medical terminology
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kinsleyquia on June 21, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 septum | a general term in anatomy to designate a dividing wall or partition |
| nasal septum | the partition separating the two nasal cavities |
| septal | pertaining to septum |
| septulum | a small separating wall or partition |
| paranasal sinuses | air cavities in the cranial bone communicating with the nasal cavity |
| sinusoid | resembling a sinus; |
| sinusotomy | surgical incision of a sinus |
| sinusology | the branch of medicine which has to do with the sinuses |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| soma | denoting the body as distinguished from the mind |
| somatomegaly | abnormal size of a body; giantism |
| somatotherapy | treatment aimed at curing the ills of the body |
| somasthenia | a condition of bodily weakness |
| somatopathy | a bodily disorder |
| somatopsychic | pertaining to both body and mind |
| psychosomatic | pertaining to the mind- body relationship |
| tarsus | the ankle region |
| tarsal | pertaining to the ankle bones |
| metatarsus | the part of the foot between the ankle and the toes |
| metatarsal | pertaining to the metatarsus |
| ectopia | displacement |
| topical | pertaining to particular spot |
| topalgia | fixed or localized pain |
| trachelocystitis | inflammation of the neck of the bladder |
| trachelodynia | pain in the neck |
| trachelomyitis | inflammation of the muscle of the neck |
| trache | windpipe, the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and form the lungs |
| trachea | name of the windpipe |
| tracheal | pertaining to the windpipe |
| tracheitis | inflammation of the trachea or windpipe |
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