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vuls

- avulsion
- convulsion
to pull

- ripping or tearing apart
- intense, uncoordinated, involuntary muscular contraction (to pull together - true of primates)
vector

- vector
to carry

- carrier of an infective agent from one host to another
tripsy

- lithotrispy
to crush

- crushing a urinary or gall stone
tribe

- angiotribe
to crush

- surgical forceps for crushing arteries
triage

- triage
to sort out

- sorting out the casualties of disasters
tract

- protraction
- retract
to draw to, to drag

- drawing out or lengthening
- pulling back or in
stalsis

- peristalsis
contraction

- movement of the intestines or other tubular organs
sphyggmos

- sphygmomanometer
pulsation

- blood pressure meter
scripto

- prescription
to write

- written instructions for future care
scopy

- bronchoscopy
- colonoscopy
look at

- looking at the inside of the bronchi (lower windpipe)
- looking at the inside of the colon
rrhapy

- gastrorrhapy
- cystorrhapy
suture

- suturing operation on the stomach
- suturing operation on the urinary bladder
resuscita

- resuscitation
revive

- act of attempting to revive a patient
praxia

- apraxia
action, activity

- incoordination w/o impairment of sensory or motor function (caused by problem in higher level of the brain)
potabilis

- potable
drinking

- fit to drink
poisis

- hematopoisis
making

- making RBCs
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
plasty

- rhinoplasty
- cystoplasty
surgical repair

- surgical reconstruction of the nose
- surgical reconstruction of the urinary bladder
plasein

- anaplasia
- dysplasia
- aplasia
to shape

- reversion of cells to an immature form (common in neoplasia, like cancer)
- abnormal development
- failure to develop
pino

- pinocytosis
to drink

- taking in of fluids into a cells' cytoplasm
phys

- physocele
blow, inflate

- tumor filled w/ gas
phleg, phlog

- phlegmon
- phlogistic
to burn

- acute, severe infection w/ inflammation
- causing inflammation
philia

- neutrophilia
- hemophilia
to like

- increase in the # of WBCs (typical of infection)
- male-linked, inherited clotting deficiencies
percuss

- percussion
to tap

- tapping to access sounds produced
pellant, pellent

- repellant
- propellent
drive

- able to drive away
- something that provides thrust or driving power
palpare

- palpate
to touch gently

- to examine by touch with the hand
otomy

- gastrotomy
- cystomtomy
- anatomy
cut open

- incision into the stomach
- incision into the urinary bladder
- dissection of the body to study its structure
ostomy

- colostomy
surgical opening

- creating an opening from the colon to the surface of the body
oscillo

- oscilliscope
to swing

- instrument that makes an image on a monitor by a swinging beam shining on a fluorescent screen
organon

- organ
- organogenesis
implement

- differentiated tissues with a specific function
- development process for an organ
lysis

- hemolysis
- glycolysis
- autolysis
dissolve, loosen

- break up RBCs
- dissolving glucose sugar into simpler components
- self-destruction by enzymes present in the body
luxatio

- luxation
dislocate

- dislocation
inject

- injection
to throw into

- forcing a liquid into the body
hormaein

- hormone
to set into motion

- chemical message sent from one organ to another via the blood stream
hexis

- cachexia
habit

- (bad habit) general ill health and malnutrition
gram

- electrocardiogram
write, record

- recording the voltages of the beating heart
genesis. genic

- homogenesis
- pathogenesis
production

- repro. which results in offspring that resemble the parents
- act of producing sickness
gelatina

- gelatin
- gelatinous
to congeal

- water soluble, glutinous protein produced from boiling skin, bones, hooves and connective tissue of animals
- like jelly, viscous
fuge, fugal

- vermifuge
- centrifuge
flee, avoid

- dewormer
- spinning instrument to separate
fractura

- fracture
break

- breaking, usually a bone
ferent

- efferent
- afferent
to carry away

- carry away from center
- carryign towards center
facient

- abortifacient
to cause

- cauising abortion
ergo

- ergonomics
work

- study of the efficient use of human efforts
ectomy

- thyroidectomy
- hysterectomy
surgical removal

- removal of the thyroid gland
- removal of the uterus
dynamo

- dynamogenesis
power

- development of energy in muscles or nerves
dissectio

- dissection
to cut up

- act of cutting apart
dilato

- dilation
enlarge

- to expand wider, open wider
desis

- arthrodesis
surigcal fixation or fusion

- surgical fusion of a joint
desicco

- dessicant
to dry

- causing to dry up
dehiscene

- dehiscence
to gape

- splitting open
decussare

- decussate
to cross in form of 'x'

= to cross from one side to the other
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
clysis

- hypodermoclysis
irrigation

- injection of fluids under the skin
clasis

- osteoclasis
smash, break

- surgical breaking of a bone
cept, cipient

- receptor
- incipient
take

- cell or nerve ending that responds to sensations
- beginning to exist or appear
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
catharo

- cathartic
cleansing

- causing emptying of the bowels
brychein

- bruxism
gnashing teeth

- involuntary grinding of teeth
bole

- anabolism
- catabolism
to build

- building phase of metabolism
- breaking down phase of metabolism
ballein

- ballistics
throw

- study of projectiles
amputare

- amputation
pruning

- removal of a limb or appendage
agouge

- cholagouge
leading

- something that stimulates the flow of bile
acu

- acupuncture
needle

- insertion of needles
abscessus

- abscess
drawing off

- localized collection of pus
abrad

- abrade
to scrape off

- to rub away an outer layer
ablat

- ablate
to remove

- to separate or detach
sedatio

- sedation
to calm

- act of calming
phonia

- aphonia
- dysphonia
voice

- no voice
- abnormal sounding voice
noia

- paranoia
mind, will

- delusions of persecution
amnesia

- amnesia
- anamnesis
forgetfulness

- loss of memory
- (not a loss of memory) the patient;s memory of medical history
mania

- megalomania
- kleptomania
madness

- unreasonable conviction of one's own greatness
- obsessive desire to steal
log

- logoplegia
thought

- paralysis of the speech organs (literally paralysis of thought)
lethargy

- lethargy
drowsy

- drowsy behavior
ideo

- ideology
idea, mental image

- study of development of issues
proprio

- proprioception
self

- sensing stimuli (position or movement) from one's own body
nomen

- nomenclature
name

- classification of names
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
auto

- autogenous
- autoimmune
self

- originating from the same individual that receives it (tissue graft or vaccine)
- immune system becomes sensitized against its own tissue
anomalo

- anomaly
- anomalous
irregular

- deviation from the normal
- deviating from a general rule
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)
allo

- allokinesis
- allograft
other

- involuntary movement (reflexor passive)
- transplant w/ donor of the same species, but a different genetic makeup
puer

- puerperal
child

- pertaining to the mother of a child
pubertas

- puberty
adult sexual characteristics

- time of adult sex characteristics and reproduction
presby

- presbyopia
old man

- aging change in eye accommodation, far-sighted
phylon

- phylum
tribe

- primary division in the animal kingdom
parthenos

- parthenogenesis
virgin

- virgin born, not resulting from a mating
gynec

- gynecology
- gynocomastia
woman

- study of diseases of the woman's genital tract
- woman-like devleopment of breast tissue in a man
genos

- genetics
- genodermatosis
family or offspring

- study of heredity
- genetic origin (inherited) skin disease
gameto

- gamete
= gametogenesis
husband and wife

- sperm or ova
- production of sperm or ova
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
atavus

- atavism
grandfather

- acquiring a genetic trait from a remote ancestor
anthropo

- anthropomorphism
- anthropology
man

- attributing human form or characteristics to non-humans
- study of origin of humans
andro

- androgen
man

- substance that promotes masculinization
thymia

- dysthymia
mind, emotions

- depression
satiety

- satiety
sufficiency

- full gratification of appetite or thirst
placebo

- placebo
to please

- an inactive (dummy, control) medical treatment
phobos

- photophobia
- hydrophobia
fear

- sensetive to (afraid of) light
- fear of water (this is used as a sign of rabies)
palliat

- palliative
cloak, soothe

- affording relief but not a cure
nausea

- nausea
seasickness

- feeling of sickness in stomach leading to vomiting
miso

- misogyny
hatred

- hatred of women
libido

- libido
sexual desire

- sexual desire
excoriae

- excoriation
to flail

-scratches or abrasions of the skin
esthesia

- anesthesia
- hyperesthesia
sensation, feeling

- lack of feeling or sensetivity
- abnormal increase in sensetivity or feeling
stupere

- stupor
stunned

- reduced or suspended sensibility, numbness
sopor

- soproific
deep sleep

- causing profound sleep
somni

- somnolence
sleep

- excessive drowsiness or sleepiness
REM
rapid eye movement
narco

- narcosis
- narcotic
numbness, stupor

- reversible depression and insensitivity
- agent that reduces pain, alters mood and behavoir and usually induces sleep or stupor
karotis

- carotid
sleep

- principal artery of the neck (compression of both carotids causes a loss of consciousness
hypno

- hypnosis
- hypnotic
sleep

- sleep-like condition with heightened suggestibility
- to cause to sleep
coma

- comatose
deep sleep

- unconsciousness when patient cannot be aroused
pono

- ponegraph
fatigue, pain

- instrument used to measure pain in contracting muscle
odynia

- pleurodynia
- mastodynia
pain

- pain from muscles between ribs
- pain on the breast
noci, nocere

- nocirecpetor
pain, hurt

- pain receptor of nerves
kolikos

- colic
pain in abdomen

- acute abdominal pain
dolor

- dolorimetry
pain

- measure of pain
angere

- angina
sore throat

- spamotic, choking type of pain (angina pectoris - pain from lack of blood flow to heart)
algos, algia

- analgesia
- neuralgia
- proctolgila
pain

- blocking pain perception w/o altering consciousness
- pain from nerve fibers
- pain from anus or rectum
zyme

- enzyme
yeast

- protein that catelyzes chemical reactions without being destroyed or altered (as in yeast fermentation, starches)
vitellus

- vitenine
egg yolk

- pertaining to yolk of egg or embryo's yolk
tyro

- tyronsine
- tyrophagus
cheese

- AA from cheese, breakdown of casein
- species of mite, name means "cheese eater"
synovia

- synovial
- synovitis
egg white

- referring to egg white surface of joint tendon sheaths and bursae
- swelling of synovial areas
steato

- steatitis
- steatorrhea
fat

- inflammation of fat
- greasy, watery feces
sidero

siderocyte
iron

- RBC containing grandules of free iron
sebum

- sebaceous
- seborrhea
solidified fat, grease

- relating to an oily/fatty secretion of skin oil/glands
- skin disease characterized by excessive oiliness
saccharo

- saccharine
sugar

- relating to sweetness
proteo

- proteolytic
protein

- something that breaks down proteins
placenta

- placental
flat cake

- referring to large flat membranes that nourish young in the uterus
pimelo

- pimelorthprea
lard

- too fat to breathe laying down
pica

- pica
magpie

- desire to eat things that are unfit for food
phago

- phagocyte
- dysphagia
eat

- cell that engulfs invader or desbris to be removed from the body
- difficulty in eating
nutri

- nutrient
- nutritious
nourish

- food for the body
- spending energy and building substances for the body
natrium

- hypernatremia
- natriuresis
sodium

- excess sodium in blood
- loss of sodium in blood
lipo

- lipoma
- liposuction
fat

- tumor of the fat tissue
- removal of excess fat by a needle and suction
lecitho

- lecithin
egg yolk

- nutrient (phospholipid) from egg yolk (also found in the protective lining of nerves, myelin)
kalium

- hyperkalemia
- hypokalemia
ash, potassium

- excessive potassium in the blood
- insufficient potassium in blood
hordeolum

- hordeolum
barley corn

- barley corn like swelling of the upper eyelid caused by a plugged eyelid gland
glyco

- glycogen
- glycogenolytic
sweet

- sugar molecules linked together
- something that breaks up sugar on links in glycogen
farina

- farinaceous
flour, meal

- consisting of starch
creat

- creatine
- creatinine
meat, fish

- compund formed for energy storage in muscle
- waste product of protein metabolism excreted in urine
caseus

- casein
- caseous
cheese

- milk protein found in cheese
- dying tissue that begins to look like cheese (common in tuberculosis)
amylo

- amyloid
- amylase
starch

- portein combined w/ starch
- enzyme that breaks down starch
amygdale

- amygdaloid
almond

- almond-shaped group of nerve cells in primitive part of brain
albumen

- albuminuria
egg white

- protein in urea related to egg white protein
adipo

- adipose
fat

- fat tissue
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)
sudor

- sudoriferous
sweat

- producing sweat
stereo

- stercorous
dung

- relating to excretment
sputum
spit
sialo

- sialocele
- sialoatenitis
saliva

- cyst containing saliva (ranula)
- inflammation of a salivary gland
serum

- serum
- serosanguineous
whey

- resulting fluid of blood after a clot forms
- fluid w/ aspects of both serum and blood caused by disease
sangui

- sanguineous
blood

- relating to loss of blood
rrhea

- rhinorrhea
- diarrhea
flow

- runny nose
- frequent and excessive evacuation of watery feces
pyo

- pyoderma
- pyometra
pus

- skin disease causing pus in skin
- pu scollecting in uterus
plasmo

- plasmocytoma
- plasmin
moldable (after clotting)

- tumor of plasma cells, producer of plasma
- enzyme in plasma that digests clots
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
mulo

- mucous
- mucosa
free slime

- related to a slimy substance
- mucous membrane
lympho

- lymphocyte
- lymphedema
clear water

- primary cell in lymph (watery circulating body fluid)
- swelling of tissue due to obstruction of lymph channels
lacto

- lactose
- lactation
milk

- milk sugar
- process of producing milk
hygro

- hygroma
- hygroscopic
moisture

- cystic swelling containing watery fluid
- retaining moisture
hydro, hydra

- hydrocephalus
water

- accumulation of fluid in brain
hidro

- hidrosis
- hidradenitis
sweat

- sweating
- inflammation of sweat glands
hemo, hema, hem

- hemocyte
- hemolysis
blood

- blood cell in invertebrates
- breaking up of RBCs
gog, gogue

- cholecystagouge
to make flow, leader

- agent that causes gall bladder or contraction
galacto

- galactorrhea
- galactose
milk

- flow of milk
- milk sugar
flux

- flux
to flow

- discharge of a large quantity of fluid from the body
feces

- fecal
- fecalith
refuse

- referral to digestive waste
- firm mass of digestive waste
eleo

- eleotherapy
oil

- treatment internally or extremely with oil
dacryo

- dacryoadenitis
tear

- inflammation of the tear gland
copro

- coprophagous
- coprophagy
dung

- feeding on excretment
- habit of eating excretment
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
chole

- cholecystitis
- cholelith
bile

- inflammation of gall bladder
- gall stone
bili

- biliary
- bilirubin
bile

- relating to bile peoduction and excretion
- pigment produced by the liver processing RBC breakdown products
aqua

- aqueous humor
water

- clear watery fluid in front chamber of eye
vas, vaso

- vas deferens
- vascular
canal for fluid

- canal for semen going away from testes
- pertaining to blood vessels
theca

- thecal
recepticle, sheath

- referring to a sheath or case (often refers to tisue case for ovarian follicle)
sac

- saccule
- sacculation
small bag

- small pouch or cavity
- act of forming small cavities
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
pelvis

- pelvis
basin

- basin shaped group of bones that forms the hip
patella

- patella
shallow dish

- kneecap, shallow dish-shaped sesamoid bone
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)
cremaster

- cremaster muscle
hanging basket

- muscle which helps suspend the testicles and can pull them towards the abdomen
cisterna

- cisterna magna
reservoir

- large area of cerebrospinal fluid collection between the cerebellum and the medulla
capsula

- capsule
- capsulotomy
small box

- fibrous sheath that encloses an organ
- cutting into a capsule (of the lens of the eye)
calyx

- calyces
cup of a flower

- cup-like collection area for urine in inner part of the kidney
bursa

- bursa
bursitis
skin bag of wine

- fibrous sac netween tendon and bone or tendon and ligaments
- inflammation of a bursa
ascos

- ascites
bag

- accumulation of excessive fluid in the abdominal cavity
ampulla

- ampulla
- ampule
- glass, jug

- sac-like dialtion of a canal or duct
- small sealed glass of fluid for injection
xeno

- xenodiagnosis
- xenograft
strange, foreign

- use of lab animals to diagnose a parasitic disease
- transplant of tissue from one species to another
varus

- varus
knock-kneed

- bent or twisted inward
valgus

- valgus
bow-legged

- bent or twisted outward
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
sphincter

- anal sphincter
- urethral shpincter
tightly bound

- ring-like muscle that constricts the anus
- ring-like muscle that constricts the urethra (urine canal)
schizo

- schizophrenia
- schizonychia
divided

- split personality
- splitting of fingernails or toenails
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
pexy

- gastropexy
- hysteropexy
fastening

- fastening the stomach to the abdominal wall
- fastening the uterus to the abdominal wall
petal

- centripetal
to seek

- seeking the center
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
haptein

- hapten
to fasten

- substance that fastens to a small protein to form a complex that can trigger an allergic reaction
fuge

- centrifuge
flee

- fleeing the center
fissure

- fissure
- fission
split

- a deep cleft
- aseual repro. when a cell divides into daughter cells
enanti

- enantiobiosis
opposite

- two organisms that live together but antagonize each others devleopment
desmo

- desmoid
- desmorrhexis
binding, ligament

- fibrous, like a ligament
- rupture of a ligament
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
com, con

- commissure
- concentric
with, together

- site of union of corresponding parts
- having a common center (various sized overlapping rings w/ same center)
coito

- coitus
meeting

- sexual connection between male and female
tauto

- tautomenial
identical

- pertaining to the same menstrual period
pali

- paliethesia
- palianesthesia
recurrence, again

- ability to feel vibrations (used to test hearing)
- inability to feel vibrations
normo

- normocalcemia
normal, rule

- normal serum level of calcium
mimetic

-sympathomimetic
immitation

- causing similar effects to the sympathetic nerve
ipsi

- ipsilateral
same, self

- same side of the body
homo

- homologus
- homophobic
same

- corresponding in structure, location or origin
- prejudice against homosexuals
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
hetero

- heterochromia
- heterophilic
other, different

- different colored (irises)
- immune stimulus that causes antibody formation against related antigens
contra

- contralateral
- contraception
opposite

- opposite side of the body
- preventing (opposite of) pregnancy
psuedo

- pseudoarthrosis
false

- false joint resulting from faulty fracture healing
mogi

- magrarthia
difficult

- difficult joint action due to incoordination
mal

- malformation
- malabsorption
bad

- incorrect development
- poor transport across the small intestine
in, im, il, ir

- invalid
- irreducible
negative

- incapacitated by chronic illness or injury
- incapable of being replaced in normal position
eu

- eutocia
good, normal

- normal birthing
dys

- dysphagia
- dysentery
- dystocia
difficulty, faulty

- difficulty swallowing
- infection, inflammatory condition of the lower intestinal tract with faulty absorption and severe diarrhea
- difficult birth
cide

- bactericide
- pesticide
agent that kills

- agent that destroys bacteria
- agent that destroys pests
cacos

- cachexia
bad, evil

- general ill health and malnutrition
antagon

- antagonist
opponent

- action that can nullify another action
agon

- agonist
to act or move

- activator or mover
abortio

- abortion
to fail, miscarry

- failure of gestation
virus

- virulent
poison

- pertaining to exceedingly disease producing
trauma

- traumatic
injury

- result of injury
toxico

- toxic
- toxicology
- antitoxin
poison (poison arrow)

- poisonous
- study of poisons
- anitbody against a poison
syncope

- syncope
fainting

- act of fainting, usually caused by an interruption of blood or glucose to the brain
rabere

- rabies
rage

- fatal viral disease that often causes rage
pegia

- hemiplegia
- paraplegia
paralysis

- paralysis on one side of the body
- paralysis of the lower (or hind) end
phylaxis

- prophylactic
- anaphylaxis
guard, protect

- defense against threat of disease or pregnancy
- systemic reaction and shock due to excess immunity
koloboun

- coloboma
mutilation

- defect in the development of a portion of the iris
ischein

- ischemia
to suppress

- suppressed blood flow
impetere

- impetigo
attack

- contagious spreading bacterial disease of the skin, usually affecting the young
immuno

- immunoassay
- immunodeficiency
protection, free

- test that uses antibodies to detect a substance
- attack of the body's defense against foreign invaders
agra

- pellagra
rough

- roughened skin caused by the deficiency of niacin (vitamin B)
acerbus

- exacerbate
harsh

- to make worse
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