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Dermatologist Dermat/o- -log- -ist |
Physician who specializes in the study of skin skin study of one who specializes |
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Hyperhydrosis Hyper- -hidr- -osis |
Abnormal condition of excessive sweating excessive sweat condition |
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Melonoma Melan- -oma |
Cancer that develops in the pigment cells of the skin; malignant black mole or tumor black tumor |
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Subcutaneous Sub- -cutane- -ous |
Pertaining to below the skin, as a subcutaneous injection below skin pertaining to |
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Xeroderma Xer/o- -derma |
Dry Skin dry skin |
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Arthritis Arthr- -itis |
Inflammation of a joint that can result fromvarious disease processes, such as injury to a joint (including fracture), an attack on the joints by the body system itself (autoimmune disease) or wear and tear. joint inflammation |
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Dactylogram Dactyl/o- -gram |
Medical term for fingerprint finger or toe mark, record |
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Intercostal Inter- -cost- -al |
Pertaining to the space between two ribs between rib pertaining to |
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Osteoblast Oste/o- -blast |
Bone-forming cell bone immature cell, germ cell |
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Osteochondritis Oste/o- -chondr- -itis |
Inflammation of bone and cartilage bone cartilage inflammation |
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Antagonist
Ant- -agon- -ist |
Muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle when one contracts the other relaxes.
against agony; a contest agent |
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Dystrophy Dys- -trophy |
Any condition of abnormal development caused by defective nourishment, often noted by the degeneration of muscles. difficult nourishment, development |
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Hydrotherapy Hydro- -therapy |
Treatment using scientific application of water; types; hot tub, cold bath, whirlpool, and vapor bath. water treatment |
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Myosclerosis My/o- -scler- -osis |
Abnormal condition of hardening muscle muscle hardening condition |
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Triceps Tri- -ceps |
Muscle having three heads with a single insertion three head |
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Anorexia An- -orexia |
Lack of appetite; decreased desire for food lack of appetite |
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Colostomy Col/o- -stomy |
Literally means the creation of a new opening into the colon, performed for the purpose of evaluating the bowel. colon new opening |
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Diarrhea Dia- -rrhea |
Frequent passage of unformed watery stools through flow |
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Gastroenterology Gastr/o- -enter/o- -logy |
Literally means the study of the stomach and the intestines; study of the entire GI tract from the mouth to the area stomach intestine study of |
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Proctologist Proct/o- -log- -ist |
Physician who specializes in the study of the anus and rectum anus and rectum study of one who specializes |
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Angioplasty Angi/o- -plasty |
Surgical repair of a blood vessel(s) or a nonsurgical technique for treating diseased arteries by temporarily inflating a tiny balloon inside an artery. vessel surgical repair |
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Cardiopulmonary Cardi/o- -pulmon- -ary |
Pertaining to the heart and lungs (H&L) heart lung pertaining to |
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Endocardium Endo- -cardi- -um |
Inner lining of the heart within heart tissue |
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Hypertension Hyper- -tens- -ion |
High blood pressure (HBP). Hypertension often has no symptoms and is frequently called the silent killer because, if left untreated, it can lead to many issues. excessive, above pressure process |
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Phlebotomy Phleb/o- -tomy |
Medical term used to describe the puncture of a vein to withdraw blood for analysis. vein incision |
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Basophil Bas/o- -phil |
A white blood cell that has an attraction for a base dye; base attraction |
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Hemophilia Hemo/o- -phillia |
Hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation and tendency to bleed blood attraction |
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Leukocyte Leuk/o- -cyte |
White blood cell white cell |
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Lymphedema Lymph- -edema |
Abnormal accumulation of lymph (clear, colorless alkaline fluid) in the interstitial spaces. lymph swelling |
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Tonsillectomy Tonsill- -ectomy |
Surgical excision of the tonsil tonsil surgical excision |
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Bronchoscope Bronch/o- -scope |
Medical instrument used to visually examine the bronchi. In a bronchoscopy procedure, the larynx, trachea, and bronchi are examined by a flexible bronchoscope. bronchus instrument for examining |
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Laryngitis Laryng- -itis |
Inflammation of the larynx (voice box) larynx, voice box inflammation |
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Nasopharyngitis Nas/o- -pharyng- -itis |
Inflammation of the nose and pharynx (throat) nose pharynx, throat inflammation |
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Rhinoplasty Rhin/o- -plasty |
Surgical repair of the nose nose surgical procedure |
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Pneumothorax Pneum/o- -thorax |
A pathological condition in which there is a collection of air between the chest and lungs, causing the lung to collapse. air chest |
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Anuria An- -uria |
Literally means without the formation of urine; lack of urine production without urine |
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Hemodialysis Hem/o- -dia- -lysis |
Using artificial kidney to separate waste from the blood. The blood goes through tubes made of semipermeable membranes, and these tubes are continually bathed by solutions that remove waste. blood through, complete separation, loosening, dissolution |
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Nephritis Nephr- -itis |
Inflammation of the kidney kidney inflammation |
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Nocturia Noct- -uria |
Urination during the night night urine |
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Ureteroplasty Ureter/o- -plasty |
Surgical repair of the ureter Ureter surgical repair |
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Endocrine Endo- -crine |
Ductless glands that produce internal secretions (hormones) directly into the bloodstream. within to secrete |
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Estrogen Estr/o- -gen |
Hormones produced by the ovaries, including estradiol, estrone, and estriol; female sex hormones important in the development of sex characteristics and regulations of the menstrual cycle. mad desire formation,produce |
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Exocrine Exo- -crine |
Pertains to a type of gland that secretes into ducts (duct glands); examples include sweat glands, salivary glands, mammary glands, stomach. liver, and pancreas out, away from to secrete |
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Hypothroidism Hyper- -thyr- -oid- -ism |
Excessive secretion of thyroid hormone (TH), a condition that can affect many body systems. The common etiologies of hyperthyroidism are Graves disease and toxic multinodular goiter. excessive thyroid, shield resemble condition |
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Progesterone Pro- -gester- -one |
Hormone produced by the corpus luteum of the ovary, the adrenal cortex, or the placenta; released during the second half of the menstrual cycle. before to bear hormone |
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Electroencephalograph Electr/o- -encephal/o- -graph |
Medical instrument used to record the electrical activity of the brain electricity brain instrument for recording |
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Glioma Gli- -oma |
Tumor composed of neuroglial tissue glue tumor |
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Hydrocephalus Hydro- -cephal- -us |
Condition in which there is an increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain, causing the head to be enlarged. water head pertaining to |
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Meningitis Mening- -itis |
Inflammation of the meninges of the spinal cord or brain. With early diagnosis and prompt treatment, most patients recover from meningitis. membrane, meninges inflammation |
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Neurofibroma Neur/o- -fibr- -oma |
Fibrous connective tissue tumor of a nerve. nerve fiber tumor |
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Audiometer Audi/o- -meter |
Medical instrument used to measure hearing to hear instrument to measure |
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Myringoscope Myring/o- -scope |
Medical instrument used to examine the eardrum eardrum, tympanic membrane instrument for examining |
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Otitis Ot- -itis |
Inflammation of the ear ear inflammation |
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Otolaryngologist Ot/o- -laryng/o- -log- -ist |
Physician who specializes in the study of the ear and larynx (voice box) ear larynx, voice box study of one who specializes |
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Tympanoplasty Tympan/o- -plasty |
Surgical repair of the eardrum eardrum, tympanic membrane surgicalrepair |
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Electroretinogram Electr/o- -retin/o- -gram |
Record of the electrical response of the retina to light stimulation electricity retina mark, record |
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Hyperopia Hyper- -opia |
Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; farsightedness. beyond sight, vision |
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Myopia My- -opia |
Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus in front of the retina; nearsightedness. near/close(?) sight, vision |
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Opthalmology Ophthalm/o- -logy |
Study of the eye eye study |
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Photophobia Phot/o- -phobia |
Unusual intolerance to light light fear |
