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Final Med Term
Final for Medical Terminology and abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hematoma | a semisolid mass of blood under the tissue caused by injury |
| Hemangioma | a birthmark |
| Contusion | a bruise |
| Concussion | an injury to the head that can cause temporary disorientation |
| Priapism | an erection lasting longer than 6 hours, often as a result of head trauma |
| Hyperkalemia | High potassium |
| Conjunctiva | Pink eye |
| Hema | Root word for blood |
| Emesis | Vomit |
| Melena | Blood in stool |
| Hemophiliac | a condition were the blood is unable to clot efficiently |
| Quadriplegic | The inability to move all four limbs or the entire body below the neck |
| Paraplegic | total inability to move both legs and usually the lower part of the trunk, often as a result of disease or injury of the spine |
| Halitosis | bad breath causes of halitosis include dietary factors, poor oral hygiene |
| Nephrotoxic | damaging or deleterious to the kidney. literally toxic to the kidney |
| Scleroderma | a disease of connective tissue with the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the skin and sometimes also in other organs of the body |
| Shingles | An acute infection caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus as cuase's chickenpox. Shingles is most common after the age of 50 and the risk rises with advancing age. |
| Epistaxis | Medical term for nosebleed |
| Blanch | Turn pale, white |
| Apex | Highest point of something |
| Dystrophy | Progression of degeneration of body tissue |
| Hypoglycemic | low blood sugar |
| Hyperemia | high levels of blood |
| Dilated | to become wider |
| Systolic | the top # to a BP |
| distolic | the bottom number of a BP |
| Supine | laying down facing up |
| Prone | laying face down |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | SIDS |
| FDA | the Food and Drug Administration |
| The Food and Drug Administration | FDA |
| FTT | Failure to thrive. refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers |
| Failure to Thrive | FTT |
| g | Gram |
| Gram | g |
| mm | millimeter |
| millimeter | mm |
| ABD | abdomen |
| abdomen | ABD |
| AOB | Alcohol on breath |
| Alcohol on breath | AOB |
| CP | Chest Pain |
| Chest Pain | CP |
| DAT | diet as tolerated |
| diet as tolerated | DAT |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| loss of consciousness | LOC |
| GSW | gunshot wound |
| gunshot wound | GSW |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | COPD |
| O.D. | Right eye |
| right eye | O.D. |
| O.S. | Left eye |
| left eye | O.S. |
| O.U. | both eyes |
| both eyes | O.U. |
| AKA | Above the knee amputation |
| above the knee amputation | AKA |
| DVT | deep venous thrombosis(Blood clot in large vein) |
| deep venous thrombosis | DVT |
| gtt | drops |
| drops | gtt |
| URI | upper respiratory infection, such as sinusitis or the common cold |
| Upper respiratory infection | URI |
| GERD | Acid Reflux disease |
| acid relux disease | GERD |
| ADD | Attention deficit disorder |
| Attention deficit disorder | ADD |
| e.d. | Eating disorder |
| eating disorder | e.d. |
| E.D. | Erectile Dysfunctin |
| erectile dysfunction | E.D. |
| K | potassium |
| potassium | K |
| Ht. | height |
| height | Ht. |
| Wt. | Weight |
| Weight | Wt. |
| Habitus | The physique or body build |
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