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Term

 

NEONATOLOGY

Definition

 

 

STUDY OR SCIENCE OF NEW BORNS

Term

 

NEUROPATHY

Definition

 

 

STUDY OF THE NERVES

Term

 

MAMMOECTOMY

Definition

 

 

REMOVAL OF A BREAST

Term

 

 

RHINOPLASTY

Definition

 

 

 

SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE

Term

 

MAMMOGRAM

Definition

 

 

X-RAY IMAGE OF THE BREAST

Term

 

PATHOLOGIST

Definition

 

 

ONE WHO STUDIES DISEASE

Term

 

SYNDROME

Definition

 

A GROUP OF SYSTEMS THAT TOGETHER ARE CHARACTERISTIC OR INDICATIVE OF A SPECIFIC DISORDER, CONDITION, OR DISEASE

Term

 

RHINORRHEGIA

Definition

 

 

 

 

A NOSEBLEED

Term

 

TENODYNIA

Definition

 

 

PAIN IN TENDON

Term

 

TENODYNIA

Definition

 

 

 

PAIN IN TENDON

Term

 

LIPOMA

Definition

 

 

A TUMOR OF FAT TISSUE

Term

 

LEUKOPENIA

Definition

 

 

A DEFICIENCY OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS

Term

 

NEOPLASIA

Definition

 

 

GROWTH OR FORMATION OF A TUMOR

Term

 

MYASTHENIA

Definition

 

 

DEBILITY AND WEAKNESS OF MUSCLE

Term

 

RHINORRHEA

Definition

 

 

A DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE

Term

 

MENINGOCELE

Definition

 

HERNIA OR SWELLING OF THE MENINGES OF THE BRAIN OR SPINAL COLUMN THAT PROTURDES THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SKULL OR SPINAL COLUMN

Term

 

METABOLISM

Definition

 

THE PROCESS IN WHICH FOODS ARE CHANGED INTO ENERGY FOR USE BY THE BODY

Term

 

PSEUDOCYESIS

Definition

 

 

FALSE PREGNANCY

Term

 

NEONATE

Definition

 

A NEW BORN; SPECIFICALLY, A BABY WIHIN THE FIRST 28 DAYS OF LIFE

Term

 

TRANSSEXUAL

Definition

 

A PERSON WHO GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OF CROSSING OVER TO ANOTHER GENDER

Term

 

MALABSORBTION

Definition

 

 

BAD ABSORBTION

Term

 

MEGOLACYTE

Definition

 

 

AN ABNORMALLY LARGE CELL

Term

 

ULTRASOUND

Definition

 

A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE THAT PROVIDES IMAGES OF INTERNAL STRUCTURES BY BOUNCING SOUND WAVES THROUGH THE BODY

Term

 

PARAPLEGIA

Definition

 

PARALYSIS OF ONE LIMB OR MUSCLE/MUSCLE GROUP

Term

 

QUADRAPALEGIC

Definition

 

 

PARALYSIS OF FOUR LIMBS

Term

 

SEMICONSCIOUS

Definition

 

 

PARTIALLY CONSCIOUS

Term

 

TRIPARA

Definition

 

 

A WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH THREE TIMES

Term

 

UNIPARA

Definition

 

 

A WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH ONE CHILD

Term

 

PRENATAL

Definition

 

 

BEFORE BIRTH

Term

 

PRESBYACUSIS

Definition

 

 

ABORNAL HEARING OR A DISORDER IN HEARING

Term

 

POSTPARTUM

Definition

 

 

TO FOLLOW AFTER BIRTH

Term

 

SUBCUTANEOUS

Definition

 

 

AREA BELOW THE SKIN

Term

 

METABOLISM

Definition

 

PROCESS BY WHICH FOODS ARE CHANGED INTO ENERGY FOR USE BY THE BODY

Term

 

NULLIPARA

Definition

 

 

NEVER GIVEN BIRTH

Term

 

PANDEMIC

Definition

 

A DISEASE THAT IS GLOBALLY WIDE SPREAD

Term

 

MULTIARTERITISA

Definition

 

INFLAMATION OF MANY MEDIUM AND SMALL ARTERIES

Term

 

PRIMAPARA

Definition

 

 

HAVING GIVEN BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME

Term

 

MACROCYTE

Definition

 

 

ABNORMALLY LARGE CELL

Term

 

TRANSVERSE PLANE

Definition

 

DIVIDES THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PORTIONS

Term

 

PATHOLOGY

Definition

 

 

THE STUDY OF DISEASE

Term

 

THORACIC REGION

Definition

 

 

AREA OF THE CHEST

Term

MAGNETIC RESOURCE IMAGING

Definition

 

MRI

Term

 

ORGANS

Definition

 

 

FORMED FROM SIMILAR GROUPED CELLS

Term

 

PLEURAL

Definition

 

PERTAINING TO THE LUNG

Term

 

SAGITTAL PLANE

Definition
DIVIDES THE BODY VERTICALLY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS
Term

 

UMBILICAL

Definition

 

PERTAINING TO THE NAVAL

Term

 

PHYSIOLOGY

Definition

 

STUDY OF NATURE

Term

 

VENTRAL

Definition

 

PERTAINING TO THE BELLY

Term

 

SUPERIOR

Definition

 

PERTAINING TO ABOVE

Term

 

MEDIAL

Definition

 

PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE

Term

 

LUMBAR

Definition

 

REGION OF THE LOIN

Term

 

PERICARDIAL

Definition

 

CAVITY WHICH CONTAINS THE HEART

Term

 

PELVIC

Definition

CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE URINARY BLADDER, INTERNAL REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND PARTS OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES

Term

 

LACERATION

Definition

RESULT OF INJURY CAUSED BY TEAR OR CUT BY A SHARP OBJECT

Term

 

MACULE

Definition

DISCOLORED FLAT SPOT SUCH AS A FRECKLE ON THE SKIN

Term

 

NEVUS

Definition

PIGMENTED SPOT COMMONLY CALLED A MOLE

Term

 

PALLOR

Definition

 

PALENESS

Term

 

PAPULE

Definition

SMALL, SOLID ELEVATION ON THE SKIN SUCH AS A COMEDO OR PIMPLE

Term

 

PETECHIAE

Definition

SMALL RED OR PURPLE DOTS APPEARING ON THE SKIN

Term

 

PRURITUS

Definition

 

ITCHY SKIN

Term

 

PRURITUS

Definition

 

ITCHY SKIN

Term

 

PURPURA

Definition

 

PURPLE RED SKIN

Term

 

PUSTULE

Definition
EVELATED AREA OF THE SKIN FILLED WITH PUS
Term


ULCER

Definition
SORE, EROSION THROUGH THE SKIN
Term

 

URTICARIA

Definition

 

ALLERGIC SKIN REACTION

Term

 

VERRUCA

Definition

 

WART

Term

 

VESICLE

Definition

 

BLISTER

Term

 

WHEAL

Definition
TEMPORARY SMALL EVELATION OF THE SKIN ITCHY, WHITE CENTER WTIH RED PERIMETER 
Term

 

KAPOSI'S SARCOMA

Definition

A FORM OF SKIN CANCER ARISING FORM THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE DERMIS

Term

 

LEUKODERMA

Definition

REDUCED ACTIVITY OF PIGMENT-PRODUCING CELLS IN THE SKIN 

Term

 

MELANOMA

Definition

 

THE MOST LIFE THREATENING SKIN CANCER "BLACK TUMOR"

Term

 

ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS

Definition

 

NAIL BECOMES BURIED IN THE SKIN INGROWN NAIL

Term

 

ONYCHOMALACIA

Definition

 

NAILS ARE ABNORMALLY SOFT

Term

 

ONYCHOMYCOSIS

Definition

 

FUNGAL INFECTION OF ONE OR MORE NAILS

Term

 

PARONCHIA

Definition

 

AN INFECTION AROUND THE NAIL

Term

 

PEDICULOSIS

Definition

 

HEAD LICE

Term

 

PSORIASIS

Definition

 

PAINFUL, CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE SKIN

Term

 

PSORIASIS

Definition

 

PAINFUL, CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE SKIN

Term

 

SCABIES

Definition

 

SKIN ERUPTIONS CAUSED BY FEMALE ITCH MITES

Term

 

SCLERODERMA

Definition

 

AN ABNORMAL THICKENING OR HARDESS OF THE SKIN

Term

SYSTEMATIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Definition

'SLE' OR CHRONIC DISEASE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN MAN ORGANS INCLUDING THE SKIN

Term

 

TINEA

Definition

 

FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN OR RING WORM

Term

 

TRICHOMYCOSIS

Definition

 

DISEASE AFFECTING

OF THE HAIR

Term

 

XERODERMA

Definition

 

ABNORMALLY DRY SKIN

Term

 

RHYTIDECTOMY

Definition

PLASTIC SURGERY USED FOR SKIN REPAIRS AFTER MAJOR SURGERIES TO REMOVE WRINKLES

Term

 

ORTHOPEDIC

Definition

 

BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT FOCUSES ON SKELTETAL AND MUSCLE DISORDERS

Term

 

ORTHOPEDIST

Definition

 

A PHYSICIAN SPECIALIZING IN ORTHEPEDIC FIELD OF MEDICINE

Term

 

MYALGIA

Definition

PAIN IN THE MUSCLE CAUSED BY STRENUOUS EXERCISE OR UNDERLYING MUSCULOSKETETAL DISEASE

Term

 

TENODYNIA

Definition

INJURY CAUSED BY OVER EXSERTION AND EXERCISE ON WEEKENDS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE INACTIVE JOBS DURING THE WEEK

Term

 

KYPHOSIS

Definition

 

ONE OF THE DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE

Term

 

LORDIDIS

Definition

 

ONE OF THE DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE

Term

 

SCOLIOSIS

Definition

 

ONE OF THE DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE

Term

 

MARFAN'S SYNDROME

Definition

CARTILAGE FORMATION AT THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATES (GROWTH PLATES)

Term

 

MENISCITIS

Definition

CRESENT SHAPE BAND OF CARTILAGE THAT SUPPORTS CERTAIN JOINTS

Term

 

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Definition

PROGRESSIVE FAILURE OF MUSCLES TO RESPOND TO NERVE SIMULATION

Term

 

MYELOMA

Definition

 

TUMOR OF RED BONE MARROW

Term

 

MYOCELE

Definition

A MUSCLE SURROUNDED BY LAYER OF TOUGH CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Term

 

OSTEITIS

Definition

 

INFLAMATION OF THE BONE

Term

 

OSTEITIS DEFORMANS

Definition

ALSO KNOWN AS PAGET DISEASE CONDITION WHICH MEANS INFLAMATION OF THE BONE

Term

 

OSTEOSARCOMA

Definition

 

BONE CANCER

Term

 

OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA

Definition
INHERITED DISEASE RESULTING IN IMPAIRED BONE GROWTH AND FRAGILE BONES
Term

 

OSTEOMALCIA

Definition

 

DISEASE RESULTING IN BONE LOSS

Term

 

OSTEOMYELITIS

Definition

 

INFLAMATION RED BONE MARROW

Term

 

OSTEOPOROSIS

Definition

 

ABNORMAL LOSS OF BONE DENSITY

Term

 

POLYMYOSITIS

Definition

 

INFLAMATION OF MANY MUSCLES

Term

 

RICKETS

Definition

DISEASE OF SOFTENING OF THE BONES DUE TO EXCESSIVE REMOVEAL OF CALICIUM

Term

 

SPONDYLARTHRITIS

Definition
INFLAMATION OF JOINTS OF VERTIBRA
Term

 

LEUKOPENIA

Definition

ABNORMALLY REDUCED NUMBER OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS

Term

 

POILKILOCYTOSIS

Definition

 

IRREGULAR SHAPED RED BLOOD CELLS

Term

 

POILKILOCYTOSIS

Definition

 

IRREGULAR SHAPED RED BLOOD CELLS

Term

 

POIKILOCYTOSIS

Definition

RED BLOOD

CELLS HAVING IRREGULAR SHAPES

Term

 

POLYCYTHEMIA

Definition

 

ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RED BLOOD CELLS

Term

 

SPLENOMEGALY

Definition

 

ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN

Term

 

THROMBOPENIA

Definition

 

AN ABNORMALLY REDUCED NUMBER OF PLATELETS

Term

 

TOXEMIA

Definition

 

THE PRESENCE O F TOXINS IN THEBLOOD STREAM

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