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*also can use the term nucle/o meaning nucleus |
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white
*also can use leuk/o |
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yellow
*i.e., cirrhosis - abnormal yellowing (skin, sclera of the eyes, and mucous membranes take on a yellow color. Cirrhosis of the liver is usually associated with alcoholism or chornic hepatitis). |
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yellow
*jaundice is usually caused by abnormal increase of bilirubin (a yellow compoun formed when red blood cells are destroyed) in the blood |
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yellow
*xanthocyte - yellow cell |
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*cyanotic - pertaining to blueness |
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*melanoma - black tumor. A malignancy that arises from black melanocytes |
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gray; gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)
*poliomyelitis: inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
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extremity
*acrocyanosis: abnormal condition in which the extremities are blue |
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*etiology: study of the causes of disease |
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unknown/peculiar
*idiopathic: pertaining to an unknown (cause of) disease |
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form, shape, structure
*morphology: study of form, shape or structure |
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radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side
*radiologyist: specialist in the study of radiation |
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*sonography: process of recording sound |
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*xerosis: abnormal condition of dryness |
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| forming, producing, origin |
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*prognosis: knowing before |
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record, writing
*arteriogram: record of an artery (an arteriogram is an x-ray film of an artery taken after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium) |
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| instrument for recording, process of recording |
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*heteromorphous: different form or shape |
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below, under
*infracostal: pertaining to the area below the ribs |
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| Abnormal fibrous band that holds or binds together tissues that are normally separated |
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| Substance analyzed or tested, generally by means of laboratory methods (In a glucose tolerance test, glucose is the analyte). |
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Contrast medium |
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| Substance injected into the body, introduced via catherter, or swallowed to facilitate radiographic images of internal structures that otherwise are difficult to visualize on x-ray films |
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Dehiscence |
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| Bursting open of a wound, especially a surgical abdominal wound |
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febrile |
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| Feverish, pertaining to a fever |
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| Diseased; pertaining to a disease |
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Nuclear medicine |
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| Branch of medicine concerned with the use of radioactive substances for diagnosis, treatment, and research |
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Medical specialty concerned with the use of electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, and imaging technqieus for diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury.
Interventional radiology: Radiological practice that employs flouroscopy, CT, and ultrasound in nonsurgical treatment of various disorders (i.e. balloon angioplastyand cardiac catheterization).
Therapeutic radiology: use of ionizing radiation in the tx of cancer. AKA, radiaion oncology |
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| Substances that emit radiation spontaneously; also called tracers |
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| Radionuclide attached to a protein, sugar, or other substance used to visualize an organ or area of the body that will be scanned. |
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| Term used to describe a computerized image by modality (such as CT, MRI, and nuclear imaging) or by structure (such as thyroid and bone) |
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| Pathological state, usually febrile, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the bloodstream |
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| Producing or associated with generation of pus |
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