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What is a tonsillectomy

This is the the medical term for having your tonsils removed.

Study of disorders of the newborn

neonatology

What heteronym means an injury or to coil something

Wound. As in you wound something around (coiled), or you received a wound (an injury.)

Screening of patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place of medical treatment is called

triage

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it

eponym

What is The frequent flow of loose or watery stools

Diarrhea

What is histocytic

The suffix -ic means pertaining to. The prefix hist- means tissue. The prefix cyt- means cell So histocytic means pertaining to the tissue and cells.

What is the medical term meaning surgical repair of a nerve

Neurplasty

neur/o -plasty

medical definition : the surgical repair of a nerve.

Which combining form means plaque or fatty substance

ather/o

Which word describes the time and events surrounding birth

prenatal

Which term describes a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

prognosis

What is the medical term meaning study of the ears nose and throat

Otolaryngology is the medical term meaning study of the ears, nose and throat.

What is combining form pyelo

Pelvis

Component parts of the term mycosis means any abnormal condition or disease caused by fungus

True

The medical term for inflammation of the appendix is what

Appendicitis

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