Chapter 4 Part 3 Flashcards
Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin
Polymorphonuclear
Pertaining to a many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell
Polyneuritis
Inflammation of many nerves
Postmortem
After death
Postpartum
After child birth
Precancerous
Pertaining to before cancer
Prenatal
Pertaining to before birth
Prodrome
Signs and symptoms that may appear before the onset of a more severe illness
Prolapse
Sliding forward or downward
Prosthesis
Artificial limb or part of a body
Relapse
A sliding back; recurrence of a symptoms of disease
Remission
To send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease
Recombinant DNA
Inserting a gene from one organism into the dna of a another organism
Retroperitoneal
Pertaining to behind the peritoneum
Retroflexion
Bending backwards
Subcutaneous
Pertaining to under the skin
Suprapubic
Pertaining to above the pubic bone part of the pelvis
Syndactyly
Conditions of webbed finger and toes
Synthesis
To put or place together as in protein synthesis
Syndrome
A groups of symptoms that occur together
Symbiosis
Condition or state of life together; two organisms living together for mutual benefit or not
Symmetry
State of measurement together; equality of parts
Symphysis
To grow together; bones that grow together at the joints
Symptoms
A subjective change in condition
