Key Terms Ch.1 Flashcards
Inferior
Pretending to being below
Communication
Action to impart or transmit
Therapist
One who specializes in treatment
Inpatient
A patient in a hospital
diagnosis
Condition of complete knowledge of a patient’s symptoms and signs.
Physiology
The study of the physical function of the body
Etiology
The study of the case of disease
Anatomy
Process of cutting apart the body. The study of the structure of the human body and its parts.
Inguinal
Pertaining to the groin
Outpatient
Patient who does not stay overnight at a health care facility
Recuperation
A process of recovery
Lateral
Pertaining to the side
Quadrant
Pertaining to 4 parts of the abdominopelvic area
Communicable
Able to be imparted or transmitted
Surgeon
One who performs operative procedures
Remission
Condition of sending back to being without symptoms and signs of a disease
Dorsal
Pertaining to the back of
Pathogen
That which produces disease
Exacerbation
A process of increase in patient’s symptoms or signs
Etymology
The study of word origins
Organ
Structure made of tissues and cells
physician
Skilled professional or expert in the body. Also known as a doctor.
hospice
Healthcare facility for patients who are dying.
therapeutic
Pertaining to therapy or treatment.
lumbar
Pertaining to the lower back.
anterior
Pertaining to the front part.
palliative
Pertaining to reducing the severity of.
syndrome
A running together of set a of symptoms and signs characteristic of one disease.
epigastric
Pertaining to a region above the stomach.
Tissue
Structure made of cells.
medial
Pertaining to the middle.
acute
Sudden and severe.
cell
Smallest independently functioning structure in the body.
disability
A state of going away from ability.
external
Pertaining to the outside.
surgery
Process of an
operative procedure.
technician
Skilled professional or expert with technical skill.
ancillary
Pertaining to an accessory.
disease
Any change in the normal structure or function of the body.
umbilical
Pertaining to the umbilicus or navel.
technologist
One who specializes in a technical skill and the study of it.
proximal
Pertaining to near the center or point of origin.
subacute
Symptoms and signs that are less severe in intensity than acute symptoms.
internal
Pertaining to inside.
Symptom
Any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient.
asymptomatic
Pertaining to being without symptoms.
symptomatology
The study of a collection of symptoms.
hypogastric
Pertaining to below the stomach.
clinic
Healthcare facility for just one type of patient or disease.
hypochondriac
Pertaining to below the cartilage of the ribs. A patient with imaginary symptoms
prognosis
Condition of having before knowledge;
foreknowledge about the course of a
prone
Lying on the anterior part of the body (face down).
paramedic
Pertaining to a person who works apart from medical personnel who work in
health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
cavity
State of having a hollow space.
caudad
Toward or in the direction of the tail bone.
chronic
Pertaining to continuing over time.
hospital
Healthcare facility for acute care.
cephalad
Toward or in the direction of the head.
ventral
Pertaining to the front or abdomen.
distal
Pertaining to moving away from the center or point of origin.
bilateral
Pertaining to two sides.
posterior
Pertaining to the back part.
superior
Pertaining to being above.
rehabilitation
Action of to again and again give ability.
