latin clinical terminology

• alopecia, ae f = alopecia, baldness, calvities
• anaemia, ae f = anemia
• angina, ae f = angina, chest pain
• aphtha, ae f (singlular); aphthae, arum f (plural) = aphtha, ulcer, aphthous stomatitis, ulcerative stomatitis
• aplasia, ae f = aplasia, abnormal development or missing of a body part
• apnea, ae f = apnea, absence of breathing, breathing interrupted by pauses
• asphyxia, ae f = asphyxia, oxygen deprivation leading to unconsciousness or death
• atresia, ae f = atresia, clausura, orifice or passage in the body abnormally closed or absent
• cannula, ae f = cannula
• canna, ae f = reed, cane
• caruncula, ae f = caruncula, caruncle, fleshy growth, inner corner of eye
• cysta, ae f = cyst
• dentia, ae f = dentia, tooth
• dentura, ae f = denture, artificial dentition
• fistula, ae f = fistula, abnormal connection between two body parts
• fractura, ae f = fracture
• gangraena, ae f = gangrene, mortification, death of body tissue due to lack of blood flow
• gravida, ae f = gravida, pregnant female
• haemorrhagia, ae f = haemorrhage, loss of blood from damaged blood vessel
• hernia, ae f = hernia, rupture, internal part of body pushes through weakness in muscle or tissue wall
• hyperaemia, ae f = hyperemia, more than normal amount of blood going to parts of the body
• hyperaesthesia, ae f = hyperesthesia, excessive physical sensitivity
• hypoplasia, ae f = hypoplasia, incomplete development of a body part
• hypothermia, ae f = hypothermia, extremely low body temperature
• hypoxia, ae f = hypoxia, low or insufficient amount of oxygen in the blood
• incisura, ae f = incisura, notch
• insufficientia, ae f = insufficiency
• keratocysta, ae f = keratocyst
• macula, ae f = macula, spot, mark, stain
• medicina, ae f = medicine
• noma, ae f = noma, stomanecrosis, cancrum oris, death of tissue in the mouth
• placenta, ae f = placenta
• pneumonia, ae f = pneumonia
• puerpera, ae f = puerpera, a woman in childbirth or in the period immediately succeeding childbirth
• ranula, ae f = ranula, hypoglottis (underside of tongue); sublingual cyst (cyst at underside of tongue)
• rana, ae f = frog
• septicaemia, ae f = septicemia, blood poisoning by bacteria, septic fever, septic intoxication
• stria, ae f = stria, striation
• strictura, ae f = stricture
• struma, ae f = struma, goiter, enlarged thyroid gland