Unit 2: Talking about Human Anatomy-SOAP word parts Flashcards
Subjective
acute
sudden, short lasting a short time
(typically <2 weeks)
Subjective
aggravating factor
something which makes the problem worse
Subjective
alleviating factor
something which makes the problem better
Subjective
chronic
lasting a long time
(typically <2 weeks)
Subjective
complaint
reason for a patient’s visit
Subjective
duration
how long somehting has lasted
Subjective
gastrointestinal
stomach and intestines
Subjective
hematochezia
blood in the stool
Subjective
history
what has happened to the patient up to this moment
Subjective
musculoskeletal
muscles and skeleton
Subjective
radiating
pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another
Subjective
severity
how bad it is
Subjective
symptom
what the patient feels or is experiencing
Subjective
temporal
having to do with time
Objective
auscultation
to listen
Objective
biopsy
a tussue sample to be tested
Objective
edema
swelling
Objective
-gram
visual record
Objective
-graph
instrument used to produce a visual record
Objective
-graphy
procedure used to produce a cisual record
Objective
localized
isolated ot one part of the body
Objective
-meter
instrument used for measuring
Objective
-metry
process of measuring
Objective
palpation
to feel
Objective
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
Objective
-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize
Objective
sign
what the clinician can measure or observe
Objective
systemic
throughout the body
Objective
therm/o
temperature
Assement
benign
safe, non-cancerous
Assement
diagnosis
what the clinician thinks the patient has
Assement
eti/o
cause, how something came to be
Assement
-gnosis
to know
Assement
hernia
something that sticks out where it shouldn’t
Assement
ischemia
without blood flow
Assement
lesion
diseased tissue
Assement
lith/o
stone
Assement
malignant
dangerous, cancerous
Assement
morbidity
risk of being sick
Assement
morph/o
change
Assement
mortality
risk of dying
Assement
necr/o
dead
Assement
-osis
condition
Assement
path/o
disease
(literally, “suffering”)
Assement
plas/o
formation
Assement
prognosis
prediction of what will happen to the patient
Assement
septic
infected with bacteria
Assement
trop/o
moving forwards or acting on
Assement
-trophy
nourishment
Assement
xen/o
foreign
Plan
cautery
to burn or melt
Plan
cry/o
cold, to freeze
Plan
dessicate
to dry out
Plan
-ectomy
removal
(notice ec- prefix list mean “out of” and -tomy in the list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”
Plan
graft
living tissue
Plan
matern/o
mother
Plan
neonat/o
newborn, baby
Plan
other/o
straight
Plan
palliative
teatment of symptoms only
Plan
ped/i
child
Plan
ped/o
child
Plan
-pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure
Plan
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
Plan
prophylaxis
preventative treatment
Plan
psych/o
mind, mental
Plan
-rraphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
Plan
-stomy
creation of an openeing
Plan
-tomy
cut; incision
Plan
-tripsy
breaking apart
(greek tribein, “to rub”)
