INFECTION
THE INVASION OF THE BODY BY A DISEASE-PRODUCING ORGANISM
INTERSTITIAL
BETWEEN, BUT NOT WITHIN, THE PARTS OF A TISSUE
EDEMA
SWELLING CAUSED BY AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE BODY TISSUES
EPONYM
A DISEASE NAMED FOR THE PERSON WHO FIRST DISCOVERED IT
ANGIOGRAPHY
THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE BLOOD VESSELS
HEPATOMEGALY
ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER
GASTRITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
GASTROENTERITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE
GASTROSIS
ANY DISEASE OF THE STOMACH
FISTULA
ABNORMAL PASSAGE BETWEEN ORGANS
FISSURE
CRACKLIKE SORE OF THE SKIN
DIAGNOSIS
IDENTIFICATION OF A DISEASE
MALAISE
GENERAL DISCOMFORT
PROGNOSIS
PREDICTION OF DISEASE OUTCOME
APPENDECTOMY
THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE APPENDIX
ARTHRALGIA
PAIN IN TA JOINT OR JOINTS
COLOSTOMY
THE SURGICAL CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL EXCRETORY OPENING BETWEEN THE COLON AND THE BODY SURFACE
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
THE STUDY OF THE EARS, NOSE AND THROAT
DERMATOLOGIST
PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISORDERS OF THE SKIN
INFLAMATION
LOCALIZED RESPONSE TO AN INJURY OR DESTRUCTION OF TISSUES
TRIAGE
MEDICAL SCREENING OF PATIENTS TO DETERMINE THEIR RELATIVE PRIORITY OF NEED AND THE PROPER PLACE OF TREATMENT
LACERATION
TORN OR JAGGED WOUND OR AN ACCIDENTAL CUT OR WOUND
SYNDROME
SET OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER
SUPINATION
THE ACT OF ROTATING THE ARM SO THAT THE PALM OF THE HAND IS FORWARD OR UPWARD
LESION
PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OF THE TISSUES DUE TO DISEASE OR INJURY
PALPATION
AN EXAMINATION TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THE EXAMINER'S HANDS ARE USED TO FEEL THE TEXTURE, SIZE, CONSISTENCY, AND LOCATION OF CERTAIN BODY PARTS
HYPERTENSION
HIGHER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
MYELOPATHY
PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OR DISEASE IN THE SPINAL CORD
MYCOSUS
ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE CAUSED BY FUNGUS
MYOPATHY
PATHOLOGIC CHANGE OR DISEASE OF MUSCLE TISSUE
PYROSIS
THE REGURGITATION OF STOMACH ACID UPWARD INTO THE ESOPHAGUS
NEURORRHAPHY
SUTURING TOGETHER THE ENDS OF A SEVERED NERVE
POLIOMYELITIS
INFECTION OF THE GRAY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD
ENDARTERIAL
PERTAINING TO THE INTERIOR OR LINING OF AN ARTERY
MYORRHEXIS
RUPTURE OF A MUSCLE
ARTEREOSCLEROSIS
ABNORMAL HARDENING OF THE WALLS OF AN ARTERY OR ARTERIES
TONSILLITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS
SIGN
OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF A DISEASE
VIRAL
PERTAINING TO A VIRUS
PALPITATION
RACING HEART, POUNDING
ACUTE
RAPID ONSET
TRAUMA
WOUND OR INJURY
ABDOMINOCENTESIS
SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY TO REMOVE FLUID
DIARRHEA
THE FLOW OR FREQUENT LOOSE OR WATERY STOOLS
ERYTHROCITE
MATURE RED BLOOD CELL
CYANOSIS
BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A LACK OF ADEQUATE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
PYODERMA
ACUTE, INFLAMMATORY, PUS-FORMING BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION
SUPPURATION
FORMATION OR DISCHARGE OF PUSS
HYPOTENSION
LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
ENDOMYSIUM
WITHIN THE MUSCLE
PHELANGES
THE BONES OF THE FINGERS AND TOES
REMISSION
THE TEMPORARY, PARTIAL OR COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SYMPTOMS
CHROMOSOMES
THE GENETIC STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN THE NUCLEUS OF EACH CELL
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
CONTAINS PRIMARILY THE MAJOR ORGANS OF DIGESTION