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HESIA2 CHAPTER 4 VOC
VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| APNEA | NOT BREATHING |
| ANOXIA | WITHOUT OXYGEN (DECREASE IN TISSUES) |
| ABNORMAL | PERTAINING TO AWAY FROM NORM (RULE); NOT REGULAR |
| ABDUCTOR | ONE WHO (MUSCLE WHICH) LEADS AWAY FROM THE BODY. TO ABDUCT MEANS TO CARRY AWAY BY FORCE; KIDNAP |
| ADDUCTOR | ONE WHO (MUSCLE WHICH) LEADS TOWARD THE BODY |
| ADRENAL GLANDS | ENDOCRINE GLANDS LOCATED ABOVE (TOWARD) THE KIDNEYS. |
| ANALYSIS | TO SEPARATE (APART) PSYCHOANALYSIS IS A PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT THAT EXPLORES THE MIND |
| ANTE CIBUM | BEFORE MEALS |
| ANTEFLEXION | BENDING FORWARD |
| ANTE PARTUM | BEFORE BIRTH |
| ANTISEPSIS | CONDITION AGAINST INFECTION |
| ANTIBIOTIC | PERTAINING TO AGAINST LIFE (GERM LIFE) A SUBSTANCE THAT ACTS AGAINST MICROORGANISMS, SUCH AS BACTERIA |
| ANTIGEN | A SUBSTANCE (USUALLY FOREIGN) THAT STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES |
| ANTIBODY | PROTEIN SUBSTANCE MADE IN THE BODY TO DESTROY FOREIGN ANTIGENS |
| ANTITOXIN | A SUBSTANCE (ANTIBODY) PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO AND CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING A TOXIN (SUCH AS THOSE CAUSING DIPHTHERIA OR TETANUS). ANTIRENIN CONTAINS ANTITOXIN SPECIFIC FOR AN ANIMAL OR INSECT VENOM. |
| AUTOIMMUNE | RELATED MAKING ANTIBODIES (IMMUNE SUBSTANCES) AGAINST ONE'S OWN CELLS TISSUE. |
| BIFURCATION | FORKING (BRANCHING) INTO TWO; AS THE TRACHEA BIFURCATES INTO TWO INDIVIDUAL TUBES. |
| BILATERAL | PERTAINING TWO SIDES |
| BRADYCARDIA | CONDITION OF SLOW HEART BEAT |
| CONGENITAL ANOMALY | IRREGULARITY AT BIRTH |
| CONNECTIVE | TO TIE ( BIND) TOGETHER. |
| CONTRAINDICATION | TO POINT OUT AGAINST; AS REASONS WHY A DRUG SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN |
| CONTRALATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE |
| DEHYDRATION | CONDITION OF LACK OF WATER |
| DIAMETER | TO MEASURE THROUGH; AS THE DIAMETER OF A CIRCLE |
| DIARRHEA | TO FLOW THROUGH; WATER IS NOT PROPERLY ABSORBED THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE COLON |
| DIALYSIS | COMPLETE SEPARATION; TWO TYPES ARE HEMODIALYSIS AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS |
| DYSPENA | DIFFICULT BREATHING |
| DYSPLASIA | ABNORMAL (BAD) DEVELOPMENT OF FORMATION |
| ECTOPIC PREGNANCY | PREGNANCY OUT OF THE NORMAL PLACE (USUALLY IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES) |
| ENDOTRACHEAL | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE TRACHEA |
| ENDOCARDIUM | INNER LINING (MEMBRANE) OF THE HEART |
| EPITHELIUM | SKIN CELL; LATTERLY, "UPON A NIPPLE." |
| EUTHYROID | NORMAL TYROID FUNCTION |
| EUPHORIA | GOOD FEELING, "HIGH" A EULOGY IS A SPEECH SAYING GOOD THINGS ABOUT A PERSON AFTER HIS/HER DEATH |
| EXOPHTHALMOS | EYEBALLS THAT PROTRUDE |
| HEMIGLOSSECTOMY | REMOVAL OF HALF THE TONGUE |
| HYPERPLASIA | CONDITION OF INCREASED FORMATION (INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CELLS) |
| HYPERTROPHY | INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT; INCREASE IN SIZE OF CELLS |
| HYPERDERMIC | PERTAINING TO BELOW THE SKIN |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | DECREASE IN BLOOD SUGAR |
| INSOMNIAC | PERTAINING TO INABILITY TO SLEEP |
| INFRACOSTAL | PERTAINING TO BELOW THE RIBS |
| INTERCOSTALS | PERTAINING TO BETWEEN THE RIBS |
| INTRAVENOUS | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE VEIN |
| MACROCEPHALIC | PERTAINING TO ENLARGED HEAD |
| MALIGNANT | HARMFUL, BAD; CANCEROUS CONDITION |
| MALAISE | FEELING OF DISCOMFORT; "BAD FEELING" |
| METAMORPHOSIS | CONDITION OF CHANGE OF SHAPE OR FORM |
| METACARPAL BONES | FIVE HAND BONES (BEYOND THE WRIST) |
| MICROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW SMALL OBJECTS |
| NEOPLASM | NEW GROWTH; NEW FORMATION (TUMOR) |
| NEONATAL | PERTAINING TO A NEWBORN (INFANT) |
| PANCYTOPENIA | CONDITION OF DECREASE IN ALL CELLS (BLOOD CELLS) |
| PARATHYROID GLANDS | ENDOCRINE GLANDS LOCATED NEAR (ON THE DORSAL SIDE OF) THE THYROID GLAND |
| PARALYSIS | ABNORMAL DESTRUCTION (OF NERVES) LEADING TO LOSS OF MUSCLE FUNCTION |
| PERCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO THROUGH THE SKIN |
| PERICARDIUM | MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
| PERIOSTEUM | MAMBRANE SURROUNDING THE BONE |
| POLYMORPHONUCLEAR | PERTAINING TO A MANY-SHAPED NUCLEUS; A TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL |
| POLYNEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF MANY NERVES |
| POST MORTEM | AFTER DEATH |
| PASTNATAL | PERTAINING TO AFTER BIRTH |
| PRECANCEROUS | PERTAINING TO BEFORE CANCER; A LESION THAT MANY BECOME CANCEROUS |
| PRENATAL | PERTAINING TO BEFORE BIRTH |
| PRODROME | SYMPTOMS THAT APPEAR BEFORE ONSET OF A MORE SERVER ILLNESS |
| PROLAPSE | SLIDING FORWARD OR DOWNWARD |
| PSEUDOCYESIS | STATE OF FLASE PREGNANCY |
| RELAPSE | A SLIDING BACK; RECURRENCE OF SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE |
| REMISSION | TO SEND BACK; DISAPPEARANCE OF SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE |
| RECOMBINANT DNA | INSERTING A GENE (REGION DNA) FROM ONE ORGANISM INTO THE DNA OF ANOTHER ORGANISM |
| RETROCPERITONEAL | PERTAINING TO BEHIND THE PERITONEUM |
| RETROFLEXION | BENDING BACKWARD |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN |
| SUPRATHORACIC | PERTAINING TO ABOVE THE CHEST |
| SUPRARENAL GLANDS | ENDOCRINE GLANDS LOCATED ABOVE EACH KIDNEY (ADRENAL GLANDS) |
| SYNDACTYLY | CONDITION OF WEBBED (HELD TOGETHER) FINGERS OR TOES; A CONGENITAL ANOMALY |
| SYNTHESIS | TO PUT, PLACE TOGETHER, AS IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OR PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
| SYNDROME | A GROUP OF SYMPTOMS THAT RUN (OCCUR) TOGETHER |
| SYMBIOSIS | CONDITION OF STATE OF "LIFE TOGETHER"; TWO ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT OR NOT (PARASITISM) |
| SYMMETRY | STATE OF "MEASUREMENT TOGETHER"; EQUALLY OF PARTS; MIRROR IMAGES |
| SYMPHYSIS | TO GROW TOGETHER; BONES THAT GROW TOGETHER AT THE JOINT |
| TACHYPNEA | RAPID BREATHING |
| TRANSURETHRAL | PERTAINING TO THROUGH THE URETHRA |
| UNLTRASONOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING ULTRASOUND (BEYOND THE NORMAL RANGE) WAVES |
| UNILATERAL | PERTAINING TO ONE SIDE |
| TRANSFUSION | TO POUR ACROSS, AS IN TRANSFERRING BLOOD FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER |
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