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Ch 1-7 Med Term

All the vocab for ch 1-7 for midterm and final

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What two ancient languages began medical advances during the scientific revolution? Greek and Latin
What does Arthr/o mean? Joint
Cardi/o Heart
Enter/o Small Intestine
Gastr/o Stomach
Hepat/o Liver
Neur/o Nerve
What two roots mean blood? Hem/o and Hemat/o
What are the two roots of muscle? My/o and Muscul/o
What are the 3 roots of Vessel? Angi/o, Vas/o and Vascul/o
Skin has 3 roots, What are they? Derm/o, Dermat/o and Cutane/o
What are the root(s) for lung? Pneum/o, Pneumon/o and Pulmon/o
Gen/o means? Creation, cause
Hydr/o Water
Morph/o Change
Myc/o Fungus
Necr/o Death
Orth/o Straight
Path/o Suffering, Disease
Phag/o Eat
Plas/o Formation
Py/o Pus
Scler/o Hard
Sten/o Narrowing
Troph/o Nourishment, Development
Xen/o Foreign
What do most suffixes mean? (-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, and -ous) Pertaining to
What suffix means "condition"? -ia and -ism
What suffix means "condition, procedure"? -y
What does the suffix "-ium" mean? Tissue, structure
What are the suffixes meaning "small"? -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula
"-iatrics" and "-iatry" both mean ? medical science
-iatrist specialist in medicine
-ist specialist
-logist specialist in the study of
-logy study of
What two suffixes mean "pain"? -Algia and -Dynia
What is "-cele" mean? Hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong)
-emia Blood Condition
-iasis presence of
-itis inflammation
-lysis loosen, break down
What is "-malacia" mean? Abnormal Softening
Define "-megaly". Enlargement
-oid resembling
-oma tumor
-osis condition
-pathy disease
-penia deficiency
-ptosis drooping
-rrhage and -rrhagia both mean? Excessive flow
-rrhea flow
-rrhexis rupture
-spasm involuntary contraction
-centesis puncture
-gram written record
-graph instrument used to produce a record
-graphy writing procedure
-meter instrument used to look
-scope instrument used to look
-metry process of measuring
-scopy process of looking
-desis binding, fixation
-ectomy removal
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty reconstruction
-rrhaphy suture
-stomy creation of an opening
-tomy incision
what prefixes mean "before"? Ante- and Pre-
Pro- before, on behalf of
Brady- Slow
Tachy- Fast
Post- After
Re- Again
Ab- Away
Ad- Toward
Circum- and Peri- both mean: Around
Dia- and Trans- mean? Through
E-, Ec-, and Ex- mean? Out
Ecto-, Exo- and Extra- Outside
En-, Endo- and Intra- In, inside
Epi- Upon
Sub- beneath
Inter- Between
What does the "S" in SOAP mean? Subjective
What does the "O" in SOAP mean? Objective
What does the "A" in SOAP mean? Assessment
What does the "P" in SOAP mean? Plan
Acute It just started recently or is sharp, severe symptom
Chronic It has been going on for a while now
Exacerbation It's getting worse
Abrupt All of a sudden
febrile To have a fever
Afebrile to not have a fever
Malaise Not feeling well
Progressive More and more each day
Symptom Something a patient feels
Noncontributory not related to this specific problem
Lethargic A decrease in 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
Alert Able to answer questions; responsive; interactive
Oriented Being well aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time; a patient who is aware of all three is "oriented x3"
Marked It really stands out
Unremarkable Another way of saying normal
Auscultation To listen
Percussion To hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration; drums are a percussion instrument
Palpation To feel
Impression Another way of saying assessment
Diagnosis What the healthcare professional thinks the patient has
Differential Diagnosis A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam
Benign Safe
Malignant Dangerous; a problem
Degeneration To be getting worse
Remission To get better or improve; most often used when discussing cancer; remission doesn't mean cured
Idiopathic No known specific cause; it just happens
localized stays in a certain part of the body
Systemic/ generalized All over the body (or most of it)
Prognosis The chances for things getting better or worse
Occult Hidden
Lesion Diseased Tissue
Recurrent To have again
Sequela A problem resulting from a disease or injury
Pending Waiting for
Pathogen The organism that causes the problem
Morbidity The risk for being sick
Mortality The risk for dying
Etiology The cause
What is Disposition? What happened to the patient at the end of a visit; often used at the end of ED notes to reference where the patient went after the visit( home, the ICU, normal hospital bed)
Discharge Literally, to unload; it has two meanings: 1. To send home (to unload the patient from the health care setting to home) 2. Fluid coming out of a part of the body( your body unloading a fluid)
Palliative Treating the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause
Observation Watch, keep an eye on
Reassurance To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous
Supportive Care To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better
Sterile Extremely clean, germ-free conditions; especially important during medical procedures and surgery
Prophylaxis Preventive treatment
Proximal Closer in to the center
Distal Farther away from the center
Lateral Out to the side
Medial Towards the middle
Ventral/antral/anterior The front
Cranial Towards the top
caudal toward the bottom
superior above
inferior below
Prone Lying down on belly
supine lying down on back
contralateral opposite side
ipsilateral same side
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