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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Afebrile | No fever |
| Arrhythmia | No heart rhythm |
| Atrophy | No growth or development process |
| Anesthesia | No feeling |
| Bradycardia | Slow heart rate |
| Tachycardia | Fast heart rate |
| Contraindication | against recommendation |
| Cyanosis | Condition of blueness |
| Apnea | No breathing |
| Dyspnea | Difficult or painful breathing |
| Dystrophy | Difficult or painful growth or development process |
| Dysuria | Difficult or painful urination |
| Euphoria | Exaggerated good mood |
| Dysphoria | Difficult or painful mood |
| Hypergastric | over stomach |
| Epigastric | above or upon stomach |
| Hyperglycemia | High blood sugar |
| Hypoglycemia | Low blood sugar |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| Hypotension | Low blood pressure |
| Lithosis | Condition of stones |
| Dermatosis | Condition of skin |
| Melanoma | Black new growth |
| Necrosis | Condition of death |
| Polyuria | excessive urination |
| sclerosis | condition of hardening |
| Anterior | Front |
| Posterior | Back |
| decubitus | lying down |
| Distal | Movement farthest from the point of attachment |
| Inferior | Below |
| Superior | above |
| Proximal | Movement closest to the point of attachment |
| quadrants | four divisions of the abdomen |
| Transverse | across or through |
| abscess | collection of bacteria in surface |
| Acute | sudden onset, severe symptoms, short term |
| Chronic | Slow onset, sneaky symptoms, Long term |
| Adhesion | Scar tissue |
| Anomaly | Peculiar process |
| Communicable | contagious |
| Congenital | born with |
| hereditary | conceived with |
| Edema | swelling or fluid in tissue |
| Embolus | any kind of clot that is free floating |
| Thrombus | bloot clot that is stationary |
| etiology | p/p of the scientific study of cause |
| exacerbation | worsening of symptoms |
| Homeostasis | maintenance of internal balance at rest |
| Iatrogenic | side effect |
| Idiopathic | No known cause |
| Ischemia | insufficient blood and oxygen going to the tissue |
| Lumen | opening to a hollow tube or organ |
| Patent | not blocked |
| Perforation | hole |
| purulent | bacterial |
| Remission | symptoms stop temporarily |
| bulla | any clear fluid filled skin lesion |
| vesicle | any clear fluid filled skin lesion |
| cellulitis | potentially fatal inflammation of subcutaneous and connective tissue |
| contusion | bruise with no break in the skin |
| Ecchymosis | condition of bruise due to a break in the skin |
| Erythema | Redness |
| Impetigo | contagious staph skin condition |
| laceration | cut or tear in skin |
| macule | any flat discolored skin lesion |
| Papule | any raised discolored skin lesion |
| Nevus | Birthmark or mole |
| Pediculosis | communicable condition of lice |
| Pruritus | itching |
| pustule | bacteria filled skin |
| scabies | communicable mite infestation |
| Tinea | communicable fungal skin infection |
| Urticaria | raised itching welt |
| Verruca | wart |
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