Med Term Ch 7 Flashcards
Acute
Referring to a disease of sudden onset and brief course,severe, not chronic
Anorexia
Diminished appetite; aversion to food
Antipyretic
reducing fever or an agent that does so
Asymptomatic
Without symptoms, or producing no symptoms
Atrophy
A wasting away of tissues, organs, or the entire body from either death or reabsorption of cells
Bradypnea
Abnormal slowness of respiration, specifically a low respiratory frequency
Central
Center of the body
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
The pattern of breathing with gradual increase in depth and sometimes in rate to a maximum, followed by a decrease
Chlorocyte
Green plant cell
Chronic
Used to describe persistent disease or illness
Cyanoderma
Blue skin
Diagnosis
The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defects; a deciding
Dyspnea
shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or things; bad breathing
Edema
An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
Emesis
vomiting
Erythremia
Abnormal increase in RBC’s
Generalized
involving the whole of an organ as opposed to a focal or regional process
Hematemesis
vomiting blood
Hyperpnea
Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than is normal at rest
Hyperpyrexia
Extremely highfever
Hypothermia
A core body temperature significantly lower than 98.6 F
Leukocyte
White blood cell
Localized
Restricted or limited to a definite part
Malaise
A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness; an “out of sorts” feeling, often the first indication of an infection or other disease
Melanocarcinoma
Black mole cancer
Morbidity
A diseased state
Mortality
The state of being mortal
Nausea
A feeling of being sick at the stomach; an inclination to vomit
Palliative
Reducing the severity of the symptoms without curing the underlying disease
Paroxysmal
Relating to or occurring in paroxysms (a sudden recurrence/intensification of symptoms; a
spasm or seizure
Peripheral
Relating to or situated at the periphery, opposite of central
Pneometer
Instrument used to measure breathing; spirometer
Polyarthritis
Simultaneous inflammation of several joints
Prodromal
Relating to a prodrome (An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or disease)
Prognosis
A forecast of the probable course or outcome of a disease
Prophylactic
An agent used in preventing disease
Pulse
Palpable rhythmic expansion of an artery, produced by increased volume of blood pushed or forced into the vessel
Pyretolysis
Reduction of fever
Pyrexia
Fever
Respiration
Breathing
Symptom
Any change in structure, junction, or sensation
Symptomatic
Indicative, relating to or conisting of “all” the symptoms of a disease
Syndrome
Combination of signs and symptoms associated with a particular morbid process
Systemic
Relating to a system
Tachypnea
Rapid breathing
Temperature
The sensible intensity of heat of any substance
Tinnitus
A sensation of noises (ringing in the ear)
Vertigo
A sensation of spinning or whirling motion
Vital signs
Objective measurements of temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure, as a means of assessing general health and cardio-respiratory function
Xanthopsia
A condition in which objects appear yellow
