unit 2 glossary

Question 1

blastocyte

Answer 1

immature cell

Question 2

cardialgia

Answer 2

heart pain

Question 3

cardiologist

Answer 3

physician specialist in heart disease

Question 4

cardiomegaly

Answer 4

enlarged heart

Question 5

cyanoderma

Answer 5

blueness of the skin

Question 6

cyanosis

Answer 6

condition of blueness

Question 7

cytologist

Answer 7

a technologist who studies cellular disease

Question 8

cytology

Answer 8

the science of studying cells

Question 9

cytometer

Answer 9

an instrument used to measure cells

Question 10

cytometry

Answer 10

process of using a cytometer

Question 11

dermatology

Answer 11

the science of studying the skin

Question 12

dermatome

Answer 12

instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue

Question 13

duodenotomy

Answer 13

incision into the duodenum

Question 14

duodenum

Answer 14

fist part of the small tissue

Question 15

echocardiography

Answer 15

sonography of the heart

Question 16

electrocardiogram

Answer 16

picture representing the electrical activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle

Question 17

electrocardiograph

Answer 17

instrument that produces the electrocardiogram

Question 18

electrocardiography

Answer 18

the process of using the electrocardiograph

Question 19

erythema

Answer 19

reddened skin

Question 20

erythremia

Answer 20

abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes

Question 21

erythroblast

Answer 21

immature red blood cell

Question 22

erythrocytes

Answer 22

red blood cell

Question 23

erythroctopenia

Answer 23

low numbers of erythrocytes

Question 24

erythrocytosis

Answer 24

high numbers of erythrocytes

Question 25

erythroderma

Answer 25

redness of the skin

Question 26

etiology

Answer 26

the study of the origin of the cause of disease

Question 27

gastralgia

Answer 27

stomach pain

Question 28

gastrectomy

Answer 28

excision of the stomach

Question 29

gastric

Answer 29

pertaining to the stomach

Question 30

gastroduodenostomy

Answer 30

making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum

Question 31

gastromegaly

Answer 31

enlarged stomach

Question 32

gastrostomy

Answer 32

making a new opening in the stomach

Question 33

histology

Answer 33

the science of studying tissue

Question 34

hypodermic

Answer 34

pertaining to below the dermis

Question 35

inflamed

Answer 35

verb form for inflammation

Question 36

inflammation

Answer 36

tissue condition of redness

Question 37

jaundice

Answer 37

yellow appearance die to high bilirubin level in the blood

Question 38

leukemia

Answer 38

blood cancer involving leukocytes and bone marrow

Question 39

leukocyte

Answer 39

white blood cell

Question 40

leukocytopenia

Answer 40

low numbers of leukocytes

Question 41

leukocytosis

Answer 41

high numbers of leukocytes

Question 42

leukoderma

Answer 42

abnormally white skin

Question 43

lymphatic

Answer 43

pertaining to the lymph system

Question 44

lymphedema

Answer 44

obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissue

Question 45

lymphocyte

Answer 45

lyphatic system white blood cells

Question 46

megalomania

Answer 46

abnormally enlarged self image

Question 47

melanoblast

Answer 47

immature melanocyte

Question 48

melanocyte

Answer 48

pigment cell

Question 49

melanoderma

Answer 49

dark patches of the skin

Question 50

pathologist

Answer 50

physician specialist in the study of disease

Question 51

pathology

Answer 51

the science of studying disease

Question 52

radiogram

Answer 52

x ray pictures

Question 53

radiograph

Answer 53

instrument used to produce the radiogram or the xray film

Question 54

radiologist

Answer 54

physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imagining modalities

Question 55

sonogram

Answer 55

image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound

Question 56

sonograph

Answer 56

instrument that reflects sound waves through the body

Question 57

sonographer

Answer 57

technologist who performs sonogragh

Question 58

thrombocytes

Answer 58

platelets blood clotting cell fragments

Question 59

thrombocytopenia

Answer 59

low numbers of thrombocytes

Question 60

thrombocytosis

Answer 60

high numbers of thrombocytes

Question 61

tomogram

Answer 61

picture made by a tomograph

Question 62

tomography

Answer 62

the process of using a tomograph

Question 63

xanthemia

Answer 63

yellow condition of the blood