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Intro to Sonography
Medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | abrupt onset; short in duration |
| anasarca | massive generalized edema |
| aneurysm | a bulge in the wall of a vessel |
| anechoic | without echoes (black in appearance) |
| angina | severe chest pain |
| aphasia | loss of ability to speak or understand speech |
| apnea | cessation of breathing for short periods |
| arrhythmia | abnormal heart rate or rhythm |
| ascites | abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
| atrophy | the wasting away of cells, tissues, or organs |
| benign | not cancerous or harmful |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heart rate; less than 60 bpm |
| carcinoma | malignant neoplasm of tissue lining the inner or outer surface of the body |
| chronic | persisting over a long period of time |
| diastole | ventricles relax to refill with blood |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| ectopic | out of place |
| edema | swelling |
| effusion | escape of fluid into a space |
| embolus | moving clot (blood, tissue) that can occlude a vessel |
| fibrillation | rapid, irregular heart contractions |
| fistula | surgically made passage between hollow organs or vessels to other organs or outside the body |
| hemiplegia | one sided paralysis |
| hemoptysis | bloody sputum |
| hyperplasia | enlargement of an organ |
| hypoplasia | underdevelopment of an organ |
| iatrogenic | adverse condition caused by medical treatment |
| idiopathic | unknown cause |
| infarct | localized area of dead tissue resulting from a lack of blood supply |
| interstitial | space between cells |
| intubation | putting a tube in (typically for respiration) |
| invasive | penetration into surrounding tissues |
| ischemia | decreased blood supply |
| lesion | abnormal change in tissue due to disease or injury |
| malignant | cancerous; severe |
| myocardial infarction | heart attack- decreased blood flow to the heart |
| myocardium | muscular layer of the heart |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| neoplasm | abnormal growth; tumor |
| orthopnea | difficult breathing except when upright |
| palpitation | heart beating too fast, skipping, and/or fluttering |
| paracentesis | take out fluid from peritoneal cavity |
| paraplegia | paralysis of lower extremities |
| pericardium | sac around the heart |
| perineum | area between anus & either vulva or scrotum |
| peritoneum | serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity |
| pneumothorax | abnormal collection of air in the pleural space |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all 4 limbs or below the neck |
| retroperitoneal | behind the peritoneum |
| sepsis | life threatening condition |
| sign | objective evidence of disease (can be seen) |
| symptom | subjective; experienced or felt by the patient |
| stenosis | narrowing of a tubular structure or vessel |
| systole | contraction of the heart muscle to empty blood |
| tachycardia | abnormally fast heart rate; over 100 bpm |
| thoracentesis | removes fluid from the pleural cavity |
| tumor | abnormal growth; neoplasm |
| viscera | internal organs of the body |
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