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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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