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Medical Terms 5
Etymology
Question | Answer |
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Amenorrhea | Without a period of menses, as in pregnancy |
Anovulatory | Ovaries not releasing eggs, can be hormonally induced |
Bilateral | Lateral meaning side; both sides |
Bradycardia | Slow heart rate |
Bradyarrhythmia | Slow, irregular heartbeat |
Circumferential | Around the outside |
Dysfunctional | Difficult or painful; dysfunctional uterine bleeding |
Exocervix | Part of the cervix away from the uterus |
Endocervix | Inner part of cervix; within the uterus |
Hypertension | Excessive or high blood pressure |
Hyperemesis | Excessive vomiting |
Hypotensive | Low or below normal blood pressure |
Infraumbilical | Below or beneath the umbilicus |
Multiloculated | a tumor or cyst having many or multiple locules, small spaces or cavities often filled with fluid |
Oliguria | Scanty, inadequate amount of urine production |
Oligomenorrhea | Scanty menstrual flow |
Paraovarian | Beside an ovary |
Pericardial | Around the heart |
Periurethral | Around the opening of the urethra |
Polydipsia | Excessive thirst (symptom of diabetes) |
Polyuria | Excessive urination (also symptom of diabetes) |
Pseudocyst | A structure resembling a cyst; but not an actual cyst |
Subcostal | beneath or under the ribs |
Subumbilical | beneath or under the umbilicus |