord

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Myopia

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nearsightedness

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Myospasm

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Spasmodic contraction of a muscle

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Nephrolysis

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the surgical operation of freeing the kidney from surrounding adhesions

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Noctambulism

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sleepwalking

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Oophorectomy

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the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy

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Osteitis

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inflammation of the substance of bone.

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Oto

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ear

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Para

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A woman who has given birth to an infant or infants

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Peritoneum

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the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.

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Phlebostasis

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abnormally slow venous blood circulation

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Phreno

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a combining form meaning “mind,” “diaphragm,” used in the formation of compound words: phrenology

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Pneumocentesis

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surgical puncture of a lung for aspiration

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Pneumonomycosis

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Pneumonomycosis

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Postprandial

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after a meal

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Rhinitis

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inflammation of the nose or its mucous membrane

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rrhea

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discharge

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Sarcoma

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any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue

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Splenomegaly

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enlargement of the spleen

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Suprapubic

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situated, occurring, or performed from above the pubis

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Tachycardia

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Tachycardia

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Thrombophlebitis

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the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall

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Uterolith

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An abnormal concretion of the uterus, usually a calcified myoma.