Medical Terminology- Test Five, Delgado Community College Questions And Answers Graded A+
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Medical Terminology- Delgado Community
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Medical Terminology- Delgado Community
The dermis contains blood vessels - lymph vessels, hair follicles, and glands that produce sweat,
which helps regulate body temperature, and sebum, an oily substance that helps keep the skin from
drying out.
Gonorrhea: - caused by Neisseria gonorrhea (gram negative coccus)
-cide - To kill
-cye...
Medical Terminology- Test Five, Delgado
Community College
The dermis contains blood vessels - lymph vessels, hair follicles, and glands that produce sweat,
which helps regulate body temperature, and sebum, an oily substance that helps keep the skin from
drying out.
Gonorrhea: - caused by Neisseria gonorrhea (gram negative coccus)
-cide - To kill
-cyesis - Pregnant
-derma - Skin
-graft - Transplant tissue
-gravida - Pregnant
-ion - Procedure/process
-para - To bear/deliver
-partum - Childbirth
-phoro - To bear/carry
-salpinx - Fallopian tube
,-spermia - Sperm
-tocia - Labor
-topos - Place
-trichia - hair
-arche - Beginning
Abcess: - An abscess is a localized collection of pus that generally develops in response to
infection.
Abortion: - premature termination of a pregnancy, may be spontaneous or induced
Abrasion: - scrape
Acrocyanosis: - blue extremities (frequently the cause of a 1 point loss on APGAR)
Albinism: - condition of insufficient skin pigments
Albino - White
Alkaline phosphatase: - screening test for prostate cancer indicated by increased levels
Allo - Other/different
Allograft/homograft*: - transplant from a genetically non-identical donor of same species
, Alopecia: - baldness
Amenorrhea(a men oh ree uh) - absence of menstrual period
Amnio - Fetal membrane
Amniocentesis (Am nee oh sin tee sis) - sampling the amniotic fluid
Amniocentesis: - puncture of amnion to withdraw amniotic fluid for pre-natal testing of
embryo/fetus
Amnion; - innermost membrane around embryo/fetus
Amniorrhexis: - rupture of the amnion
Anaphylaxis; - life threatening, extreme allergic disorder
Andro - Male
Androgen: - testosterone produced by testes, testosterone-like hormone or manufactured
testosterone
Andropathy - male
Anhidrosis - no sweating
Anhidrosis: - condition of no sweating
Anorchism - male diseases
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