SkillsUSA Medical Terminology
acarodermatitis - ANS-dermatitis caused by mites
acetabuloplasty - ANS-plastic surgery on the acetabulum intended to restore to its
normal state
achondroplasia - ANS-condition of burning, tingling or prickling sensations or numbness
in the extremities present on awakening and of unknown cause or produced by
compression of nerves during sleep
afibrinogenemia - ANS-abnormality of blood clotting caused by absence of fibrinogen in
the blood and marked by a tendency to prolonged bleeding
amniocentesis - ANS-surgical insertion of a hollow needle through the abdominal wall
and into the uterus of a pregnant female to obtain amniotic fluid to examine fetal
chromosomes for an abnormality and determination of sex
autotopagnosia - ANS-loss of the power to recognize or orient a body part due to a
brain lesion
blastocyte - ANS-embryonic cell
blenorrhea - ANS-an excessive secretion and discharge of mucus
borborygmus - ANS-a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
acarodermatitis - ANS-dermatitis caused by mites
acetabuloplasty - ANS-plastic surgery on the acetabulum intended to restore to its
normal state
achondroplasia - ANS-condition of burning, tingling or prickling sensations or numbness
in the extremities present on awakening and of unknown cause or produced by
compression of nerves during sleep
afibrinogenemia - ANS-abnormality of blood clotting caused by absence of fibrinogen in
the blood and marked by a tendency to prolonged bleeding
amniocentesis - ANS-surgical insertion of a hollow needle through the abdominal wall
and into the uterus of a pregnant female to obtain amniotic fluid to examine fetal
chromosomes for an abnormality and determination of sex
autotopagnosia - ANS-loss of the power to recognize or orient a body part due to a
brain lesion
blastocyte - ANS-embryonic cell
blenorrhea - ANS-an excessive secretion and discharge of mucus
borborygmus - ANS-a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
