Term |
Deconstruction into word components and include meaning of each component |
Brief definition of term |
Agastroneuria |
a/gas/tro/neu/ri/a loss/neural control/stomach |
Loss of neural control of the stomach |
cholangiohepatoma |
Cho/lan/gi/o/hep/ato/ma Carcinoma/primary/liver |
Primary carcinoma of the liver |
Colorectitis |
co·lo·proc·ti·tis inflammation/colon/rectum |
Inflammation of both colon and rectum. |
Enterotoxemia |
en·ter·o·tox·e·mi·a entero/toxin/blood |
Presence of enterotoxin in blood |
esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
e·soph·a·go·gas·tro·du·o·de·nos·co·py endoscopic/examination/esophagus |
Endoscopic examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum usually perform Ed using a fiberoptic instrument. |
Exodontic |
Ex/o/dontic Relating/to |
Relating to something eg:exodontic doctor |
Gastrojejunostomy |
gas·tro·je·ju·nos·to·my anastomosis/jejunum |
Surgical establishment of an anastomosis between the jejunum and the anterior or posterior wall of the stomach. |
Hyperbilirubinemia |
hy·per·bil·i·ru·bi·ne·mi·a high/amount/bile |
abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood |
panproctocolectomy |
pan/prok/to/k/lekto/me removal/intestine |
Surgical removal of the entire large in testine, from the anus, to the rectum , and the length of the large bowel |
Palatoglossal |
pal·a·to·glos·sal pertaining/toungue/palate |
pertaining to the palate and tongue. |
perirhizoclasia |
per·i·rhi·zo·cla·si·a inflammation/destruction/tissues |
Inflammatory destruction of tissues immediately around the root of a tooth. |
Complex Terms Assignment (36 points, 2 points per middle cell and 1 point per right cell)...
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(20 points, 1 point for the Phonetic Pronunciation column, 2
points for Deconstruction/Alternative Greek or Latin column, and 1
point for the Brief Description column)
Complete the following assignment by choosing five (5) of the
10 disorders that are listed without any detail. If the term is
more than one word, provide the phonetic pronunciation and
deconstruction for both words, except where one term is bracketed {
}. You will find some of the...
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Deconstructing Urinary Terms Assignment
(40 pts, 1 point per cell)
Deconstruct the 10 terms provided in the table: identify the
prefix (if any) and meanings, combining forms and meanings,
suffixes and meanings, and the far right column to indicate whether
the term refers to pathology, procedure or
direction/location.
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