Part 4
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- Pleomorphic
- ability to have multiple forms
- Aphasia
- deficiency of speaking
- Hypocalcemia
- under concentration of calcium in blood
- Metricephalic
- having a head proportional to the body size
- Hypertrophy
- excessive growth
- Holodiastolic
- entire resting phase of heart cycle
- Anisocytosis
- unequal blood cell size
- Apnea
- deficiency of breathing
- Pleocytosis
- having more cells than normal
- Aniscoria
- unequal pupil size
- Megakaryocyte
- large cell in bone marrow that produces platelet cells
- Parvicellular
- having small sized cells
- Parvule
- a small pill
- Macrocyte
- large red blood cell
- Miosis
- constricted pupil of eye
- Multifocal
- pertaining to many locations
- Auxocardia
- increased size of heart
- Oligodipsia
- having little thirst
- Pluripotent
- ability to affect more than one organ or tissue
- Multinodular
- having many nodes (lumps)
- Auxotonic
- increased load that shortens muscles
- Isometric
- equal dimensions
- Oligospermia
- few sperm
- Anemia
- deficiency of red blood cells
- Centimeter
- 1/100th of a meter
- Cisterna magna
- largest fluid pathway in brain
- Osteopenia
- bone density deficiency
- Macrognathia
- having a large jaw
- Poikilocytosis
- irregular red blood cell shapes
- Hypothyroidism
- under-activity of the thyroid gland
- Microanatomy
- study of the structure of tissues
- Pantomorphia
- capable of assuming all shapes or forms
- Polymeric
- two chemicals with same percentage composition of elements(parts)
- Megacolon
- large colon
- Hyperglycemia
- excessive glucose in blood
- Holocrine
- entire cell is secreted from gland
- Metric
- relating to the meter as the standard of measurement
- Polygraph
- measuring many reactions at once
- Polycythemia
- an excess number of red blood cells
- Parvovirus
- little virus
- Merosmia
- impaired sense of smell (detects part of all smells present)
- Isotonic
- same osmolarity so that no fluid is pulled across semipermeable membrane
- Pancreas
- means "all flesh", an abdominal organ that has no openings or pockets
- Microscope
- magnifying scope for viewing small objects
- Leukopenia
- white cell deficiency
- Demigauntlet
- hand bandage that does not cover the fingers
- Poikilotherm
- animal whose internal temperature varies with environment