AMED 500 Chap 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -algia | means pain. |
| dys- | means bad, difficult, or painful. |
| -ectomy | means surgical removal. |
| hyper- | means excessive or increased. |
| hypo- | means deficient or decreased. |
| -itis | means inflammation. |
| -osis | means an abnormal disease or condition. |
| -ostomy | means to surgically create an artificial opening. |
| -otomy | means surgical incision. |
| -plasty | means surgical repair. |
| -rrhage | mean bursting forth as in abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding. |
| -rrhaphy | means to suture or stitch. |
| -rrhea | means abnormal flow or discharge and refers to the abnormal flow of most body fluids. |
| -rrhexis | means rupture. |
| -sclerosis | means abnormal hardening. |
| Abdominocentesis | surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes. |
| Acronym | a word formed from the initial letter or letters of the major parts of a compound term. |
| Appendectomy | the surgical removal of the appendix. |
| Arteriosclerosis | abdominal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries. |
| Arthralgia | pain in a joint or joints. |
| Colostomy | surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface. |
| Colotomy | a surgical incision into the colon. |
| Diagnosis | the identification of a disease. |
| Diarrhea | abnormal frequency to loose or watery stools. |
| Edema | excess fluid and in body tissues, causing swelling. |
| Endarterial | the interior or lining of an artery. |
| Eponym | a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first. |
| Erythrocytes | mature red blood cells. |
| Gastralgia | pain in the stomach. |
| Gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and small intestine. |
| Gastrosis | any abnormal condition of the stomach. |
| Hemorrhage | the lost of a huge amount of blood in a short time. |
| Hepatomegaly | abnormal enlargement of the liver. |
| Hypertension | consistent abnormally elevated blood pressure levels. |
| Hypotension | lower than normal blood pressure. |
| Infection | the invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism. |
| Inflammation | a localized response to injury or destruction of tissues. |
| Interstitial | between but not within a tissue. |
| Intramuscular | situated or taking place within, or administered into, a muscle. |
| Laceration | a torn, ragged wound. |
| Lesion | a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury. |
| Mycosis | any disease caused by a fungus. |
| Myelopathy | any pathologic condition of the spinal cord. |
| Myopathy | any pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue. |
| Myorrhexis | rupture of a muscle. |
| Neonatology | study of disorders of the newborn. |
| Neuritis | inflammation of a nerve or nerves. |
| Otorhinolaryngology | study of the ears, nose, and throat. |
| Palpation | an examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts. |
| Palpitation | a pounding or racing heart. |
| Poliomyelitis | a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal that may result in paralysis. |
| Prognosis | a forecast or prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder. |
| Prostate | a male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra. |
| Prostrate | to collapse or to be overcome with exhaustion. |
| Pyoderma | any pus-forming skin disease. |
| Pyrosis | regurgitating of stomach acid upward into the esophagus. |
| Subcostal | below the ribs |
| Supination | the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward. |
| Suppuration | formation or discharge of pus. |
| Supracostal | above or outside the ribs. |
| Suturing | closing a wound or incision by stitching or a similar means. |
| Symptom | can be observed only by a patient. |
| Syndrome | a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as a part of a specific disease process |
| Tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonsils. |
| Trauma | wound or injury. |
| Triage | medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment. |
| Viral | pertaining to a virus. |
| angiography | the process of producing a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible |
| acute | rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration |
| remission | temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having acheived a cure |
| sign | objective evidence of disease such as a fever that can be measured by others |
| fissure | groove or crack like sore of the skin |
| fistula | abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body |
| cyanosis | blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood |
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