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Derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o, -derma
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Skin
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Ec-, ex-, e-
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Out of, away from, outside
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Electro-
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Electricity
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Febrile
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Denoting or relating to a fever; feverish; having a fever; pyretic
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Ad-, a-
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To, toward, near
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Myo-, my-
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Muscle
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Asthenia, -asthenia
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Weakness
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Neur/o, neur/i, nerv/o, nerv/i
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Nerve, nervous tissue, nervous system
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Phylaxis, -phylaxis
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Protection against infection; to guard
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Puri-, puro-
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Pus
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Py/o
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Pus
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Pyret/o
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Fever
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Pyro-
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Heat, fire, fever, or produced by fire
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Sarc/o
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Denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh
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Sepsis, septic/o, -septic
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The presence of various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms, or their toxins, in the blood or tissues; putrifaction
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Electromyogram
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a graphic representation of the electrical currents associated with muscular contraction, obtained by inserting electrodes into the muscle fibers
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Efferent
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conducting outward, away from
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Pyodermatitis
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also called pyoderma, this is a pus-producing inflammation of the skin
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Myositis
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inflammation of muscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles
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Afferent
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bringing toward or into
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Prophylaxis
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the prevention of disease; preventative treatment
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Neurospasm
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muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply
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Myasthenia
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muscular weakness
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Antipyretic
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relieving or reducing fever, or a
substance/agent that has such an action |
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Pyogen
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an agent that causes the formation
of pus |
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Puriform
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resembling pus
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Antiseptic
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– substance/agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting growth of infectious agents
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Sarcomere
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– the basic contractile unit of striated muscle; the segment of a myofibril between two adjacent z-lines
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Pyrogen
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fever-producing substance
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Sept-, septo-, sept/i
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1. septum (dividing wall) 2. seven
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Spasm, -spasm, spasm/o
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A sudden, involuntary muscular contraction, convulsion
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Syn-
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With, together
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Tetan/o
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Convulsive tension
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-ferent, -ferous
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To convey, produce, or bear
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-lemma
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Sheath or envelope
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-gram
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A recording, record, or tracing
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-graph
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An instrument that records; sometimes a writing
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-graphy
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Process of recording, writing or description
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Clonus, -clonus, clon/o
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Rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle
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Algesi/o, alge-, algo-, -algia
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Pain or painful condition
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Syndrome –
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the aggregate of signs and
symptoms associated with any disease |
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Spasmolytic
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an agent that relieves smooth
muscle spasms |
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Septal
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– relating to a septum
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Neurolemma
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– also neurilemma; the sheath
encasing the axon of a nerve fiber |
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Ossiferous
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containing or producing bone;
bony |
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Tetanus
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1. acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms, esp. of jaw and back muscles. 2. sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of nerve stimuli repeated resulting in a sustained/continuous contraction of muscle (no twitching)
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Audi/o
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The sense of hearing
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Dia-
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Through, throughout, across, completely
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Esthesi/o, -esthesia
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Sensation, perception
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Kines/i
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Motion, movement
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Syndrome –
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the aggregate of signs and
symptoms associated with any disease |
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Spasmolytic
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an agent that relieves smooth
muscle spasms |
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Septal
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– relating to a septum
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Neurolemma
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– also neurilemma; the sheath
encasing the axon of a nerve fiber |
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Ossiferous
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containing or producing bone;
bony |
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Tetanus
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1. acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms, esp. of jaw and back muscles. 2. sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of nerve stimuli repeated resulting in a sustained/continuous contraction of muscle (no twitching)
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Electrocardiography
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– (EKG or ECG) – the
process of recording electrical currents from the heart; the study and interpretation of such recordings |
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Electrocardiograph
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– instrument used for
recording the potential of the electrical currents that traverse the heart and initiate its contraction |
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Electrocardiogram
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the graphic record/
representation of the heart’s electrical activity |
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Audiology
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also otology; the study of
hearing disorders through the identification and measurement of loss of hearing function as well as the rehabilitation of people with hearing Impairments |
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Algesimeter
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also algesiometer; instrument
used for measuring the degree of sensitivity to a painful stimulus |
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Blepharoclonus
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alternate contraction and
relaxation of the muscles of the eyelids |
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Kinesia
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any form of motion sickness
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Kinesthesia
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sense that allows the brain to be
constantly aware of the position and movement of muscles in different parts of the body (without this, coordinated movements with your eyes closed would be impossible) |
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Diapedesis
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passage of blood cells through
the unruptured walls of capillaries into the tissue spaces (an important part of the inflammatory response mechanism) |