Med Term ch 4-7 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Costalgia | Rib Pain |
| Spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
| What is Joint pain called? | Arthrodynia |
| What is Genu Valgum | knock-kneed |
| Genu varum | Bowlegged |
| Bradykinesia | Slow movement |
| Graphospasm | Writer's cramp |
| Hypokinesia | Decrease in muscle movement or activity |
| Myalgia | Muscle pain |
| tenalgia | tendon pain |
| Aphasia | Inability to speak |
| Catatonia | Condition characterized by reduced muscle tone |
| Dementia | Loss/Decline in mental function |
| Neurasthenia | nerve weakness |
| Syncope | Fainting; losing consciousness due to temporary loss of blood flow to brain |
| Somnambulism | sleep walking |
| Encephalagia | brain pain |
| Hemiplegia | partial paralysis on half of the body |
| Paralysis | Complete loss of sensation and motor function |
| dysesthesia | bad feeling |
| Diplopia | Double vision |
| Presbyopia | deceased vision caused by old age |
| Blepharoplegia | Paralysis of the eyelid |
| Blepharospasm | Involuntary contraction of an eyelid |
| Dacryohemorrhea | Blood in tears |
| Xerophthalmia | Dry eyes |
| Astigmatism | Vision problem caused by the fact that light rays enter the eye aren't focused on a single point in the back of the eye |
| Miosis | Abnormal contraction of the pupil |
| Scotoma | Dark spot in the visual field |
| vertigo | sensation of moving through space (while stationary) |
| Adrenal Virilism | Development of male secondary sexual characteristics caused by excessive secretion of the adrenal gland |
| Adrenarche | Beginning of adrenal secretion (at puberty) |
| Hirsutism | Excessive growth of facial and body hair in women |
| Amenorrhea | Lack of menstrual flow |
| Gynecomastia | development of breast tissue |
| Menarche | Beginning of first menstruation |
| Polydipsia | Excessive Thirst |
| Polyuria | excessive urination |
| Pituitary Gigantism | abnormally tall height caused by over secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
| Goiter | Swollen thyroid gland |
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