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Med Term
Level 0 Medical Terminology List
Question | Answer |
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Pulse | number of heartbeats per minute/ rate rhythm of the heart |
Bloop Pressure (BP) | measurement of the pressure of the blood inside the arteries |
Bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing rate |
Tachycardia | abnormally fast heartbeat |
Systolic Pressure | maximum blood pressure during contraction of ventricles |
Hypercapnia | high levels of carbon dioxide in blood |
Apical | apex of the heart |
Korotkoff Sounds | sound you hear while taking BP |
Temoporal | body part near the temples or sides of the skull |
Comorbid | more than one disease/ condition at the same time |
Emesis | vomitting |
Tinnitus | ringing in the ears |
Persitalsis | muscle contraction/ involuntary muscle movement |
Abduction | action of moving away from the midline |
Adduction | action of moving toward the midline |
Afebrile | having no fever |
Anterior | near the front |
Apnea | cessation of breathing/ no breathing |
Arrhythmia | too slow or too fast heart rhythm |
Aspiration | inhaling a foreign object |
Atrophy | shrinking of muscle or nerve tissue |
Auscultation | action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or organs |
Bowel Movement | act of defecating (pooping) |
Defacation | discharge of feces from the body |
Diaphoretic | excessive sweating |
Diastolic | heart muscles relaxes to allow cambers to fill with blood |
Dorsal | back portion of the body |
Dyspepsia | impaired digestion |
Dysphasia | language disorder |
Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
Dysrythmia | abnormal heart rhythm |
Edema | swelling |
Erythema | abnormal redness of skin |
Febrile | fever |
Flaccid | flabby and lacking firmness |
Hematuria | presence of blood in the urine |
Hemiparessi | weakness of one side of the body |
Hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
Hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
Hemorrhage | blood loss |
Hemerrhoid | swollen vein or group in the anus |
Hyperemesis | severe vomitting |
Hypovolemia | low blood plasma volume |
Hypoxemia | low blood oxygen values |
Idiosyncratic | abnormal reactivity to a chemical (drug, food, or other) |
Inspiration | breathing in air |
Intramuscular | taking place in the muscle |
Ischemia | restricted blood flow in a part of the body |
Lateral | away from the middle of the body/ to the side |
Level of Consciousness | how awake, alert, or aware you are |
Medial | toward the middle or center |
Nocturia | waking to many times to urinate |
Pallor | pale color of the skin |
Palpation | act of touching or feeling |
Posterior | towards the back/ backside |
Prone | lying flat, facing downward |
Pruritis | severe itching of the skin |
Purulent | consisting/discharge/containing of pus |
Pyrexia | raised body temperature |
Scrotum | below the penis, part of male genital |
Superior | above |
Supine | lying flat, facing upward |
Syncope | fainting |
Systolic | heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from chambers to arteries |
Tachypnea | fast breathing (rapidly & shallow) |
Urination | discharge of fluid from the body |
Urticaria | hives |
Visceral | internal organs of the body (pertaining to chest & abdomen) |
Void | to urinate |
Dx | diagnosis |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
HTN | hypertension |
GI | gastrointestinal |
HIPPA | health insurance portability & accountability act |
RLQ | right lower quadrant |
BID | twice a day |
TID | three times a day |
Q | quickening/ every, each |
ROM | range of motion |
SOB | shortness of breath |
UTI | urinary tract infection |
I/O | intake/ output |
NKA | no known allergies |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
CVA | cerebrolvascualr accident |
A- | not/ without |
Ab- | away from |
Ante- | before. in front of |
Bi- | twice/ double |
-ectomy | surgical removal of a body part |
Patho- | disease |
Pseudo- | false |
Post- | after |
Peri- | surrounding/ around |
Tachy- | fast |
Brady- | slow |
Cyano- | blue color |
Hypo- | below normal |
Hyper- | above normal |
Homeo- | similar |