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What is apnea?
What is apnea?
Not breathing
What does anoxia mean?
What does anoxia mean?
Without oxygen (decrease in tissue)
What is the definition of abnormal?
What is the definition of abnormal?
Pertaining to away from the norm; not regular
What does abductor refer to?
What does abductor refer to?
What are adrenal glands?
What are adrenal glands?
What is anabolism?
What is anabolism?
What does analysis mean?
What does analysis mean?
What is the meaning of ante cibum?
What is the meaning of ante cibum?
What does anteflexion refer to?
What does anteflexion refer to?
What does antepartum mean?
What does antepartum mean?
What is an antibiotic?
What is an antibiotic?
What does antibody mean?
What does antibody mean?
What is antisepsis?
What is antisepsis?
What is antitoxin?
What is antitoxin?
What does autoimmune disease refer to?
What does autoimmune disease refer to?
What is bifurcation?
What is bifurcation?
What does bilateral mean?
What does bilateral mean?
What is bradycardia?
What is bradycardia?
What does catabolism refer to?
What does catabolism refer to?
What is a congenital anomaly?
What is a congenital anomaly?
What does connective mean?
What does connective mean?
What is a contraindication?
What is a contraindication?
What does contralateral mean?
What does contralateral mean?
What is dehydration?
What is dehydration?
What does diameter mean?
What does diameter mean?
What is diarrhea?
What is diarrhea?
What does dialysis refer to?
What does dialysis refer to?
What is dyspnea?
What is dyspnea?
What does dysentery mean?
What does dysentery mean?
What is dysplasia?
What is dysplasia?
What does ectopic pregnancy refer to?
What does ectopic pregnancy refer to?
What is the endocardium?
What is the endocardium?
What does endoscope mean?
What does endoscope mean?
What does endotracheal refer to?
What does endotracheal refer to?
What is epithelium?
What is epithelium?
What does euphoria mean?
What does euphoria mean?
What is euthyroid?
What is euthyroid?
What does exophthalmos refer to?
What does exophthalmos refer to?
What is hemiglossectomy?
What is hemiglossectomy?
What does hyperglycemia mean?
What does hyperglycemia mean?
What is hyperplasia?
What is hyperplasia?
What does hypertrophy refer to?
What does hypertrophy refer to?
What is hypodermic injection?
What is hypodermic injection?
What does hypoglycemia mean?
What does hypoglycemia mean?
What is an insomniac?
What is an insomniac?
What does incision mean?
What does incision mean?
What does infracostal mean?
What does infracostal mean?
What is intercostal?
What is intercostal?
What does intravenous mean?
What does intravenous mean?
What does macrocephaly mean?
What does macrocephaly mean?
What is malaise?
What is malaise?
What does malignant mean?
What does malignant mean?
What are metacarpal bones?
What are metacarpal bones?
What does metamorphosis refer to?
What does metamorphosis refer to?
What is metastasis?
What is metastasis?
What is a microscope?
What is a microscope?
What does neonatal mean?
What does neonatal mean?
What is a neoplasm?
What is a neoplasm?
What does panycytopenia mean?
What does panycytopenia mean?
What is paralysis?
What is paralysis?
What are parathyroid glands?
What are parathyroid glands?
What does percutaneous mean?
What does percutaneous mean?
What is the pericardium?
What is the pericardium?
What does polymorphonuclear refer to?
What does polymorphonuclear refer to?
What is polyneuritis?
What is polyneuritis?
What does postmortem mean?
What does postmortem mean?
What does postpartum mean?
What does postpartum mean?
What does precancerous mean?
What does precancerous mean?
What does prenatal mean?
What does prenatal mean?
What is a prodrome?
What is a prodrome?
What does prolapse mean?
What does prolapse mean?
What is a prosthesis?
What is a prosthesis?
What does relapse mean?
What does relapse mean?
What does remission mean?
What does remission mean?
What is recombinant DNA?
What is recombinant DNA?
What does retroperitoneal mean?
What does retroperitoneal mean?
What does retroflexion mean?
What does retroflexion mean?
What does subcutaneous mean?
What does subcutaneous mean?
What does suprapubic mean?
What does suprapubic mean?
What does syndactyly refer to?
What does syndactyly refer to?
What is synthesis?
What is synthesis?
What does syndrome mean?
What does syndrome mean?
What does symbiosis refer to?
What does symbiosis refer to?
What does symmetry mean?
What does symmetry mean?
What is a symphysis?
What is a symphysis?
What does symptom mean?
What does symptom mean?
What does trachypnea mean?
What does trachypnea mean?
What is transfusion?
What is transfusion?
What does transurethral mean?
What does transurethral mean?
What is ultrasoundography?
What is ultrasoundography?
What does unilateral mean?
What does unilateral mean?
Study Notes
Medical Terminology Key Concepts
- Apnea: Refers to a state where there is no breathing.
- Anoxia: A condition where there is a deficiency of oxygen affecting tissue.
- Abnormal: Relates to being away from the norm or standard; indicates irregularities.
- Abductor: Describes a muscle that draws a limb towards the body.
- Adrenal Glands: Endocrine glands positioned above the kidneys, crucial for hormone secretion.
Biological Processes
- Anabolism: The metabolic process of building up proteins and materials within cells.
- Catabolism: The breakdown of complex molecules to release energy; involves transforming sugars within cells.
- Synthesis: The process of combining elements, such as in protein or photosynthesis.
Medical Conditions
- Autoimmune Disease: A disease where the immune system produces antibodies against the body's own cells.
- Dehydration: A medical condition characterized by a deficiency of water in the body.
- Hyperglycemia: A condition marked by an excess of glucose in the bloodstream.
Anatomical Terms
- Bifurcation: The division of a structure, such as the trachea, into two branches.
- Bilateral: Pertaining to both sides of the body.
- Ectopic Pregnancy: A pregnancy occurring outside the uterus, often in the fallopian tubes.
Procedures and Interventions
- Dialysis: A medical procedure for separating substances in the blood, critical for patients with kidney failure.
- Incision: The act of cutting into tissue for surgical purposes.
- Transfusion: The process of transferring blood or blood products from one individual to another.
Symptoms and Signage
- Dyspnea: A medical term for difficulty in breathing.
- Dysentery: A painful intestinal condition marked by inflammation and diarrhea.
- Prodrome: Early signs or symptoms indicating the onset of a disease.
Physical Exam and Diagnosis
- Endoscope: An instrument that allows visualization inside the body for diagnostic purposes.
- Ultrasoundography: A diagnostic imaging technique that uses ultrasound waves to create images of internal structures.
Miscellaneous Terms
- Malaise: A general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness.
- Malignant: Descriptive of harmful or cancerous conditions.
- Symbiosis: A biological interaction where two organisms live and benefit from each other.
Developmental and Birth Terms
- Congenital Anomaly: Refers to irregularities present at birth.
- Prenatal: Pertaining to the period before birth.
- Postpartum: Referring to the period following childbirth, particularly concerning the mother.
Glands and Body Functions
- Parathyroid Glands: Endocrine glands responsible for regulating calcium within the body, located near the thyroid.
- Hypodermic Injection: A method of delivering medication under the skin using a syringe.
Vital Signs
- Bradycardia: A medical term for a slower than normal heart rate.
- Tachypnea: A condition of rapid breathing indicative of respiratory distress.
These notes provide a concise summary of essential medical terminology, key definitions, and significant concepts within the field of medical health.
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