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Ossific

Pertaining to bone.

Brachialgia

Intense pain in the arm.

Calorific

Productive of heat.

Inception

To begin to grow.

Tumefacient

Producing or tending to produce swelling.

Ingestant

Prefix meaning 'in' or 'into'.

Perioral

Surrounding the mouth.

Lateroflexion

Bending or curvature towards one side.

Pediculous

Infested with lice.

Adduct

To draw towards the long axis of the body or a limb.

Incipient

Beginning.

Ablation

Indicates removal of a part, pathway, or function.

Efferent

Carrying away from a central organ or section.

Leptophonia

Weakness of the voice.

Digitate

Having finger-like impressions or processes.

Helminthicide

Agent that purges or destroys parasitic worms.

Calcigerous

Containing calcium.

Postfebrile

(Occurring) after a fever.

Abduct

To draw away from the medial plane.

Labile

Unsteady or changeable.

Contralateral

Originating or affecting the opposite side of the body.

Excrescence

Abnormal growth from the surface of a part.

Pediculicide

An agent that kills lice.

Frigostabile

Incapable of being destroyed by low temperatures.

Sectile

Capable of being cut.

Aborad

Away from the mouth.

Superficial

Pertaining to or situated on the surface.

Subfebrile

Having a mildly increased body temperature that is less than 101 degrees.

Febrifacient

Fever producing.

Reflex

Combining form meaning 'to bend'.

Ingestion

The process of taking material (especially food) into the gastrointestinal tract.

Deossification

Loss of mineral matter from bone or osseous tissue.

Afebrile

Without a fever.

Flexor

A muscle that brings two bones closer together, causing a decreased angle of the joint.

Homolateral

On the same side.

Incisor

To cut.

Afferent

Transporting toward a center.

Facial

Pertaining to the face.

Immunology

Study of components of the immune system and their function.

Ossification

The formation of bone matrix.

Melaniferous

Containing melanin or black pigment.

Intumesce

To enlarge or swell.

Gestosis

Any disorder during pregnancy.

Cytocidal

Lethal to cells.

Calcification

Hardening/deposition of calcium salts in organic tissues.

Schizophrenia

Thought disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech and behavior.

Prolapsus

Indicates a falling or dropping down of an organ.

Posterosuperior

Located behind and above a part.

Ductile

Capable of elongation without breaking.

Prosopospasm

Facial spasm.

Concrescence

The union of separate parts.

Introflexion

Inward bending.

Transection

A cutting across a long axis (a cross section).

Facial hemiplegia

Paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face.

Dorsiflect

To bend backwards.

Sanguinopurulent

Concerning or containing blood and pus.

Tumescence

The condition of being swollen.

Hemifacial

Pertaining to one side of the face.

Excision

Cutting away or taking out.

Posteroexternal

Towards the back and outer side.

Incise

To cut, as with a sharp instrument.

Fungistasis

Indicates that growth of fungi is inhibited.

Thermostabile

Not changed or destroyed by heat.

Resect

To cut out a portion of an entire structure.

Decalcification

Removal of calcium salts from bone or teeth.

Ductule

A very small duct.

Cystigerous

Containing cysts.

Bisection

A division made by cutting into 2 parts.

Brachial

Pertaining to the arm.

Viscerosomatic

Pertaining to the viscera and the rest of the body.

Somniferous

Sleep producing.

Orifice

The entrance or outlet of any anatomical structure.

Areflexia

The absence of reflexes.

Exsanguination

Massive bleeding.

Somnifacient

Produces sleep.

Virucide

An agent that destroys or inactivates a virus.

Somnolence

Prolonged drowsiness or sleepiness.

Section

A cutting process.

Oronasal

Pertaining to the nose and mouth.

Antebrachium

The forearm.

Fungicide

Agent that kills fungi and their spores.

Frigolabile

Capable of being destroyed by low temperatures.

Relapse

Recurrence after recovery.

Leukocidin

Something that destroys leukocytes.

Faciobrachial

Pertaining to the face and arms.

Anteroposterior

From front to rear.

Tumefaction

Swelling.

Resectable

Able to be surgically removed.

Detoxify

Indicates removal of toxic quality of a substance.

Fungistatic

Capable of inhibiting growth of fungi.

Aboral

(Opposite to or) away from the mouth.

Stabile

Not moving, fixed.

Pediculophobia

Abnormal dread of lice.

Orad

Direction towards the mouth.

Adoral

Towards or near the mouth.

Hypergenitalism

Excessive development of the genital organs.

Dorsiduction

Drawing towards the back.

Prolapse

A dropping down of an organ or internal part.