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Intro Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdominocentesis | Surgical puncture of the abdomen by a needle to withdraw fluid; abdominal paracentesis. |
| Acronym | A neologism created from the first letter of the each of the words in a particular phrase |
| Acute | 1. Pointed at the end; sharp. 2. Of or relating to a disease or a condition with a rapid onset and a short, severe course. 3. Of or relating to a patient afflicted with such a disease. |
| Angiography | the x-ray study of the blood vessels |
| Appendectomy | the surgical removal of the appendix. |
| Arteriosclerosis | a group of diseases characterized by thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls |
| Arthraligia | pain in a joint |
| Colostomy | a surgical procedure used to create an opening for urine and feces to be released from the body |
| Cyanosis | a physical sign causing bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes |
| Dermatologist | A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders |
| Diagnosis | the determination of the nature of a case of a disease or the distinguishing of one disease from another.diagnos´tic |
| Diarrhea | an increase in stool weight; stool weights above 10oz (300 gs) per day generally indicates diarrhea. |
| Edema | a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells |
| Endarterial | within an artery. |
| Eponym | a drug, structure, or disease based on or derived from the name of a person |
| Erythrocyte | red blood cell; corpuscle; one of the formed elements in peripheral blood. Normally, in humans, the mature form is a non-nucleated, yellowish, biconcave disk, containing hemoglobin and transporting oxygen |
| Fissure | any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise, especially a deep fold in the cerebral cortex involving its entire thickness |
| Fistula | a permanent abnormal passageway between two organs in the body or between an organ and the exterior of the body. |
| Gastralgia | pain in the stomach |
| Gatritis | inflammation of the lining of the stomach, but the term is often used to cover a variety of symptoms resulting from stomach lining inflammation and symptoms of burning or discomfort. |
| Gastroenteritis | a catchall term for infection or irritation of the digestive tract, particularly the stomach and intestine. It is frequently referred to as the stomach or intestinal flu, although the influenza virus is not associated with this illness |
| Gastrosis | Any disease of the stomach |
| Hemorrhage | the escape of blood from the vessels |
| Hepatomegaly | enlargement of the liver |
| Hypertension | Hypertension is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body's tissues |
| Hypotension | low blood pressure. |
| Infection | invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, especially that causing local cellular injury due to competitive metabolism, toxins, intracellular replication, or antigen-antibody response. 2. an infectious disease. |
| Inflammation | a protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute, or wall off both the injurious agent and the injured tissues. |
| Intramuscular | Within a muscle |
| Laceration | A jagged wound or cut. |
| LEsion | wound or injury |
| Mycosis | A fungal infection in or on a part of the body |
| Myelopathy | an injury to the spinal cord |
| Myopathy | muscular disease[1] in which the muscle fibers do not function for any one of many reasons, resulting in muscular weakness |
| Myorrhexis | rupture of a muscle |
| Natal | pertaining to birth. |
| Neonatology | the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the newborn. |
| neuritis | Inflammation of a nerve. |
| otorhinolaryngology | the branch of medicine dealing with the ear, nose, and throat. |
| palpation | the act of feeling with the hand; the application of the fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body for the purpose of determining the condition of the parts beneath in physical diagnosis. |
| palpatition | an abnormality of heartbeat that ranges from often unnoticed skipped beats or accelerated heartrate to very noticeable changes accompanied by dizziness or difficulty breathing. |
| pathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the essential nature of disease, especially changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease. |
| phalanges | the bones of the fingers and toes; |
| poliomyeleitis | an acute viral disease usually caused by a poliovirus and marked clinically by fever, sore throat, headache, vomiting, and often stiffness of the neck and back |
| prognosis | a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disorder. |
| prostate | a gland surrounding the bladder neck and urethra in the male |
| pyoderma | a rapidly evolving cutaneous ulcer or ulcers, with marked undermining of the border. |
| pyrosis | heartburn. |
| remission | diminution or abatement of the symptoms of a disease; the period during which such diminution occurs. |
| sign | an indication of the existence of something; any objective evidence of a disease |
| supination | the act of assuming the supine position, or the state of being supine. |
| superation | Bacteria that cause pus are called suppurative, pyogenic or purulent |
| symptom | A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else |
| syndrome | A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal condition |
| tonsilitis | Inflammation of the tonsils; quinsy. |
| trauma | A serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence or an accident |
| triage | A process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority |
| viral | Of, relating to, or caused by a virus |
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