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Med Term Ch 2
word parts,terms, and/or abbreviations from chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ventral/antral/anterior | meaning the front the word ventral means "stomach" |
| dorsal/posterior | meaning the back |
| cranial | meaning towards the top (remember cranium as in head, which is at the top of your body) |
| caudal | meaning the bottom |
| Prone | Means patient is lying down on their belly. |
| Supine | Means patient is lying down on their back, |
| Contralateral | Meaning opposite side (remember contradict or do the opposite) |
| Ipsilateral | Meaning on the same side |
| Unilateral | Unilateral means one side. (remember Uni means one) |
| Proximal | meaning closer to the center |
| Distal | Meaning farther away from the center. (distal and distant come from the same word and both mean far) |
| Dorsum | Dorsum means the top of hand or foot. |
| Plantar | Plantar means the sole of the foot (remember plant like plant in/on the ground) |
| Palmar | Palmar means the palm of the hand |
| Sagittal | One of the 3 dimensions; meaning Right to Left. |
| Coronal | One of the 3 dimensions; meaning from front to back. (remember Corona is Latin for crown, like head. ) (this divides the body from front to back, from the top of the head down. |
| Transverse | One of the 3 dimensions meaning from the top to the bottom |
| ECU | ECU stands for Emergency Care Unit |
| CCU | CCU stands for Coronary Care Unit |
| ER | ER stands for Emergency Room |
| ED | ED stands for emergency department |
| ICU | ICU stands for intensive care unit |
| PICU | PICU stands for pediatric intensive care unit |
| NICU | NICU stands for neonatal intensive care unit |
| SICU | SICU stands for Surgical intensive care unit |
| PACU | PACU stands for post anesthesia care unit |
| L & D | L & D stands for labor and delivery |
| OR | OR stands or operating room |
| Post-op | Post-op stands for post operative (post meaning after) meaning after surgery |
| Pre-op | Pre-op stands for pre (before) operative (surgery) meaning before surgery. |
| Acute | It just started recently or it is a sharp, severe symptom. |
| Chronic | It's been going on for awhile now. |
| Exacerbation | It is getting worse. |
| Abrubt | All of the sudden. |
| Febrile | Meaning to have a fever. |
| Afebrile | Meaning to not have a fever. |
| Malaise | Not feeling well |
| Progressive | more and more each day (It's progressing, making progress) |
| Symptom | Something a patient feels |
| Noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |
| lethargic | a decrease in the level of consciousness; in a medical record, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick. |
| genetic/hereditary | it runs in the family |
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