General Flashcards by Macy Phegley

Anaphylaxis

Life threatening allergic reaction

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Localized collection of pus and other exudate

Abscess

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Asthma

Narrowing of bronchial airways

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Auscultation

Process of listening to body sounds

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Blepharitis

Inflammation of the eyelids

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Cauterization

Removal or destruction of tissues using chemicals or devices

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Crohn’s disease

Irritable bowel disease

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Curettage

Removal of tissue from an area , by scraping

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Diphtheria

Acute infection of the throat

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Dysentery

Irritation of intestinal tract with loose stools

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Endometriosis

Abnormal condition where urine wall tissue is found in pelvis

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Epistaxis

Bleeding from the nose

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Erythropoietin

Hormone release by the kidneys to promote blood cell production

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Gangrene

Death of an area of skin

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Gynecologist

Female problems

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Hematemesis

Blood in vomit

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Hemoptysis

Lung or brachial hemorrhage

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Hepatomegaly

Enlarged liver

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Hypoglycemia

Low glucose in blood

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Hypothalamus

Serves as sensory relay station, pituitary hormones

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Intravenous

Through a tube in the vein

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Ischemia

Localized blood insufficiency caused by an obstruction

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Luteinizing hormone

Essential to ovulation

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Malaise

General feeling of illness

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Menstruation

Cyclical release of uterine lining

Nausea

Sick feeling

Neurorrhaphy

Suturing a severed nerve

Opportunist

Infection because of lowered immune response

Ophthalmologist

Eye doctor

Osteoporosis

Degenerative thinning of bone

Palpitation

Uncomfortable pulsation a of the heart

Pharynx

Passageway at back of mouth

Phimosis

Abnormal opening of foreskin

Pneumonia

Acute infection of alveoli

Polydipsia

Excessive thirst

Prostatitis

Inflammation of the prostate

Pruritis

Itching

Psychiatry

Mental disorders

Rheumatologist

Physician with joints and musculoskeletal

Sphygmomanometer

Measures blood pressure

Splenomegaly

Enlarged spleen

Syphilis

Sexually transmitted infection

Syringe

Injection or withdraw of fluids

Tinnitus

Constant ringing or buzzing

Tonsillectomy

Removal of tonsils

Analgesia

A lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

Anthroplasty

Joint repair

Cardiomyopathy

Disease of the heart muscle

Causalgia

Burning pain

Colpotomy

Incision of vaginal wall

Amylase

Enzyme part of pancreatic juice that begins digestion

Abruptio placentae

Breaking away of placenta from uterine wall

Analgesic

Agent that relieves or eliminates pain

androgen

Any male hormone

aneurysm

Abnormal widening of the artery wall that bursts and releases blood

Ankylosis

Stiffening of a joint

Anorchism

Congenital absence of one or both testicles

Anticonvulsant

Agent that lessens or prevents convulsions

Aphasia

Loss of speech

Arthroplasty

Surgical repair of a joint

Atrophy

Wasting away of tissue organs, and cells

Azotemia

Access of urea and other wastes

BUN

Blood urea nitrogen

Cerebrovascular accident

Neurological incident caused by disruption in normal blood supply to brain

Coronary artery

Blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart

Cyanosis

Bluish discoloration

Dysmenorrhea

Painful mentruation

Dysphagia

Difficulty in swallowing

Endarterectomy

Surgical removal of the diseased portion of the lining of the artery

Endocarditis

Inflammation of endocardium

Epididymis

Group of ducts at the top of the testes where sperm is stored

Fimbriae

Hairlike ends of the uterine tubes that sweep the ovum

Gastroscopy

Examination of stomach using endoscope

Gestation

Period of fetal development

Gouty arthritis

Caused by uric acid build up

Hematuria

Blood in the urine

Holter monitor

Provides 24 hour Electrocardiogram

Humeral

Upper arm

Hyperbilirubinemia

Excessive bilirubin in blood

Ileus

Intestinal blockage

Kyphosis

Abnormal posterior spine curvature

Laparoscopy

Use of lighted tubular instrument

Laryngectomy

Removal of larynx

Medulla oblongata

Regulates heart and lung functions, swallowing, coughing, sneezing

Menarche

First mentruation

Meningomyelocele

Protrusion of meninges and spinal cord

Menorrhagia

Excessive me trial bleeding

Mesentery

Tissue that attaches small and large intestines

Metrorrhagia

Uterine bleeding between two menstrual periods

Mitral valve

Left side of the heart

Myalgia

Muscle pain