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