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Med Term

Nursing School Med Term

QuestionAnswer
Pulse number of heartbeats per minute/ rate rhythm of the heart
Blood Pressure (BP) measurement of the pressure of the blood inside the arteries
Bradypnea abnormally slow breathing rate
Tachycardia abnormally fast heartbeat
Systolic Pressure maximum blood pressure during contraction of ventricles
Hypercapnia high levels of carbon dioxide in blood
Apical apex of the heart
Korotkoff Sounds sound you hear while taking BP
Temoporal body part near the temples or sides of the skull
Comorbid more than one disease/ condition at the same time
Emesis vomitting
Tinnitus ringing in the ears
Persitalsis muscle contraction/ involuntary muscle movement
Abduction action of moving away from the midline
Adduction action of moving toward the midline
Afebrile having no fever
Anterior near the front
Apnea cessation of breathing/ no breathing
Arrhythmia too slow or too fast heart rhythm
Aspiration inhaling a foreign object
Atrophy shrinking of muscle or nerve tissue
Auscultation action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or organs
Bowel Movement act of defecating (pooping)
Defacation discharge of feces from the body
Diaphoretic excessive sweating
Diastolic heart muscles relaxes to allow cambers to fill with blood
Dorsal back portion of the body
Dyspepsia impaired digestion
Dysphagia language disorder
Dyspnea difficulty breathing
Dysrythmia abnormal heart rhythm
Edema swelling
Erythema abnormal redness of skin
Febrile fever
Flaccid flabby and lacking firmness
Hematuria presence of blood in the urine
Hemiparessi weakness of one side of the body
Hemiplegia paralysis of one side of the body
Hemoptysis coughing up blood
Hemorrhage blood loss
Hemerrhoid swollen vein or group in the anus
Hyperemesis severe vomitting
Hypovolemia low blood plasma volume
Hypoxemia low blood oxygen values
Idiosyncratic abnormal reactivity to a chemical (drug, food, or other)
Inspiration breathing in air
Intramuscular taking place in the muscle
Ischemia restricted blood flow in a part of the body
Lateral away from the middle of the body/ to the side
Level of Consciousness how awake, alert, or aware you are
Medial toward the middle or center
Nocturia waking to many times to urinate
Pallor pale color of the skin
Palpation act of touching or feeling
Posterior towards the back/ backside
Prone lying flat, facing downward
Pruritis severe itching of the skin
Purulent consisting/discharge/containing of pus
Pyrexia raised body temperature
Scrotum below the penis, part of male genital
Superior above
Supine lying flat, facing upward
Syncope fainting
Systolic heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from chambers to arteries
Tachypnea fast breathing (rapidly & shallow)
Urination discharge of fluid from the body
Urticaria hives
Visceral internal organs of the body (pertaining to chest & abdomen)
Void to urinate
DX diagnosis
NPO nothing by mouth
HTN hypertension
GI gastrointestinal
HIPPA health insurance portability & accountability act
RLQ right lower quadrant
BID twice a day
TID three times a day
Q quickening/ every, each
ROM range of motion
SOB shortness of breath
UTI urinary tract infection
I/O intake/ output
NKA no known allergies
DVT deep vein thrombosis
CVA cerebrolvascualr accident
A/An- not/ without
Ab- away from
Ante- before/in front of
Bi- twice/ double
-ectomy surgical removal of a body part
Patho- disease
Pseudo- false
Post- after
Peri- surrounding/ around
Tachy- fast
Brady- slow
Cyano- blue color
Hypo- below normal
Hyper- above normal
Homeo- similar
Endoscopy procedure using an endoscope to look inside the body
Ascites fluid build up in the abdomen
Necrosis death of body tissue
Colonoscopy procedure that examines the inside of the colon and rectum
Gingivitis gum disease/ bad breath
Percussion tapping on the body with fingers, hand, or small instrument
Hemostasis body's process of stopping bleeding
Pedal relating to or of the foot
Prone lying on your stomach, facing down
Stoma surgically created opening in the abdomen that allows body waste to be removed into a collection bag
Expiration breathing out, releasing air from the lungs
Penile external m ale reproductive organ
Somatic relating to or affecting the body
Supine lying on your back, facing up
Subcutaneous under the skin, beneath the skin
Atelectasis partial of complete collapse of the lung or part of the lung
Alopecia loss of hair, baldness
-cephal- pertaining to the head
-cirrh/o- yellow or tawny
-nephro- relating to the kidneys
-thrombo- blood clot or coaggulation
-hepat- relating to the liver
-bili- relating to bile
dys- abnormal, difficult, painful, bad
-graphy to record or take a picture
-algia pain
supra- above or over
pseudo- false or fake
hemat- relating to blood
-stasis stopping or slowing of normal flow
-megaly irregular enlargement
-ology the study of
-itis pertaining to inflammation
-osis disease or condition of
macro- large or long
micro- small or tiny
pre- before or infront of
anti- opposite or against
GU genitourinary
PRN as needed
A/O alert and oriented
NKDA no known drug allergies
NG nasogastric
BP blood pressure
RBC red blood count
LOC level of consciousness
O2 oxygen
ABD abdomen or abdominal
SBAR situation, background, assessment, recommendation
PO by mouth
C/O cardia output
BM bowel movement
IM intramuscular
CXR chest x-ray
DNR do not resuscitate
QID four times a day
CHF congestive heart failure
NC nasal cannula, non contrast
WBC white blood count
MI myocardial infarction
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