Question | Answer |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
ultra- | excessive |
tom/o | to cut |
therapeut/o | treatment |
ech/o | sound |
pharmaceut/i | drugs or medicine |
pulse | the rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats |
percussion | tapping the body with the fingertips or fist to evaluate internal organs and to evaluate fluid in a body cavity |
respiration rate | number of breaths per minute |
ascultation | listening for sounds within the body to evaluate organs or detect the fetal heart rate |
sign | objective evidence of disease |
acute | having a short and relatively severe illness |
specimen | small sample or part taken from the body to represent the nature of the whole |
rash | sign |
palpation | feeling the texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts with the hands |
symptom | subjective evidence as perceived by the patient |
thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature |
blood pressure | pressure exerted by the circualting blood on the walls of arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart |
stethoscope | an instrument consisting of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing that is used to hear sounds within the body |
computed tomography | a diagnostic imaging modality that produces a detailed image of a cross section of tissue similar to what one would see if the body or body part were cut into sections |
fluoroscopy | a method of viewing the x-ray image directly in real time |
therapeutic | pertaining to treatment |
analgesic | drug that relieves pain |
chemotherapy | treatment of disease by chemical agents |
magnetic resonance imaging | a noninvasive technique for visualizing internal structures that creates images based on the magnetic properties of chemical elements within the body |
radiolucent | substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays |
diastolic | the lower reading when measuring the blood pressure |
narcotics | substances that produce insensibility or stupor |
fluoroscope | an instrument that projects an x-ray image on a screen during fluoroscopy |
radiology | branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases with x-rays and radioactive substances |
radiopaque | substances that do not permit the passage of x-rays |
systolic pressure | the higher reading in measuring a blood pressure |
chronic | an adjective that describes a disease showing little change or slow progression |
symptom | pain |