DHO Health Science Updated, 8th Edition - Complete
Abdominal computed tomography ✔️a radiographic pro
Abbreviation ✔️A shortened form of a word, usually just letters
Abdominal ✔️Pertaining to the cavity or area in the front of the body and
containing the stomach, the small intestine, part of the large intestine, the
liver, the gallbladder, the pancreas, and the spleen
Abduction ✔️Movement away from the midline
Abrasion ✔️Injury caused by rubbing or scraping the skin
Absorption ✔️Act or process of sucking up or in; taking in of nutrients
Abuse ✔️Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental
anguish
Accelerator ✔️A chemical substance that increases the rate of a chemical
reaction; a catalyst
Acceptance ✔️The process of receiving or taking; approval; belief
Accreditation ✔️Process where an educational program is recognized
and/or approved for meeting and maintaining standards that qualify its
graduates for professional practice
Acculturation ✔️Process of learning the beliefs and behaviors of a
dominant culture and assuming some of the characteristics
Acidosis ✔️A pathological condition resulting from a disturbance in the
acid-base balance in the blood and body tissues
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) ✔️A disease caused by
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which attacks the immune system
destroying the body's ability to fight infections
,Activities of daily living (ADL) ✔️Daily activities necessary to meet basic
human needs, for example, feeding, dressing, and elimination
Acupuncture ✔️Puncturing the skin at specific points with thin needles
to relieve pain and/or treat disease
Acute ✔️Lasting a short period of time but relatively severe (for
example, an acute illness)
Addiction ✔️State of being controlled by a habit, as can happen with
alcohol and drugs
Adduction ✔️Movement toward the midline
Adenitis ✔️Inflammation of a gland or lymph node
Adipose ✔️Fatty tissue; fat
Adolescence ✔️Period of development from 12 to 18 years of age;
teenage years
Adrenal ✔️One of two endocrine glands located one above each kidney
Advance directive ✔️A legal document designed to indicate a person's
wishes regarding care in case of a terminal
illness or during the dying process
Aerobic ✔️Requiring oxygen to live and grow
Afebrile ✔️Without a fever
Affection ✔️A warm or tender feeling toward another; fondness
Agar plate ✔️Special laboratory dish containing agar, a gelatinous
colloidal extract of a red alga, which is used to provide nourishment for
growth of organisms
agent ✔️Someone who has the power or authority to act as the
representative of another
,agglutination ✔️Clumping together, as in the clumping together of red
blood cells
agnostic ✔️Person who believes that the existence of God cannot be
proved or disproved
AIDS ✔️See acquired immune deficiency syndrome
air compressor ✔️Machine that provides air under pressure; used in
dental areas to provide air pressure to operate handpieces and air syringe
airborne precautions ✔️Methods of infection control that must be used
for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by
airborne droplet nuclei
albino ✔️Absence of all color pigments
alginate ✔️Irreversible, hydrocolloid, dental impression material
alignment ✔️Positioning and supporting the body so that all body parts
are in correct anatomical position
alimentary canal ✔️The digestive tract from the esophagus to the
rectum.
alopecia ✔️Baldness
alternative therapy ✔️Method of treatment used in place of biomedical
therapies
alveolar process ✔️Bone tissue of the maxilla and mandible that contains
alveoli (sockets) for the roots of the teeth
alveoli ✔️Microscopic air sacs in the lungs
Alzheimer's disease ✔️Progressive, irreversible disease involving
memory loss, disorientation, deterioration of intellectual function, and speech
and gait disturbances
, amalgam ✔️Alloy (mixture) of various metals and mercury; restorative
or filling material used primarily on posterior teeth
ambulate ✔️To walk
amino acid ✔️The basic component of proteins
amputation ✔️The cutting off or separation of a body part from the body
anaerobic ✔️Not requiring oxygen to live and grow; able to thrive in the
absence of oxygen
analgesia ✔️The state of inability to feel pain yet still being conscious
anaphylactic shock ✔️An extreme, sometimes fatal, allergic reaction or
sensitivity to a specific antigen such as a medication, insect sting, or specific
food
anatomy ✔️The study of the structure of an organism
anemia ✔️Disease caused by lack of blood or an insufficient number of
red blood cells
anesthesia ✔️The state of inability to feel sensation, especially the
sensation of pain
anesthetic carpules (cartridges) ✔️Glass cylinders containing
premeasured amounts of anesthetic solutions
anger ✔️Feeling of displeasure or hostility; mad
angles ✔️Measurements in degrees of the distance between a reference
plane and a line drawn from a point on the plane
anorexia ✔️Loss of appetite
anorexia nervosa ✔️Psychological disorder involving loss of appetite
and excessive weight loss not caused by a physical disease
Abdominal computed tomography ✔️a radiographic pro
Abbreviation ✔️A shortened form of a word, usually just letters
Abdominal ✔️Pertaining to the cavity or area in the front of the body and
containing the stomach, the small intestine, part of the large intestine, the
liver, the gallbladder, the pancreas, and the spleen
Abduction ✔️Movement away from the midline
Abrasion ✔️Injury caused by rubbing or scraping the skin
Absorption ✔️Act or process of sucking up or in; taking in of nutrients
Abuse ✔️Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental
anguish
Accelerator ✔️A chemical substance that increases the rate of a chemical
reaction; a catalyst
Acceptance ✔️The process of receiving or taking; approval; belief
Accreditation ✔️Process where an educational program is recognized
and/or approved for meeting and maintaining standards that qualify its
graduates for professional practice
Acculturation ✔️Process of learning the beliefs and behaviors of a
dominant culture and assuming some of the characteristics
Acidosis ✔️A pathological condition resulting from a disturbance in the
acid-base balance in the blood and body tissues
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) ✔️A disease caused by
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which attacks the immune system
destroying the body's ability to fight infections
,Activities of daily living (ADL) ✔️Daily activities necessary to meet basic
human needs, for example, feeding, dressing, and elimination
Acupuncture ✔️Puncturing the skin at specific points with thin needles
to relieve pain and/or treat disease
Acute ✔️Lasting a short period of time but relatively severe (for
example, an acute illness)
Addiction ✔️State of being controlled by a habit, as can happen with
alcohol and drugs
Adduction ✔️Movement toward the midline
Adenitis ✔️Inflammation of a gland or lymph node
Adipose ✔️Fatty tissue; fat
Adolescence ✔️Period of development from 12 to 18 years of age;
teenage years
Adrenal ✔️One of two endocrine glands located one above each kidney
Advance directive ✔️A legal document designed to indicate a person's
wishes regarding care in case of a terminal
illness or during the dying process
Aerobic ✔️Requiring oxygen to live and grow
Afebrile ✔️Without a fever
Affection ✔️A warm or tender feeling toward another; fondness
Agar plate ✔️Special laboratory dish containing agar, a gelatinous
colloidal extract of a red alga, which is used to provide nourishment for
growth of organisms
agent ✔️Someone who has the power or authority to act as the
representative of another
,agglutination ✔️Clumping together, as in the clumping together of red
blood cells
agnostic ✔️Person who believes that the existence of God cannot be
proved or disproved
AIDS ✔️See acquired immune deficiency syndrome
air compressor ✔️Machine that provides air under pressure; used in
dental areas to provide air pressure to operate handpieces and air syringe
airborne precautions ✔️Methods of infection control that must be used
for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by
airborne droplet nuclei
albino ✔️Absence of all color pigments
alginate ✔️Irreversible, hydrocolloid, dental impression material
alignment ✔️Positioning and supporting the body so that all body parts
are in correct anatomical position
alimentary canal ✔️The digestive tract from the esophagus to the
rectum.
alopecia ✔️Baldness
alternative therapy ✔️Method of treatment used in place of biomedical
therapies
alveolar process ✔️Bone tissue of the maxilla and mandible that contains
alveoli (sockets) for the roots of the teeth
alveoli ✔️Microscopic air sacs in the lungs
Alzheimer's disease ✔️Progressive, irreversible disease involving
memory loss, disorientation, deterioration of intellectual function, and speech
and gait disturbances
, amalgam ✔️Alloy (mixture) of various metals and mercury; restorative
or filling material used primarily on posterior teeth
ambulate ✔️To walk
amino acid ✔️The basic component of proteins
amputation ✔️The cutting off or separation of a body part from the body
anaerobic ✔️Not requiring oxygen to live and grow; able to thrive in the
absence of oxygen
analgesia ✔️The state of inability to feel pain yet still being conscious
anaphylactic shock ✔️An extreme, sometimes fatal, allergic reaction or
sensitivity to a specific antigen such as a medication, insect sting, or specific
food
anatomy ✔️The study of the structure of an organism
anemia ✔️Disease caused by lack of blood or an insufficient number of
red blood cells
anesthesia ✔️The state of inability to feel sensation, especially the
sensation of pain
anesthetic carpules (cartridges) ✔️Glass cylinders containing
premeasured amounts of anesthetic solutions
anger ✔️Feeling of displeasure or hostility; mad
angles ✔️Measurements in degrees of the distance between a reference
plane and a line drawn from a point on the plane
anorexia ✔️Loss of appetite
anorexia nervosa ✔️Psychological disorder involving loss of appetite
and excessive weight loss not caused by a physical disease
