| Term | Definition |
|---|
| blastocyte | immature cell |
| cardialgia | heart pain |
| cardiologist | physician specialist in heart disease |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| cyanoderma | blueness of the skin |
| cyanosis | condition of blueness |
| cytologist | a technologist who studies cellular disease |
| cytology | the science of studying cells |
| cytometer | instrument used to count cells |
| cytometry | the process of using a cytometer |
| dermatology | the science of studying skin |
| dermatome | instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue |
| duodenal | pertaining to the duodenum (adj.) |
| duodenotomy | incision into the duodenum |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine |
| echocardiography | sonography of the heart |
| electrocardiogram | picture (tracing) representing the electrical activity of the heart during cardiac cycle |
| electrocardiograph | instrument that produces the electrocardiogram |
| electrocardiography | process of using the electrocardiograph |
| erythremia | abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes |
| erythroblast | immature red blood cell |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| erythrocytopenia | low numbers of erythrocytes |
| erythrocytosis | high numbers of erythrocytes |
| erythroderma | redness of the skin |
| etiology | the study of the origin of disease |
| gastralgia | stomach pain |
| gastrectomy | excision of the stomach |
| gastric | pertaining to the stomach (adj.) |
| gastroduodenostomy | making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum |
| gastromegaly | enlarged stomach |
| gastrostomy | making a new opening in the stomach |
| histoblast | immature tissue cell |
| histology | the science of studying tissues |
| jaundice | yellow appearance due to high bilirubin level in the blood |
| leukemia | blood cancer involving leukocytes |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| leukocytopenia | low numbers of leukocytes |
| leukocytosis | high numbers of leukocytes |
| leukoderma | abnormally white skin (vitiligo) |
| lymphatic | pertaining to the lymph system |
| lymphocyte | lymphatic system white blood cell |
| megalomania | abnormally enlarged self-image |
| melanoblast | immature melanocyte |
| melanocyte | pigment cell |
| melanoderma | dark patches of skin |
| pathologist | physician specialist in the study of disease |
| pathology | the science of studying disease |
| radiogram | x-ray picture (film) (radiograph) |
| radiograph | instrument used to produce the radiogram or the x-ray film |
| radiography | process of producing radiograms (radiographs) |
| radiologist | physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities |
| sonogram | image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound |
| sonograph | instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and uses a computer to create an image of body structures |
| sonographer | technologist who performs sonography |
| sonography | process of using a sonograph (ultrasonography) |
| thrombocytes | platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments |
| thrombocytopenia | low numbers of thrombocytes |
| thrombocytosis | high numbers of thrombocytes |
| tomogram | picture made by a tomograph |
| tomograph | instrument that uses x-ray to produce images through planes (slices) of the body |
| tomography | the process of using a tomograph |
| xanthemia | yellow condition of the blood (carotenemia) |
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