Chapter 3: Vocab Flashcards
Afebrile
Literally means pertaining to without fever; the patient’s temperature would be within a normal range
Anicteric
Term used to describe a condition that is without signs of jaundice such as anicteric hepatitis
Arrest
To stop, inhibit, restrain. A condition of being stopped, such as occurs in cardiac arrest when cardiac output and affective circulation stop
Bifurcation
The process of having two forks or two branches or two divisions; the point of forking
Concentration
In psychology, the process of being able to bring to the center one thought and focus on it, while excluding other thoughts
Decompensation
Failure of a system. In cardiology —failure of the heart to maintain adequate circulation; in psychology — failure of the defense mechanism system that may occur during a relapsing of a mental condition
Enucleate
Literally means to remove the kernel of. It is used to describe the removal of the eyeball surgically or to remove a cataract surgically. It also means to remove a part or a mass in its entirety
Extraocular
Pertaining to outside the eye, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles. These are the muscles that control eye movement and eye coordination
Hyperactive
Nature or quality of excessive activity; this can refer to the entire organism or to a particular entity such as the thyroid, heart, or muscles. It may also describe an individual who exhibits constant over activity
Hypoplasia
Under development of a tissue, organ, or body
Insomnia
Condition of not being able to sleep.
Intercellular junctions
Pertaining to the microscopic space between cells that are important in assisting the transfer of small molecules across capillary walls
Intraoperative
Occurring during a surgical operation or procedure
Latent
Lying hidden; quiet, not active
Lumen
Space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube. It is also the hollow core of a hypodermic needle, which forms an oval -shaped opening when exposed at the beveled (flat, slanted surface) point
Multifocal
Pertaining to or arising from many locations
Occlusion
Process of closing or state of being closed such as of a passage or lumen
Parasternal
Pertaining to either side of the sternum (breastbone)
Patent
Wide open; freely open; for example, aluminum would be patent (opposite of occlusion)
Pericardial
Pertaining to the pericardium (a fibrous sac surrounding the heart)
Polydactyly
Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers and toes
Premenstrual
Pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses (the monthly flow of bloody fluid from the endometrium via the vagina)
Regurgitation
Process of a backward flow of solids or foods from the stomach to the mouth or the backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
Sign
Any objective clinical evidence of an illness or disorder the function of the body. A sign can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by the examiner
Subacute
Literally means below sharp. It is used to describe the course of a disease process or the hearing process following tissue injury; designated as the mid ground between acute and chronic
Superinfection
An infection following a previous infection produced by an overgrowth of a resistant strain of bacteria, fungi, or yeast. It can occur as an adverse effect of antibiotic usage or overusage
Symptom
Any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; symptoms may be a cute, chronic, relapsing, remitting, and can have a systemic or local effect; they can be classified as objective (can be observed and measured), subjective (felt and described by the patient), and cardinal (the vital signs: temperature [T], pulse [P], respiration [R], and blood pressure [BP])
Unconscious
An abnormal state in which the person is not aware of his or her environment. In this state the person experiences no sensory impressions and is unresponsive neurologically
