| A | B |
|---|
| ANTI- | AGAINST |
| CHLOR/O | GREEN |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| MELAN/O | BLACK |
| PYRET/O | FEVER |
| XANTH/O | YELLOW |
| SIGN | AN ABNORMALITY APPARENT TO AN EXAMINER (AND SOMETIMES TO THE PATIEN) IS CALLED |
| SYMPTON | BODILY CHANGE A PATIENT PERCEIVES |
| VITAL SIGNS | ARE TEMPERATURE, PULSE & RESPIRATION |
| ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, FEVER | PYREXIA |
| SUBNORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE | HYPOTHERMIA |
| TERMPERATURE OVER 106 DEGREES | HYPERPYREXIA |
| SOMETHING THAT PRODUCES FEVER | PYRETOGEN |
| REDUCTION, DISSOLUTION OF FEVER | PYRETOLYSIS |
| LACK OF SYMPTOMS | ASYMPTOMATIC |
| PULSE | THROBBING OF AN ARTERY IN TIME WITH THE HEARTBEAT |
| PERIPHERAL | PULSE TAKEN AT THE SURFACE OF THE BODY |
| BRADYPNEA | VERY SLOW BREATHING |
| DYSPNEA | DIFFICULT BREATHING |
| HYPERPNEA | EXCESSIVELY FAST BREATHING |
| RESPIRATION | ANOTHER WORD FOR BREATHING |
| APNEA | RESPIRATORY ARREST, NOT BREATHING |
| CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION | BREATHING THAT REACHES A CLIMAX, THEN CEASES BEFORE BEGINNING AGAIN |
| XANTHOPSIA | YELLOW VISION |
| CYANOPIA | BLUE VISION |
| CHLOROPIA | GREEN VISION |
| ERYTHRODERMA | RED SKIN |
| MELANODERMA | BLACK DISCOLORED SKIN |
| CHLOROCYTE | GREEN PLANT CELL |
| LEUKOCYTE | WHITE BLOOD CELL |
| RED BLOOD CELL | ERYTHROCYTE |
| EMBRYONIC BLACK CELL | MELANOBLAST |
| EMBRYONIC RED CELL | ERYTHROBLAST |
| MELANOSIS | A CONDITION OF BLACK PIGMENTATION |
| CARCINOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR |
| MELANOCARCINOMA | A BLACK CELL CARCINOMA |
| MALAISE | NOT FEELING WELL |
| OREXIA | APPETITE |
| ANOREXIA | NO APPETITE |
| OREXIMANIA | MADNESS FOR FOOD |
| OREXIGENIC | STIMULATION OF APPETITE |
| LOSS OF APPETITE | ANOREXIA |
| DESIRE TO VOMIT | NAUSEA |
| VERTIGO | MEANS A TURNING AROUND |
| TINNITUS | RINGING IN THE EARS |
| HEMODIAGNOSIS | TO IDENTIFY A PATIENTS ILLNESS THROUGH BLOOD TESTS |
| DIAGNOSTICIAN | ONE WHO IS SKILLED IN MAKING DIAGNOSES |
| PROGNOSIS | TO PREDICT THE PATIENTS ILLNESS |
| PROGNOSIS | TO PREDICT THE COURSE AND OUTCOME |
| CHRONIC | LONG, DRAWN OUT |
| PAROXYSMAL | SYMPTOMS THAT RECUR PERIODICALLY |
| A FIT OR CONVULSION | PAROXYSM |
| SHARP, SEVERE SYMPTOMS, OVER A SHORT TIME | ACUTE |
| ACUTE POLYNEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF MANY NERVES, RAPID ONSET, VERY PAINFUL |
