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Medical Vocabulary Section 2
Week 02
20
Court Reporting
Not Applicable
02/10/2011

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Term
ablepharia
Definition
congenital reduction or absence of the eyelids
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adrenokinetic
Definition
stimulating the adrenal gland
Term
ageusia
Definition
lack or impairment of the sense of taste
Term
akinesia
Definition
absence or poverty of movements
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alexia
Definition
inability to read
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amelia
Definition
congenital absence of a limb or limbs
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angiocardiokinetic
Definition
affecting the movements of the heart and blood vessels
Term
cholecystokinetic
Definition
stimulating contraction of the gallbladder
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esophagomalacia
Definition
softening of the walls of passage extending from from the throat to stomach
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hydrokinetic
Definition
relating to movement of water or other fluid, as a whirlpool bath
Term
metromalacia
Definition
abnormal softening of the uterus
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myelomalacia
Definition
morbid softening of the spinal cord
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photokinetic
Definition
moving in response to the stimulus of light
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spondylmalacia
Definition
softening of the vertebra
Term
venectasia
Definition
plebectasia, dilation of a vein; a varicosity
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venectomy
Definition
plebectomy, excision of a vein or a segment of a vein
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venolysis
Definition
phlebolysis, injection of fluid into a vein
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venosclerosis
Definition
phlebosclerosis, hardening and thickening of wall of a vein
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venostasis
Definition
retardation of the venous outflow in a part
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chondromalacia
Definition
abnormal softening of cartilage
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