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OET - Medical Language Comprehensive list abdomen - correct answer stomach abdominal - correct answer having to do with the stomach abdominal cavity - correct answer space in the stomach where the stomach, intestines, kidney, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters are found abdominocentesis - correct answer use of needle or tube to drain fluid from the stomach abdominoperineal resection - correct answer surgery to remove the middle and end of the large intestine abdominoplasty - correct answer surgery to fix the stomach abduction - correct answer movement away from the middle of the body abortion - correct answer the premature end of a pregnancy abrasion - correct answer area where skin or other tissue is scraped away abruptio placentae - correct answer premature separation of the placenta from the mother abscess - correct answer swelling filled with pus absorption - correct answer the way a drug or other substance enters the body the route and rate that a compound gets into the system (bloodstream) - correct answer acapnia - correct answer decreased carbon dioxide in the blood acetabulum - correct answer pocket in the hip bone that holds the top of the upper leg bone acidosis - correct answer increase of acid in the blood acne - correct answer pimples acoumeter - correct answer tool used to measure hearing acoustic neuroma - correct answer growth in the ear canal acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - correct answer contagious illness that results in decreased ability of the body to protect itself from other illnesses acromegaly - correct answer a disease of adults in which the body makes too much growth hormone actinic keratosis - correct answer skin disease (bumps) caused by extreme overexposure to the sun activated partial thromboplastin time - correct answer a test of blood clotting time used to measure the ability of the blood to clot active ingredient - correct answer The pharmacologically active part of any medication. Many pharmaceutical products contain inactive ingredients that create the formulation. acute - correct answer lasting a short time but often causing a serious problem Addison's disease - correct answer serious disorder in which there is decreased cortisol and aldosterone in the body, resulting in weakness, low blood pressure, and other serious problems adduction - correct answer movement toward the middle of the body adenohypophysis - correct answer gland in the brain that makes many hormones that control body functions adenoidectomy - correct answer surgery to take out the adenoids adenoiditis - correct answer inflammation of the adenoids adenoids - correct answer infectionfighting glands in the back of the throat adenomyosis - correct answer a growth of muscle in the uterus adenotome - correct answer tool used to remove adenoids adhesion - correct answer tissue stuck together adipose - correct answer having to do with fat ADME - correct answer Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion. This describes the four stages that a pharmaceutical product would go through when administered to a human. administer - correct answer To give a medication adrenal gland - correct answer a gland found over each kidneyThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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