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| Relation to nutrition, nourishment, development, growth |
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| Fallopian or Euatachian tube |
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| Tympanum (eardrum or middle ear) |
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| Hidden (small hidden sac) |
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| Slowed, halted, controlled |
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| Treatment designed to produce a response by mental rather than physical effects |
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| The formation or presence of a thrombus (clot) |
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| Injury, wound, damage from an external source |
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| Passage of air through a wound in the chest wall |
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That part of the body lying between the thorax and the pelvis.
Contains the abdominal cavity and viscera. |
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| Pertaining to the abdomen |
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| Expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception before the fetus is viable |
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| A localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by disintegration of tissues. |
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| Sharp, having severe symptoms amd a short course |
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| Stuck together, abnormal joining of parts to one another. |
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Accessory structures of an organ.
I.E. adnexa of eye includes eyelids and tear ducts. Of uterus, includes uterine tubes and ovaries |
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| Marked deviation from normal, especially as a result of congenital or hereditary defects. |
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| Listening for sounds within the body, chiefly to detect conditions of the thorax, abdominal viscera, or a pregnancy. |
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| A self-locking apparatus for the sterilization of materials by steam under pressure. |
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| Removal and examination, usually microscopic, of tissue from the living body, performed to establish precise diagnosis. |
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| An absorbable, sterile strand obtained from collagen derived from healthy mammals, used to suture. |
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| A tubular, flexible instrument passed through body cavities for withdrawal of fluids from (or introduction of fluids into) a body cavity. |
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| Pertaining to the neck or to the cervix. |
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| Persisting for a long time |
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Aka the tailbone
Triangular bone formed usually by fusion of last 4 vertebrae |
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| Existing at the time of birth |
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| An electronic apparatus used to produce defribrillation by application of brief electric shock to the heart directly or through electrodes placed on the chest wall. |
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| The condition of being stretched open beyond normal dimensions. |
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| The act of dilating or stretching |
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| An abnormal accumulation of fluid in intercellular spaces of the body |
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| A clot or other plug brought by the blood from another vessel and forced into a smaller one, thus obstructing the circulation. |
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| Introduction of fluid into the rectum for evacuation of feces or as a means of introducing nutrient or medical substances, or the opaque material used in roentgenographic examination of the lower intestinal tract (BE). |
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| Increase in severity of a disease or any of its sypmtoms |
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| The act of elminating waste |
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| A sheet or band of fibrous tissue that lies deep to the skin or binds muscles and various body organs. |
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| Pertaining to fever; feverish |
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| A small, local, involuntary muscular contraction caused by activiation of muscle cells or fibers. |
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| The escape of blood from vessels; bleeding |
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| The process of providing immunity to disease processes |
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| Inability to control bowel and bladder functions |
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| The protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues |
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| Deficiency of blood in a part, caused by functional contriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel |
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| Icterus; yellowness of the skin, sclerae, mucous membranes, and excretions |
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| Transfer of disease from one organ or body part to another not directly connected with it. |
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| The free slime of the mucous membranes, composed of secretions of the glands, various salts, desquamated cells,and leukocytes. |
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| Very fat; stout; corpulent |
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| An increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirements: the result of excessive accumulation of body fat. |
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| Loss of impairment of voluntary motor function |
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| A conditino of helplessness caused by inability to move; being ineffective or powerless |
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| Pertaining to the walls of a cavity located near the parietal bone |
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| The act of striking a part with short, sharp blows as an aid in diagnosing the condition of the underlying parts by the sound obtained. |
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| The pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet |
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| The serous membrane lining the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities and the contained viscera. |
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| Serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity. |
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| The falling down, or downward displacement, of a part. |
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| Prevention of disease; preventive treatment. |
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| Containing or forming pus. |
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| Having periods of abatement or of exacerbation. |
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| A state of inflammation; inflammatory disease |
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| Pertaining to or resembling serum |
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| Matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs, through the mouth. |
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A stitch or series of stiches made to secure the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound.
Used also as a verb to indicate application of such stitches. |
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| A minute infections agent that, with certain exceptions, is too small to be seen by microscope and is able to reproduce only within a living host cell. |
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| Any large interior organ in any of the four great body cavities, especially those in the abdomen. |
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| Renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
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