Part 2-46-110 Flashcards
Crepitus
Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints
COPD
Condition
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Refers to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
- narrowed airways
CT
Cat scan
CVA tenderness
Condition
An angle made by the vertebral column and the costal margin
D&C
Condition
Dilation and curettage
Enlarging of the cervix and scraping of the uterus
Diaphoresis
Sweating
Delusions
Fake beliefs
Dehiscence
Splitting open if a wound
Diplopia
Double vision
Distention
the state of being enlarged or swollen from internal pressure
Diverticulitis
When pouches form in the wall of the colon and they become inflamed
Diverticulosis
Pouches that bulge through the walls of the large intestines n NOT inflamed
DKA
Diabetic ketoacidosis
DVT
Deep vein thrombosis
Dysarthria
Difficulty in articulating words due to emotional stress or to paralysis, incoordination, or spasticity of the muscles used in speaking
Dysmenorrhea
Pain during menstrual cycle
Dysconjugate gaze
Failure of the eyes to turn together at the same direction
DOE
Condition
Dyspnea on exertion
- sob elicited by physical activity
- often a sign of ischemia or heart failure
Dx
Diagnosis
Ecchymosis
Bruising
Ectopic pregnancy
Pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus
Effusion
Escape of a fluid from its natural vessels into a body cavity
EOM intact
Condition
Extraocular muscle intact
6 muscles that control they’ve menus of the eye
Epistaxis
Nosebleed
Erythema
Redness
ETOH
Alcohol
Excoriated
To tear or wear off the skin
Expressive/receptive aphasia
Expressive: difficulty producing speech. Receptive: difficulty understanding speech
Exudate
Any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation
FB
Foreign body
Febrile
Feverish
Fx
Fracture
G/P/Ab
Gravida/para/abortus
Gravida: total number of times a woman has been pregnant. Para: total number of births. Abortus: pregnancies lost
Gait
How a person walks
GERD
Condition
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Condition in which food or liquid travels backwards from the stomach to the esophagus
Gravid uterus
Uterus in pregnancy
GSW
Gunshot wound
Guarding
Tending of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them
GU
Condition
Genitourinary
Involved the reproductive organs and urinary system
HEENT
Head ears eyes nose throat
Hematoma
Collection of blood outside the blood vessels
Hemotympanum
Presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle of the ear
Hernia
Sac that forms by coming through a hole or weak area in the fascia, the strong layer of the abdominal wall that surrounds the muscle
-inguinal, umbilical, ventral
Herpes zoster
Painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella zoster virus
Virus that causes chickenpox
