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ureter
ureter; muscles that propel urine from kidney to bladder.
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uria
pertaining to urination
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-cele
herina/swelling/protrusion
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-graphy
recording process
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-stomy
surgical opening, making of a hole or window. usually to drain.
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-tomy
a cut through tissue
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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appendo/appendic
appdendix
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laryng/o
larynx; voice box
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path/o
cardiopathy means?
disease
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-philia
loving, affinity for
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syndrome
group of symptoms that together make a specific condition, disorder or disease
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-emisis
hematemesis means?
vomiting
vomiting of blood
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-phagia
what does dysphagia mean?
swallowing
difficulty swallowing
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-oma
what does osteoma mean?
tumor
tumor of bone
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-asthenia
myasthenia?
weakness
weakness of muscle
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-atresia
hysterastria?
closure or absence of an opening that's supposed to be there.
closure of uterine cavity
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-dynia
tenodynia?
pain
pain in tendon
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-penia
calcipenia?
abnormal reduction
reduction of calcium in tissues and fluids
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-plasia
what does neoplasia mean?
growth
new growth. (usually a tumor)
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-rrhagia
so what is rhinorrhagia?
profuse bleeding
nose bleed
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-rrhea
seborrhea?
excessive discharge
sebaceous glands
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-sclerosis
condition of hardening
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-phylaxis
prophylaxis?
protection
protection treatment to prevent disease
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hemi-
hemiplegia means?
half
half body is paralyzed
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dialysis
removes uric acid and urea from blood
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peri-
pericardium
around
covers around the heart
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a-
asymptomatic
without
without symptoms
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dys-
bad/abnormal/diffucult
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heter/hetero
heterotropia
different
eyes are set differently
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diff b/t frontal. sagittal, transverse plane
- frontal: ant and post
- sagittal: left and right
- transverse: superior and inf
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appendages
limbs. head, arms, legs
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cavities
spaces in body that are filled with organs
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disease
state of body where it failed to maintain homeostasis
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pathology
study of disease
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diagnosis
identification of illness
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sign
objective observation instead of "experience"
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infection
bacteria/viruses/fungi attack body cells
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prognosis
preditction of course of disease and outcome
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diagnostic imaging
obeserve internal structures w/o surgical opening
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endoscopy
flexible tube witha camera
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CAT scan
images of "slices" of body produce 3-d image
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PET scan
- positron
- emisson
- topography
- tracks radioactive labeled substance (glucose). used to find tumors
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MRI
- magnetic
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- magnets respond to hydrogen atoms in body. used to diagnose cancer, joint disease, trauma
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ultrasound
soundwaves/echoes
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