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A serious condition in which the body temperature is greatly elevated because of retention of body heat
What is hyperthermia?
inflammation of a vertebra
What is spondylitis?
treatment of disease by chemical agents
What is chemotherapy?
supporting tissue cells of the nervous system
What are neuroglia or glia(glial cells)?
delicate nervous tissue membrane that is continuous with the optic nerve and enables vision
What is the retina?
A record produced by the electrical impulses of the brain
What is electroencephalogram?
resembling bone
What is osteoid?
destructive or damaging to cells
What is cytotoxic?
accumulation of blood beneath the dura mater
What is subdural hematoma?
inflammation of the tympanic membrane
What is myringitis?
hyperopia and impairment of vision due to advancing years or old age
What is presbyopia?
a fibrous membrane that covers, supports and separates muscles
What is fascia?
excision of the gallbladder
What is cholecystectomy?
abnormal slowness of movement or sluggishness of mental and physical processes
What is bradykinesia?
loss or impairment of the sense of smell
What is anosomia?
incomplete expansion of a lung or a portion of it
What is atelectasis?
inflammation of bone often involving bone marrow
What is osteomyelitis?
drugs that destroy or inhibit the growth of microbes
What are antimicrobials?
the spinal meninges have formed a hernia cyst that is filled with cerebrospinal fluid and is protruding through a defect in the spinal column
What is meningocele?
special receptors that are widely distributed throughout the skin and internal organs that sense pain
What are nociceptors?
sweat glands
What is sudoriferous glands?
a malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (like muscle or bone) that contains mostly fibrous tissue
What is fibrosarcoma?
surgical puncture of the lung
What is pneumocentesis?
softening of the brain
What is encephalomalacia?
profound inability to see color, total color blindness
What is achromatopsia or achromatic vision?