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Med. Terminology
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Health Care
11th Grade
11/26/2013

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craniotomy
Definition
cutting into the skull
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dysuria
Definition
painful urination
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hysterectomy
Definition
removal of uterus
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hemotoxic
Definition
blood poison
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pericarditis
Definition
inflammation around heart
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leukocyte
Definition
white cell
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cholecystitis
Definition
inflammation of galbladder
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tachycardia
Definition
fast heart
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neuralgia
Definition
nerve pain
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polycythemia
Definition
excess blood cells
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bradycardia
Definition
slow heart
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gastrectomy
Definition
removal of stomach
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meningitis
Definition
inflammation of membranes covering brain and the spinal cord
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neopathy
Definition
new disease
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dermatologist
Definition
person who studies skin
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proctoscope
Definition
instrument to examine rectum
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carcinoma
Definition
cancerous tumor
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electroencephalograph
Definition
an electrical insturment for recording brain activity
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osteomalacia
Definition
softening of bone
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paraplegia
Definition
paralysis of lower half of body
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pyuria
Definition
pus in urine
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acromegaly
Definition
large extremities
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gerontology
Definition
study of the elderly
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dysphagia
Definition
painful swallowing
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hydrocele
Definition
water tumor
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adenoma
Definition
a glandular tumor
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antitoxic
Definition
against poison
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opthalmology
Definition
study of the eye
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cholecystectomy
Definition
surgical removal of glabladder
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endocarditis
Definition
inflammation within the heart
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gastroenteritis
Definition
inflammation of stomach
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hypoglycemia
Definition
low blood sugar
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septicemia
Definition
blood poison
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oliguria
Definition
less than normal urine
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bronchitis
Definition
inflammation of air tubes in lungs
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homogenous
Definition
same kind
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arteriosclerosis
Definition
hardness of arteries
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dysmenorrhea
Definition
painful menstruation
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angiopathy
Definition
vessel disease
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blepharorrhaphy
Definition
suture of eyelid
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urethrocystitis
Definition
inflammation of the urethra
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pneumonomelanosis
Definition
blackness of lungs
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paraosteoarthropathy
Definition
disease near bone joint
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salpingo-oophorocele
Definition
swelling of ovary in fallopian tube
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idiopathic thrombocytopenia
Definition
self-originating disease with abnormal blood clot
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narcoepilepsy
Definition
sleep seizures
Term
postpartum
Definition
after birth
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herniorrhaphy
Definition
suture of rupture
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dermacyanosis
Definition
blue skin condition
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thoracentesis
Definition
removal of fluid around chest
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