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Med Term 1101 Peterson > Unit 2: Talking about Human Anatomy-SOAP word parts > Flashcards

Unit 2: Talking about Human Anatomy-SOAP word parts Flashcards

1
Q

Subjective

acute

A

sudden, short lasting a short time

(typically <2 weeks)

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Subjective

aggravating factor

A

something which makes the problem worse

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3
Q

Subjective

alleviating factor

A

something which makes the problem better

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4
Q

Subjective

chronic

A

lasting a long time
(typically <2 weeks)

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5
Q

Subjective

complaint

A

reason for a patient’s visit

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6
Q

Subjective

duration

A

how long somehting has lasted

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7
Q

Subjective

gastrointestinal

A

stomach and intestines

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8
Q

Subjective

hematochezia

A

blood in the stool

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9
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Subjective

history

A

what has happened to the patient up to this moment

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10
Q

Subjective

musculoskeletal

A

muscles and skeleton

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11
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Subjective

radiating

A

pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another

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12
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Subjective

severity

A

how bad it is

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13
Q

Subjective

symptom

A

what the patient feels or is experiencing

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14
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Subjective

temporal

A

having to do with time

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15
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Objective

auscultation

A

to listen

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16
Q

Objective

biopsy

A

a tussue sample to be tested

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17
Q

Objective

edema

A

swelling

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18
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Objective

-gram

A

visual record

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19
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Objective

-graph

A

instrument used to produce a visual record

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20
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Objective

-graphy

A

procedure used to produce a cisual record

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21
Q

Objective

localized

A

isolated ot one part of the body

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22
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Objective

-meter

A

instrument used for measuring

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23
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Objective

-metry

A

process of measuring

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24
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Objective

palpation

A

to feel

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25
Q

Objective

-scope

A

instrument for visualizing something

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26
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Objective

-scopy

A

process of using an instrument to visualize

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27
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Objective

sign

A

what the clinician can measure or observe

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28
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Objective

systemic

A

throughout the body

29
Q

Objective

therm/o

A

temperature

30
Q

Assement

benign

A

safe, non-cancerous

31
Q

Assement

diagnosis

A

what the clinician thinks the patient has

32
Q

Assement

eti/o

A

cause, how something came to be

33
Q

Assement

-gnosis

A

to know

34
Q

Assement

hernia

A

something that sticks out where it shouldn’t

35
Q

Assement

ischemia

A

without blood flow

36
Q

Assement

lesion

A

diseased tissue

37
Q

Assement

lith/o

A

stone

38
Q

Assement

malignant

A

dangerous, cancerous

39
Q

Assement

morbidity

A

risk of being sick

40
Q

Assement

morph/o

A

change

41
Q

Assement

mortality

A

risk of dying

42
Q

Assement

necr/o

A

dead

43
Q

Assement

-osis

A

condition

44
Q

Assement

path/o

A

disease
(literally, “suffering”)

45
Q

Assement

plas/o

A

formation

46
Q

Assement

prognosis

A

prediction of what will happen to the patient

47
Q

Assement

septic

A

infected with bacteria

48
Q

Assement

trop/o

A

moving forwards or acting on

49
Q

Assement

-trophy

A

nourishment

50
Q

Assement

xen/o

A

foreign

51
Q

Plan

cautery

A

to burn or melt

52
Q

Plan

cry/o

A

cold, to freeze

53
Q

Plan

dessicate

A

to dry out

54
Q

Plan

-ectomy

A

removal
(notice ec- prefix list mean “out of” and -tomy in the list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”

55
Q

Plan

graft

A

living tissue

56
Q

Plan

matern/o

A

mother

57
Q

Plan

neonat/o

A

newborn, baby

58
Q

Plan

other/o

A

straight

59
Q

Plan

palliative

A

teatment of symptoms only

60
Q

Plan

ped/i

A

child

61
Q

Plan

ped/o

A

child

62
Q

Plan

-pexy

A

surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure

63
Q

Plan

-plasty

A

surgical reconstruction or reformation

64
Q

Plan

prophylaxis

A

preventative treatment

65
Q

Plan

psych/o

A

mind, mental

66
Q

Plan

-rraphy

A

surgical formation of a seam; suturing

67
Q

Plan

-stomy

A

creation of an openeing

68
Q

Plan

-tomy

A

cut; incision

69
Q

Plan

-tripsy

A

breaking apart
(greek tribein, “to rub”)

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