Basic Medical Terminology S - W

Question 1

Sepsis

[sep-sis]

Answer 1

Dangerous infection of the blood

Question 2

Soft Tissue Tenderness

Answer 2

Tenderness of a soft tissue; muscle, skin, fat. Opposite of bony tenderness

Question 3

STEMI

Answer 3

ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia

Question 4

Superior

[suh-peer-ee-er]

Answer 4

Higher on the body, nearer to the head

Question 5

Supine

[soo-pahyn]

Answer 5

Body position lying face up

Question 6

Syncope

[sing-kuh-pee]

Answer 6

“Passing out”, loss of consciousness or fainting

Question 7

Tachycardia

[tak-i-kahr-dee-uh]

Answer 7

Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)

Question 8

Tachypnea

[tak-ip-nee-uh]

Answer 8

Increase breathing rate

Question 9

Tenderness

Answer 9

Physician’s assessment if an area is painful (tender) or not (non-tender)

Question 10

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

[tran–zee-uhnt] [ih-skee-mee-ik]

Answer 10

Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time

Question 11

Vein

[veyn]

Answer 11

Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart

Question 12

Vertigo

[vur-ti-goh]

Answer 12

Condition of dizziness, “room spinning”

Question 13

Wheezing

[hweez-ing]

Answer 13

High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease

Question 14

Dangerous infection of the blood

Answer 14

Sepsis

[sep-sis]

Question 15

Tenderness of a soft tissue; muscle, skin, fat. Opposite of bony tenderness

Answer 15

Soft Tissue Tenderness

Question 16

ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia

Answer 16

STEMI

Question 17

Higher on the body, nearer to the head

Answer 17

Superior

[suh-peer-ee-er]

Question 18

Body position lying face up

Answer 18

Supine

[soo-pahyn]

Question 19

“Passing out”, loss of consciousness or fainting

Answer 19

Syncope

[sing-kuh-pee]

Question 20

Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)

Answer 20

Tachycardia

[tak-i-kahr-dee-uh]

Question 21

Increase breathing rate

Answer 21

Tachypnea

[tak-ip-nee-uh]

Question 22

Physician’s assessment if an area is painful (tender) or not (non-tender)

Answer 22

Tenderness

Question 23

Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time

Answer 23

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

[tran–zee-uhnt] [ih-skee-mee-ik]

Question 24

Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart

Answer 24

Vein

[veyn]

Question 25

Condition of dizziness, “room spinning”

Answer 25

Vertigo

[vur-ti-goh]

Question 26

High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease

Answer 26

Wheezing

[hweez-ing]