Medical Terminology/abbreviations Flashcards
Ambulation
Able to walk
Abrasion
Scrape of the skin
Antipyretics
Meds to reduce fever
Atelectasis
A condition in which one or more areas of your lungs collapse or don’t inflate properly
Bradycardia
Slow HR (less than 60 bpm)
Afebrile
Without fever
NEB
Nebulizer
Parasethesia
Peripheral numbness
Hyperlipidemia
High cholesterol
DKA
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
MTF
metabolize to freedom
BKA
below knee amputation
AKA
above knee amputation
TkA
Total knee arthroplasty
ROM
range of motion
Flexion
Decreasing the angle of a joint
Induration
Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
Fluctuance/fluctuant
Palpable fluid beneath the skin indicative of infection/pus
Cachetic
State of general ill appearance and malnutrition
Rash from a virus
Viral exanthem
Increased rate of respiration
Tachypenic
Retractions
Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration
Cellulitis
An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain
Ablation
Partial destruction of the pathway of the electrical conduction system of the heart to treat irregular heart rhythms
PND
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea (intermittent nighttime difficulty breathing)
Paroxysmal
Intermittent, beginning suddenly or abruptly
Fibroids
Beginning tumors of the uterus
Irregularly irregular
No predictable pattern to cardiac cycle, A-fib typically
PVST
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
PVD
Peripheral vascular disease
GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
ESRD
end-stage renal disease
CRI
Chronic renal insufficiency
PID
Pelvic inflammatory disease
BTL
bilateral tubal ligation
FTT
failure to thrive
EOM
Extraocular movement
NC
nasal cannula
RA
Room air
NRB
Non-rebreather
AAA
aortic abdominal aneurysm
Numbness
Paresthesia
DJD
degenerative joint disease
cerebral plasy
CP
SBO
small bowel obstruction
Adenopathy
enlargement of lymph nodes
Accessor muscle use
Struggling for breath using muscles in the neck
AED
automated external defibrillator
Aneurysm
Any abnormal widening of a blood vessel
Angina
Chest pain due to lack of blood flow to heart muscle
Anion gap
Difference between the concentrations of serum cations and anions: determined by measuring the concentrations of sodium cations and chloride and bicarbonate anions
Anisocoria
Unequal pupil size
Articulation
Connection between two bones
Brudzinski’s sign
Sign of meningitis; positive when a patient’s legs lift involuntary when lifting a patient’s head
Bruit
A murmur or sound heard during auscultation indicating the narrowing of a vessel
Gallstone formation in the gallbladder
Cholelithiasis
Cirrhosis
Chronic degenerative disease of the liver
CMT
cervical motion tenderness
Surgical removal of part or all of the large intestine
Colectomy
Surgical procedure that provides an opening between the colon and abdominal wall
Colostomy
Conjunctiva
Mucous membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior portion of the sclera