Medterm Quiz 5 Flashcards
Acute Pain
Pain lasting a short period of time
Breakthrough Pain
Severe pain that erupts while a patient is already medicated with a long-acting painkiller
Chronic Pain
Long term pain
Cutaneous Pain
A sensation of pain arising from the skin
Exacerbation
The acute increase in the severity of a problem, illness, or bad situation
Intractable
Unstoppable
Referred Pain
Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is situated
Somatic Pain
Soft tissue pain
Tolerance
The capacity of the body to endure or become less responsive to a substance
Visceral Pain
Pain you feel from your internal organs
Pre-
Before
Pro-
Before
Re-
Back
Retro-
Back; behind
Semi-
Half
Sub-
Under; below
Super-
Over; above
Supra-
Above
Sym-
Together; joined
Syn-
Together; joined
-paresis
slight paralysis
-pathy
disease
-penia
abnormal reduction in number