Anatomy terms 3b
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 myopathy | disease of the muscle, marked clinically by focal or diffuse muscle weakness |
| myositis | inflammation of the muscle tissue, especially voluntary muscles, caused by infection, trauma, autoimmune disease, or parasitic infestation |
| hemorrhage | blood loss; usually describes episodes of bleeding lasting more that a few minutes, and may be life threatening |
| menorrhagia | condition of menstrual bleeding that is excessive in number of days, amount of blood lost, or both |
| sigmoid | resembling the letter S or the greek sigma |
| nucleoid | shaped like, or looking like a nucleus |
| myeloid | resembling a myelocyte but not necessary originating from bone marrow marrow-like |
| myoid | resembling muscle |
| myelitis | inflammation of the bone marrow inflammation of the spinal cord |
| myelocyte | a large cell in red bone marrow from which leukocytes are derived |
| thrombocytopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets |
| leukocytopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells, caused by drugs or failure of the bone marrow |
| morphology | the science of structure and form of organisms without regard to function |
| polymorphic | occurring in more than one form |
| polymorphonuclear | possessing a nucleus which consists of several parts or lobes, connected to one another by fine strands |
| squamous | pertaining to or covered with scales or having a flattened appearance |
| kaluretic | pertaining to causing or characterized by the increased excretion of potassium in the urine |
| diuretic | substance that increases urine output pertaining to increasing urine output |
| natriuretic | substance that increases the excretion of sodium in the urine |
| embolus | mass of undissolved matter present in blood or lymphatic vessel and that traveled to its present location by the blood or lymph that blocks the vessel |
| embolism | the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by embolus |
| panosteric | inflammation of an entire bone |
| pancytopenia | pronounced reduction in all of the cellular components of blood |
| kaliuresis | the excretion of potassium in the urine |
| natriuresis | excretion of abnormal amounts of sodium in the urine |
| thrombus | a blood clot |
| thrombosis | presence of intravascular blood clot, at sight of formation |
| anithemorrhagic | an agent that pervents or arrests hemorrhage pertaining to the pervention of hemmorrhage |
| antinuclear | pertaining to reaction with or destroying the nucleus |
| chondrogenic | pertaining to the formation of cartilage |
| pathogenic | pertaining to an agent that produced disease |
| thrombogenic | pertaining to producing or tending to produce a blood clot |
| hyperkalemia | an excessive amount of potassium in the blood |
| hyopkalemia | abnormally low levels of potassium in the blood |
| nuclear | pertaining to a nucleus |
| mononucleosis | the presence of an abnormally high number of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood |
| nuclophilic | pertaining to having an attraction to nuclei |
| enucleated | having no nucleus |
| dromic | pertaining to the propagation of a nerve impulse along an axon in normal direction |
| prodromal | pertaining to the initial stage of disease |
| autogenous | self-producing; originating from within the body |
| hematogenous | pertaining to or originating in the blood |
| hypoglycemia | condition of abnormally low blood sugar |
| hypogastrium | abdominal region immediately below the umbilicus, between left and right inguinal regions |
| hypodermic | pertaining to under or inserted under the dermis of the skin |
| erythropoiesis | the formation of red blood celss |
| hematopoeisis | the production and development of all blood cells, normally occurring in the bone marrow |
| autolysis | the digestion of cells by the cells own enzymes |
| autotrophic | pertaining to organisms which are capable of producing their own nutrients from inorganic compounds |
| histogenesis | origin and development of tissue |
| dysgenesis | defective or abnormal development, in embryo |
| hyperglycemia | condition of excessive blood sugar |
| hypervolemia | abnormal increase in the volume of circulating blood |
| erythropoietic | drug capable of causing erthropoesis |
| hematopoietic | pertaining to production and development of blood cells substance that assists in or simulates production of blood cells |
| allogenic | transplant in which tissue from one individual is grafted into that of another, genetically non-identical member of the some species |
| alloplasia | development of tissue at a location where that type of tissue would not normally occur |
| pathogen | microorganism capable of producing a disease |
| antigen | protein or oligosaccharide marker on the surface of a cell which identifies the cell as either self or foreign |
| hypercalcemia | excessive amount of calcium in blood |
| hyopcalcemia | abnormally low level of calcium in blood |
| calcipenia | deficiency of calcium in body tissues and fluids |
| hypernatremia | abnormally high level of sodium in the bloodstream |
| hyponatremia | abnormally low level of sodium in the blood |
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