chapter 16 + 17 med terms

hypothermia

medical term for a decrease in body temperature

signalment

medical term for a description of the animal that includes information about an animal including the species, breed, age, and sexual status

speculum

medical term for an instrument used to enlarge the opening of a canal or cavity

agglutination

medical term for clumping together of cells or particle

virulence

medical term for the ability of an organism to cause disease

focus

medical term for localized region

lethal

medical term for causing death

nosocomial infection

medical term for a disorder caused by pathogenic organisms contracted in a facility or clinic

echoic

medical term for the ultrasound property of producing adequate levels of reflections when sound waves are returned to the transducer and displayed

projection 

medical term for the path of the X-ray beam

endospore

medical term for a resistant, oval body formed in some bacteria

prophylaxis

medical term for prevention

carrier

medical term for an animal that harbors an infectious agent without clinical signs and may transmit infection

remission

medical term for partial or complete disappearance of disease signs

enzootic

medical term for if the disease is always present in an animal community

cannula

medical term for a hollow tube

coccus

medical term for sphere

disease

medical term for deviation from normal health

diagnosis

medical term for the determination of the cause of disease

moribund

medical term for near death