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Medical Vocabulary Section 1
Week 10
20
Court Reporting
Not Applicable
12/12/2010

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Term
acroanesthesia
Definition
loss of feeling or sensation of the extremeties
Term
acrodermatitis
Definition
inflammation of the skin of the hands or feet
Term
acrodolichomelia
Definition
abnormal length of hands and feet
Term
acrohypothermy
Definition
abnormal coldness of the hands and feet
Term
acromegaly
Definition
abnormal enlargement of the extremeties of the skeleton
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amylolysis
Definition
digestive change of starch into sugar
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carcinolysis
Definition
destruction of cancer cells
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corelysis
Definition
operative destruction of the pupil
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erythropenia
Definition
defeciency in the number of red blood cells
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glycolysis
Definition
the breaking down of sugars into simpler compounds
Term
kaliopenia
Definition
hypokalemia, abnormally low potassium levels in the blood
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litholysis
Definition
dissolution of calculi
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narcohypenia
Definition
numbness felt on waking from sleep
Term
osteopenia
Definition
any condition involving reduced bone mass
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sideropenia
Definition
defeiciency of iron in the body or blood
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vaginectomy
Definition
excision of the canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri
Term
vaginocele
Definition
hernia of the canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri
Term
vaginomycosis
Definition
any fungal disease of the canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri
Term
vaginoperineorrhaphy
Definition
suture of ruptured canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri & perineum
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vaginopexy
Definition
suture of relaxed canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri to abdominal wall
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