Scribe Flashcards
Abrasion
Scrape of the sink due to something abrasive
Abcess
Collection of puss under the skin
Antipyretic
Medication to reduce fever
Acute
New usually a rapid onset and of concerns, opposite of chronic
Afebrile
Without having a fewer under 100.4
Anterior
Located towards the front of the body
Appendicitis
Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation
Listening to the sounds arising within the organs (lungs)
Benign
Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia
Slow heart rate under 60BPM
Bronchitis
Infection of the bronchi
Bronchiolitis
Infection of the bronchioles
Catheter
Tube inserted into vessel or body cavities to permit injection or withdrawal of fluid or to keep passage clear
Chronic
Long lasting constant opposite of acute
Celulitis
Infection of the skin
Conjunctivitis
Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis
Process of removing waste from the blood with people with renal failure
Diaphoresis
Sweating
Diffuse
Spread out not localized
Distal
Farther from the trunk of the body
Dsypnea
Difficulty breathing
Dysuria
Painful urination
Ecchymosis
Bruising
-ectomy
Surgical removal
Edema
Swelling
Emesis
Vomiting
Epilepsy
Seizure disorder
Epistaxis
Nose bleed
Erythema/erthematous
Redness/red
Exudates(tonsilar)
Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile
State of having a fever
Grossly
Obviously a lot wholly
Hematemesis
Gross amount of blood in vomit
Hemturia
Blood in urine
Hemoptysis
Coughing up gross amount of blood
Hemorrhage
Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly
Enlarged liver
Hernia
Profusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it
Hyperlipidemia
High cholesterol
Hypertension
High blood pressure
Hypotension
Low blood pressure
Hypoxia
Low oxygen saturation in body
ICD-10
A system that classifies and codes diagnoses
Infarct
Area of dead tissue due to lag of blood supply
Inferior
Lower on the body father from the head
Ischemia
Lack of blood supply
-itis
Inflammation
Laceration
Splitting of the skin due to trauma
Lateral
Farther from the midline
Lethargic
Septic, very sick about to die
Medial
Nearer the midline
Meningitis
Dangerous infection to the outer lining of the brain
Otitis externa
Infection of the outer ear
Otitis media
Infection of the inner ear
Melena
Black tarry stool
Myalgia
Muscular pain
Pallor
Pale skin
Palpation
Examine by touch
Palpitation
To beat rapidly irregularity
Peritoneal signs
Guarding rebounding PE: rupture in the abdomen
Pharyngitis
Throat infections
Pneumonia
Bacterial infection of the lungs
Posterior/ dorsal
Rear or backside of the body
Prone
Body position laying flat;face down
Proximal
Near the trunk of the body
Pulmonary
Relating to the lungs
Purulence/purulent
Pus/ pus like
Rales
Crackles; wet crackling noises in the Lungs
Rhinorrhea
Clear nasal discharge ;runny nose
Rhonchi
Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs
-scopy
Viewing with a scope
Sepsis
Dangerous infection of the blood
Sinusitis
Infection/inflammation of the nasal sinuses
Small bowel obstruction
Physical blockage of the small intestines
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Strep throat
Superior
Higher on the body
Supine
Body position laying face up
Syncope
Passing out loss of consciousness or fainting
Tachycardia
Fast heart rate above 100bpm