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Medical Terminology_101
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abduction | lateral movement of the limbs away from the median plane of the body |
| Adduction | movement of a limb or eye toward the median plane of the body. |
| Adverse reaction | harmful or unintended effect of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic intervention. |
| Aerobic | of or pertaining to the presence of air or oxygen; requiring oxygen for the maintenance of life. |
| Afebrile | without fever. |
| Alopecia | Partial or complete loss of hair; baldness. |
| Anaerobic | absence of oxygen. |
| Anemia | disorder characterized by a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood |
| Angioedema | a condition marked by the development of edematous areas of skin, mucous membranes, or internal organs. |
| Anorexia | condition in which ill or debilitated clients have poor appetites. |
| Aphasia | neurological disorder influencing the production and understanding of language. |
| Apical impulse | point at which the apex of the heart touches the anterior chest wall; best site for auscultation of heart sounds; also called the point of maximal impulse (PMI). |
| Asepsis | absence of germs or microorganisms |
| Ataxia | defective muscular coordination, especially manifested when voluntary muscular movements are manifested. |
| Atelectasis | collapse of alveoli, preventing the normal respiratory exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. |
| Atrophy | wasting or diminution of size or physiological activity of a part of the body caused by disease or other influences |
| Autonomy | ability or tendency to function independently. |
| Biopsy | removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination |
| Blanching | whitening of the skin from pressure, vasoconstriction, or hypotension |
| Bruit | abnormal sound or murmur heard while auscultating an organ, gland, or artery |
| Buccal | of or pertaining to the inside of the cheek or the gum next to the cheek |
| Cachexia | general ill health and malnutrition marked by weakness and emaciation |
| Cyanosis | bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in hemoglobin. |
| Defecation | passage of feces from the digestive tract through the rectum |
| Dehiscence | separation of a wound's edges that reveals underlying tissues |
| Dehydration | excessive loss of water from the body tissues, accompanied by a disturbance of body electrolytes. |
| Diaphoresis | secretion of sweat, especially profuse secretion associated with an elevated body temperature, physical exertion, or emotional stress |
| Diarrhea | increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces |
| Distal | farthest from the center, from a medial line, or from the trunk. |
| Distention | swelling of a body cavity; may be caused by fluid, gas, or a mass |
| Diuresis | increased formation and excretion of urine |
| Dysphagia | difficulty swallowing. |
| Dysphasia | impairment of the speech resulting from a brain lesion or neurodevelopmental disorder |
| Dyspnea | shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing that may be caused by certainheart or lung conditions or strenuous exercise |
| Dysrhythmia | heartbeat that deviates from the normal pattern. |
| Ecchymosis | a bruise, that is, superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucous membrane |
| Edematous/Edema | abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues |
| Embolus | a foreign object, a quantity of air or gas, a bit of tissue or tumor, or a piece of thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream until it becomes lodged in a vessel |
| Empathy | ability to understand and accept another person's reality. |
| Endoscopy | visualization of the interior of body organs and cavities with an endoscope |
| Epistaxis | hemorrhage from the nose; nosebleed. |
| Erythema | redness or inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes that is a result of dilation and congestion of superficial capillaries; sunburn is an example |
| Eupnea | normal respiration that is quiet, effortless, and rhythmic |
| Evisceration | protrusion of visceral organs through a surgical wound |
| Excoriation | injury to the skin's surface caused by abrasion |
| Extension | a movement that brings the members of a limb into or toward a straight line. |
| Febrile | pertaining to or characterized by an elevated body temperature |
| Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) | refers to a fever whose cause cannot be determined |
| Flaccid | relaxed; flabby; having defective or absent muscle tone. |
| Flatulence | condition characterized by the accumulation of gas within the lumen of the intestines. |
| Flexion | the act of bending or condition of being bent in contrast to extension |
| Halitosis | offensive breath resulting from poor oral hygiene, dental or oral infection, ingestion of certain foods, or systemic disease |
| Hematemesis | vomiting of blood; indicates upper gastrointestinal bleeding |
| Hematocrit | measure of the packed cell volume of red cells, expressed as a percentage of the total blood volume |
| Hematoma | collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the skin or an organ. |
| Hematuria | abnormal presence of blood in the urine |
| Hemiparesis | muscular weakness of one half of the body |
| Hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| Hemoglobin | the iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. |
| Hemoptysis | coughing of blood from the respiratory tract |
| Hemorrhage | external or internal loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time. |
| Hemostasis | termination of bleeding by mechanical or chemical means or by the coagulation process of the body. |
| Hirsutism | excessive body hair in a masculine distribution caused by heredity, hormonal dysfunction, or medication |
| Hyperglycemia | abnormally high blood sugar levels, as are found in people with diabetes mellitus or people treated with some drugs such as steroids |
| Hyperthermia | situation in which body temperature exceeds the set point; fever |
| Hypoglycemia | an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood, often associated with neurological side effects and arousal of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| Hypothermia | abnormal lowering of body temperature below 95° F (35° C),usually caused by prolonged exposure to cold |
| Hypovolemia | decreased circulatory blood volume resulting from extracellular fluid losses |
| Hypoxemia | abnormal deficiency of oxygen in arterial blood |
| Ideal Body Weight (IBW) | estimate of what a person should weigh |
| Incontinence | inability to control urination |
| Indurated | hardened tissue, particularly skin, due to edema, inflammation, or infiltration by a tumor. |
| Inferior | beneath; lower |
| Intake | that which is taken in, especially food and liquids |
| Ischemia | a temporary deficiency of blood flow to an organ or tissue |
| -itis | suffix meaning inflammation of |
| Jaundice | yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and sclera, caused by greater than normal amounts of bilirubin in the blood |
| Kyphosis | exaggeration of the posterior curvature of the thoracic spine. |
| Leukocytosis | abnormal increase in the number of circulating white blood cells |
| Lordosis | increased lumbar curvature |
| Malaise | a subjective sense of discomfort, weakness, fatigue, or feeling rundown that may occur alone or accompany other symptoms and illnesses |
| Meatus | opening through any part of the body (e.g., the urethral meatus). |
| Metastasize | to spread. |
| Necrotic | of or pertaining to the death of tissue in response to disease or injury |
| Neuropathy | abnormal condition characterized by inflammation and degeneration of peripheral nerves that alter sensory or motor function |
| Nocturia | urination at night; can be a symptom of renal disease or may occur in persons who drink excessive amounts of fluids before bedtime |
| Nystagmus | involuntary rhythmic movements of the eyes; the oscillations may be horizontal, vertical, rotary, or mixed |
| Occlusion | blockage in a canal, vessel, or passage of the body. |
| Oliguria | diminished capacity to form and pass urine. |
| Orthopnea | abnormal respiratory symptom in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably. |
| Orthostatic Hypotension | drop in systolic blood pressure of 15 mm Hg or more when a person rises from a recumbent position to a sitting or standing position |
| Output | end product of a system. |
| Palliative Care | the prevention, relief, reduction, or soothing of symptoms of disease or disorders without effecting a cure |
| Pancytopenia | a reduction in all cellular elements of the blood |
| Perfusion | passage of a fluid, such as blood, through a specific organ or an area of the body. |
| Peristalsis | coordinated, rhythmic, serial contractions of smooth muscle that force food through the digestive tract. |
| Petechiae | tiny purple or red spots that appear on the skin as minute hemorrhages within dermal layers. |
| Phlebitis | inflammation of a vein. |
| Pneumothorax | collection of air or gas in the pleural space |
| Polyps | small tumorlike growths that projects from a mucous membrane surface |
| Polyuria | excretion of an abnormally large volume of urine |
| Prone | horizontal with the face downward |
| Proximal | nearest the point of attachment, center of the body, or point of reference |
| Pruritis | symptom of itching |
| Purulent | producing or containing pus. |
| Sanguineous | fluid containing red blood cells |
| Scoliosis | lateral spinal curvature |
| Sepsis | a systemic inflammatory response to infection, in which there is fever or hypothermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, and evidence of inadequate blood flow to internal organs |
| Serosanguineous | containing both serum and blood |
| Serous | a clear (like plasma) fluid that forms an exudate at the site of an inflammation. |
| Sloughing | shedding off of dead tissue cells |
| Stoma | artificially created opening between a body cavity and the body's surface (e.g., a colostomy) formed from a portion of the colon pulled through the abdominal wall. |
| Strabismus | abnormal ocular condition in which the eyes are crossed |
| Stria | streak or linear scar that results from rapidly developing tension in the skin, commonly seen on the abdomen after pregnancy |
| Sublingual | route of medication administration in which the medication is placed underneath the client's tongue |
| Superior | higher than; situated above something else |
| Supine | lying on the back with the face upward |
| Syncope | transient (and usually sudden) loss of consciousness, accompanied by an inability to maintain an upright posture |
| Thrombocytopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets |
| Thrombus | accumulation of platelets, fibrin, clotting factors, and the cellular elements of the blood attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery, sometimes occluding the lumen of the vessel. |
| Turgor | normal resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid. |
| Urticaria | multiple swollen raised areas on the skin that are intensely itchy and last up to 24 hr; they may appear primarily on the chest, back, extremities, face, or scalp |
| Urosepsis | condition caused by bacteria in the urine that may lead to the spread of organisms into the bloodstream or kidneys. |
| Vertigo | the sensation of moving around in space or of having objects move about the person |
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