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What does "Hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy " mean
What is the a type of surgery where the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries are excised from the patient.
What is Hydrocephalus
What is water on the brain
A medical procedure that uses shock waves or a laser to break down stones in the kidney, gallbladder, or ureter. The remaining particles of small stone will exit the body when a person urinates
What is lithotripsy
What does Osteogenesis mean
What is the formation of bone.
Root meaning joint
What is Arthr/o
Suffix meaning digestion.
What is –pepsia
Disease when adrenal glands produce insufficient amounts of the hormone cortisol and sometimes aldosterone, too.
Symptoms tend to be non-specific and include fatigue, nausea, darkening of the skin, and dizziness upon standing.
What is Addison Disease
A type of surgery in which a surgeon removes part or all of the vertebral bone (lamina). This helps ease pressure on the spinal cord or the nerve roots that may be caused by injury, herniated disk, narrowing of the canal (spinal stenosis), or tumors
What is Laminectomy
Define CVA
What is cerebrovascular accident, aka stroke.
It is an emergency. It happens when blood flow to your brain stops and brain cells start to die.
Root meaning cell
What is Cyto
Suffix denoting a swelling or hernia in a specified part.
What is -cele
What is dystocia
difficult birth
typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally
plastic surgery operation for correcting defects, deformities, and disfigurations of the eyelids
What is blepharoplasty
Term for complete or partial collapse of the entire lung or area (lobe) of the lung.
What is atelectasis
Occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) within the lung become deflated or possibly filled with alveolar fluid. one of the most common breathing (respiratory) complications after surgery
Define Scleroderma
What is hardening of the skin
Chronic hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues.It happens when your immune system causes your body to make too much of the protein collagen, an important part of your skin. As a result, your skin gets thick and tight, and scars can form on your lungs and kidneys.
tissue graft from a donor of the same species as the recipient but not genetically identical.
What is allograft
Term for pus in the pleural space
What is empyema
also called pyothorax or purulent pleuritis. It's a condition in which pus gathers in the area between the lungs and the inner surface of the chest wall. This area is known as the pleural space
Surgical immobilization of a joint by fusion of the adjacent bones.
What is Arthrodesis
a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex Mainly used to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. They are used to treat conditions such as: asthma. allergic rhinitis and hay fever.
What are Corticosteroids