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Med Term Ch 7 Flashcards

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Acute

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Referring to a disease of sudden onset and brief course,severe, not chronic

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Anorexia

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Diminished appetite; aversion to food

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Antipyretic

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reducing fever or an agent that does so

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Asymptomatic

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Without symptoms, or producing no symptoms

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Atrophy

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A wasting away of tissues, organs, or the entire body from either death or reabsorption of cells

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Bradypnea

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Abnormal slowness of respiration, specifically a low respiratory frequency

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Central

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Center of the body

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Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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The pattern of breathing with gradual increase in depth and sometimes in rate to a maximum, followed by a decrease

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Chlorocyte

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Green plant cell

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Chronic

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Used to describe persistent disease or illness

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Cyanoderma

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Blue skin

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Diagnosis

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The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defects; a deciding

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Dyspnea

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shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or things; bad breathing

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Edema

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An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

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Emesis

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vomiting

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Erythremia

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Abnormal increase in RBC’s

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Generalized

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involving the whole of an organ as opposed to a focal or regional process

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Hematemesis

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vomiting blood

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Hyperpnea

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Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than is normal at rest

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Hyperpyrexia

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Extremely highfever

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Hypothermia

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A core body temperature significantly lower than 98.6 F

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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

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Localized

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Restricted or limited to a definite part

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Malaise

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A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness; an “out of sorts” feeling, often the first indication of an infection or other disease

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Melanocarcinoma

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Black mole cancer

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Morbidity

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A diseased state

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Mortality

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The state of being mortal

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Nausea

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A feeling of being sick at the stomach; an inclination to vomit

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Palliative

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Reducing the severity of the symptoms without curing the underlying disease

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Paroxysmal

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Relating to or occurring in paroxysms (a sudden recurrence/intensification of symptoms; a
spasm or seizure

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Peripheral

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Relating to or situated at the periphery, opposite of central

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Pneometer

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Instrument used to measure breathing; spirometer

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Polyarthritis

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Simultaneous inflammation of several joints

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Prodromal

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Relating to a prodrome (An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or disease)

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Prognosis

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A forecast of the probable course or outcome of a disease

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Prophylactic

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An agent used in preventing disease

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Pulse

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Palpable rhythmic expansion of an artery, produced by increased volume of blood pushed or forced into the vessel

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Pyretolysis

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Reduction of fever

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Pyrexia

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Fever

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Respiration

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Breathing

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Symptom

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Any change in structure, junction, or sensation

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Symptomatic

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Indicative, relating to or conisting of “all” the symptoms of a disease

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Syndrome

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Combination of signs and symptoms associated with a particular morbid process

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Systemic

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Relating to a system

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Tachypnea

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Rapid breathing

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Temperature

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The sensible intensity of heat of any substance

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Tinnitus

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A sensation of noises (ringing in the ear)

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Vertigo

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A sensation of spinning or whirling motion

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Vital signs

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Objective measurements of temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure, as a means of assessing general health and cardio-respiratory function

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Xanthopsia

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A condition in which objects appear yellow

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