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medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| S.O.A.P | Acronym for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and plan |
| exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| febrile | to have a fever |
| afebrile | to not have a fever |
| noncontrutary | not related to this soecific problem |
| percussion | to hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration; drums are a percussion instrument |
| auscultation | to kisten |
| etiokogy | to cause |
| sequelae | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| prophylaxis | preventive treatment |
| palletive | treating the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause |
| proximal | closer in to the center proximal and approximate come from the same word and mean close |
| distal | farther away from the center distal and distant come from the same word and mean far |
| lateral | out to the side think of a quarterback lateraling a football to a running back |
| medial | toward the middle like the median of a highway |
| ventral/antral/anterior | the front the word ventral means “stomach” |
| dorsal/posterior | the back a dorsal fin of a shark is its back |
| cranial | toward the top |
| caudal | toward the bottom latin for tail |
| superior | above |
| inferior | below |
| prone | lying down on belly |
| supine | laying down on back |
| contralateral | opposite side |
| ipsilateral | same side |
| unilateral | one side |
| bilateral | both sides |
| dorsum | top of the hand and foot |
| platar | the sole of the foot |
| palmer | the palm og the hand |
| sagital | divides the body in slices right to left sagitta is Latin for arrow; think of this as dividing the body in half, as if someone shot an arrow through it |
| coronal | divides the body into slice from front to backcorona is Latin for crown; this plane divides the body in half from the top of the head down |
| transverse | divides the body from top to bottom |
| CCU | Coronary care unit |
| SICU | surgical intensive care unit |
| PACU | post-anesthesia care unit |
| I/O | intake/ output the amount of fluids a patient has taken in (by IV or mouth) and produced (usually just urine output) |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| DDx | differential dianosis |
| H&P | history and physical |
| HPI | history of present ilness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| PMHx | past medical history |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| h/o | history of |
| HEENT | head eyes ears nose and throat |
| PERRLA | pupils are equal, round, and and reactive to light and accomodation |
| (R) | right |
| (L) | lefgt |
| (B) | bilateral (both sides0 |
| NAD | no acute stress disorder (the patient does not display any tense symptoms) |
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