C h.35: Common Health Problems
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rwilks0001 on May 25, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amputation | The removal of all or part of an extremity. |
| arthritis | joint (arth) inflammation (itis) |
| arthroplasty | The surgical replacement (plasty) of joint (arthro). |
| benign tumour | A tumour that does not spread to other body parts; it can grow to a large size. |
| cancer | malignant tumour. |
| closed fracture | The bone is broken but the skin is intact; simple fracture. |
| fracture | A broken bone. |
| hemiplegia | Paralysis (plegia) on one side (hemi) of the body. |
| hyperglycemia | High (hyper) sugar (glyc) in the blood (emia). |
| hypoglycemia | Low (hypo) sugar (glyc) in the blood (emia). |
| malignant tumour | A tumour that invades and destroyes nearby tissue and can spread to other body parts; cancer. |
| metastasis | The spread of cancer to other body parts. |
| open fracture | The broken bone has come through the skin; compound fracture. |
| paraplegia | Paralysis and loss of sensory function in the legs |
| quadriplegia | Paralysis and loss of sensory function in the arms, legs, and trunk; tetraplegia. |
| simple fracture | Closed fracture |
| stomatitis | Inflammation (itis) of the mouth (stomat) |
| tetraplegia | Quadriplegia |
| tumour | A new growth of abnormal cells; tumours are benign or malignant. |
| compound fracture | Open fracture. |
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