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Terminology III
Chapter 15
Term | Definition |
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ALBUMIN/O | ALBUMIN, PROTIEN |
CALC/I | CALCIUM, LIME |
-CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
CREATION/O | CREATININE |
GLYCOS/O | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
-GRAPHY | THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A PICTURE OR RECORD |
HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
LAPAR/O | ABDOMEN, ABDOMEN WALL |
-OTOMY | SURGICAL INSICION |
PHLEB/O | VEIN |
RADI/O | RADIATION, X-RAY |
-SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
SON/O | SOUND |
-URIA | URINATION, URINE |
ACUPUNCTURE | A TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL PRACTICE USING VERY THIN ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES INSERTED INTO SPECIFIC POINTS OF THE BODY |
ACETAMINOPHEN | ANALGESIC THAT REDUCES PAIN AND FEVER, BUT DOES NOT RELIEVE INFLAMATION |
ANALGESIC | A MEDICATION THAT RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT AFFECTING CONSCIOUSNESS |
ARTHOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE JOINT SPACE TO REMOVE SYNOVIAL FLUID FOR ANALYSIS |
AUSCULTATION | LISTENING FOR SOUNDS WITHIN THE BODY, USUALLY DONE WITH A STETHOSCOPE |
BACTERIURIA | THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE URINE |
CALCIURIA | THE PRESENCE OF CALCIUM IN THE URINE |
COMPUTED TOMAGRAPHY | AN IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT USES A THIN, FAN-SHAPED X-RAY BEAM TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEWS OF THE BODY |
CREATNURIA | AN INCREASED CONCENTRATION OF CREATININE IN THE URINE |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY | AN ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE USED TO EVALUATE THE STRUCTURES AND MOTION OF THE HEART |
ENDOSCOPE | A SMALL, FLEXIBLE TUBE WITH A LIGHT AND LENS ON THE END |
GLYCOSURIA | THE PRESENCE OF GLUCOSE IN THE URINE |
HEMATOCRIT | A BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURE THE PERCENTAGE BY VOLUME OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN A WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE |
HEMATURIA | THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD IN THE URINE |
HYPERTHERMIA | AN EXTREMELY HIGH FEVER |
HYPOTHERMIA | AN ABNORMALLY LOW BODY TEMPERATURE |
INTRADERMAL INJECTION | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY INJECTION INTO THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE SKIN |
INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY INJECTION DIRECTLY INTO MUSCLE TISSUE |
INTRAVENOUS INJECTION | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY INJECTION DIRECTLY INTO A VEIN |
KETONURIA | THE PRESENCE OF KEYONES IN THE URINE |
LAPAROSCOPY | THE VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ABDOMEN WITH THE USE OF A LAPAROSCOPE |
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | MRI AN IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT USES A COMBINATION OF RADIO WAVES AND A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD TO CREATE SIGNALS THAT ARE SENT TO A COMPUTER AND CONVERTED INTO IMAGES OF ANY PLANE THROUGH THE BODY |
PALLIATIVE | A SUBSTANCE THAT EASES THE PAIN OR SEVERITY OF A DISEASE BUT DOES NOT CURE IT |
PARENTERAL | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY INJECTION THROUGH A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE |
PRECUSSION | A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE DENSITY OF A BODY AREA THAT USES THE SOUND PRODUCED BY TAPPING THE SURFACE WITH THE FINGERS |
PERFUSION | THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH AN ORGAN |
PERICARDIOCENTISIS | THE PUNCTURE OF THE PERICARDIAL SAC FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING FLUID |
PHLEBOTOMY | THE PUNCTURE OF A VEIN FOR THE PURPOSE FO DRAWING BLOOD |
PROTEINURIA | THE PRESENCE OF AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF PROTEIN IN THE URINE |
HORIZONTAL RECUMBENT POSITION | LYING ON THE BACK WITH THE FACE UP |
DORSAL RECUMBENT POSITION | POSITION WHERE THE PATIENT IS LYING ON THE BACK, FACE UP , WITH THE KNEES BENT |
RECUMBENT POSITION | ANY POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS LYING DOWN |
PRONE POSITION | POSITION WHERE THE PATIENT LIES FACE DOWN ON THE ABDOMEN |
LITHOTOMY POSITION | AN EXAMINATION POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS LAYING ON THE BACK WITH THE FEET AND LEGS RAISED AND SUPPORTED IN STIRRUPS |
SIMS' POSITION | AN EXAMINATION POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE RIGHT KNEE AND THIGH DRAWN UP WITH THE LEFT ARM PLACED ALONG THE BACK |
PYURIA | THE PRESENCE OF PUS IN THE URINE |
RHONCHI | A COARSE RATTLING SOUND SOMEWHAT LIKE SNORING, USUALLY CAUSED BY SECRETION IN THE BRONCHIAL AIRWAYS |
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY INJECTION INTO THE FATTY LAYER JUST BELOW THE SKIN |
TRANSDERMAL | THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION THROUGH THE UNBROKEN SKIN SO THAT IT IS ABSORBED CONTINUOUSLY TO PRODUCE A SYSTEMIC EFFECT |
URIANLYSIS | THE EXAMINATION OF URINE TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF ABNORMAL ELEMENTS |