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vuls
- avulsion
- convulsion |
to pull
- ripping or tearing apart
- intense, uncoordinated, involuntary muscular contraction (to pull together - true of primates) |
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vector
- vector |
to carry
- carrier of an infective agent from one host to another |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:11 GMT |
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tripsy
- lithotrispy |
to crush
- crushing a urinary or gall stone |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:11 GMT |
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tribe
- angiotribe |
to crush
- surgical forceps for crushing arteries |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:11 GMT |
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triage
- triage |
to sort out
- sorting out the casualties of disasters |
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tract
- protraction
- retract |
to draw to, to drag
- drawing out or lengthening
- pulling back or in |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:11 GMT |
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stalsis
- peristalsis |
contraction
- movement of the intestines or other tubular organs |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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sphyggmos
- sphygmomanometer |
pulsation
- blood pressure meter |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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scripto
- prescription |
to write
- written instructions for future care |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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scopy
- bronchoscopy
- colonoscopy |
look at
- looking at the inside of the bronchi (lower windpipe)
- looking at the inside of the colon |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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rrhapy
- gastrorrhapy
- cystorrhapy |
suture
- suturing operation on the stomach
- suturing operation on the urinary bladder |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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resuscita
- resuscitation |
revive
- act of attempting to revive a patient |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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praxia
- apraxia |
action, activity
- incoordination w/o impairment of sensory or motor function (caused by problem in higher level of the brain) |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:22 GMT |
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potabilis
- potable |
drinking
- fit to drink |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:21 GMT |
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poisis
- hematopoisis |
making
- making RBCs |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:21 GMT |
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plessi
- plessimeter
- plessiesthesia |
striking
- small thin place to receive the blow from a plexor (rubber hammer) for percussion (also called a pleximeter)
- thumping the fingers while palpating |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:21 GMT |
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plasty
- rhinoplasty
- cystoplasty |
surgical repair
- surgical reconstruction of the nose
- surgical reconstruction of the urinary bladder |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:21 GMT |
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plasein
- anaplasia
- dysplasia
- aplasia |
to shape
- reversion of cells to an immature form (common in neoplasia, like cancer)
- abnormal development
- failure to develop |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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pino
- pinocytosis |
to drink
- taking in of fluids into a cells' cytoplasm |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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phys
- physocele |
blow, inflate
- tumor filled w/ gas |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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phleg, phlog
- phlegmon
- phlogistic |
to burn
- acute, severe infection w/ inflammation
- causing inflammation |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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philia
- neutrophilia
- hemophilia |
to like
- increase in the # of WBCs (typical of infection)
- male-linked, inherited clotting deficiencies |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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percuss
- percussion |
to tap
- tapping to access sounds produced |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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pellant, pellent
- repellant
- propellent |
drive
- able to drive away
- something that provides thrust or driving power |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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palpare
- palpate |
to touch gently
- to examine by touch with the hand |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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otomy
- gastrotomy
- cystomtomy
- anatomy |
cut open
- incision into the stomach
- incision into the urinary bladder
- dissection of the body to study its structure |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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ostomy
- colostomy |
surgical opening
- creating an opening from the colon to the surface of the body |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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oscillo
- oscilliscope |
to swing
- instrument that makes an image on a monitor by a swinging beam shining on a fluorescent screen |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:29 GMT |
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organon
- organ
- organogenesis |
implement
- differentiated tissues with a specific function
- development process for an organ |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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lysis
- hemolysis
- glycolysis
- autolysis |
dissolve, loosen
- break up RBCs
- dissolving glucose sugar into simpler components
- self-destruction by enzymes present in the body |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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luxatio
- luxation |
dislocate
- dislocation |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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inject
- injection |
to throw into
- forcing a liquid into the body |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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hormaein
- hormone |
to set into motion
- chemical message sent from one organ to another via the blood stream |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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hexis
- cachexia |
habit
- (bad habit) general ill health and malnutrition |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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gram
- electrocardiogram |
write, record
- recording the voltages of the beating heart |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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genesis. genic
- homogenesis
- pathogenesis |
production
- repro. which results in offspring that resemble the parents
- act of producing sickness |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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gelatina
- gelatin
- gelatinous |
to congeal
- water soluble, glutinous protein produced from boiling skin, bones, hooves and connective tissue of animals
- like jelly, viscous |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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fuge, fugal
- vermifuge
- centrifuge |
flee, avoid
- dewormer
- spinning instrument to separate |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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fractura
- fracture |
break
- breaking, usually a bone |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT |
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ferent
- efferent
- afferent |
to carry away
- carry away from center
- carryign towards center |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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facient
- abortifacient |
to cause
- cauising abortion |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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ergo
- ergonomics |
work
- study of the efficient use of human efforts |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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ectomy
- thyroidectomy
- hysterectomy |
surgical removal
- removal of the thyroid gland
- removal of the uterus |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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dynamo
- dynamogenesis |
power
- development of energy in muscles or nerves |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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dissectio
- dissection |
to cut up
- act of cutting apart |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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dilato
- dilation |
enlarge
- to expand wider, open wider |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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desis
- arthrodesis |
surigcal fixation or fusion
- surgical fusion of a joint |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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desicco
- dessicant |
to dry
- causing to dry up |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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dehiscene
- dehiscence |
to gape
- splitting open |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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decussare
- decussate |
to cross in form of 'x'
= to cross from one side to the other |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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dia
- diabetes
- diathermy |
passing through
- passing through in the urine (sugar and/or water)
- generating local body heat by passing electromagnetic, electric, or ultrasonic waves through the area |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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clysis
- hypodermoclysis |
irrigation
- injection of fluids under the skin |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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clasis
- osteoclasis |
smash, break
- surgical breaking of a bone |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:54:28 GMT |
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cept, cipient
- receptor
- incipient |
take
- cell or nerve ending that responds to sensations
- beginning to exist or appear |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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centisis
- thoracocentesis
- abdominocentesis |
surgical puncture of
- placing a needle into the chest to collect a fluid sample
- placing a needle into the abdomen to collect a fluid sample |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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catharo
- cathartic |
cleansing
- causing emptying of the bowels |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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brychein
- bruxism |
gnashing teeth
- involuntary grinding of teeth |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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bole
- anabolism
- catabolism |
to build
- building phase of metabolism
- breaking down phase of metabolism |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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ballein
- ballistics |
throw
- study of projectiles |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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amputare
- amputation |
pruning
- removal of a limb or appendage |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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agouge
- cholagouge |
leading
- something that stimulates the flow of bile |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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acu
- acupuncture |
needle
- insertion of needles |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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abscessus
- abscess |
drawing off
- localized collection of pus |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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abrad
- abrade |
to scrape off
- to rub away an outer layer |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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ablat
- ablate |
to remove
- to separate or detach |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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sedatio
- sedation |
to calm
- act of calming |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:40 GMT |
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phonia
- aphonia
- dysphonia |
voice
- no voice
- abnormal sounding voice |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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noia
- paranoia |
mind, will
- delusions of persecution |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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amnesia
- amnesia
- anamnesis |
forgetfulness
- loss of memory
- (not a loss of memory) the patient;s memory of medical history |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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mania
- megalomania
- kleptomania |
madness
- unreasonable conviction of one's own greatness
- obsessive desire to steal |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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log
- logoplegia |
thought
- paralysis of the speech organs (literally paralysis of thought) |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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lethargy
- lethargy |
drowsy
- drowsy behavior |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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ideo
- ideology |
idea, mental image
- study of development of issues |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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proprio
- proprioception |
self
- sensing stimuli (position or movement) from one's own body |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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nomen
- nomenclature |
name
- classification of names |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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idio
- idiopathic
- idiosyncrasy |
self-produced
- relating to an illness of unknown cause (literally self produced sickness but this is not how the term is used)
- structural or behavioral characteristics peculiar to an individual |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:04 GMT |
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auto
- autogenous
- autoimmune |
self
- originating from the same individual that receives it (tissue graft or vaccine)
- immune system becomes sensitized against its own tissue |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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anomalo
- anomaly
- anomalous |
irregular
- deviation from the normal
- deviating from a general rule |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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alleo
- allele
- allelotaxis |
like each other
- one of a matched pair of genes at like locations on a chromosome w/ the same function
- development of an organ from tissues of different organ (adrenal gland) |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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allo
- allokinesis
- allograft |
other
- involuntary movement (reflexor passive)
- transplant w/ donor of the same species, but a different genetic makeup |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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puer
- puerperal |
child
- pertaining to the mother of a child |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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pubertas
- puberty |
adult sexual characteristics
- time of adult sex characteristics and reproduction |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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presby
- presbyopia |
old man
- aging change in eye accommodation, far-sighted |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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phylon
- phylum |
tribe
- primary division in the animal kingdom |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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parthenos
- parthenogenesis |
virgin
- virgin born, not resulting from a mating |
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KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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gynec
- gynecology
- gynocomastia |
woman
- study of diseases of the woman's genital tract
- woman-like devleopment of breast tissue in a man |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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genos
- genetics
- genodermatosis |
family or offspring
- study of heredity
- genetic origin (inherited) skin disease |
0 |
KDMU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:20:37 GMT |
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gameto
- gamete
= gametogenesis |
husband and wife
- sperm or ova
- production of sperm or ova |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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demic
- endemic
- epidemic
- pandemic |
people
- disease prevalent to a particular location
- rapidly spreading disease of humans in the same area at the same time (epizootic for animals)
- world-wide human disease |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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atavus
- atavism |
grandfather
- acquiring a genetic trait from a remote ancestor |
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KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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anthropo
- anthropomorphism
- anthropology |
man
- attributing human form or characteristics to non-humans
- study of origin of humans |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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andro
- androgen |
man
- substance that promotes masculinization |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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thymia
- dysthymia |
mind, emotions
- depression |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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satiety
- satiety |
sufficiency
- full gratification of appetite or thirst |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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placebo
- placebo |
to please
- an inactive (dummy, control) medical treatment |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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phobos
- photophobia
- hydrophobia |
fear
- sensetive to (afraid of) light
- fear of water (this is used as a sign of rabies) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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palliat
- palliative |
cloak, soothe
- affording relief but not a cure |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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nausea
- nausea |
seasickness
- feeling of sickness in stomach leading to vomiting |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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miso
- misogyny |
hatred
- hatred of women |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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libido
- libido |
sexual desire
- sexual desire |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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excoriae
- excoriation |
to flail
-scratches or abrasions of the skin |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:57:14 GMT |
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esthesia
- anesthesia
- hyperesthesia |
sensation, feeling
- lack of feeling or sensetivity
- abnormal increase in sensetivity or feeling |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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stupere
- stupor |
stunned
- reduced or suspended sensibility, numbness |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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sopor
- soproific |
deep sleep
- causing profound sleep |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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somni
- somnolence |
sleep
- excessive drowsiness or sleepiness |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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| REM |
rapid eye movement |
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KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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narco
- narcosis
- narcotic |
numbness, stupor
- reversible depression and insensitivity
- agent that reduces pain, alters mood and behavoir and usually induces sleep or stupor |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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karotis
- carotid |
sleep
- principal artery of the neck (compression of both carotids causes a loss of consciousness |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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hypno
- hypnosis
- hypnotic |
sleep
- sleep-like condition with heightened suggestibility
- to cause to sleep |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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coma
- comatose |
deep sleep
- unconsciousness when patient cannot be aroused |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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pono
- ponegraph |
fatigue, pain
- instrument used to measure pain in contracting muscle |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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odynia
- pleurodynia
- mastodynia |
pain
- pain from muscles between ribs
- pain on the breast |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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noci, nocere
- nocirecpetor |
pain, hurt
- pain receptor of nerves |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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kolikos
- colic |
pain in abdomen
- acute abdominal pain |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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dolor
- dolorimetry |
pain
- measure of pain |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:31 GMT |
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angere
- angina |
sore throat
- spamotic, choking type of pain (angina pectoris - pain from lack of blood flow to heart) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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algos, algia
- analgesia
- neuralgia
- proctolgila |
pain
- blocking pain perception w/o altering consciousness
- pain from nerve fibers
- pain from anus or rectum |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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zyme
- enzyme |
yeast
- protein that catelyzes chemical reactions without being destroyed or altered (as in yeast fermentation, starches) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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vitellus
- vitenine |
egg yolk
- pertaining to yolk of egg or embryo's yolk |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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tyro
- tyronsine
- tyrophagus |
cheese
- AA from cheese, breakdown of casein
- species of mite, name means "cheese eater" |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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synovia
- synovial
- synovitis |
egg white
- referring to egg white surface of joint tendon sheaths and bursae
- swelling of synovial areas |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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steato
- steatitis
- steatorrhea |
fat
- inflammation of fat
- greasy, watery feces |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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sidero
siderocyte |
iron
- RBC containing grandules of free iron |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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sebum
- sebaceous
- seborrhea |
solidified fat, grease
- relating to an oily/fatty secretion of skin oil/glands
- skin disease characterized by excessive oiliness |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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saccharo
- saccharine |
sugar
- relating to sweetness |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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proteo
- proteolytic |
protein
- something that breaks down proteins |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:25:56 GMT |
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placenta
- placental |
flat cake
- referring to large flat membranes that nourish young in the uterus |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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pimelo
- pimelorthprea |
lard
- too fat to breathe laying down |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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pica
- pica |
magpie
- desire to eat things that are unfit for food |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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phago
- phagocyte
- dysphagia |
eat
- cell that engulfs invader or desbris to be removed from the body
- difficulty in eating |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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nutri
- nutrient
- nutritious |
nourish
- food for the body
- spending energy and building substances for the body |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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natrium
- hypernatremia
- natriuresis |
sodium
- excess sodium in blood
- loss of sodium in blood |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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lipo
- lipoma
- liposuction |
fat
- tumor of the fat tissue
- removal of excess fat by a needle and suction |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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lecitho
- lecithin |
egg yolk
- nutrient (phospholipid) from egg yolk (also found in the protective lining of nerves, myelin) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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kalium
- hyperkalemia
- hypokalemia |
ash, potassium
- excessive potassium in the blood
- insufficient potassium in blood |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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hordeolum
- hordeolum |
barley corn
- barley corn like swelling of the upper eyelid caused by a plugged eyelid gland |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:27 GMT |
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glyco
- glycogen
- glycogenolytic |
sweet
- sugar molecules linked together
- something that breaks up sugar on links in glycogen |
1 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:47:48 GMT |
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farina
- farinaceous |
flour, meal
- consisting of starch |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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creat
- creatine
- creatinine |
meat, fish
- compund formed for energy storage in muscle
- waste product of protein metabolism excreted in urine |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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caseus
- casein
- caseous |
cheese
- milk protein found in cheese
- dying tissue that begins to look like cheese (common in tuberculosis) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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amylo
- amyloid
- amylase |
starch
- portein combined w/ starch
- enzyme that breaks down starch |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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amygdale
- amygdaloid |
almond
- almond-shaped group of nerve cells in primitive part of brain |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
|
albumen
- albuminuria |
egg white
- protein in urea related to egg white protein |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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adipo
- adipose |
fat
- fat tissue |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
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acet
- acetabulum
- acetaminophen |
vinegar, sour wine
- wine-glass like socket of the hip joint
- pain reliver that contains an acetal group, related to acetic acid (vinegar) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
|
sudor
- sudoriferous |
sweat
- producing sweat |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
|
stereo
- stercorous |
dung
- relating to excretment |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
|
| sputum |
spit |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT |
|
sialo
- sialocele
- sialoatenitis |
saliva
- cyst containing saliva (ranula)
- inflammation of a salivary gland |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
serum
- serum
- serosanguineous |
whey
- resulting fluid of blood after a clot forms
- fluid w/ aspects of both serum and blood caused by disease |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
sangui
- sanguineous |
blood
- relating to loss of blood |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
rrhea
- rhinorrhea
- diarrhea |
flow
- runny nose
- frequent and excessive evacuation of watery feces |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
pyo
- pyoderma
- pyometra |
pus
- skin disease causing pus in skin
- pu scollecting in uterus |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
plasmo
- plasmocytoma
- plasmin |
moldable (after clotting)
- tumor of plasma cells, producer of plasma
- enzyme in plasma that digests clots |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
myxo
- myxedema
- myxomatosis |
slimy
- firm swelling casued by accumulating slimy material between cells
- disease of rabbits caused by pox virus characterized by tumors filled w/ slime |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
mulo
- mucous
- mucosa |
free slime
- related to a slimy substance
- mucous membrane |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
lympho
- lymphocyte
- lymphedema |
clear water
- primary cell in lymph (watery circulating body fluid)
- swelling of tissue due to obstruction of lymph channels |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
lacto
- lactose
- lactation |
milk
- milk sugar
- process of producing milk |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:01 GMT |
|
hygro
- hygroma
- hygroscopic |
moisture
- cystic swelling containing watery fluid
- retaining moisture |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
hydro, hydra
- hydrocephalus |
water
- accumulation of fluid in brain |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
hidro
- hidrosis
- hidradenitis |
sweat
- sweating
- inflammation of sweat glands |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
hemo, hema, hem
- hemocyte
- hemolysis |
blood
- blood cell in invertebrates
- breaking up of RBCs |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
gog, gogue
- cholecystagouge |
to make flow, leader
- agent that causes gall bladder or contraction |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
galacto
- galactorrhea
- galactose |
milk
- flow of milk
- milk sugar |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
flux
- flux |
to flow
- discharge of a large quantity of fluid from the body |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
feces
- fecal
- fecalith |
refuse
- referral to digestive waste
- firm mass of digestive waste |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
eleo
- eleotherapy |
oil
- treatment internally or extremely with oil |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
dacryo
- dacryoadenitis |
tear
- inflammation of the tear gland |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
copro
- coprophagous
- coprophagy |
dung
- feeding on excretment
- habit of eating excretment |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
chylo
- chylomicron
- chylothorax |
juice
- fat globule transported in blood or lymphatic fluid (turbid white or yellow juice)
- accumulation of chyle (lymphatic fluid) in the chest |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:42 GMT |
|
chole
- cholecystitis
- cholelith |
bile
- inflammation of gall bladder
- gall stone |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
bili
- biliary
- bilirubin |
bile
- relating to bile peoduction and excretion
- pigment produced by the liver processing RBC breakdown products |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
aqua
- aqueous humor |
water
- clear watery fluid in front chamber of eye |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
vas, vaso
- vas deferens
- vascular |
canal for fluid
- canal for semen going away from testes
- pertaining to blood vessels |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
theca
- thecal |
recepticle, sheath
- referring to a sheath or case (often refers to tisue case for ovarian follicle) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
sac
- saccule
- sacculation |
small bag
- small pouch or cavity
- act of forming small cavities |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
pyelo
- pyelonephritis
- pyelography |
basin
- inflammation of the kidney w/ an accumulation of pus in teh kidney basin
- injection of a dye for an x-ray of the pelvis |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
pelvis
- pelvis |
basin
- basin shaped group of bones that forms the hip |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
patella
- patella |
shallow dish
- kneecap, shallow dish-shaped sesamoid bone |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
folliculus
- follicle |
small leather bag
- invagination of the skin's surface that generates hair shafts; also a cavity in the ovaries that nourishes an egg (ovum) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:16 GMT |
|
cremaster
- cremaster muscle |
hanging basket
- muscle which helps suspend the testicles and can pull them towards the abdomen |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
cisterna
- cisterna magna |
reservoir
- large area of cerebrospinal fluid collection between the cerebellum and the medulla |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
capsula
- capsule
- capsulotomy |
small box
- fibrous sheath that encloses an organ
- cutting into a capsule (of the lens of the eye) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
calyx
- calyces |
cup of a flower
- cup-like collection area for urine in inner part of the kidney |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
bursa
- bursa
bursitis |
skin bag of wine
- fibrous sac netween tendon and bone or tendon and ligaments
- inflammation of a bursa |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
ascos
- ascites |
bag
- accumulation of excessive fluid in the abdominal cavity |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
ampulla
- ampulla
- ampule |
- glass, jug
- sac-like dialtion of a canal or duct
- small sealed glass of fluid for injection |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
xeno
- xenodiagnosis
- xenograft |
strange, foreign
- use of lab animals to diagnose a parasitic disease
- transplant of tissue from one species to another |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
varus
- varus |
knock-kneed
- bent or twisted inward |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
valgus
- valgus |
bow-legged
- bent or twisted outward |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
sy, sym, syn
- sytole
- symphysis
- synapse |
together
- constraction of heart chambers
- immovable joint united by plate of fibrocartilage
- junction of a nerve end and another nerve or muscle or gland |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:49 GMT |
|
sphincter
- anal sphincter
- urethral shpincter |
tightly bound
- ring-like muscle that constricts the anus
- ring-like muscle that constricts the urethra (urine canal) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
schizo
- schizophrenia
- schizonychia |
divided
- split personality
- splitting of fingernails or toenails |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
schisto
- schistosomiasis
- schistocyte |
split
- blood fluke parasite, the male has a groove down the length of the body to hold the female for mating
- sliced RBC |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
pexy
- gastropexy
- hysteropexy |
fastening
- fastening the stomach to the abdominal wall
- fastening the uterus to the abdominal wall |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
petal
- centripetal |
to seek
- seeking the center |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
liga
- ligature
- ligament |
tie
- string, rubber band or wire for surgical tying
- sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones at a joint or supporting an organ |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
haptein
- hapten |
to fasten
- substance that fastens to a small protein to form a complex that can trigger an allergic reaction |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
fuge
- centrifuge |
flee
- fleeing the center |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
fissure
- fissure
- fission |
split
- a deep cleft
- aseual repro. when a cell divides into daughter cells |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
enanti
- enantiobiosis |
opposite
- two organisms that live together but antagonize each others devleopment |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:43 GMT |
|
desmo
- desmoid
- desmorrhexis |
binding, ligament
- fibrous, like a ligament
- rupture of a ligament |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
crinein, crit
- endocrine
- hematocrit |
to separate
- secreting blood-borne messages to other organs
- % of blood components in relation to total vol. of a blood sample that has been separated by centrifugation |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
com, con
- commissure
- concentric |
with, together
- site of union of corresponding parts
- having a common center (various sized overlapping rings w/ same center) |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
coito
- coitus |
meeting
- sexual connection between male and female |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
tauto
- tautomenial |
identical
- pertaining to the same menstrual period |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
pali
- paliethesia
- palianesthesia |
recurrence, again
- ability to feel vibrations (used to test hearing)
- inability to feel vibrations |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
normo
- normocalcemia |
normal, rule
- normal serum level of calcium |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
mimetic
-sympathomimetic |
immitation
- causing similar effects to the sympathetic nerve |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
ipsi
- ipsilateral |
same, self
- same side of the body |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
homo
- homologus
- homophobic |
same
- corresponding in structure, location or origin
- prejudice against homosexuals |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
homeo
- homeopathy
- homeostasis |
likeness, same as
- practice of treating disease w/ small amounts of a drug that in large amts. casued the same disease
- state of normal being |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:50 GMT |
|
hetero
- heterochromia
- heterophilic |
other, different
- different colored (irises)
- immune stimulus that causes antibody formation against related antigens |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
contra
- contralateral
- contraception |
opposite
- opposite side of the body
- preventing (opposite of) pregnancy |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
psuedo
- pseudoarthrosis |
false
- false joint resulting from faulty fracture healing |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
mogi
- magrarthia |
difficult
- difficult joint action due to incoordination |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
mal
- malformation
- malabsorption |
bad
- incorrect development
- poor transport across the small intestine |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
in, im, il, ir
- invalid
- irreducible |
negative
- incapacitated by chronic illness or injury
- incapable of being replaced in normal position |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
eu
- eutocia |
good, normal
- normal birthing |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
dys
- dysphagia
- dysentery
- dystocia |
difficulty, faulty
- difficulty swallowing
- infection, inflammatory condition of the lower intestinal tract with faulty absorption and severe diarrhea
- difficult birth |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
cide
- bactericide
- pesticide |
agent that kills
- agent that destroys bacteria
- agent that destroys pests |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
cacos
- cachexia |
bad, evil
- general ill health and malnutrition |
0 |
KDMU Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:53:03 GMT |
|
antagon
- antagonist |
opponent
- action that can nullify another action |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
agon
- agonist |
to act or move
- activator or mover |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
abortio
- abortion |
to fail, miscarry
- failure of gestation |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
virus
- virulent |
poison
- pertaining to exceedingly disease producing |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
trauma
- traumatic |
injury
- result of injury |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
toxico
- toxic
- toxicology
- antitoxin |
poison (poison arrow)
- poisonous
- study of poisons
- anitbody against a poison |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
syncope
- syncope |
fainting
- act of fainting, usually caused by an interruption of blood or glucose to the brain |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
rabere
- rabies |
rage
- fatal viral disease that often causes rage |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
pegia
- hemiplegia
- paraplegia |
paralysis
- paralysis on one side of the body
- paralysis of the lower (or hind) end |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
phylaxis
- prophylactic
- anaphylaxis |
guard, protect
- defense against threat of disease or pregnancy
- systemic reaction and shock due to excess immunity |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
koloboun
- coloboma |
mutilation
- defect in the development of a portion of the iris |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
ischein
- ischemia |
to suppress
- suppressed blood flow |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:38 GMT |
|
impetere
- impetigo |
attack
- contagious spreading bacterial disease of the skin, usually affecting the young |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:10:12 GMT |
|
immuno
- immunoassay
- immunodeficiency |
protection, free
- test that uses antibodies to detect a substance
- attack of the body's defense against foreign invaders |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:10:12 GMT |
|
agra
- pellagra |
rough
- roughened skin caused by the deficiency of niacin (vitamin B) |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:10:12 GMT |
|
acerbus
- exacerbate |
harsh
- to make worse |
0 |
KDMU Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:10:12 GMT |
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