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Medical Terminology/abbreviations Flashcards

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Ambulation

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Able to walk

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Abrasion

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Scrape of the skin

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Antipyretics

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Meds to reduce fever

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Atelectasis

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A condition in which one or more areas of your lungs collapse or don’t inflate properly

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Bradycardia

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Slow HR (less than 60 bpm)

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Afebrile

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Without fever

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NEB

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Nebulizer

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Parasethesia

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Peripheral numbness

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Hyperlipidemia

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High cholesterol

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DKA

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis

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MTF

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metabolize to freedom

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BKA

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below knee amputation

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AKA

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above knee amputation

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TkA

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Total knee arthroplasty

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ROM

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range of motion

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Flexion

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Decreasing the angle of a joint

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Induration

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Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

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Fluctuance/fluctuant

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Palpable fluid beneath the skin indicative of infection/pus

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Cachetic

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State of general ill appearance and malnutrition

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Rash from a virus

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Viral exanthem

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Increased rate of respiration

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Tachypenic

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Retractions

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Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration

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Cellulitis

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An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain

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Ablation

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Partial destruction of the pathway of the electrical conduction system of the heart to treat irregular heart rhythms

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PND

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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea (intermittent nighttime difficulty breathing)

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Paroxysmal

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Intermittent, beginning suddenly or abruptly

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Fibroids

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Beginning tumors of the uterus

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Irregularly irregular

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No predictable pattern to cardiac cycle, A-fib typically

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PVST

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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

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PVD

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Peripheral vascular disease

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GERD

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease

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ESRD

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end-stage renal disease

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CRI

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Chronic renal insufficiency

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PID

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Pelvic inflammatory disease

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BTL

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bilateral tubal ligation

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FTT

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failure to thrive

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EOM

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Extraocular movement

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NC

A

nasal cannula

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RA

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Room air

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NRB

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Non-rebreather

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AAA

A

aortic abdominal aneurysm

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Numbness

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Paresthesia

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DJD

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degenerative joint disease

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cerebral plasy

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CP

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SBO

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small bowel obstruction

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Adenopathy

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enlargement of lymph nodes

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Accessor muscle use

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Struggling for breath using muscles in the neck

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AED

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automated external defibrillator

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Aneurysm

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Any abnormal widening of a blood vessel

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Angina

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Chest pain due to lack of blood flow to heart muscle

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Anion gap

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Difference between the concentrations of serum cations and anions: determined by measuring the concentrations of sodium cations and chloride and bicarbonate anions

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Anisocoria

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Unequal pupil size

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Articulation

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Connection between two bones

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Brudzinski’s sign

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Sign of meningitis; positive when a patient’s legs lift involuntary when lifting a patient’s head

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Bruit

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A murmur or sound heard during auscultation indicating the narrowing of a vessel

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Gallstone formation in the gallbladder

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Cholelithiasis

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Cirrhosis

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Chronic degenerative disease of the liver

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CMT

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cervical motion tenderness

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Surgical removal of part or all of the large intestine

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Colectomy

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Surgical procedure that provides an opening between the colon and abdominal wall

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Colostomy

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Conjunctiva

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Mucous membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior portion of the sclera

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