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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
09/04/2013

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Term
What prefix means within or inside?
Definition
inter-
Term
What term means abnomal hardening of the walls of sn antery or arteries?
Definition
Arteriosclerosis
Term
What term means the surgical insision of a nerve?
Definition
Neurectomy
Term
What word means red?
Definition
erythr/o
Term
suffix that means surgical puncture to remove fluid?
Definition
-centesis
Term
what term describes a disease or procedure named after the first person to discover it?
Definition
eponym
Term
suffix means rupture
Definition
-rrhexis
Term
word that means spinal cord and bone marrow
Definition
myel/o
Term
myelopathy
Definition

any pathologic chamge or disease in the spinal cord or bine marrow?

 

Term
ligation
Definition
binding ir tying off blood vessels ir ducts
Term
-megaly
Definition
suffix that means abnormal enlargement
Term
term that means pain in the stomach?
Definition
gastralgia
Term
in the term PERNATAL what part is the suffix?
Definition
-al
Term
supination
Definition
turning the arm so the palm of the hand is upwards
Term
suffix for pain and suffering?
Definition
-algia
Term
what term means the rupture of a muscle?
Definition
myorrhexis
Term
plague or fatty substance
Definition
ather/o
Term
word that means small intestine?
Definition
ileum
Term
what word means fever?
Definition
pyr/o
Term
term that describes evidence of a disease that can only be observed by the patient?
Definition
symptoms
Term
rhinitis
Definition
inflammation if the nose
Term
arthrectomy
Definition
surgical removal of a joint
Term
hypotension
Definition
abnormally low blood pressure
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endoscope
Definition
instrument to see the interior of a body cavity or organ
Term
hemorrhage
Definition
excessive bleeding
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cardiomegaly
Definition
abnormal enlargment of the heart
Term
tonsilitis
Definition
inflammation of the tonsils
Term
gerontology
Definition
the stody of disease, disorders, and problems associated with aging
Term
neurotomy
Definition
incision into a nerve
Term
arthralgia
Definition
joint pain
Term
perinatal
Definition
surrounding birth
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-necrosis
Definition
tissue death
Term
mycosis
Definition
disease caused by a fugus
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