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medical terminology

TermDefinition
acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of the major parts of a compound term
acute describes a condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relative short duration.
diagnosis is the identification of a disease.
edema describes swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues.
eponym is a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who first discovered or described it.
erythrocyte is a mature red blood cell
fissure is a groove or crack-like sore of the skin. This term also describes normal folds in the contours of the brain.
hemorrhage the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time.
infection is the invasion of the body by a disease producing organism.
inflammation a localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues. The indications of an inflammation are redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
laceration is a torn, ragged wound.
lesion a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury.
pathology is the study of all aspects of diseases.
prognosis is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.
remission the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.
sign objective evidence of disease such as a fever.
symptom evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache that can only be evaluated by the patient.
syndrome a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.
trauma a wound or injury
triage the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment.
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