Anatomy 5
Terms
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- thermometer
- instrument for measuring temperature
- hemisphere
- half of any spherical structure; lateral half of the cerebrum or of the cerebellum
- hyperacusis
- abnormally acute sensivity to sounds
- olfactormeter
- instrument for testing sense of smell
- hypermetria
- condition in which voluntary movements overreach their goal, due to an inability to control the distance, power, and speed of the movement
- otitis
- inflammation of the ear
- stereo
- three-dimensionality; a solid
- ataxia
- inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movements, resulting in shaky / temor-like movements
- mucoenteritis
- inflammation of hte intestinal mucosa
- lithotomy
- an incision into an organ or duct for the removal of a calculus (stone), esp from the urinary bladder
- myringooplasty
- surgical repair of a damaged tympanic membrane
- craniometry
- measurement of the skull and the study of its topography
- salping
- a tube (usually the uterine or auditory tubes)
- aphasia
- a disorder of language in which the generation and comprehension of speech is impared or absent, and which is commonly also accompanied by difficulties in reading and writing
- anosmia
- loss or lack of the sense of smell
- geriatrics
- the branch of medicine concerned with the medical problems and treatment / care of the aged
- plegia
- paralysis, stroke
- vertigo
- a disabling sensation in which the subject / patient feels that either himself or his surrounding are in a state of constant movement (usually spinning); not the same as faintness
- diameter
- the length of a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center or a sphere with two points on its surface)
- mycetism
- also called mycetismus; poisoning by a certian specides of mushrooms
- acusis
- the ability to perceive sound normally
- paraplegia
- paralysis of both lower extremities and generally the lower trunk, due to lumbar spinal cord injury
- tympanoplasty
- surgical correction of a damaged middle ear
- osmometer
- instrument for measuring osmotic pressure
- salpingotomy
- incision into the uterine tube
- quadriplegia
- paralysis affecting all four extemities, due to injury at the cervial level of the spinal cord
- mucus
- viscous fluid secreated by mucous membranes that functions to protect and lubricate the membrane
- paravertebral
- alongside or near a vertebra or the vertebral column
- cardiodynia or cardialgia
- pain in the heart
- otitis media
- inflammation of the middle ear (the chamber containing the auditory ossicles)
- astereognosis
- the inability to recognize objects by touch alone, even though there is a normal sensation in the hands
- endometrium
- the mucous membrane that lines the inner wall of the uterus
- acoustic
- pertaining to hearing and the perception of sound
- mycosis
- any disease induced by fungus
- taxonomy
- the systemic clasification of organisms based on degrees of similarity or presumed evolutionary relationships
- tinnitus
- noises in the ears, such as ringing, buzzing, whistling, roaring
- presbyopia
- the physiological loss of accommodation in the eyes due to advancing age
- presby
- old age
- hemiplegia
- paralysis of one side of the body. due to brain injury on the opposite side
- salpingostomy
- establishment of an artificial opening in a uterine tube, primarily as surgical treatment for ectopic pregancy
- myxedema
- accumulation of mucus-like material under the skin
- tympanitis
- inflammation of the tympanic membrane (ear drum)