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 |