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medical terminology3
definitions
Question | Answer |
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pachycephalic (abnormal thickness of the skull | (blank) |
paralgia (abnormal pain | (blank) |
pathology (study of disease | (blank) |
cytopenia (lack of cellular elements in the blood | (blank) |
pericardium (around the heart | (blank) |
retinopexy (surgical repair of a detached retina | (blank) |
diaphoresis (perspiration, transmission of sweat | (blank) |
orthoplasty (surgical straightening | (blank) |
paraplegia (paralysis from the waist down | (blank) |
polyarthritis (arthritis in numerous joints | (blank) |
postmortem (after death | (blank) |
preoperative, pre-op (before surgery | (blank) |
proglossis (tip of the tongue | (blank) |
pseudodipsia (false thirst | (blank) |
ptosis (falling | (blank) |
reflex (flex response to stimulation | (blank) |
retroflexed (bent backward, posterior | (blank) |
cardiorrhaphy (suturing of the heart | (blank) |
angiorrhexis (ruptured blood vessel | (blank) |
bronchoscopy (bronchus exam | (blank) |
semicomatose (half-conscious | (blank) |
sphygmomanometer (pulse meter | (blank) |
sublingual (under the tongue | (blank) |
superacute (highly severe | (blank) |
symbiotic (dependent on one another | (blank) |
tachycardia (rapid heart rate | (blank) |
telemetry (distance signal monitor interpretation) | (blank) |
toxicoderma (skin disease caused by poison | (blank) |
transfusion (transfer of blood into an individual | (blank) |
tricuspid (three cusps | (blank) |
ultrasonic (high frequency sound | (blank) |
uniocular (having one working eye | (blank) |
xenograft (a graft from one species to another | (blank) |
xerochilia (dry lips | (blank) |