Anatomy 5
Terms
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- Stereo
- Three-dimensionality; a solid
- Esthesio
- Sensation, perception
- Algesi
- Pain or painful condition
- odynia
- Pain in (a specified part)
- Osmometer
- Instrument for measuring osmotic pressure
- Acusis
- the ability to perceive sound normally
- Thermometer
- instrument for measuring temperature
- Hypermetria
- condition in which voluntary movements overreach their goal
- Litho
- Stone or calculus
- Aphasia
- a disorder of language in which the generation and comprehension of speech is impaired or absent
- Tympanitis
- inflammation of the tympanic membrane
- Oto
- ear
- metry
- Measuring or measurement
- Diameter
- the length of a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter
- Audio
- The sense of hearing
- Para-
- Adjacent, alongside, near, beside
- Tympano
- The tympanic membrane (ear drum)/ middle ear
- osmia
- Smell, odor
- Olfactometer
- Instrument for testing sense of smell
- Tinnitus
- Noises in the ears, such as ringing
- Presbyopia
- the physiologic loss of accommodation in the eyes due to advancing age
- Diapedesis
- of blood cells through the unruptured walls of capillaries into the tissue spaces
- Geriatrics
- the branch of medicine concerned with the medical problems and treatment/care of the aged
- Acoustic
- pertaining to hearing and the perception of sound
- Presbyo
- Old age
- Myco
- fungus
- meter
- Measure or Instrument to measure
- Myxedema
- accumulation of mucus-like material under the skin
- Kinesi
- Motion, movement
- Mucus
- viscous fluid secreted by mucous membranes that functions to protect and lubricate the membrane
- Myringoplasty
- surgical repair of a damaged tympanic membrane
- Mucoenteritis
- inflammation of the intestinal mucosa
- Kinesthesia
- sense that allows the brain to be constantly aware of the position and movement of muscles in different parts of the body
- Tympanoplasty
- surgical correction of a damaged middle ear
- Metro
- Uterus, measurement
- Muco
- Mucus or mucous
- Kinesia
- any form of motion sickness
- Astereognosis
- The inability to recognize objects by touch alone
- Salpingotomy
- Incision into the uterine tube
- Taxonomy
- the systemic classification of organisms based on degrees of similarity or presumed evolutionary relationships
- plegia
- Paralysis, stroke
- Vertigo
- A disabling sensation in which the subject/patient feels that either himself or his surroundings are in a state of constant movement (usually spinning)
- Hyperacusis
- abnormally acute sensitivity to sounds
- Acouso
- Hearing
- Audiology
- the study of hearing disorders through the identification and measurement of loss of hearing function
- Mycosis
- any disease induced by fungus
- Paravertebral
- alongside or near a vertebra
- Mycetism
- poisoning by certain species of mushrooms
- Otitis
- inflammation of the ear
- Salpingostomy
- establishment of an artificial opening in a uterine tube
- Craniometry
- measurement of the skull and the study of its topography
- Ataxia
- Inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movements resulting in shaky/tremor-like movements
- Endometrium
- the mucous membrane that lines the inner wall of the uterus
- Anesthesia
- loss of sensation
- Anosmia
- loss or lack of the sense of smell
- phasia
- speech
- Myring
- Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
- Cardiodynia
- pain in the heart
- Lithotomy
- an incision into an organ or duct for the removal of a calculus
- Quadriplegia
- paralysis affecting all four extemities, due to injury at the cervical level of the spinal cord
- Algesimeter
- instrument used for measuring the degree of sensitivity to a painful stimulus
- Osmo
- Smell, odor
- Otitis media
- inflammation of the middle ear
- Salpingo
- A tube (usually either the uterine or audiory tubes)
- Taxo
- Arrangement, coordination, order
- Hemi-
- one half
- Kinesiology
- the science or the study of movement
- Dia
- Through, throughout, across, completely
- Hemisphere
- Half of any spherical structure
- Paraplegia
- paralysis of both lower extremities
- Myringoscope
- Instrument for examining the tympanic membrane