Mod 1 Farm Vocab Words

Question 1

deviating from the usual course (abnormal, atypical)

Answer 1

aberrant

Question 2

afebrile vs febrile

Answer 2

afebrile is not having a fever
febrile is feverish

Question 3

aggregation

Answer 3

clumping together

Question 4

a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, usually where it branches

Answer 4

aneurysm

Question 5

automaticity

Answer 5

the capacity of a cell to generate an action potential spontaneously without an external stimulus

Question 6

c/o and CC

Answer 6

complains of
chief complaint

Question 7

influencing the rate especially of the heartbeat

Answer 7

chronotrope

Question 8

ectopic

Answer 8

occurring in an abnormal position
(think ectopic pregnancy)

Question 9

embolus vs thrombosis

Answer 9

E: moves through blood an gets caught in vessel and blocks
T: blood clot that forms in the spot that it obstructs

Question 10

HPI

Answer 10

history of present illness

Question 11

induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures (think cutting a nerve accidentally in surgery)

Answer 11

iatrogenic

Question 12

intrathecal

Answer 12

given between thin layers that cover brain and spinal cord

Question 13

easily reactive to stimuli

Answer 13

irritable (think IBS)

Question 14

lack of blood supply to part of body

Answer 14

ischemic

Question 15

death of cell tissue

Answer 15

necrotic

Question 16

rapid deterioration in the kidney function due to toxic effect of medications and chemicals

Answer 16

nephrotoxic

Question 17

exposure to substances that can alter normal activity of CNS

Answer 17

neurotoxic

Question 18

can damage the ear, resulting in hearing loss, ringing in the ear, or balance disorders

Answer 18

Ototoxic

Question 19

perfusion

Answer 19

bathing an organ or tissue with fluid

Question 20

medical care of patients from the time of contemplation of surgery through the operative period to full recovery

Answer 20

perioperative

Question 21

after a meal

Answer 21

postprandial

Question 22

pyrexia

Answer 22

When your body temperature goes above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 23

application to or action on the surface of a part of the body

Answer 23

Topical

Question 24

relating to, being, or supplying a medication in a form for absorption through the skin into the bloodstream

Answer 24

Transdermal