medical language 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- abductor
- one who draws away from
- adductor
- one who draws towards
- adrenal glands
- pertaining to adrenal glands
- anabolism
- pertaining to breaking apart
- analysis
- breaking down the parts
- anoxia
- no oxygen
- ante cibum
- before meals
- anteflexion
- before bending
- antepartum
- before birth
- antibiotic
- against
- antibody
- antibody
- antigen
- producing antibody
- antisepsis
- to fight against disease
- antitoxin
- against toxins
- apnea
- not breathing
- benign
- non-cancerous tumor
- bifurcation
- two branches splitting
- bilateral
- two sides
- bradycardia
- slow heartbeat
- congenital anomaly
- infant born w/abnormalties
- connective tissue
- connected tissue
- contraindication
- against the correct treatment
- contralateral
- opposite sides
- dehydration
- lack of water
- dialysis
- complete breakdown
- diameter
- complete measure
- diarrhea
- complete flow
- dysplasia
- painful breathing/anxiety
- dyspnea
- painful breathing
- ectopic pregnancy
- embyrol outside the uterus
- endocardium
- within the heart
- endoscope
- instrument to view
- endotracheal
- within the windpipe
- epithelium
- pertaining to above the nipples
- euphoria
- good feeling
- euthyroid
- good thyroid
- exophthalmos
- away from the eyeball
- hemiglossectomy
- removal of half the tongue
- hyperglycemia
- high sugar
- hyperplasia
- above normal cells
- hypertrophy
- above normal size of cells (development)
- hypodermic injection
- under the skin injection
- hypoglycemia
- deficiency in sugar
- infracostal
- beneath the ribs
- insomniac
- not sleeping
- intercostal
- between the ribs
- intravenous
- into the veins
- macrocephaly
- large congenital abnormalty
- malaise
- bad feeling
- malignant
- cancerouse tumor
- metacarpal bones
- beyond the wrist
- metamorphosis
- change from one thing to another
- metastasis
- change in cancerous tumor
- microscope
- instrument to view small objects
- neonatal
- new birth
- neoplasm
- new plasm good or bad
- pancytopenia
- pertaining to cells
- paralysis
- abnormal movement of muscles
- parathryroid glands
- abnormal thyroid glands`
- percutaneous
- throught the skin
- polyneuritis
- many nerves
- postpartum
- after birth
- postmortem
- after death
- precancerous
- before cancer
- prenatal
- before birth
- prodrome
- before illness
- prolapse
- falls forward
- pseudocyesis
- false pregnancy
- precombinant dna
- to combine dna techniques
- relapse
- symptoms come back
- remission
- back to normal
- retroflexion
- backward position of organ
- retroperitoneal
- behind the peritoneum
- subcutaneous
- under the skin
- suprapubic
- under pelvic bone
- symbiosis
- pertaining to the same body
- symmetry
- measurements together
- syndactyly
- fingers or toes together
- syndrome
- run together
- synthesis
- proteins together
- tachypnea
- breathing fast
- transfusion
- through one object to another
- transurethral
- throught the urethra
- ultrasonography
- throught the sound waves
- unilateral
- one side