Anatomy 4
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Malay | English |
|---|---|
| electro |  electricity |
| electromyogram | a graphical representation of the electrical currents associated with muscular contractions |
| myo | muscle |
| myositis | inflammation of muscle tissue |
| myalgia | pain in the muscles |
| phylaxis | protection against infection |
| prophylaxis | the prevention of disease |
| pyreto | fever |
| antipyretic | relieving or reducing fever, or a substance |
| sepsis | the presence of various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms |
| aseptic | condition in which living pathogens are absent |
| antiseptic | substance/agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting growth of infectious agents |
| ec | out of, away from |
| efferent | conducting outward |
| ectopic | out of place |
| exocrine | denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through ducts |
| ad | to, toward |
| afferent | brining toward or into |
| adduct | to move a limb or any other part toward the midline of the body |
| neuro | nervous tissue |
| neurospasm | muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply |
| neurology | the branch of medical science concerned with the nervous system and its disorders |
| py | pus |
| pyogenesis | producing pus |
| pyogen | an agent that causes the formation of pus |
| sarco | denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh |
| sarcolemma | the plasma membrane sheath enveloping a muscle fiber |
| sarcomere | the basic contractile unit of striated muscle |
| derma | skin |
| pyodermatitis | this is a pus-producing inflammation of the skin |
| dermatology | the medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders |
| febrile | denoting or relating to a fever |
| asthenia | weakness |
| myasthenia | muscular weakness |
| puri | pus |
| puriform | resembling pus |
| purulent | containing or consisting pus |
| pyro | heat, fire |
| pyrogen | a fever-producing substance |
| pyrosis | heartburn; substernal pain or burning sensation |
| septo | septum (dividing wall) |
| septal | relating to a septum |
| tetan | convulsive tension |
| tetanus | acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms |
| gram | a recording |
| electrocardiogram | the graphic representation of the heart's electrical activity |
| clonus | rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle |
| blepharoclonus | alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles of the eyelids |
| spasm | a sudden involuntary muscular contraction |
| spasmolytic | an agent that relieves smooth muscle spasms |
| ferent | to convey, produce |
| ossiferous | containing or producing bone |
| graph | an instrument that records |
| electrocardiograph | instrument used for recording the potential of the electrical currents that traverse the heart and initiate its contraction |
| syn | with, together |
| syndrome | the aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any disease |
| sympathomimetic | denotes mimicking of the actions of the sympathetic nervous system |
| lemma | sheath or envelope |
| neurolemma | the sheath encasing the axon of a nerve fiber |
| graphy | process of recording |
| electrocardiography | the process of recording electrical currents from the heart |
| otomy | an incision or cutting into |
| enterotomy | incision into the intestine |
| laparotomy | a transabdominal incision into the peritoneal cavity |
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