CHAPTER 7 2
Terms
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- postoperative
- after surgery
- AFEBRILE
- WITHOUT FEVER (normal temperature)
- apy rex ia
- without fever
- ANESTHESIA
- WITHOUT FEELING
- arrhythmia
- irregularity or loss of rhythm
- A-,AN
- WITHOUT,NOT
- avascular
- lacking in blood vessels or having a poor blood supply
- -drome
- running
- anorexia
- without appetite
- pro-
- preceding, coming
- amenorrhea
- without menses
- hematemesis
- vomitting blood
- heterogeneous
- of unlike natures
- post-
- following, after
- dystocia
- difficult birth
- polyuria
- excessive secretion and discharge of urine (frequent urination)
- acrocephaly
- pointed head
- diarrhea
- flowing through of feces
- aero-
- air
- preoperative
- before surgery
- analgesic
- relieving pain
- lipoma
- fatty tumor
- dysphoria
- a mood of general dissatisfaction, unpleasantness, restlessness, anxiety, discomfort
- BIOAVAILABILITY
- RATE & EXTENT AT WHICH A DRUG ENTERS CIRCULATION
- anaerobic
- without air(oxygen), able to live without oxygen
- prodromal
- symptoms indicate an approaching disease
- atraumatic
- without trauma
- hypothyroid
- insuffient thyroid secretion
- *** atrophy ***
- a wasting; a decrease in size of an organ or tissue
- hypertension
- high blood pressure
- acro-
- extremities, top or extreme point
- BIO-
- LIFE
- homophobia
- an abnormal fear of homosexuals
- re-
- put back
- *** aphasia ***
- unable to speak
- hemi-
- one side, half
- aerobic
- needing oxygen
- BRADY-
- SLOW
- asepsis
- a condition free from germs
- hypo
- low; not enough; under
- euphoria
- a condition of good health
- hydro
- water
- postpartum
- after birth
- BIOETHICS
- STUDY OF LIFE/DEATH ISSUES
- -partus
- birth
- hyperactive
- too much activity
- asymptomatic
- without symptoms
- dia-
- through (as in running through)
- *** aphagia ***
- unable to swallow
- TACHY
- FAST
- anisocytosis
- condition of unequal cells
- dehydrate
- to deprive of, lose, or become free of water
- biofeedback
- training your body to control
- lip-
- fat
- atypical
- deviation from the normal; not conforming to type
- hypodermic
- under; or inserted under the skin
- dys-
- bad,painful,difficult
- liposuction
- removal of subcutaneous(under skin) fat tissue
- anoxia
- without oxygen
- rehydrate
- restoration of fluid volume
- euthanasia
- an easy,quiet,painless death
- diuresis
- increase out put of urine
- acrodermatitis
- skin inflammation of extremities
- poly-
- many,much
- heterosexual
-
Pert. to the opposite sex,
A person whose sexual orientation is toward the opposite sex - hypotension
- low blood pressure
- eu-
- good,easy
- recurrence
- Relapse
- aniso-
- unequal
- hyper
- high; too much
- analgesia
- absence of a normal sense of pain (without pain)
- BRADYCARDIA
- SLOW HEART RATE
- eutocia
- ?
- TACHYCARDIA
- RAPID HEART RATE
- homosexual
- pert. to attraction to another of the same sex
- DE-
- TAKE AWAY,REMOVE
- hetero-
- different
- heme,hemo,hemato
- blood
- homogeneous
- uniform in structure
- *** prognosis ***
- predicted outcome
- dysplasia
- abnormal cell growth
- polycystic
- composed of many cysts
- homeostasis
- equilibrium
- APNEA
- WITHOUT BREATHING
- homo-
- same
- *** polydipsia ***
- excessive thirst
- pre-
- before
- prenatal
- before birth