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Lesson 21
Lesson 21/Medical Reports
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inspection | look at body with naked eye |
| auscultation | listen with stethoscope |
| palpation | feel with examining hands |
| percussion | tap different parts of body during exam |
| chickenpox | childhood disease |
| measles | childhood disease |
| appendectomy | surgical removal of appendix |
| multivitamin | many vitamins |
| PCN, penicillin | antibiotic |
| living and well | description used in H |
| complications | morbid process during disease which is not an essential part of the disease |
| well healed | description used in examination |
| discoloration | not normal coloration |
| tinnitus | sensation of noise in ears |
| hoarseness | rough, harsh quality of voice |
| murmur | soft sound heard on asculation |
| dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| orthopnea | discomfort in breathing except in upright position |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| /ptysis | coughing up |
| stools formed | stools of normal consistency |
| dysuria | difficulty or pain in urination |
| nocturia | urinating at night |
| noct/i, nyct/o | at night |
| urgency | strong desire to urinate accompanied by fear of leakage |
| stress incontinence | lack of restraint regarding urination or feces |
| para | woman who has produced viable young |
| gravida | pregnant |
| BCP, birth control pills | oral contraceptive |
| menstrual | periodic physiologic hemorrhage |
| LNMP | last normal menstral period (or cycle) |
| headache | diffuse pain in head |
| vertigo | sensation of whirling |
| convulsions | involuntary spasms |
| well nourished, well developed | properly fed, proper development, growth; hyphenated only if followed by noun |
| no acute distress | no short or sharp cause of discomfort |
| alert and oriented | description used in H |
| EOMs | extraocular movements |
| funduscopic | bottom part of hollow organ seen with scope |
| fund/u, fund/i | fundus of the eye |
| unremarkable | not remarkable |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| PMI | point of maximal impulse |
| bruit | ausculatory sound |
| midclavicular | middle of the collarbone |
| symmetrical | correspondence of parts on opposite sides of body |
| scaphoid | boat-shaped |
| genitalia | genital organs |
| hemorrhoids, hemorrhoidal | certain arteries and veins supplying rectum and anus |
| stool guaiac | test for blood in stool |
| equal and full | evaluation of pupils |
| cranial nerves II-XII | nerves in the head |
| grossly intact | completely intact |
| normoreflexive | normal reflexes |
| mammogram | radiograph of the breast |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast (entire breast) breast tissue |
| Pap smear | specimen for examination of vaginal mucus |
| referral | act of referring |
| genitourinary | relating to organs of reproduction and urination |
| extremities | shoulder, arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, hip, thigh, knee, leg, ankle, foot |
| UCI, UCD | unusual childhood illnesses, unusual childhood diseases |
| rhinoplasty | repair of nose defect |
| septal deviation | abnormal wall dividing two cavities |
| asymmetrical | disproportion between two or more like parts |
| distortion | out of normal shape |
| progressive | advancing |
| quarterly | divided into fourths |
| prognosis | forecast of probable outcome |
| heart tones | firmness or normal functioning of heart muscle |
| normal bowel sounds | normal sounds heard on examination |
| rebound tenderness | reversed response on withdrawal of stimulus |
| noncontributory | does not contribute |
| Sumycin | anti-infective |
| Ovcon-35, 28 day | oral contraceptive |
| Tagamet | antiulcer agent |
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