Medical Vocab Lesson 3

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achlorhydria

Back 1

absence of hydrochloric acid from maximally stimulated gastric secretions; a result of gastric mucosal atrophy

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angiosclerotic myasthenia

Back 2

Muscular weakness and abnormal fatigue.

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anisocytosis

Back 3

Condition in which there is excessive inequality in the size of cells, esp. erythrocytes

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antihypnotic

Back 4

An agent that prevents or inhibits sleep

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arachnodactyly

Back 5

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

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arteriomyomatosis

Back 6

Thickening of arterial walls due to overgrowth of muscle fibers.

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asthenia

Back 7

Lack or loss of strength; debility; any weakness, but esp. one originating in muscular or cerebellar disease

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chloroleukemia

Back 8

Leukemia with chlorosis

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chondralgia

Back 9

Pain in or around a cartilage

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dermatosclerosis

Back 10

Infiltration of the skin with fibrous material.

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dermatomycosis

Back 11

A skin infection caused by certain fungi of the genera Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, and Microsporum.

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helcoma

Back 12

Ulcer of the cornea.

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hidrosis

Back 13

"The formation and secretion of sweat; excessive sweating"

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histiocyte

Back 14

monocyte that has become a resident in tissue

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histiocytosis

Back 15

An abnormal amount of histiocytes in the blood

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hydronephrosis

Back 16

Stretching of the renal pelvis as a result of obstruction to urinary outflow.

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hyperchlorhydria

Back 17

An excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

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hypnotic

Back 18

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

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hypnotize

Back 19

To put under hypnosis.

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inosemia

Back 20

An excessive amount of fibrin in the blood.

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isodactylism

Back 21

A condition of having fingers or toes of equal length

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macrodactylia

Back 22

Excessive size of one or more digits

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melanoleukoderma

Back 23

Mottled skin.

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meningitis

Back 24

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 25

A primary germ layer of the embryo lying between ectoderm and endoderm.

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mycethemia

Back 26

Fungi in the blood.

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myoendocarditis

Back 27

Inflammation of the cardiac muscular wall and membranous lining.

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narcosis

Back 28

Unconsciousness or stupor produced by drugs.

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narcotize

Back 29

To place under the influence of a narcotic.

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necrocytotoxin

Back 30

A toxin that causes the death of cells.

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necrosis

Back 31

The death of cells, tissues, or organs

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neurathenia

Back 32

used to signify functional (psychosomatic) illness

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onychomycosis

Back 33

A fungal infection of the nails usually caused by tinea species and occasionally by Candida.

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osteochendroma

Back 34

A tumor composed of both cartilaginous and bony substance.

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pachyderma

Back 35

Unusual thickness of the skin.

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pachyonchia

Back 36

Abnormal thickening of the fingernails or toenails.

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perionychium

Back 37

The epidermis surrounding a nail.

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poliomyelitis

Back 38

Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.

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polymyositis

Back 39

A relatively uncommon inflammatory disease of skeletal muscles, marked by symmetrical weakness of the proximal muscles of the limbs, elevated serum muscle enzymes, evidence of muscle necrosis on biopsy, and electromyographic abnormalities when the characteristic heliotrope rash of the eyelids or papules over the dorsal surfaces of the knuckles occur.

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polyp

Back 40

A swelling or excrescence (tumor) emanating from a mucous membrane

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pseudoicterus

Back 41

Pigment in the skin, such as in carotenemia, that resembles jaundice, but is not due to elevated serum bilirubin levels.

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psychosis

Back 42

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

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psychosomatic

Back 43

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

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somatic

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1. Pertaining to nonreproductive cells or tissues.
2. Pertaining to the body.
3. Pertaining to structures of the body wall, such as skeletal muscles (somatic musculature) in contrast to structures associated with the viscera, such as visceral muscles (splanchnic musculature).

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sympodia

Back 45

A fusion of the lower extremities.

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syndactylous

Back 46

Concerning syndactylism.

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toxicoderma

Back 47

Any skin disease resulting from a poison.

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trachelocele

Back 48

Protrusion of mucous membrane through the wall of the trachea.

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xanthoma

Back 49

Soft, yellow skin plaques or nodules that contain deposits of lipoproteins inside histiocytes; they are esp. likely to be found on the skin of patients with hyperlipidemia.

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xanthosis

Back 50

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