Basic Medical Terminology (Scribe)
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56 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abrasion | Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive |
| Acute | New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic |
| Benign | normal. of no danger to health |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm) |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| cholecystitis | inflamation of the cholecyst (gallbladder) |
| chronic | long standing constant. opposite of acute |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung disease commonly seen in smokers |
| coronary artery | artery that supplies heart tissue with blood |
| cerebrovascular accident (cva) | stroke; lack of blood supply to the brain causing brain damage |
| diaphoresis | sweating |
| distal | farther away from trunk of body |
| deep vain thrombosis | a blood clot in a deep vein, most often an extremity |
| dyspnea | problems with breathing |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| ecchymosis | a bruise |
| emesis | vomiting |
| edema | swelling |
| epistaxis | nose bleed |
| erythema/ erythematous | redness/red |
| grossly | obviously;wholly;a lot |
| hematemesis | very large amount of blood in vomit |
| hematuria | very large amount of blood in the urine |
| hemoptysis | coughing up very large amounts of blood |
| hemorrhage | excess or profuse bleeding |
| hepatomegaly | enlarged liver |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypoxia | low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood |
| infarct | area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply |
| inferior | lower on the body, farther from the head |
| ischemia | lack of blood supply |
| laceration | splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp) |
| lateral | farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from the nose to belly button) |
| medial | nearer to the midline |
| melena | black tarry stool |
| myocardial infarction (MI) | death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia |
| myalgia | muscle pain;muscle aches |
| oriented x3 | oriented to person place and time |
| pallor | pale skin |
| pulmonary embolism (PE) | blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot |
| posterior/dostal | rear or back side of the body |
| proximal | nearer to the trunk of the body |
| purulent | pus like |
| rales | crackles;wet crackling noise in lungs |
| rhinorrhea | clear nasal discharge; runny nose |
| rhonchi | rattling noise of mucous in the lungs |
| sepsis | dangerous infection of the blood |
| STEMI | ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia |
| Superior | higher on the body nearer to the head |
| supine | body position laying face up |
| syncope | "passing out" loss of consciousness or fainting |
| tachycardia | fast heart rate (greater than 100 bpm) |
| transient ischemic attack (tia) | minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time |
| vertigo | condition of dizziness "room spinning" |
| wheezing | high pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease |
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