Additional Unique MedTerms

Anorchism

Absence of a testis

Anuria

Lack of urine formation

Apoptosis

Gradual Cell Death

Apraxia

Inability to move with purpose or to use objects properly

Cachexia

Profound ill health, malnutrition and wasting

Term use to describe weight loss, muscle atrophy and loss of appetite

for a patient with Disease condition like Aids, HIV Congestive heart failure.

Choledochal

Pertaining to the common bile duct

Chorea

A nervous condition marked by involuntary twitching of the limbs or facial

muscles

Coitus

Sexual Intercourse

Colostrum

Breast fluid that is secreted in the first few days after giving birth

Coryza

Acute inflammation of the nasal passages with profuse nasal discharge

Crepitus

Joint making noise

Croup

A barking cough

Cryesthesia

sensitivity to cold

Cryptorchidism

Failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum

Decerebrate

Have no cerebral function

Dyslexia

difficulty in reading

Dyspareunia

Pain during sexual intercourse

Dyspepsia

poor or painful digestion

Dysphonia

Difficulty in speaking

Emission

the discharge of semen

Euphoria

An exaggerated feeling of well-being

Eutocia

normal labor

Flatulence

Condition of having gas in the GI tract

Flatus

Gas in the GI tract (expelled through anus)

Floccinaucinihilipilification

The action of estimating something as

worthless or curiosity

Fremitus

A vibration

Galactogogue

Agent that promotes the flow of milk

Gangrene

Necrosis due to obstruction, loss of blood supply

Gavage

Process of feeding through a NGT into the stomach

Gestation

The period of development from conception to birth

Gravida

Pregnant woman

Hemianopia

Blindness in half the visual field

Hemiparesis

Partial paralysis of one side of the body

Heteropsia

Unequal vision in the two eyes

Horripilation

goose bump

Hydramnios/ Polyhydramnios

An excess of amniotic fluid

Hypalgesia

Decreased sensitivity to pain

Hyperhidrosis

excessive sweating

Hyperopia

Farsightedness

Hypokalemia

Decrease of potassium in blood

Ictus

A blow or sudden attack such as an epileptic seizure

Impotence

erectile dysfunction

Insemination

Introduction of semen into a woman's vagina

Keratitis

inflammation of cornea

Lavage

Washing out of a cavity; irrigation

Lochia

The mixture of blood, mucus, and tissue discharged from the uterus after

childbirth

Megalomania

exaggerated self-importance

Menarche

the first menstrual period

Micturation

act of urinating

Morsicatio Buccarum

cheek biting

Multigravida

Woman who has been pregnant two or more times

Muscae Volitantes

eye floaters

Mydriasis

Abnormal dilation of the pupil

Myopia

nearsightedness

Narcolepsy

Condition marked by sudden episodes of sleep

Natriuresis

Excretion of sodium in the urine

Necrophile

Having an intercourse to a corpse

Nyctalopia

Night blindness

Nullipara

Woman who has never given birth

Nystagmus

Rapid, involuntary, rhythmic movements of the eyeball

Obstipation

Extreme Constipation

Oligohydramnios

a deficiency of amniotic fluid

Oral Prophylaxis

Dental cleaning such as tartar and plaques

Oscheoma

Tumor of the scrotum

Para

woman who has produced a viable infant

Parosmia

Abnormal sense of smell

Parturition

Childbirth; labor

Pericornitis

Inflammation of the surrounding tissue of teeth and gums in third

molar or wisdom tooth

Pertussis

whooping cough

Phallus

the penis

Phimosis

Narrowing of the opening of the prepuce

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

A lung disease resulting to the inhalation of Silica dust

Presbycusis

Loss of hearing caused by aging

Priapism

Abnormal, painful, continuous erection of the penis

Proctalgia Fugax

pain in the butt

Proctopexy

surgical fixation of the rectum

Prognathous

having a projecting jaw

Pseudogeusia

False sense of smell

Pyrexia

Fever

Regurgitate

Back flow of food from stomach to mouth

Regurgitation

a backward flowing

Retinoschisis

splitting of the retina

Schistosomiasis

snail fever

Sesquipedalian

A term use to describe to a person that uses long words or

vocabulary

Sideroderma

the deposit of iron into the skin

Somnolence

sleepiness

Sphenopalatine Ganglioneugralgia

brain freeze

Sternutate

sneezing

Stoma

A surgically created opening to the body surface

Stomatitis

Inflammation of the mouth

Tetraplegia

paralysis on four limbs

Tinnitus

Ringing or tinkling in the ear

Torticollis

Wry neck, or involuntary movement of the neck

Transient Lingual Papilitis

tongue bumps

Tricotillomania

Excessive pulling and eating of hair also term as rapunzel

syndrome

Tussis

a cough

Veisalgia

hangover

Vertigo

an illusion of movement

Volvulus

Twisting of a loop of intestine

Vulva

the external female genital organs