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| colonoscopy |
looking at the inside of the colon |
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| bronchoscopy |
looking at the inside of the bronchi (lower windpipes) |
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| -scopy |
to look at |
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| cystorrhaphy |
suturing operation on the urinary bladder |
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| gastrorrhaphy |
suturing operation on the stomach |
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| -rrhaphy |
suture |
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| resuscitation |
act of attempting to revive a patient |
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| apraxia |
an incoordination without impairment of sensory or motor function (caused by a problem in the higher levels of the brain) |
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| -praxia |
action, activity |
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| potable |
fit to drink |
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| portabilis |
drinking |
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| hematopoiesis |
making red blood cells |
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| -poiesis |
making |
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| plessesthesia |
thumping of the fingers while palpating |
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| plessimeter |
a small thin plate to receive the blow from a plexor (rubber hammer) for percussion (also called a pleximeter) |
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| plessi- |
striking |
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| cystoplasty |
surgical reconstruction of the urinary bladder |
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| rhinoplasty |
surgical reconstruction of the nose |
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| -plasty |
surgical repair |
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| aplasia |
failure to develop |
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| dysplasia |
abnormal development |
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| anaplasia |
reversion of cells to an immature form (common in neoplasia, cancer) |
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| plasein |
to shape |
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| pinocytosis |
taking in of fluids into a cells cytoplasm |
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| pino- |
to drink |
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| physocele |
tumor filled with gas |
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| phys- |
blow, inflate |
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| phlogistic |
causing inflammation |
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| phlegmon |
an acute severe infection with inflammation beneath skin |
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| -phleg, phlog- |
to burn |
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| hemophilia |
male-linked, inherited clotting deficiencies |
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| neutrophilia |
an increase in the number of white blood cells (typical of infection) too many wbc |
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| -philia |
to like |
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| percussion |
tapping to access sounds produced |
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| percuss- |
to tap |
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| propellant |
something that provides thrust or driving power |
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| repellent |
able to drive away |
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| -pellant, -pellent |
drive |
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| palpate |
to examine by touch with the hand |
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| palpare |
to touch gently |
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| anatomy |
dissection of the body to study its structure |
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| cystotomy |
incision into the urinary bladder |
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| gastrotomy |
incision into the stomach |
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| colostomy |
creating an opening from the colon to the surface of the body |
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| -ostomy |
surgical opening |
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| oscilloscope |
an instrument that makes an image on a monitor by a swinging beam shining on a fluorescent screen
monitors body processes |
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| organogenesis |
development process for an organ |
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| organ |
differentiated tissue with a specific function |
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| organon |
implement |
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| autolysis |
self destruction by enzymes present in the body |
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| glycolysis |
dissolving glucose sugar into simpler components |
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| hemolysis |
breaking up of red blood cells |
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| -lysis |
dissolve, loosening |
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| luxation |
dislocation |
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| luxatio |
dislocate |
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| injection |
forcing a liquid into the body |
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| inject |
to throw into |
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| hormone |
a chemical message sent from one organ to another via the bloodstream |
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| hormaein |
to set into motion |
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| cachexia |
general ill health and malnutrition (literally "bad habit") |
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| hexis |
habit |
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| elecrocardiogram |
recording the voltages of the beating heart |
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| -gram |
to write, record |
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| pathogenesis |
act of producing sickness |
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| homogenesis |
reproduction which results in offspring that resemble the parents |
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| gelatinous |
like jelly, viscous |
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| gelatin |
a water soluble glutinous protein produced from boiling skin, bone, hooves, and connective tissue of animals |
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| gelatina |
to congeal |
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| centrifuge |
spinning instrument to separate components of a liquid by specific gravities |
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| vermifuge |
dewormer |
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| fracture |
breaking, usually a bone |
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| fractura |
break |
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| afferent |
carrying toward center (sensory nerves) |
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| efferent |
carrying away from center (motor nerve) |
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| -ferent |
to carry away |
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| abortifacient |
causing abortions |
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| -facient |
to cause |
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| ergonomics |
study of the efficient use of human efforts |
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| ergo- |
work |
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| hysterectomy |
removal of the uterus |
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| thyroidectomy |
removal of the thyroid |
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| dynamogenesis |
development of energy in muscles or nerves |
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| dynamo |
power |
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| steatohepatitis |
hepatitis |
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| hemochromatosis |
bronzing from too much iron |
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| Tachyphylaxis |
fast protection |
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| Phlebotomy |
vein puncture |
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| Hepcidin |
liver killer/substance in liver that helps kill bacteria |
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| Erythropoiesis |
red blood cell production and formation |
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| Sideroblast |
young red blood cell with iron |
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