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MedTerms Week 4
Medical Terminology Week 4
Question | Answer |
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edema | excessive fluid in body tissue causing swelling |
syndrome | a set of sign and symptom that occurs together as part of a disease |
diagnosis | identification of disease |
sign | objective evidence of disease |
symptoms | subjective evidence of disease |
prognosis | the forecast of prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease |
remission | temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of disease |
chronic | disease or symptoms of long duration |
acute | disease that has a rapid onset, severe, course, and short duration |
appendicities | inflammation of the appendix |
appendic | appendix |
lithotomy | surgical removal of stone |
otorhinolaryngology | the study of ear, nose, and throat |
lith/o | stone |
rhinitis | inflammation of nose |
laryng/o | larynx/throat (voice box) |
rhin/o | nose |
otoscope | instrument to view inside the external ear canal |
ot/o | ear |