decoding Flashcards
ARRHYTHMIA
A (absence of)
RHYTHMIA (rhythm)
Irregular heartbeats, fast slow or irregular
NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM
NEURO (nerves)
LOGIC (reason, thinking)
Nervous System
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
VENTRICULA (cavity in hollow organ such as a chamber of the heart)
TACHY (fast)
CARDIA (of the heart)
Abnormally fast heartbeat in lower heart chambers
FIBRILATION / DEFIBRILATION
FIBRIL (Fibers or strands)
Individual fibers of heart muscles contracting on their own rather than all together. Defibrulation makes them contract together again.
RESUSCITATE
RE (again)
SUSCITARE (to raise)
To Revive
STAT
STATIM (immediately)
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
CLAUSTRO (bolt or door lock)
PHOBIA (fear)
Fear of being locked in - fear of small spaces
ARTHRITIS
ARTHRO (joints)
ITIS (inflammation)
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
IMMUNE (protection) response against the
(AUTO) self
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells. In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your joints or skin, as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.
BRONCHITIS
BRONCH (bronchial tubes)
ITIS (inflammation)
DIAPHRAGM
DIA (across)
PHRAGM (fence)
muscular membrane that separates one cavity from another
EMPHYSEMA
“TO PUFF UP”
swelling/enlargement of air spaces in lungs
FLATUS
“BLOWING” / “BREAKING WIND”
GLUCOSE
SUGAR (“sweet delightful wine”)
LYMPH
WATER / WATER GODDESS
pale liquid that removes bacteria from tissue
METABOLIC
METABOL (Change)
system whereby chemical process converts food to energy
NAUSEA
“SEA SICKNESS” (Greek)
impulse to vomit, aversion to food
PALPITATION
PALPATRE (throb, flutter, tremble)
rapid pulse
THORACOTOMY
THORAX (cavity between neck and abdomen)
OTOMY (cutting into a body part)
Incision into chest cavity
TRANSIENT
TRANS (to pass over)
Short lived, passing, not permanent (as in pain or disease)
TREMOR
TREMERE (to tremble)
involuntary rhythmic muscle contraction leading to shaking movements
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS “ALS”
“AMYOTROPHIC”
A absence of
MYO muscle
TROPHIC nourishment
progressive and fatal degenerative disease of the nerves that control voluntary muscle function
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS “ALS”
“LATERAL”
“TO THE SIDE”
progressive and fatal degenerative disease of the nerves that control voluntary muscle function
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS “ALS”
“SCLEROSIS”
SKLEROS hard/hardening
OSIS diseased or abnormal condition
progressive and fatal degenerative disease of the nerves that control voluntary muscle function
ATROPHY
A absence of
TROPHY nourishment
HEMOGLOBIN
HEMO Blood
GLOBIN a protein in the blood
OSTEOARTHRITIS (“OA”)
OSTEO bone
ARTH joint
ITIS inflammation
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
RHEUM flow
ARTH joint
ITIS inflammation
originally named for way inflammation seemed to flow from joint to joint
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
MYO muscle
CARDIAL heart
INFARCT to plug up
sudden deprivation of circulating blood - to do with clogged artery
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CORONA crown (arteries that surround the heart like a crown)
THROMBOSIS
THROMBOS curd or clot
OSIS diseased or abnormal condition
Blood Clot in a blood vessel
AORTIC ANEURYSM
AORTA lifted, carried (main artery of body)
ANEURYSM dilation/widening
abnormal bulge in wall of aorta
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
GASTR stomach
ESOPHOGO esophogus
RE repeat
FLUX flow
food backs up into esophogus causing heartburn
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ENDO inside
CRINE secretions
System of glands that secrete hormones into the blood stream
DIABETES MELLITUS
DIABETES passing through (as in siphoned)
MELLITUS sweet / honey
BENIGN PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA
BENIGN kind or pleasant
HYPER excessive
PLASIA growth, enlargement
PROSTATE something standing in front of (the bladder)
enlargement of the prostate gland
GENITOURINARY SYSTEM
GENITO genital system
URINARY urinary system
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
PULMO lung
EMBOLI wedge or plug
detached blood clot or clump of bacteria in lungs
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
CYST cyst
FIBR fibrous growth
OSIS disease
APNEA
A absence of
PNEA breathing
DYSPNEA
DYS difficulty with
PNEA breathing
ANEMIA
AN without
EMIA blood condition
low red blood cell (hemoglobin) count
ANTIGEN
ANTI against
GEN produces or causes
substance that causes immune system to react against it
ERYTHROCYTE
ERYTHRO red
CYTE cell
red blood cell
HEMATOCRIT
HEMATO blood
CRIT judge or gauge
test to determine percentage of red blood cells in blood
LEUKOCYTE
LEUKO white
CYTE cell
leukocyte - white blood cell
HYPERTENSION
HYPER high or excessive
TENSION pressure
ELECTROLYTE
ELEKTRO amber - resin that produces static electricity
LYTE loosed
substances that become ions in solution and acquire capacity to conduct electricity.. Can be tested for in blood and urine to check kidney health.
