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Medical Vocabulary Section 2
Week 08
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Court Reporting
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04/07/2011
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Term
arteriolith
 Definition
chalky concretion in a vessel carrying blood away from the heart
Term
arthralgia
 Definition
pain in a joint
Term
arthritis
 Definition
inflammation of a joint
Term
arthrocele
 Definition
a joint swelling
Term
arthrocentesis
 Definition
surgical puncture and aspiration of a joint
Term
arthroneuralgia
 Definition
pain in or around a joint
Term
broncholith
 Definition
lung calculus
Term
cholelith
 Definition
gallstone
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cystolith
 Definition
a calculus in the urinary bladder
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enterolith
 Definition
a calculus in the intestine
Term
histocyte
 Definition
a tissue cell
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histokinesis
 Definition
movement in the tissues of the body
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histoma
 Definition
any tissue tumor
Term
historrhexis
 Definition
breaking up of tissue
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histotropic
 Definition
affinity for tissue cells
Term
leukonecrosis
 Definition
gangrene with formation of a white slough
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myonecrosis
 Definition
the death of individual muscle fibers
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osteonecrosis
 Definition
degeneration of a bone
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rhinonecrosis
 Definition
degeneration of the nasal bones
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steatonecrosis
 Definition
death of individual fat cell or group of fat cells
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