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Term. Challenge #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstruseness | incomprehensible, unfathomable |
| accommodation | automatic adjustment of the eye to distinct vision at different distances |
| anemia | quantitative deficiency of the protein hemoglobin |
| arcane | understood by very few; mysterious; secret |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| asthma | a paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration |
| atrophic | decreasing in size of a body part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use |
| auscultation | listening to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis |
| belligerent | pugnacious, truculent, combative |
| bruit | abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation |
| cancer | malignant and invasive growth or tumor |
| cardiovascular | pertaining to the heart and blood vessels |
| herniation | rupture in muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes |
| CHIEF COMPLAINT (heading) | The statement of the patient's presenting complaint |
| chiropractor | a practitioner in treatment that manipulates body structures (esp. the spine) to relieve low back pain, headache or high blood pressure |
| chronic | lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence |
| clubbing | ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease |
| cyanosis | blueness of the skin |
| decubitus | An attitude assumed in lying down |
| defecate | to void excrement from the bowels through the anus |
| diabetes mellitus | a disorder in which blood sugar (glucose) levels are abnormally high because the body does not produce enough insulin |
| diaphragmatic | of the diaphragm, a membranous part that divides or separates. |
| diarrhea | an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations |
| disk space | the space between vertebrae occupied by an intervertebral disk as seen on radiographs |
| DISPOSITION (heading) | a patient's destination after discharge from a hospital? |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| ecchymosis | a bruise |
| edema | excessive accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity |
| enuresis | lack of control of urination; urinary incontinence |
| epilepsy | a disorder of the central nervous system with loss of consciousness and convulsions |
| erythema | redness of the skin caused by dilatation and congestion of the capillaries |
| excursions | range of movements regularly repeated in performance of a function |
| exostosis | the abnormal formation of a bony growth on a bone or tooth |
| extraocular movements | eye movements |
| FAMILY HISTORY (heading) | Includes the age and state of health of each member of the patient's immediate family and selected data about other relatives |
| flexion/extension films | x-rays commonly used to identify abnormalities in intervertebral motion |
| foramen | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| fundus | the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening |
| gallbladder | a pear-shaped organ located below the liver that serves as a storage place for bile; cholecyst |
| gastrointestinal | of or relating to the stomach and intestines |
| genitalia | the external organs of the reproductive system |
| genitourinary | of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions |
| great trochanter | one of two processes near the head of the femur |
| guaiac-negative | stool that is negative for occult blood |
| heart attack | sudden interruption or insufficiency of the supply of blood to the heart; myocardial infarction |
| heart disease | structural or functional abnormality of the heart, or blood vessels supplying the heart, that impairs its normal functioning |
| heart sounds | the noises enerated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it |
| HEENT (heading) | head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat |
| hematemesis | the vomiting of blood |
| hemiparesis | partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body |
| hemoptysis | expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs |
| HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS (hpi) (heading) | Contains all historical details leading up to and pertaining to the patient's current status |
| hypertension | a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high - a reading of 140 over 90 or greater |
| hypochondriac | regions of the upper abdomen beneath the lower ribs and lateral to the epigastric region |
| hyposthenuria | the secretion of urine of low specific gravity due to inability of the kidney to concentrate the urine normally |
| incontinence | inability to control excretory functions |
| insulin | a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood |
| intercostal space | between the ribs |
| kidney disease | nephropathy |
| melena | black, tarry stool or vomit resulting from a hemorrhage along the digestive tract |
| mental illness | abnormal behavior or an inability to function socially |
| murmur (heart) | an abnormal sound produced by the blood passing through deformed cardiac valves. |
| myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| neuromuscular | having the characteristics of both nervous and muscular tissue |
| noncontributory | making no contribution to a medical diagnosis |
| organomegaly | visceromegaly; abnormal enlargement of the viscera |
| osteoma | a slow growing benign tumor consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible |
| palpation | to examine or explore by touching |
| PAST HISTORY (heading) | a concluding survey of all medical information not covered in any previous section of the history |
| pathophysiology | the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome. |
| peptic ulcer disease | painful sores or ulcers in the lining of the stomach or the duodenum |
| percussion | striking or tapping of the surface of a part of the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
| peripheral edema | edema (swelling from fluid accumulation in body tissues) in the limbs |
| pneumonia | disease marked by inflammation of the lungs, caused by viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms or by physical and chemical irritants |
| polyuria | an excessive quantity of urine |
| precordial | in front of the heart |
| predisposes | provides an inclination or susceptibility |
| presacral | anterior to or preceding the sacrum (the triangular-shaped bone lying between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the coccyx) |
| provisional diagnosis | not 100% sure of the diagnosis because more information is needed |
| differential diagnosis | more than one possibility for what the diagnosis is |
| psychiatric | relating to he practice of psychiatry (diagnosing and treating mental disorders.) |
| pulsations | throbs or rhythmical beats, as of the heart |
| carotid arterial pulsations | arterial pulsations in neck of blood flowing away from the heart to the head |
| jugular venous pulsations | venous pulsations in the neck of blood flowing to the heart from the head |
| pulse | the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart |
| carotid pulse | located in the neck (carotid artery) |
| dorsalis pedis pulse | located on top of the foot (dorsalis pedis artery) |
| femoral pulse | located in the thigh (femoral artery) |
| peripheral pulse | pulse measured in the limbs |
| popliteal pulse | located above the knee in the popliteal nasal, found by holding the bent knee |
| tibialis posterior pulse | located on the medial side of the ankle |
| respiratory | pertaining to respiration |
| REVIEW OF SYSTEMS (heading) | a system-by-system review of the body functions |
| rheumatic fever | disease occurring chiefly in children and young adults characterized by fever, inflammation, pain, and swelling in and around the joints, inflammatory involvement of the pericardium and valves of the heart |
| sacrum | the triangular segment of the spinal column that forms part of the pelvis |
| SOCIAL HISTORY (heading) | personal information about the patient's past or present life that, although nonmedical, may have a bearing on health |
| splitting (heart sound) | the presence of two components in the first or second heart sound complexes |
| stethoscope | an instrument used in auscultation |
| stoic | one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain |
| stroke | apoplexy; cerebrovascular accident; a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain |
| symmetric | affecting corresponding parts simultaneously |
| systolic ejection murmur | a heart murmur heard at systole, usually due to mitral or tricuspid regurgitation or to aortic or pulmonary obstruction |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein caused by the formation of a blood clot. |
| tuberculosis | an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus |
| ulcer | a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc. |
| urinate | to pass or discharge urine |
| Valsalva maneuver | forcing of air into middle ear |
| varicosities | a varicose enlargement or swelling |
| venous hum | brief or continuous noise originating from the neck veins that may be confused with cardiac murmurs |
| VITAL SIGNS (heading) | pulse, respiration, temperature, blood pressure |
| waxed | increased in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc |
| waned | decreased in strength, intensity, etc. |
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