Ad-here
To attach or stick together
De-hydrated
To lose water
Dia-gnosis
to identify an illness by examination of symptoms throughout the body
Pre-natal
before birth
Peri-cardium
Membrane surrounding the heart
Ab-normal breathing
not normal breathing
An-aemia
lack of red blood cells
Anti-dote
Solution that counteracts poison
Ex-crete
Expel or eliminate waste from the body
Hyper-tension
High blood pressure
Ante-natal
Before birth
Auto-immune
Relating to disease that attack the body by its own immune system
Endo-scope
an instrument used to view internally
Pan-arthritis
arthritis of all the joints
Trans-fusion
Introduction of blood products into the blood stream
Contra-ception
Prevention of conception
Epi-dermis
the outer layer of the skin
Hypo-dermic
Injection below the skin
Inter-costal
between the ribs
Poly-uria
excessive amounts of urine
Dys-uria
Pain when passing urine
Ecto-pic pregnancy
When the baby starts to develop outside of the uterus
Hydro-adipsia
Lack of thirst for water
Macro-phage
Large immune cells
Mono-plegia
paralysis of a single limb