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MED TERM `24
MED TERM FLASHCARDS
Term | Definition |
---|---|
CYST/O | BLADDER |
COL/O | LARGE COLON |
STOMAT/O | MOUTH |
ENTER/O | SMALL INTESTINE |
NEUR/O | NERVE |
SKIN | CUTANE/O DERM/O DERMAT/O |
LUNG | PNEUM/O PULM/O PNEUMON/O |
BLOOD | HEM/O HEMAT/O |
VESSELS | ANGI/O VASCUL/O VAS/O |
MYC/O | FUNGUS |
EXACERBATION | getting worse |
MALAISE | not feeling well |
LETHARGIC | decrease in level of consciousness |
SEQUELAE | illness resulting from disease or injury |
IDIOPATHIC | no known specific cause; it just happens |
UNREMARKABLE | normal |
AUSCULTATION | to listen |
PALPATION | to feel |
PERCUSSION | to hit and listen to resulting sound OR to feel for resulting vibration |
DDx | differential diagnosis |
PMHx | past medical history |
CC | chief complaint |
A&O | alert and oriented |
Bx | biopsy |
HEENT | head, eye, ear, nose, and throat |