Chap.2 Terms Flashcards
Acute
Severe symptom, recently or sharp.
Chronic
Won’t go away.
Been going on for a while now.
Exacerbation
It’s getting worse
Abrupt
All of a sudden.
Febrile
Having fever
Malaise
Not feeling well
Progressive
More and more each day
Symptoms
Something the patient feels
Noncontributory
Not related to this current or specific problem.
Lethargic
Decrease in level of consciousness
Genetic/hereditary
It runs in the family.
Alert
Able to answer questions, responsive and interactive
Oriented
Being aware of who you are.
Where
Current time
Marked
It really stands out
Unremarkable
Another way of saying normal
Auscultation
To listen
Percussion
To hit something and listen to resulting sound or feel for results.
Palpation
To feel
Impression
Another way of saying assessment
Diagnosis
What the health care pro thinks the patient has.
Differential diagnosis
A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam
Benign
Safe
Malignant
Dangerous a problem
Degeneration
To be getting worse
Etiology
The cause
Remission
To get better or improve.
Not a cure
Idiopathic
No known specific cause; it just happens
Localized
Stay in a certain area or part of the body
Systemic/generalized
All over the body
Morbidity
The risk of dying
Prognosis
The chances for things getting worse or better
Occult
Hidden
Pathogen
The organism that causes the problem.
Lesion
Diseased tissue
Recurrent
To have again
Sequelae
seh-KWEL-ah
A problem resulting from a disease or injury
Pending
Waiting for
Disposition
What happened to the patient at the end of the visit.
Home, ICU, hospital bed
Discharge
Unload
1send home
2fluid coming out of the body
Prophylaxis
Preventative treatment
Palliative
Treating the symptoms but not actually getting rid of the cause
Observation
Watch or keep an eye out
Reassurance
To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous
Supportive care
To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better
Sterile
Extremely clean, germ free conditions
Proximal
Closer to the center and approximate come from the same word and mean close
Distal
Farther away from the Center distal and distant come from the same word meaning “far.”
Lateral
Out to the side
(Lateral the football) side
Medial
Toward the middle
Median on the highway
Ventral
Antral
Anterior
The front of the word central means “stomach”
Dorsal
Posterior
The back
Dorsal fin on a shark is on its back
Cranial
Toward the top
Caudal
Toward the bottom
Superior
Above
Top half
Inferior
Below
Prone
Laying down on the belly
Planking)
Supine
Lying down on back
Contralateral
Opposite side
Ipsilateral
Same side
Unilateral
One side
Bilateral
Both sides
Like both legs are fractured.
Dorsum
The top of the hand or foot
Palm down
Plantar
The sole of the foot
Palmar
The palm of the hand
Sagittal
Right to left
Sagitta Latin for arrow
Split the arrow in half
Coronal
Divides the body from front to back
Corona is Latin for crown.
Transverse
Divides the body from top to bottom
Body worlds with segments of body
