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Key Terms Ch.1 Flashcards

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Inferior

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Pretending to being below

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Communication

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Action to impart or transmit

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Therapist

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One who specializes in treatment

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Inpatient

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A patient in a hospital

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diagnosis

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Condition of complete knowledge of a patient’s symptoms and signs.

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Physiology

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The study of the physical function of the body

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Etiology

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The study of the case of disease

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Anatomy

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Process of cutting apart the body. The study of the structure of the human body and its parts.

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Inguinal

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Pertaining to the groin

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Outpatient

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Patient who does not stay overnight at a health care facility

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Recuperation

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A process of recovery

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Lateral

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Pertaining to the side

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Quadrant

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Pertaining to 4 parts of the abdominopelvic area

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Communicable

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Able to be imparted or transmitted

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Surgeon

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One who performs operative procedures

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Remission

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Condition of sending back to being without symptoms and signs of a disease

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the back of

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Pathogen

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That which produces disease

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Exacerbation

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A process of increase in patient’s symptoms or signs

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Etymology

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The study of word origins

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Organ

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Structure made of tissues and cells

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physician

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Skilled professional or expert in the body. Also known as a doctor.

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hospice

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Healthcare facility for patients who are dying.

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therapeutic

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Pertaining to therapy or treatment.

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lumbar

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Pertaining to the lower back.

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anterior

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Pertaining to the front part.

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palliative

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Pertaining to reducing the severity of.

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syndrome

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A running together of set a of symptoms and signs characteristic of one disease.

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epigastric

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Pertaining to a region above the stomach.

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Tissue

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Structure made of cells.

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medial

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Pertaining to the middle.

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acute

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Sudden and severe.

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cell

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Smallest independently functioning structure in the body.

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disability

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A state of going away from ability.

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external

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Pertaining to the outside.

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surgery

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Process of an
operative procedure.

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technician

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Skilled professional or expert with technical skill.

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ancillary

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Pertaining to an accessory.

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disease

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Any change in the normal structure or function of the body.

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umbilical

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Pertaining to the umbilicus or navel.

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technologist

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One who specializes in a technical skill and the study of it.

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proximal

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Pertaining to near the center or point of origin.

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subacute

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Symptoms and signs that are less severe in intensity than acute symptoms.

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internal

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Pertaining to inside.

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Symptom

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Any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient.

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asymptomatic

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Pertaining to being without symptoms.

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symptomatology

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The study of a collection of symptoms.

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hypogastric

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Pertaining to below the stomach.

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clinic

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Healthcare facility for just one type of patient or disease.

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hypochondriac

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Pertaining to below the cartilage of the ribs. A patient with imaginary symptoms

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prognosis

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Condition of having before knowledge;
foreknowledge about the course of a

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prone

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Lying on the anterior part of the body (face down).

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paramedic

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Pertaining to a person who works apart from medical personnel who work in

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health

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A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.

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cavity

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State of having a hollow space.

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caudad

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Toward or in the direction of the tail bone.

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chronic

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Pertaining to continuing over time.

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hospital

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Healthcare facility for acute care.

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cephalad

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Toward or in the direction of the head.

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ventral

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Pertaining to the front or abdomen.

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distal

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Pertaining to moving away from the center or point of origin.

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bilateral

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Pertaining to two sides.

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posterior

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Pertaining to the back part.

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superior

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Pertaining to being above.

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rehabilitation

A

Action of to again and again give ability.

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