Chapter 3: Vocab

Question 1

Afebrile

Answer 1

Literally means pertaining to without fever; the patient’s temperature would be within a normal range

Question 2

Anicteric

Answer 2

Term used to describe a condition that is without signs of jaundice such as anicteric hepatitis

Question 3

Arrest

Answer 3

To stop, inhibit, restrain. A condition of being stopped, such as occurs in cardiac arrest when cardiac output and affective circulation stop

Question 4

Bifurcation

Answer 4

The process of having two forks or two branches or two divisions; the point of forking

Question 5

Concentration

Answer 5

In psychology, the process of being able to bring to the center one thought and focus on it, while excluding other thoughts

Question 6

Decompensation

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Enucleate

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Extraocular

Answer 8

Pertaining to outside the eye, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles. These are the muscles that control eye movement and eye coordination

Question 9

Hyperactive

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Hypoplasia

Answer 10

Under development of a tissue, organ, or body

Question 11

Insomnia

Answer 11

Condition of not being able to sleep.

Question 12

Intercellular junctions

Answer 12

Pertaining to the microscopic space between cells that are important in assisting the transfer of small molecules across capillary walls

Question 13

Intraoperative

Answer 13

Occurring during a surgical operation or procedure

Question 14

Latent

Answer 14

Lying hidden; quiet, not active

Question 15

Lumen

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Multifocal

Answer 16

Pertaining to or arising from many locations

Question 17

Occlusion

Answer 17

Process of closing or state of being closed such as of a passage or lumen

Question 18

Parasternal

Answer 18

Pertaining to either side of the sternum (breastbone)

Question 19

Patent

Answer 19

Wide open; freely open; for example, aluminum would be patent (opposite of occlusion)

Question 20

Pericardial

Answer 20

Pertaining to the pericardium (a fibrous sac surrounding the heart)

Question 21

Polydactyly

Answer 21

Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers and toes

Question 22

Premenstrual

Answer 22

Pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses (the monthly flow of bloody fluid from the endometrium via the vagina)

Question 23

Regurgitation

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Sign

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Subacute

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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

Question 26

Superinfection

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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

Question 27

Symptom

Answer 27

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])

Question 28

Unconscious

Answer 28

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