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188 Cards in this Set
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-staxis |
dripping,trickling |
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-uria |
urination, condition of urine |
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-thermy |
heat |
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-um |
tissue, structure |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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-stasis |
control, stop, stand still |
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-phil |
attraction |
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-or |
one who, a doer |
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-logy |
study of |
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-lymph |
clear fluid, serum, pale fluid |
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- liter |
liter
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-ive |
nature of, quality of |
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-idle |
having a particular quality |
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-genesis |
formation, produce |
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-gen |
formation, produce |
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-er |
relating to , one who |
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-drome |
that which runs together |
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-dipsia |
thirst |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-cyst |
bladder, sac |
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-cuspid |
point |
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-crit |
to seperate |
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-cride |
to kill |
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-blast |
immature cell, germ cell` |
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-ase |
enzyme |
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-ant |
forming |
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-algesia |
condition of pain |
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an/encephally |
congenital condition in which there is a lack of development of the brain |
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hyper/hids/osis |
condition of excessive sweating |
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cardi/o/log/ist |
physician who specializes in the study of the heart |
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embol/ism |
condition in which a blood clot obstructs a blood vessel |
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obstetr/ician |
treating female during pregnancy, child birth and post partum |
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pod/iatry |
treatment of diseases and disorders of the foot |
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a/lopec/ia |
condition of loss of hair; baldness |
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enur/esis |
condition of involuntary emisson of urine; bedwetting |
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a/ton/y |
pertaining to a lack of normal tone or tension |
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de/cubit/us |
pertaining to a bedsore |
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cyan/o/tic |
edamat/ous |
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grandi/ose |
pertaining to a feeling of greatness |
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anter/ior |
pertaining to a surface or part situated toward the front of the body |
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penile |
pertaining to the penis |
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norm/o/cephal/ic |
pertaining to a normal appearance of the head as used in the objective description during a physical examination |
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integument/ary |
pertaining to the skin ( a covering) |
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muscul/ar |
pertaining to the muscle |
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cephal/ad |
pertaining to the head |
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con/genit/al |
pertaining to the presence at birth |
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card/i/ac |
pertaining to the heart |
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-rrhage |
bursting forth |
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hem/o/rrhage |
excessive bleeding , bursting forth of blood |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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sleep a/pnea |
temp. cessation of breathing during sleep |
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plegia |
paralysis, stroke |
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-plasm |
a thing formed, plasma |
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hemi/plegia |
slight paralysis that affects one side of the body |
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neo/plasm |
new thing formed, such as an abnormal growth or tumor |
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-plasia |
formation, produce |
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hyper/plasia |
excessive formation and growth of normal cells |
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-phobia |
fear |
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acr/o/phobia |
fear of heights |
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-phasia |
to speak, speech |
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dys/phasia |
impairment of speech caused by a brain lesion |
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-phagia |
to eat, to swallow |
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a/phagia |
loss or lack of the ability to eat or swallow |
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-ole -icle -ula -ule |
small/ minute |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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my/o/rrhexis |
rupture of a muscle |
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-trophy |
nourishment, development |
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-hyper/trophy |
excessive nourishment |
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-ptosis |
prolapse, drooping, falling down, sagging |
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biephor/o/ptosis |
drooping of upper eyelids |
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-spasm |
tension, contraction |
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my/o/spasm |
spasmodic contraction of a muscle |
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-plasm |
a thing formed |
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-lymph |
serum, clear fluid, pale fluid |
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-plegia |
stroke, paralysis, palsy |
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-penia |
lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction |
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-ate |
use, action, having the form of, possessing |
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-blast |
immature cell, germ cell, embyronic cell |
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-pepsia |
to digest |
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dys/pepsia |
difficulty in digestion |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-pathy |
disease, emotion |
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retin/o/pathy |
any disease of the retina |
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-opia |
sight, vision |
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-oxia |
oxygen |
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hyp/oxia |
dificient, amount of oxygen in blood cells |
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-oid |
resemble |
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ster/oid |
literally means resembling a solid substance |
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noia |
mind |
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carcin/oma |
malignant tumor arising in epithelial tissue |
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-mnesia |
memory |
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-megaly |
enlargement, large |
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acr/o/megaly |
enlargement of the bones of the face |
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-mania |
madness |
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pyro/mania |
impulsive disorder consisting of a compulsion to set fires or to watch fires |
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-malacia |
softening |
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oste/o/malacia |
softening of the bones |
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-lexia |
diction, word,phrase |
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dys/lexia |
individual has difficulty in reading and comprehending written language |
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-lepsy |
seizure |
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narc/o/lepsy |
chronic condition with recurrent attacks of uncontrollable drowsiness and sleep |
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-kinesis |
motion |
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hyper/kinesis |
excessive muscular movement and motion, inability to be still , also known as hyperactivity |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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burs/itis |
inflammation of a bursal |
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-ion |
process |
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in/fect/ion |
process where by a pathogenic micro-organism invades the body, reproduces, multi-plies and causes disease |
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-emesis |
vomiting |
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hyper/emesis |
excessive vomiting |
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-edema |
swelling |
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papill/edema |
swelling of the optic disc, usually caused by increased intracranial pressure |
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-ectasis |
dilation, distention |
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bronch/i/ectasis |
chronic dilation of a bronchus or bronchi with a secondary infection that usually involves the lower portion of a lung |
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-dynia |
pain, ache |
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xer/o/derma |
dry skin |
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-cusis |
hearing |
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presby/cusis |
impairment of hearing that occurs with aging |
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-cele |
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cyst/o/cele |
hernias of the bladder that protrudes into the vagina |
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-algia |
pain, ache |
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dent/algia |
pain in a tooth, toothache |
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-asthenia |
weakness |
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nuer/asthenia |
abnoral condition characterized by nervous weakness,exhaustion and prostration that often follows depression |
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-betes |
to go |
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dia/betes |
general term used to describe diseases characterized by excessive discharge of urine |
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-centesis
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surgical puncture |
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-clasis |
a break |
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-desis |
binding |
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-ectomy |
surgical excision,surgical removal,resection |
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-gram |
a weight,mark or record |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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-graphy |
recording |
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-ize |
to make,to treat or combine with |
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-lysis |
destruction,separation,breakdown,loosening |
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-meter |
instrument to measure, measure |
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-metry |
measurment |
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-opsy |
to view |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation |
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-pharesis |
remove |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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amni/o/centesis |
surgical puncture of the amniotic sac to obtain a sample of amniotic fluid containing fetal cells that are examined |
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oste/o/clasis |
the intentional surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity |
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arthr/o/desis |
surgical binding of a joint; surgical fixation of a jont |
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vas/ectomy |
surgical procedure in which the vas deferens are tied off & cut apart providing permanent sterility by preventing transport of sperm out of the testes |
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dactyl/o/gram |
fingerprint |
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electr/o/cardi/o/graph |
medical diagnostic device used for recording the electrical impulses of the heart muscle |
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mamm/o/graphy |
process of obtaining x-ray pictures of the breast using a low-dose x-ray system |
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an/esthet/ize |
to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of an anesthetic |
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lip/o/lysis |
destruction of fat |
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audi/o/meter |
medical instrument used to measure hearing |
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plasma/pheresis |
removal of blood from the body & centrifuging it to separate the plasma from the blood & reinfusing the cellular elements back into the patient |
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pelvi/metry |
measurement of the expectant mother's pelvic dimensions to determine whether it will be possible to deliver a fetus through the normal vaginal route |
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bi/opsy |
surgical removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination |
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gastr/o/pexy |
surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall for correction of displacement |
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rhin/o/plasty |
surgical repair of the nose |
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my/o/rrhaphy |
suture of a muscle wound |
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-scope |
instrument for examining |
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-scopy |
visual examination, to view,examine |
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-stomy |
new opening |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-tripsy |
crushing |
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ophthalm/o/scope |
medical instrument used to examine the interior of the eye |
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lapar/o/scopy |
visual examination of the abdominal cavity |
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ile/o/stomy |
creation of a new opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum |
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derma/tome |
instrument used to cut the skin for grafting |
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myring/o/tomy |
surgical incision of the tympanic membrane to remove unwanted fluids from the ear |
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lith/o/tripsy |
crushing of a kidney stone |
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abrasion
ab-away from ras- to scrape off -ion process |
process of scraping away from the surface,such as skin or teeth, by friction. An abrasion may be the result of trauma such as a skinned knee or from a therapy,such as dermabrasion of the skin for removal of scar tissue. it can also occur from the wearing-down of a tooth from mastication (chewing) |
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anesthetize
an- without, lack of esthet- feeling,sensation -ize....to make |
to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of an anesthetic |
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arousal
arous- alertness ,to rise -al pertaining to |
pertaining to state of alertness or consciousness |
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asymmetrical
a- lack of, without symmetric- symmetry -al pertaining to |
unequal in size or shape. Without proportion of body or parts of the body; different in placement or arrangement about an axis |
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asytole
a- without systole- contraction |
literally means without contraction of the heart; a life-threatening cardiac condition characterized by the absence of electrical & mechanical activity in the heart. |
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comatose
comat- a deep sleep -ose pertaining to |
pertaining to a state of deep sleep ( coma) ; total lack on consciousness |
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epithelium
epi- upon,above thel/i- nipple -um tissue, structure |
structure that covers the internal & external organs of the body & the lining of vessels,body cavities,glands,& organs. it is the layer of cells forming the outermost layer of the skin & the surface layer of mucous & serous membranes. |
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exogenes
ex(o)- out gen formation,produce -ous pertaining to |
pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body or produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body. |
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grandiose
grand/i- great -ose pertaining to |
pertaining to a feeling of greatness. in psychiatry,it refers to a person's unrealistic & exaggerated concept of self-worth,importance,wealth, & ability |
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gynecoid
gynec- female -old resemble |
literally means to resemble a female; gynecoid pelvis is the normal shape of the birth canal that allows for the exit of the average fetus |
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hypertrophy
hyper- excessive -trophy nourshment |
literally means excessive nourishment, the increase in the size of an organ,structure,or the body caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells; also called over growth |
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infection
infect- to infect -ion process |
process whereby a pathogenic ( disease-producing) microorganism invades the body, reproduces,multiplies, & causes disease. |
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irregular
ir- not regul- rule -ar pertaining to |
pertaining to not being regular |
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nasolabial
nas/o nose labi lip -al pertaining to |
pertaining to the nose & the lip |
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palpate
palp- touch -ate use,action |
to use the hands or fingers to examine by touch; to feel |
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steroid
ster solid -oid resemble |
resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of a large group of substances chemically related to sterols ; natural steroid hormones include the androgens,estrogens, & adrenal cortex secretions |
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trauma |
physical injury or wound caused by an external force,violence,or a toxic substance;also refers to psychological injury resulting from a severe emotional shock,which can cause disordered feelings and/or behavior |
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turgor
turg-swelling -or one who |
generally refers to the expected resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells & interstitial fluid. an evaluation of the skin turgor is an essential part of physical assessment |
