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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
06/27/2013

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Acetabulum
Definition
The cup-shaped socket of the hip joint that recieves the head of the femur
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Acute Moist Dermatitis
Definition

Hot Spot

 

Lesions that are moist, raw, inflammed, and hairless

 

Can have pus and bad oder 

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Avulsed
Definition
The tearing away of a structure or part
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Decubital Sores
Definition

Pressure ulcers

 

Injuries to the skin caused by pressure or friction 

 

Mainly bony parts of body are affected 

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Cerumen
Definition

Ear wax

 

A waxy secretion of the glands of the external acoustuc meatus 

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Exudate
Definition
A fluid with a high content of protein and cellular debris that has been deposited in tissue
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Otodectes
Definition

Ear mites

 

Psoroptic mites that infest the skin of the outer ear canal 

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Coupage
Definition
Percussion of the thorax to aid in the removal of secretions
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Distichiasis
Definition
Eyelashes misdirected so as to emerge through the tarsal gland, which touch and irritate the eye
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Diurnal
Definition
Pertaining to or occuring durring the day time or period of light
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Hot Spot
Definition

Acute moist dermatites

 

Warm, painful, swollen patch of skin that can exude pus

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Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
Definition
Corneoconjunctival inflammation due to reduced aqueous content of the precorneal tear film
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Nuclear Sclerosis
Definition
The aging process of the eye lid
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Otitis Externa
Definition

Inflammation of the external ear with shaking of head, pawing at ear, pain, odor, and dischrage

 

Swimmers Ear 

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Polyphagia
Definition
Excess ingestion of food
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Tonometer
Definition
An instrument for measuring tension or pressure
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Tympanum
Definition
The part of the cavity of the middle ear, in the temporal bone, just medial to the tympanic membrane
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Micturition
Definition
Urination
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Nictating Membrane
Definition
Third eyelid
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Zoonosis
Definition
A disease or infection that is naturally transmisible from animals to humans
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