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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY #4
MEDICAL TERMS #4
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06/25/2008

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A solution(BETADINE, POVIDONE ) which is an agent effective in the destruction of bacteria
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IODINE
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(DIGOXIN,DIGITALIS) A drug for CARDIAC disorders
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LANOXIN
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A condition of drowsiness or indiferrence
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LETHARGIC
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A disease characterized by excessive production of WBC'S
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LEUKEMIA
Term
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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LEUKOCYTES
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Abnormal amount of fat in the blood.

The serum of a lipemic appears milky and cloudy instead of clear and yellow 

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LIPEMIA
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Largest ORGAN in the body vitally concerned with metabolism, blood clotting and protein manufacture
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LIVER
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The SPACE within the artery,vein, or tube; the open part of the vein through which blood flows
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LUMEN
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The MAJOR VEIN of the ANTICUBITAL FOSSA most commomly used for Venipunctures
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MEDIAN CUBITAL VEIN
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Veins in the HAND
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METACARPAL VEINS
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VEINS IN THE FEET
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METATARSAL VEINS
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INHIBITING bone marrow activity, resulting in decrease production of blood cells and platelets.
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MYELOSUPPRESSIVE
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BLOCKAGE of the MUSCULAR TISSUE of the HEART

(HEART ATTACK) 

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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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PERTAINING to the first 6 weeks of life
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NEONATAL
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HOSPITAL acquired INFECTIONS
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NOSOCOMIAL
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To EXAMINE by TOUCH; to feel for a vein and able to judge the depth, diameter,patency and direction
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PALPATE
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AN ENDOCRINE GLAND which PRODUCES INSULIN
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PANCREAS
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The state of being freely open; a vein is patency if IT still retains it's elasticity and has no blockage eithier from scarring or bruising
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PATENCY
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The SCIENTIFIC STUDY of the NATURE OF DISEASES
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PATHOLOGY
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BLOOD obtained from the outer surface of the body (an extremity)
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PERIPHERAL BLOOD
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PREFIX MEANING VEIN
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PHLEBO
Term
THE STUDY OF VEINS AND THEIR DISEASES
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PHLEBOLOGY
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THE CLEAR, YELLOWISH FLUID PORTION OF BLOOD in which cells are suspended
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PLASMA
Term
THROMBOCYTES--CELLULAR components in the blood that aids in its coagulation
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PLATELETS
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PERTAINING TO A MEAL.

 

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PRANDIAL
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AFTER A MEAL
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POST PRANDIAL
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AN ARTERY in which BLOOD TRAVELS directly  from the HEART TO THE LUNGS
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PULMONARY ARTERY
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FOUR VEINS which RETURN OXYGENATED BLOOD  from the LUNGS to the LEFT ATRIUM of the HEART
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PULMONARY VEINS
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THE ARTERY LOCATED in the WRIST
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RADIAL ARTERY
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PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEYS
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RENAL
Term
HARDENED and/or THICKENED, as in the wall of a damaged vein
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SCLEROSED
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CLEAR WATERY FLUID which SEPARATES from BLOOD WHEN IT CLOTS
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SERUM
Term
An ARTIFICIAL CREATED PASSAGE to CHANGE the FLOW of FLUIDS; to divert flow from one main route to another
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SHUNT
Term
ORGAN situated in the UPPER LEFT PART of the ABDOMEN which MANUFACTURES, STORES AND DESTROYS BLOOD CELLS
Definition
SPLEEN
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THE  PRINCIPAL VEIN draining the UPPER PORTION of the BODY
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SEPERIOR VENA CAVA
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FAINTING
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SYNCOPE
Term
FLUID FROM THE JOINTS
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SYNOVIAL FLUID
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PLATELETS
Definition
THROMBOCYTES
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FORMATION of a CLOT WITHIN A BLOOD VESSEL
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THROMBOSIS
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THE ACT of PIERCING through and object with a POINTED WEAPON. ( TRANSFIXION OF A VEIN )
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TRANSFIXION
Term
THE EXAMINATION AND ANANLYSIS FO URINE
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URINALYSIS
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PERTAINING to the BLOOD VESSELS
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VASCULAR
Term
BLOOD VESSELS CARRYING BLOOD to the HEART, EXCEPT for the PULMONARY VEINS which CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD
Definition
VEIN
Term
THE ART of  PUNCTURING a VEIN to OBTAIN a BLOOD SAMPLE
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VENIPUCTURE
Term
BLOOD OBTAINED from a VEIN;oxygen depleted blood which is darker than ARTERIAL BLOOD
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VENOUS BLOOD
Term
THE AMOUNT of BLOOD RETURNING to the ATERIA of the HEART
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VENOUS RETURN
Term
A SMALL CAVITY, such as ONE of the LOWER CHAMBERS of the HEART
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VENTRICLE
Term
BLOOD CONTAINING ALL COMPONENTS. Also referred to as MACRO METHOD TECHNIQUE
Definition
WHOLE BLOOD
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