Chapter 10 Flashcards
(140 cards)
1
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abduction
A
movement away from the midline
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aberrant
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wandering away from the norm
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ablactation
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weaning a baby from the breast
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ablation
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takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer
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abnormal
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unusual
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aboral
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away from the mouth
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abortion
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termination of pregnancy
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abrasion
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scraping
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adduction
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movement toward the midline
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aerophilia
A
attraction to air
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anhidrosis
A
absence of sweating
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anisocytosis
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cells of unequal size
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anisomastia
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breasts of unequal size
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autodermic
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plastic surgery and grafting using ones own skin
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autodiagnosis
A
diagnosing ones self
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autogenous
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made by or from ones own tissues
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autograft
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graft of tissue from ones own body
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autohemotherapy
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transfusion of ones own blood
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autoimmunity
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reactoin of immune response to ones own tissue
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autologous
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originating from ones self
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autonomic
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self controlling part of the nervous system
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autophagia
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biting ones self
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autophilia
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attraction to ones self
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autophobia
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fear of ones self or being alone
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autopsy
postmortem examination, exam to confirm cause of death
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centigram
one hundredth of a gram
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centimeter
one hundredth of a meter
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cholangio-pancreatography
x ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium
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circumduction
moving as to describe a circle with a body part
30
circumocular
encircling the eye
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circumscribed
encircling or in the shape of a circle
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cytoplasm
substance within the cell
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decagram
ten grams
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decalcification
calcium loss from bone
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decaliter
ten liters
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deciduous
falls down primary teeth that come out
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decigram
one tenth of a gram
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deciliter
one tenth of a liter
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dehydration
water loss
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descending
moving downward
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diaphoresis
profuse sweating
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diathermy
heat through tissue
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diuresis
increase in urine output
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diuretic
agent that causes diuresis
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epilepsy
disorder characterized by seizures
46
excision
removing a body part
47
excretion
removal of waste urination or defacation
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exhale
breath out
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extension
to straighten or lengthen a body part
50
extraction
removal or pulling out of a body part
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flexion
shorten or bend a body part
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glycogenesis
formation of glycogen or sugar
53
glycohemoglobin
hemoglobin with attached glucose
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hematophilia
attraction to blood
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hidrosis
condition of sweating
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hydrophilia
attraction to water
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hydrophobia
fear of water symptom of rabies
58
hyperpyrexia
high fever
59
hyperglycemia
high blood glucose level
60
hypoglycemia
low blood glucose level
61
immuno defiency
deficient immune system
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immunotherapy
vaccination or immunization
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isocellular
equal size cells
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isodactylism
digits the same length
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isometric
measures the same on all sides
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isotonic
osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell
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laparoscopy
examination of the abdomen with a scope
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laparotomy
incision into the abdomen
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mastectomy
excision of breast tissue
70
mastocarcinoma
breast cancer
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milligram
one thousandth of a gram
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millimeter
one thousandth of a meter
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monocyte
one cell
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monocytosis
increase in the number of monocytes
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monoma
single tumor
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monomyoplegia
paralysis of one muscle
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mononeural
involving one nerve
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mononuclear
having one nucleus
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mononucleosis
viral infection causing monocytosis
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multicapsular
having more than one capsule
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multicellular
having or involving more than one cell
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multiglandular
having or involving more than one gland
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multinuclear
having or involving more than one nucleus
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multipara
having many live births
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necrectomy
excision of dead tissue
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necrocytosis
condition of cell death or decomposition
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necroparasite
organism that lives of dead tissue
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necrophobia
fear of dead bodies
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necrotic
pertaining to necrosis
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necrotomy
incision into dead tissue
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nocturnal enuresis
bed wetting
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nullipara
having no pregnancies carried to the third trimester
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omphalotomy
incision into the navel
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percussion
striking or tapping
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percutaneous
through the skin
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perforation
puncturing
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perfusion
supplying blood to tissues
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periarticular
area surrounding a joint
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pericardiectomy
excision of the membrane around the heart
100
pericolic
area around the colon
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perihepatitis
inflammation around the liver
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peritonsillar
area surrounding the tonsils
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postmortem
after death
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primigravida
first pregnancy
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primipara
first live birth
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pyrexia
fever
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pyrolysis
destruction of tissue caused by fever
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pyromania
compulsion to set fires
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pyrometer
thermometer
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pyrophilia
attraction to fire
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pyrophobia
fear of fire
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pyrosis
heartburn
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pyrotoxin
poisonous by product of metablolism created during fever
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transluminal
across the lumen
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vaccination
immunization
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vaccine
substance used to stimulate an immune response to immunization
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hidradenitis
inflammation of the sweat glands
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anhidrosis
absence of sweat
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nulli
no or none
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hecto
one hundredth
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aniso
unequal
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AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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bid
twice a day
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FBS
fasting blood sugar
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HepB
hepatitis B vaccine
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Hib
haemophilus influenza vaccine
127
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
128
hs\*
hour of sleep
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I&D
incision and drainage
130
IPV
inactivated poliovirus vaccine
131
kg
kilogram
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MMR
measles
mumps
rubella
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Para 1, 2, 3
live births past 20 weeks
134
PCV
pnuemococcal vaccine
135
qid
four times a day
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tid
three times a day
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Var
chickenpox vaccine
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2 h pc
two hours postcibum (after meal)
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DPT, DTP, DTaP
diptheria vaccine
pertussis vaccine
tetanus vaccine
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grav 1, 2, 3
number of pregnancies
