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Medical terms - ASU
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abcess | cavity of liquidefied tissue; caused by infection |
| Acute disease | Hits you quickly |
| Adenopathy | enlarged lymph nodes due to infection |
| Afebrile | Fever |
| Agglutination | antigen and antibody interaction;clumping |
| Anemia | # of RBC decrease |
| Anergy | Slow immune response due to suppressed immune system |
| Anorexia | Decreased appetite |
| Antibiotic | Chemical made by microorganisms that kills other microorganisms |
| Antibody | a protein made by the body that recognizes forign materials and binds to it |
| Antiphagocytic | inhibites phagocytes from ingesting bacteria and forign materials |
| Antipyretics | fever reducing drugs |
| Antitoxin | Usually antibodys that attack the toxin as a forign protein with toxic properties and neutrilize it |
| Arthralgia | noninflamitory joint pain |
| Arthritis | Inflammation of the joint; leading to pain |
| Asplenia | No spleen; makes them more susceptible to disease |
| Ataxia | lack of coordination of muscle movements |
| Atrophy | Wasting of tissues, organs, or of the body |
| Attenuation | decrease of virulence in pathogen. |
| Auscultation | listening for sounds in internal organs |
| Autochithonous | originates where its found |
| a virulent | microbe with limited pathogenic properties |
| Axillus | arm pit |
| Bacteremia | bacteria in blood |
| Bacteriocins | proteins made by bacteria that are lethal to other bacteria |
| Bacteriuria | bacteria in urine |
| Bilateral | both sides |
| Biopsy | removal of tissue for purpose of diagnosis |
| Broad spectrum antibiotics | antibiotic that is effective against a wide range of bacteria |
| Bronchitis | inflammation of the airways |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage | When saline is put onto the airways for samples to be takes |
| Bronchoscopy | Flexible hollow tubes used to see airwaves |
| Cachexia | Weight loss due to disease |
| Calcification | Area with increased calcium deposites |
| CD4 cells | helper T cells (lymphocytes) responsible for activating immune response |
| cellulitis | inflammation of tissue beneath skin |
| Cervicitis | inflammation of the cervix |
| Chancre | primary lesion of syphilis |
| Chemoprophylaxis | use of chemicals such as antibiotics to prevent disease |
| chemothrapy | use of drugs or chemicals to treat disease |
| cholangitis | inflammation or infection of bile ducts |
| cholecystectomy | removal of gall bladder |
| chronic disease | disease with slow onset of symmtoms |
| colitis | inflammation of the colon |
| communicable disease | transmittable disease |
| conjuctivitis | inflammation/infection of the protective tissue infront of eye |
| convalescence | time after disease ends, but before optimal health |
| Coryza | acute inflammation/infection of the nasal membranes |
| Croup | noisy resperation and cough in laryn |
| cyanosis | bluish skin;oxygen deficiency |
| cyst | abnormal sac in the skin containing fluid, gas, or semisolid material |
| cycstitis | bladder infection |
| cytoscopy | tube used to view inside of bladder |
| cytopathic | changes in cell due to disease |
| cytotoxic | damaging to cell |
| debride | removal of dead skin from wound |
| diaphoretic | sweating alot |
| diplopia | double vision |
| dysentary | very watery stool sometimes with blood and mucus and with pain |
| dyspepsia | upset stomach |
| dyspnea | shortness of breathe |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| effusion | leakage of fluid from blood vessel of lymphatics into tissue or cavity |
| emesis | vomiting |
| empiric | based of experience |
| empyema | collection of pus in pleural space |
| enanthema | mucous membrane eruption |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| endemic | a disease that persist in a community |
| endocarditis | inflammation/infection of the tissue linning the inside of the heart |
| endometritis | inflammation/infection of uterine linning |
| endoscopy | tube going down esophagus to view GI tract |
| enteric | related to intestine |
| eosinophilia | increased number of eosinophils |
| epidemic | large number of cases involved in a disease |
| erythema | reddening |
| erythema infectiosum | rash that occurs in children; slapped check appearence; usually virus caused |
| Etiology | cause of disease |
| Exanthema | skin rash that occurs as a symptom of a acute bacterial or viral infection |
| Exotoxin | proteins secreted by bacteria which have a toxic effect on animals |
| Exudate | fluid resulting from inflammation or infection |
| Fomite | An object that can transmite an organism from one place to another |
| Fulminant | sudden intense or severe process |
| Gait | manner of walking |
| Gangrene | death of tissue |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the mucous membranes of the GI tract |
| Glormerulonephritis | changes in the kideny glomeruli |
| Granuloma | collection of white blood cells surrounding a focal area of inflammation or infection |
| Guiac | reagent used to test for blood in stool |
| Guillain-barre syndrome | inframmation of the peripheral nerves resulting in paralysis |
| Hematemesis | vomiting blood |
| hematogenous | spread though the blood |
| hematuria | bloodin urine |
| hemolysis | destruction of red blood cells |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver cells |
| hepatomegaly | inflammation of the liver |
| hepatosplenomegaly | enlargment of liver and spleen |
| horizontal transmission | passage of diesease from person to person |
| Humoral | subtances in blood |
| hydrocephalus | fluid accumulation in cerebral ventricles |
| Hydrops | watery fluid accumulation in spaces or cavities |
| hypertrophy | increase in size;not including tumers |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypoxemia | low oxygen in blood |
| icterus | to have jaundice |
| in utero | in the womb |
| indolent | painless, slugish or inactive |
| induration | firmness in soft tissue |
| infarct | tissue death caused by low oxygen |
| infiltrate | invasion of tissue by materials not usually found there |
| intrapartum | during delivery |
| intrauterine | inside cavity of the womb |
| ischemia | cell injury due to low blood flow to area |
| lymphadenopathy | swollen lyph glands |
| lymphocytosis | increased number of lymphocytes |
| lymphoma | cancer of lymph cells |
| macular | lesions which are flat and only detected by change in color and texture of tissue |
| malaise | feeling of discomfort |
| meningoencephalitis | inflammation of the brain and surrounding membranes |
| metastasis | occurance of disease not connected directly with site where disease first appeared |
| MIC | the smallest quantity of an antibiotic that will still have an effect on microbe |
| Mitral regurgitation | defective mitral valve which allows back flow |
| Morbilliform rash | flat to slightly raised rash resembeling measles |
| mucocutaneous | involving skin and mucous membranes |
| myalgia | soreness or aching of muscles |
| myocarditis | inflammation of heart muscle cells |
| necrosis | cell death |
| neuropathy | disease affecting all cranial nerves of the peripheral or autonomic nervous system |
| neutropenia | low number of neautrophils in blood |
| normotensive | Normal blood pressure |
| nuchal rigidity | stiff neck |
| occult blood | blood in body fluids that cannot be detected with the naked eye |
| opportunistic organism | organism which causes disease with lowered resistance |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation/infection of bone |
| ototoxic | substance that has a toxic effect on the ear |
| pancytopenia | reduction in all types of blood cells |
| pandemic | disease effecting the population of region, country or continent |
| paresis | incomplete paralysis |
| paroxysm | abrupt episodic recurrence of disease and symptoms |
| pathognomic | symptoms that are charecteristic to disease; diagnosis can be made because of this |
| pericarditis | inflammation of the sac covering the heart |
| pleocytosis | abnormally large numbers of cells |
| post ictal | a patients condition following a seizue |
| proctitis | inflammation of the rectum |
| prodrome | an early symptom of a disease |
| pruritis | itching |
| ptosis | droopy eye lids |
| purpura | purple lesions in skin |
| purulent | presence of pus |
| pustular | pus in lesions |
| pyogenic | pus |
| pyrogenic | fever inducing |
| pyuria | pus in urine |
| quadriparesis | weakness of all 4 extremeties |
| rales | abnormal breathing sounds |
| rhinitis | inflammation/infection of the mucous membranes |
| Rhinorrhea | thin, watery discharge from the nose |
| salpingitis | inflammation of the fallion tubes |
| sequelae | condition that results from a disease |
| splenectomy | removal of a sleep |
| splenomegaly | enlargment of the spleen |
| spongiform | sponge like apperance;when this is noted in the brain, it is indictive of a prion disease |
| stridorous cough | high pitched cough resulting from laryngeal blockage |
| subcostal retractions | inward movement of the area between the ribs |
| syncope | fainting |
| systemic infection | infectious agent found throughout the body |
| tachycardia | increased heart rate |
| tachypnea | increased resperatory rate |
| teratogenic | agents that cause abnormal development of a fetus |
| trismus | spasm of the jaw muscle |
| venipuncture | using a vein to draw blood |
| vertical transmission | infectious agent transfered from mother to child |
| vesicular | small, blisterlike lesions |
| viremia | viable virus in the blood |
| zoonotic | animal disease contracted by a human |
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