Misc vocabulary

Question 1

Orthopnea

Answer 1

shortness of breath or difficulty breathing when you’re lying down. It comes from the Greek words “ortho,” which means straight or vertical, and “pnea,” which means “to breathe.”

Question 2

Epistaxis

Answer 2

Acute hemorrhage from the nostril, nasal cavity, or nasopharynx. Aka NOSEBLEED.

Question 3

Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND)

Answer 3

respiratory distress that awakens patients from sleep; it is related to posture (especially reclining at night) and is attributed to congestive heart failure (CHF) with pulmonary edema, or in some cases to chronic pulmonary disease.

Question 4

Pleurisy

Answer 4

a condition in which the pleura — two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall — becomes inflamed. Also called pleuritis, pleurisy causes sharp chest pain (pleuritic pain) that worsens during breathing

Question 5

Hematemesis

Answer 5

Vomiting blood

Question 6

Paresthesia

Answer 6

Tingling or prickling, “pins-and-needles” sensation; usually temporary, often occurs in the arms, hands, legs, or feet.

Question 7

Diplopia

Answer 7

double-vision

Question 8

Methemoglobinemia

Answer 8

a blood disorder in which too little oxygen is delivered to your cells

Question 9

Pruritis

Answer 9

itching

Question 10

Urticaria

Answer 10

Rash

Question 11

Nevus (nevi - plural)

Answer 11

a birthmark or a mole on the skin, especially a birthmark in the form of a raised red patch

Question 12

hematocrit (hct)

Answer 12

a measurement of how much of someone’s blood is made up of red blood cells. The test measures by volume but is then expressed as a percentage. If a person has a hematocrit of 40%, this means that he or she has 40 milliliters of red blood cells in 100 milliliters of blood