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Med Term Flashcards
Med Term Flashcards Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rexus | Rupture (acupuncture) |
| Ectomy | Removal (vasectomy) |
| Stomy | Creation of an opening |
| Rraphy | Suture |
| prefix: A | not (ex. aphasia) |
| prefix: Ante | Before (antepartum) |
| prefix: ecto | Outside (ectoderm) |
| suffix: malacia | Abnormal softening (osteomalacia) |
| suffix: pathy | Disease (myopathy) |
| singular suffix: ix plural suffix: ices | singular: appendix plural: appendices |
| root: phag/o | Eat (aphagia) |
| root: troph/o | Nurishment/development (trophology/hypertrophy) |
| root: gen/o | creation/cause (pathogenic) |
| root: path/o | Suffering/disease (pathology) |
| roots: hem/o and hemat/o | Blood (hemoglobin) (hematoma) |
| root: scler/o | Hard (scleroderma) |
| S.O.A.P Method | Subjective= what patient says Objective= what tests reveal Assessment= analysis of S & O info.; done by the health care provider Plan= course of action for patient |
| Lethargic | Subjective term meaning a decreased level of conciousness |
| Malaise | Subjective term meaning unwell/ not feeling well |
| Progressive vs. exacerbation | Subjective term meaning to increase/ get worse |
| Alert | Objective term meaning the patient is able to answer questions |
| Auscultation | Objective term meaning to listen |
| Palpation | Objective term meaning to feel |
| Unremarkable Marked | Objective term meaning normal (in a nice way) Objective term meaning to really stand out |
| Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis | Assessment term meaning what the physician thinks the patient has Assessment term meaning a list of conditions based on symptoms |
| Benign vs. malignant | Assessment terms meaning safe vs. dangerous |
| Etiology vs. idiopathic | Assessment terms meaning known vs. no known cause |
| Disposition | Plan term meaning what happed to patient at end of the visit |
| Prophylaxis | Plan term meaning preventative treatment |
| Palliative | Plan term meaning to treat symptoms only |
| Supportive care | Plan term meaning to treat symptoms and make the patient feel better |
| Distal Proximal | Away from/ Farther away Close to |
| Cranial Caudal | Front of skull Back of skull |
| Supine Prone | Lying upright on back Lying face down |
| Contralateral (opposite side) Ipsilateral (same side) | left hemisphere of brain controls right hand and right hemisphere of brain controls the left hand |
| Transverse plane Sagittal plane Coronal plane | Horizontal plane- divided from top to bottom Vertical plane- divided from left to right Vertical plane- divided from front to back |
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