Term
Definition
Specialist. Hematologist . Hematology , also spelled haematology (from the Greek αἷμα, haima "blood," and -λoγία), is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Hematology includes the study of etiology
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Definition
Combining form
1. indicating the science or study of: musicology
2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings:
trilogy, phraseology,martyrology
Derived Forms
-logical, -logic, combining_form:in_adjective -logist, combining_form:in_noun:countable
Word Origin
from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; see logos
Term
Regurgitation
[ri-gur-ji- tey -sh uh n]
Definition
noun
1. the act of regurgitating .
2.voluntary or involuntary return of partly digested food from thestomach to the mouth.
3. Pathology. the reflux of blood through defective heart valves.
regurgitate, -ion
Term
Definition
Fundoscopic examination Physical exam The examination of the ocular fundus to assess retinal manifestations of hypertension, DM, retinal detachment, melanoma, and sundry ilk
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Term
Mitral
mi· tral [ mahy -tr uh l]
Definition
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adjective
1. of or resembling a miter .
2. Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the mitral valve of the heart.
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Origin of mi·tral
Term
Diurese
[dahy- uh - ree -sis] / di· u· re· sis
Definition
noun
1. excretion of an unusually large quantity of urine
Word Origin
C17: from New Latin, from Greek diourein to urinate
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Term
Purulent
[ py oo r - uh -l uh nt, py oo r -y uh -] / pu·ru · lent
Definition
adjective
1. full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating:
a purulent sore.
2. attended with suppuration: purulent appendicitis.
3. of the nature of or like pus: purulent matter.
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Ischemic
is·chae·mi·a /[ih- skee -mee- uh ]
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noun , Pathology.
1. local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction
or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
Term
Dyspnea
dysp· ne` a / [disp- nee - uh ]
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noun , Pathology.
1. difficult or labored breathing.
Term
Diarhea
di·ar·rhoe·a / [dahy- uh - ree - uh ]
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Definition
noun , Pathology.
1.an intestinal disorder characterized by abnorml frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
Term
Definition
1. a suffix with the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of” that named by the stem, occurring in loan words from Latin ( autumnal; natural; pastoral ),
and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal ).
Originally, -al 1 was restricted to stems not containing an -l- (cf. -ar 1. ); recent lapses in this rule have
produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.
Compare -ical , -ial .