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99CNM Med Terms 7A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atrophy | wasting away or underdevelopment |
| edema | fluid in the tissues |
| hypertrophy | very fast breathing |
| pulse | throbbing of an artery in time with the heartbeat |
| respiration | breathing |
| temperature | losely referes to body heat above normal |
| Vital Signs | temperature, pulse, & respiration (TPR) |
| anorexia | loss of appetite |
| dyspnea | painful or bad breathing |
| malaise | vague sensation of not feeling well |
| nausea | sickness of the stomach or the desire to vomit |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ear |
| vertigo | sensation of turning around in space |
| acute | having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course |
| central | the center area |
| chronic | being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering |
| generalized | involving the whole or many areas of the body at the same time |
| localized | pertaining to a small area or part of the body |
| paroxysmal | pertaining to sudden periodic attack |
| peripheral | Situated away from the center, as opposed to centrally located. |
| active | treatment that aims for a cure |
| palliative | treatment that relieves bothersome symptoms and makes a patient more comfortable |
| prophylactic | treatment that focuses on prevention of a disease |
| systemic | treatment directed toward control of life threatening signs such as pyrexia, shock and pain |
| prodrome | a diagnosis that defines symptoms running before a disease |
| prognosis | a diagnosis that predicts the course and outcome of a disease |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms occurring together that categorize a specific disease |
| morbidity | a diseases state |
| mortality | the state of being mortal and therefore subject to death |
| Antipyretic | An agent that reduces or prevents fever |
| Asymptomatic | without symptoms |
| Bradypnea | very slow breathing |
| Cheyne-Stokes respiration | breathing that reaches a climax then ceases before beginning again |
| Chlorocyte | green plant cell |
| Cyanoderma | blue skin |
| Diagnosis | The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness |
| Emesis | vomit |
| Erythremia | redness of the skin due to congestion of the capillaries |
| Hematemesis | bloody vomit |
| Hyperpnea | excessively fast breathing |
| Hyperpyrexia | Abnormally high fever |
| Hypothermia | Abnormally low body temperature |
| Leukocyte | white blood cell |
| Melanocarcinoma | a malignant melanoma (arising from the melanocytic system of the skin and other organs) |
| Pneometer | instrument for measuring breathing |
| Polyarthritis | Simultaneous inflammation of several joints |
| Pyretolysis | reduction of fever |
| Pyrexia | elevated temperature or fever |
| Symptom | bodily changes a person perceives |
| Symptomatic | having characteristics of a symptom or indications of a specific disease |
| Tachypnea | Abnormally fast breathing |
| Xanthopsia | yellow vision |
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