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Medical Terminology

Flashcards for Instructor Watson's class

QuestionAnswer
heart attack Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
A measure of how much you should weigh based on your height Body mass index (BMI)
A type of x-ray Computerized axial tomography (CAT)
Treatment with hormones to replace natural hormones when the body does not make enough. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Special hospital unit Intensive care unit (ICU)
High blood pressure Hypertension (HTN)
A type of injection Intramuscular (IM)
You may need an NG tube to empty the contents of your stomach. Nasogastric (NG)
Prescription Rx
The urinary and sex organs Genitourinary (GU)
chronic neurodegenerative disease; most common form of dementia Alzheimer
weakness, hemorrhagic fever, aches, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain Ebola
infectious bacterial disease; most common disease spread by ticks Lyme
A substance in the blood that helps trigger the immune system to develop antibodies. See blood group. Antigen
inflammation of the joints Arthritis
Bent or curved spine Scoliosis
nervous system that collects data peripheral
hernia in the meninges meningocele
preictal time before a seizure
drug that dissolves clots thrombolytic
partial paralysis paresis
white part of the eye sclera
gathers light, focuses images lens
ear wax cerumen
connects the middle ear to the nose and throat salpinx
ringing in the ear tinnitus
pain in the bones of the foot metatarsalgia
extra bone growth exostosis
abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine lordosis
designed to decreased pain in musculoskeletal problems analgesic
muscles become inflamed in groups polymyositis
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