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med term 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SOAP | a guideline to maintain origination in patient charts. Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan. |
| EMT | Emergency Medical Technician. |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
| BMI | Body Mass Index. an ideal number depending on height and weight. |
| PERRLA | Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to light, and Accommodation. |
| Bell's Palsy | Weakness in muscles on one side of the face due to inflammation of 7th cranial nerve |
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine. |
| Fowlers position | position where paitent is flat on back with head tilted upwards |
| Stenson's Duct | Gave a detail description of the parotid duct |
| Angles classification | created by Dr. Edward H Angle. |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| PT | Patient |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Tx | Treatment |
| Unremarkable | means Normal |
| Lesion | damage to any bodily tissue |
| Remission | reduction of signs and symptoms due to an illness. |
| Idiopathic | disease with an unknown cause. |
| Sterile | extremely clean. |
| Mono-, Uni- | one/condition |
| Bi- | two |
| Tri- | three |
| Ab- | away |
| Ad- | Towards |
| Ecto-, Exo- | outside |
| Endo- | inside |
| Epi- | upon |
| Anterior or Ventral | front |
| Posterior or dorsal | back |
| superior | above |
| inferior | below |
| lateral | out to the side |
| distal | away from midline |
| proximal | closer to midline |
| Ambi- | meaning both |
| dys- | meaning bad |
| Eu- | meaning good |
| homo | same |
| Iso | equal |
| Mal | -bad |
| algia | pain |
| emia | blood condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | breaking down |
| oid | resembling |
| opathy | disease |
| pnea | condition |
| centesis | surgical removal of fluid |
| ectomy | surgical removal or cutting out |
| ostomy | creation of artificial opening |
| otomy | incision |
| orrhaphy | suture |
| opexy | surgical fixation |
| oplasty | reconstruction |
| otripsy | breaking up hard substance |
| inferior nasal concha | facial bone that extends laterally along the nasal cavity |
| ankly/osis | meaning stiff , osis meaning condition |
| tarsalgia | Tars means tarsus or ankle algia mean pain tarsalgia is pain in tarsus |
| arthritis | arthr means joint itis is inflammation, inflammation in joints |
| myopathy | my/o is muscle, opathy is disease a disease that affects the muscles |
| delirum | temporary change in brain function |
| hyperesthsia | change in senses, making sensations more intense |
| neuralagia | neru meaning nerves , algia meaning pain together meaning nerve pain |
| epidural | epi meaning the upon dura meaning tough membrane |
| meningitis | inflammation of the meningies |
| audiogram | a hearing test |
| myringotomy | a procedure to drain fluid or pus from the middle ear |
| labyrinthitis | inflammation of the labyrinth , which is the inner ear that controls both balance and hearing |
| vertigo | false sensation that the surroundings are spinning creating a dizziness. |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ears |
| hormon/o | root word meaning hormone |
| cortic/o | word meaning outer surface |
| pituitar/o | root meaning pituitary gland |
| ket/o | meanng keytone body |
| uria | ur meaning urine and ia is condition so together is a urine condition |
| tonsill/o | meaning tonsills |
| splen/o | meaning spleen |
| adenoid | soft lymphatic tissue sitting high in thoat |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| thromb/o | clot also platele |
| myocarditis | inflammation of heart muscle |
| coron/o | coronal heart blood supply |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aortolith | aorta stone |
| phleb/o | vein |
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