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Word List #2 pg 2
supplementary med terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| suppuration | the formation of pus |
| purulent | suppurative; suppurating. containing or forming pus |
| prodromal | an early or premonitory symptom of a disease |
| sequela | a morbid condition following as a consequence of a disease |
| symptom | any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of a disease. subjective sgn of a disease |
| sign | any abnormality indicative of a disease discoverable by the physician at his examination of the patient. objective symptom of a disease |
| vertigo | a sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects |
| syncope | fainting; a swoon. a sudden fall in blood pressure or of the cadiac systole resultion in cerbral anemia and more or less complete loss of consciousness |
| pyrexia | fever |
| febrile | feverish. pyretic. relating to fever |