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Med. Term II
Human Development, Oncology, and Psychiatry
Question | Answer |
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birth canal position with feet or buttocks first | breech |
removal of the fetus through the abdomen | cesarean section |
fertilized ovum up until 10 weeks of gestation | embryo |
assisted suicide or putting a person with an incurable disease to death | euthanasia |
union of an egg cell with sperm | fertilization |
product of conception from 8 weeks to birth | fetus |
pertaining to lod age | geriatric |
study of old age | gerontology |
fetal development from fertilization until delivery | gestation |
attachment to the uterus in the first stage of pregnancy | implantation |
process of expelling the fetus and placenta | labor |
infant under 4 weeks old | neonate |
study of neonates | neonatology |
medical specialty that diagnoses and treats women through pregnance and birth | obstetrics |
specialty that diagnoses and treats children through adolescence | pediatrics |
pertaining to genes/science of biological inheritance | genetic/s |
medical specialty concerned with preventing disease | preventative medicine |
immature tumor | blastoma |
cancer producing agent or production of cancer | carcinogen, carcinogenesis |
genetic change | mutation |
producing genetic change | mutagenic |
study of tumors | oncology |
exposure to radiation | radiation; x-ray |
immature white blood cell | leukoblast |
fibrous tumor | fibroma |
abnormal formation | dysplasia |
new formation | neoplasm |
upward formation | anaplasia |
cell formation | cytoplasm |
having above normal or excessive color | hyperchromatic |
tumor causing gene | oncogene |
fleshy tumor | sarcoma |
monster tumor | teratom |
splitting of the mind | schizophrenia |
study of the human behavior and mental disorders | psychology |
condition of sleep | hypnosis |
condition of nerves | neurosis |
rating of a newborn's activity | apgar score |
pertaining tothe psychological and social aspects | psychosocial |
split speed disorder | schizophasia |
affinity for the dead | necrophilia |
good feeling, feeling of well-being | euphoria |
fear | phobia |
unwarrented distrust of others | paranoia |
medical specialist in psychiatry | psychiatrist |
ana | up, toward |
dys | difficult, painful, abnormal |
onco | tumor |
meta | after |
blast | immature cell |