Scribe basic Terminology pt 2

Question 1

Laceration

Answer 1

Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)

Question 2

Lateral

Answer 2

Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from nose to belly button)

Question 3

Lethargic

Answer 3

Septic, very sick, about to die

Question 4

Medial

Answer 4

Nearer to the midline

Question 5

Meningitis

Answer 5

Dangerous infection of the outer lining of the brain

Question 6

Melena

Answer 6

Black tarry stool

Question 7

Myalgia

Answer 7

Muscular pain, “muscle aches”

Question 8

Palpation

Answer 8

Examine by touch

Question 9

Pneumonia

Answer 9

Bacterial infection of the lungs

Question 10

Posterior/dorsal

Answer 10

Rear or backsides of the body

Question 11

Proximal

Answer 11

Nearer to the trunk of the body

Question 12

Pulmonary

Answer 12

Relating to lungs

Question 13

Purulence/purulent

Answer 13

Pus/pus-like

Question 14

Rales

Answer 14

Crackles;wet crackling noise in lungs

Question 15

Rhinorrhea

Answer 15

Clear nasal discharge, “runny nose”

Question 16

Rhonchi

Answer 16

Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

Question 17

-scopy (suffix)

Answer 17

Viewing with a scope (e.g. colonoscopy)

Question 18

Sepsis

Answer 18

Dangerous infection of the blood

Question 19

Sinusitis

Answer 19

Infection/inflammation of the nasal sinuses

Question 20

Small bowel obstruction

Answer 20

Physical blockage of the small intestines

Question 21

Syncope

Answer 21

“Passing out”, loss of consciousness or fainting

Question 22

Tachycardia

Answer 22

Fast heart rate (HR> 100bpm)

Question 23

Ulcerations

Answer 23

Blisters or open sores

Question 24

Vertigo

Answer 24

Room-spinning dizziness (not light-headed)

Question 25

Wheezing

Answer 25

High pitches sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease

Question 26

Palpitation

Answer 26

To beat rapidly, irregularly, or forcibly