Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 2 Flashcards

5212703032	acute	recently started, sharp and severe symptom	0
5212703033	chronic	has been going on for awhile	1
5212703034	exacerbation	getting worse	2
5212703035	abrupt	all of a sudden	3
5212703036	febrile	to have a fever	4
5212703037	afebrile	no fever	5
5212703038	malaise	not feeling well	6
5212703039	progressive	more and more	7
5212703040	symptom	something a patient feels	8
5212703041	noncontributory	not related to this specific problem	9
5212703042	lethargic	decrease in level of consciousness	10
5212703043	genetic/hereditary	runs in the family	11
5212703044	impression	another way of saying assessment	12
5212703045	diagnosis	what the health professional thinks the patient has	13
5212703046	differential diagnosis	a list of conditions the patient may have	14
5212703047	etiology	the cause	15
5212703048	benign	safe	16
5212703049	malignant	dangerous	17
5212703050	degeneration	getting worse	18
5212703051	remission	to get better or improve	19
5212703052	idiopathic	no known specific cause	20
5212703053	localized	stays in certain part of the body	21
5212703054	systemic/generalized	all over the body	22
5212703055	morbidity	the risk for being sick	23
5212703056	mortality	the risk for dying	24
5212703057	prognosis	the chances of things getting better or worse	25
5212703058	occult	hidden	26
5212703059	pathogen	disease causing agent	27
5212703060	lesion	diseased tissue	28
5212703061	recurrent	to have again	29
5212703062	sequelae	a problem resulting from disease or injury	30
5212703063	pending	waiting for	31
5212703064	disposition	what happened to the patient at the end of the visit	32
5212703065	discharge	send home OR fluid coming out of the body	33
5212703066	prophylaxis	preventative treatment	34
5212703067	palliative	treating the symptoms not the cause	35
5212703068	observation	watch	36
5212703069	reassurance	tell the patients the problem is not serious/dangerous	37
5212703070	supportive care	treat symptoms & make patient feel better	38
5212703071	sterile	germ-free	39
5212703072	proximal	closer to center	40
5212703073	distal	farther away from the center	41
5212703074	lateral	out to the side	42
5212703075	medial	toward the middle	43
5212703076	ventral/antral/anterior	the front	44
5212703077	dorsal/posterior	the back	45
5212703078	cranial	toward the top (head)	46
5212703079	caudal	toward the bottom (tail)	47
5212703080	superior	above	48
5212703081	inferior	below	49
5212703082	prone	lying down on belly	50
5212703083	supine	lying down on back	51
5212703084	contralateral	opposite side	52
5212703085	ipsilateral	same side	53
5212703086	unilateral	one side	54
5212703087	bilateral	both sides	55
5212703088	dorsum	top of hand or foot	56
5212703089	plantar	sole of foot	57
5212703090	palmar	palm of hand	58
5212703091	sagittal	divides the body in slices right to left (left and right)	59
5212703092	coronal	divides the body into slices from front to back (anterior & posterior)	60
5212703093	transverse plane	divides the body from top to bottom (superior & inferior)	61
5212703094	CCU	coronary care unit	62
5212703095	ECU	emergency care unit	63
5212703096	ER	emergency room	64
5212703097	ED	emergency department	65
5212703098	ICU	intensive care unit	66
5212703099	PICU	pediatric intensive care unit	67
5212703100	NICU	neonatal intensive care unit	68
5212703101	SICU	surgical intenisve care unit	69
5212703102	PACU	post-anesthesia care unit	70
5212703103	L&D	labor and delivery	71
5212703104	OR	operating room	72
5212703105	Dx	diagnosis	73
5212703106	DDx	differential diagnosis	74
5212703107	Tx	treatment	75
5212703108	Rx	prescription	76
5212703109	Hx	history	77
5212703110	PMHx	past medical istory	78
5212703111	FHx	family hisotry	79
5212703112	SOB	shortness of breath	80
5212703113	PERRLA	pupils are equal round and reactive to light and accomodation	81
5212703114	NAD	no acute distress	82
5212703115	RRR	regular rate and rhythm	83
5212703116	CTA	clear to ausculation (description of normal sounding lungs)	84
5212703117	WDWN	well developed, well nourished	85
5212703118	A&O	alert and oriented	86
5212703119	WNL	within normal limits	87
5212703120	NOS	not otherwise specified	88
5212703121	NEC	not elsewhere classified	89
5212703122	PO	per os (by mouth)	90
5212703123	NPO	nil per os (nothing by mouth)	91
5212703124	PR	per rectum (anal)	92
5212703125	IM	intramuscular	93
5212703126	SC	subcutaneous (under the skin)	94
5212703127	IV	intravaneous	95
5212703128	CVL	central venous line	96
5212703129	PICC	peripherally inserted central catheter	97
5212703130	Sig	instructions	98
5212703131	ad lib	as desired	99
5212703132	BID	twice daily	100
5212703133	TID	three times daily	101
5212703134	QD	daily	102
5212703135	QID	four times daily	103
5212703136	QHS	at night	104
5212703137	AC	before meals	105
5212703138	PC	after meals	106
5212703139	prn	as needed	107
5212703140	alert	able to answer questions, responsive, interactive	108
5212703141	auscultation	to listen	109
5212703142	marked	it really stands out	110
5212703143	oriented	being aware of who, where, & current time	111
5212703144	palpation	to feel	112
5212703145	percussion	to hit something & listen to the resulting sound	113
5212703146	unremarkable	another way of saying normal	114