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Med Terms for EMDs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- / an- | (Prefix) - lack of, without |
| dys- | (Prefix) - abnormal, difficult, or painful |
| hyper- | (Prefix) - higher than normal |
| hypo- | (Prefix) - low, or lower than normal |
| -itis | (Suffix) - inflammation |
| -ectomy | (Suffix) - surgical removal of something |
| -oma | (Suffix) - tumor or mass |
| -osis | (Suffix) - abnormal condition or process |
| -ostomy | (Suffix) - surgically created opening |
| acute | description of a condition that happened suddenly |
| ambulatory | description of a person who is walking or can walk |
| altered mental status | confusion, disorientation, or changes in behavior, mood, or speech |
| bariatric | referring to patients with obesity |
| cardiac arrest / full arrest | when the heart stops beating |
| chronic | long-developing syndrome or disease |
| edema | medical word for swelling |
| epilepsy | a medical term for seizure disorder |
| geriatric | relating to the elderly population |
| neuropathy | nerve damage that causes symptoms like pain, numbness, tingling, burning, and weakness |
| NSAID | medicines that treat inflammation |
| pediatric | referring to infants, children, or adolescents |
| postictal | period of recovery after a seizure, during which a person may be confused, drowsy, or forgetful |
| pulse oximetry (SpO2) | percentage of blood saturated with oxygen |
| respiration | medical term. that is used interchangeably with "breathing" |
| rigor | stiffening of muscles after death |
| stoma | an opening through the skin |
| stridor | high-pitched, noisy sound during breathing that signals a partial airway obstruction |
| stroke | disruption in blood flow to the brain |
| superficial | closer to or on the skin |
| syncope | temporary loss of consciousness or fainting |
| LOC | acronym for "loss of consciousness" |
| TBI | acronym for "traumatic brain injury" |
| thrombus | blood clot |
| TIA | acronym for "transient ischemic attack" (mini-stroke) |
| trachea | medical term for the windpipe |
| triage | preliminary assessment of patients to determine urgency of condition |
| tripod position | stance where a person leans forward; sign of respiratory distress |
| amputation | an injury in which a part of the body is completely severed |
| atraumatic | without injury or trauma |
| cervical spine | portion of the vertebral column consisting of the neck |
| contusion | bruise from an injury that causes bleeding beneath the skin |
| crepitus | grating or grinding sensation or sound caused by fractured bone ends or joints rubbing together |
| entrapment | to be caught (trapped) within a vehicle, room, or container with no way out or to have a limb or other body part trapped |
| femur | thighbone |
| hematoma | mass of blood that has collected within damaged tissue beneath the skin or in a body cavity |
| hemorrhage | bleeding |
| laceration | a deep, jagged cut in the skin |
| mandible | bone of the lower jaw |
| mechanism of injury | AKA: MOI; forces or energy applied to the body that cause injury |
| multisystem trauma | trauma that affects more than one body system |
| penetrating trauma | injury caused by objects such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs |
| rule of nines | system that assigns percentages to the sections of the body, allowing calculation of the amount of skin surface involved in a burn |
| structure fire | fire in a house, apartment building, office, school, plant, warehouse, or other building |
| superficial | closer to or on the skin |
| tourniquet | a device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage. |
| traumatic brain injury | AKA TBI; traumatic insult to the brain |
| vertebrae | bones of the vertebral column (neck and back) |
| abruptio placentae | premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus |
| amniotic sac | fluid-filled, baglike membrane in which the fetus develops |
| APGAR score | scoring system for assessing the status of a newborn that assigns a number value to the five areas (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respirations) |
| birth canal | medical term referring to the vagina and cervix |
| bloody show | small amount of blood that appears at the beginning of labor when the cervix begins to dilate |
| breech presentation | delivery of a fetus in which the buttocks comes out first |
| crowning | appearance of the fetus's head at the vaginal opening during labor |
| eclampsia | pregnancy complication characterized by acute hypertension with seizure activity |
| HTN | abbreviation for hypertension (high blood pressure) |
| ectopic pregnancy | pregnancy that develops outside of the uterus |
| endometrium | lining inside of the uterus |
| febrile seizures | seizures that result from sudden high fevers |
| limb presentation | delivery in which the presenting part of the fetus is an arm or leg |
| meconium | fetal stool; can indicate stress in a newborn and be aspirated into the fetus's lungs during delivery |
| miscarriage | spontaneous passage of the fetus and placenta before 20 weeks |
| placenta | tissue attached to the uterine wall that nourishes the fetus through the umbilical cord |
| placenta previa | painless condition in which placenta develops over and covers the cervix |
| preeclampsia | pregnancy complication characterized by acute hypertension with blurred vision, headaches, or protein in urine |
| prolapsed umbilical cord | situation in which the umbilical cord comes out of the vagina before the fetus |
| umbilical cord | structure that connects the pregnant woman to the fetus via the placenta |
| uterus | muscular organ where the fetus grows |
| vagina | the outermost cavity of a woman's reproductive tract |
| nuchal cord | medical term for when the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the fetus's neck |
| ante- | (Prefix) - before |
| circum- | (Prefix) - around |
| hemi- | (Prefix) - half |
| hemo- | (Prefix) - blood |
| inter- | (Prefix) - between |
| intra- | (Prefix) - within or inside |
| micro- | (Prefix) - small |
| multi- | (Prefix) - many |
| neo- | (Prefix) - new |
| post- | (Prefix) - after |
| pre- | (Prefix) - before |
| trans- | (Prefix) - across or through |
| -algia | (Suffix) - pain |
| -emesis | (Suffix) - vomiting |
| -para | (Suffix) - bearing, childbirth, to give birth |
| -rrhage | (Suffix) - excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhea | (Suffix) - flow or discharge |
| -tocia | (Suffix) - birth, labor |
| -version | (Suffix) - turned, turning |
| amni/o | (Word Root) - referring to the amnion, amniotic fluid |
| embry/o | (Word Root) - embryo |
| fet/o | (Word Root) - fetus |
| grav/o | (Word Root) - pregnancy |
| hydr/o | (Word Root) - water |
| lact/o | (Word Root) - milk |
| nat/o | (Word Root) - birth |
| olig/o | (Word Root) - few, scanty |
| omphal/o | (Word Root) - umbilicus, navel |
| part/o | (Word Root) - to bear, labor, childbirth |
| uter/o | (Word Root) - uterus |
Created by:
mkreed