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Unit 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute | Referring to a condition with a rapid onset. |
| Allergen (AL-ur-jen) | A substance, such as pollen, that causes an allergy. |
| Allergy (AL-ur-jee) | High sensitivity to a certain substance. |
| Anaphylaxis (an-uh-fi-LAK-sis) | Extreme hypersensitivity reaction to a substance that can lead to shock and life-threatening respiratory collapse. |
| Angina (an-JYE-nuh) | Chest pain caused by inadequate oxygen to the heart. |
| Antibodies | Immunoglobulins produced by lymphoid tissue in response to a foreign substance. |
| Antigen (AN-ti-jen) | A substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of an antibody. |
| Aspiration (as-pi-RAY-shun) | The act of inhaling or ingesting, as of a foreign object. |
| Asthma (AZ-muh) | A respiratory disease often associated with allergies and characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, chest constriction, and coughing. |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (kahr-dee-oe-PUL-muh-nar-ee ree-suh-si-TAY-shun) | A planned action for restoring consciousness or life. |
| Convulsion (kun-VUL-shun) | An involuntary muscular contraction. |
| Epilepsy (EH-pi-lep-see) | Neurologic disorder with sudden recurring seizures of motor, sensory, or psychic malfunction. |
| Erythema (er-i-THEE-muh) | Skin redness, often caused by inflammation or infection. |
| Gait | A particular way of walking, or ambulating. |
| Hyperglycemia (hye-pur-glye-SEE-mee-uh) | Abnormally high blood glucose level. |
| Hypersensitivity | State of being excessively sensitive to a substance, often with allergic reactions. |
| Hyperventilation | Abnormally fast or deep breathing. |
| Hypoglycemia (hye-poe-glye-SEE-mee-uh) | Abnormally low blood glucose level. |
| Hypotension (hye-poe-TEN-shun) | Abnormally low blood pressure. |
| Myocardial infarction (mye-oe-KAHR-dee-ul in-FAHRK-shun) | Condition in which damage to the muscular tissue of the heart is commonly caused by obstructed circulation; also referred to as a heart attack. |
| Syncope (SING-kuh-pee) | Loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. |
| Ventricular fibrillation (VF) (ven-TRIK-yoo-lur fib-ri-LAY-shun) | Abnormal cardiac rhythm that prevents the heart from pumping blood. |
| Detection | Act or process of discovering tooth imperfections or decay. |
| Extraoral | Outside the oral cavity. |
| Furcation (fur-KAY-shun) | Area between two or more root branches. |
| Intraoral | Within the oral cavity. |
| Mobility | To have movement. |
| Morphologically (mor-fuh-LOJ-i-kul-lee), morphologic (mor-fuh-LOJ-ik), morphology (mor-FOL-uh- jee) | Branch of biology that deals with form and structure. |
| Palpation (pal-PAY-shun) | Touching or feeling for abnormalities within soft tissue. |
| Probing | Use of a slender, flexible instrument to explore and measure the periodontal pocket. |
| Restoration | The use of a dental material to restore a tooth or teeth to a functional permanent unit. |
| Alert | To bring attention to a specific medical or clinical condition. |
| Assessment | The process of collecting data and then evaluating or drawing conclusions from the findings. |
| Chronic | Persisting over a long time. |
| Chronologic | Arranged according to the time of occurrence; earliest to most recent. |
| Demographics | Personal information that can include address, phone, and work information; also, statistical characteristics of populations. |
| Diagnosis | dentification or determination of the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of a patient’s history and examination findings. |
| Forensic (fuh-REN-zik) | Pertaining to the identity of an individual on the basis of scientific methods. |
| HIPAA | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 describes the federal regulations that ensure privacy regarding a patient’s healthcare information. |
| Litigation (li-ti-GAY-shun) | Act of initiating legal proceedings, as in a lawsuit. |
| Quality assurance | Program in place for monitoring and evaluating a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met. |
| Registration | Act of completing forms by providing personal information. |
| Antecubital (an-tee-KYOO-bi-tul) space | Small groove or fold in the inner arm, at or “in front of” (ante) the elbow (cubitus). |
| Arrhythmia (uh-RITH-mee-uh) | Abnormality and irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat. |
| Blood pressure (BP) | Pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels. |
| Brachial (BRAY-kee-uhl) | Relating to the arm (brachium), as in brachial artery. |
| Carotid (kuh-ROT-id) | Relating to either of the two major arteries on each side of the neck that carry blood to the head. |
| Depth | In respiration, the amount of air in a breath. |
| Diastolic (dye-uh-STOL-ik, dye-uh-STAHL-ik) | the normal rhythmic relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers. |
| Electrocardiogram (ee-lek-tro-KAHR-dee-oe-gram) | Instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities. It generates a record of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity. |
| Korotkoff (kuh-ROT-kof) sounds | Specific sounds heard when one is taking a blood pressure. |
| Metabolism (muh-TAB-uh-liz-um) | Physical and chemical processes that occur within a living cell or organism and are necessary for the maintenance of life. |
| Oximetry (ok-SIM-uh-tree) | Measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood. |
| Palpate (PAL-payt) | To examine or explore by touching. |
| Pulse | Rhythmic throbbing of the arteries produced by regular contractions of the heart. |
| Radial | Related to the radius (bone) or forearm (antebrachium), as in radial artery. |
| Rate | A quantity measured, as in breaths and heartbeats. |
| Respiration | Act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing. |
| Rhythm | A sequence or pattern, such as the heartbeat or breathing. |
| Sphygmomanometer (sfig-moe-muh-NOM-e-tur) | Instrument for measuring blood pressure in the arteries. |
| Stethoscope | Instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body. |
| Systolic (sis-TOL-ik) | |
| Temperature | |
| Thermometer | |
| Tympanic (tim-PAN-ik) | |
| Volume |
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