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Basic Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 4
06/15/2009
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Abrasion
 Definition
Scraping away of of the skin or mucous membrane by friction
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Keratoplasty
 Definition
Surgical repair of the cornea.
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Myringitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the tympanic membrane
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Cyanosis
 Definition
Bluish discoloration of the skin
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Cardiomyopathy
 Definition
Disease of the heart muscle
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Cholecystectomy
 Definition
Removal of the gallbladder
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Dysmenorrhea
 Definition
Painful menstruation
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Thrush
 Definition
Infection with the Candida fungus
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Erythrocyte
 Definition
Red blood cell
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Cephalgia
 Definition
Headache
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Nulligravida
 Definition
A woman who has never been pregnant
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Hemarthrosis
 Definition
Accumulation of blood in a joint
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Hematuria
 Definition
Blood in the urine
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