Common Medical Terms And Definitions Flashcards
Biopsy
The removal of body tissue for diagnostic examination
Asepsis
The state of being free from disease causing organisms
Bradycardia
A slow heart rate
Tachycardia
A fast heart rate
Cardiac
Pertaining to the heart
Contraindicate
To make a medication procedure or treatment in advisable
Dehydration
Excessive loss of water from the body
Diagnostic
Relating to or used for diagnosis, the identification by a physician of the cause of a persons daughter
Gastroenteritis
Inflammation of the stomach and intestines
Hemorrhage
Excessive bleeding either internal or external
Hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver
Intravenous IV
Within a vein
Pathology
Branch of medicine dealing with the nature of disease and the structural and functional changes caused by the disease
Phlebitis
Inflammation of the blood vessel
Pulmonary
Pertaining to the lungs
Secretion
The production and release of a chemical substance by a cell gland or organ which is used in the body an example is a secretion of saliva by the salivary glands
Therapeutic
Relating to or used in the treatment of disease
Thrombosis
The formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel or an organ
Tracheotomy
A surgical incision in the trachea performed to make an artificial breathing hole
Urinalysis
Laboratory test of a patients urine done for diagnostic purposes
