ANSC 220 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Exsanguination, Analgesic, Trochanter
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Analgesic: a substance that causes the loss of pain without the loss of consciousness. Anemia: a condition in which the number of erythrocytes, or the hemoglobin content of the erythrocytes, is below normal (low oxygen carrying capacity of the blood). Anesthetic: a pharmacological agent that causes loss of sensation and consciousness. Anthropomorphism: the attribution of human characteristics or form to non-human animals or objects. Apex: the extremity or narrowest portion of a conical organ, as in the apex of the heart. Atrophy: the wasting of muscle or other organ tissues due to disease, lack of use, malnutrition, or poor circulation. Brady: the combining form of the word meaning slow. Chyme: the partially digested food mass that passes from the stomach to the duodenum. Colloid: any glue-like or jelly-like substance as gelatin, starch, raw egg, etc. , that diffuses not at all or very slowly through vegetable and animal membranes. Condyle: a round prominence at the end of a bone.
