C13 Extra Flashcards
(26 cards)
Sialagogue
Ptyalogogue
An agent in increasing the flow of saliva
Producing/promoting the secretion of saliva
Gout
A painful inflammatory condition in a human joint
-agra
Acute pain in a tooth or joint
Arche
Beginning
Menarche
Original menstrual period
Archigaster
Primitive alimentary canal of the embryo 
Cryoanaesthesia
The localised application of cold to produce regional anaesthesia 
Cryolysis
Destruction by cold 
Cryosurgery
An operation using freezing temperatures to destroy tissue 
Cryostat
A device for maintaining very low temperatures 
Procteurynter
Instrument for the dilation of the anus or rectum
Rhineurynter
Elastic bag used for dilating the nostrils
Colpeurynter
A bag for dilating the vagina 
Mastoplasia
Degenerative hyperplasia of a mammary gland 
Mastopexy
Surgical fixation of a pendulous breast 
Amastia
Absence of breast tissue
Menses
Monthly flow of blood fluid from the endometrium
Oophor-
Ovary
Gravida
Pregnant woman
Primigravida (Gravida I)
A woman in her first pregnancy
Secundigravida (Gravida II)
A woman in her second pregnancy 
Nulligravida
A woman who has never been pregnant
Nullipara
A woman who has never given birth
Terti
Quadri
Septi
Noni
Third
Fourth
Seventh
Ninth