Vocabulary week 1-2

Question 0

Rehabilitation

Answer 0

treatment or treatments designed to facilitate the process of recovery from injury, illness, or disease to as normal a condition as possible.

Question 1

Gerontology

Answer 1

the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old people.

Question 2

Restoration

Answer 2

induction of a return to a previous state, as a return to health or replacement of a part to normal position.

Question 3

hospice

Answer 3

a facility that provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families, either directly or on a consulting basis.

Question 4

resident

Answer 4

a person who receives inpatient care in a long-term care facility.

Question 5

assessment

Answer 5

an examiner’s evaluation of the disease or condition based on the patient’s subjective report of the symptoms and course of the illness or condition

Question 6

diagnosis

Answer 6

determination of the nature of a case of a disease

Question 7

therapeutic

Answer 7

tending to overcome disease and promote recovery.

Question 8

grievances

Answer 8

An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.

Question 9

confidentiality

Answer 9

secret

Question 10

disorientation

Answer 10

Loss of one’s sense of direction, position, or relationship with one’s surroundings.

Question 11

dependability

Answer 11

trustworthy or reliable

Question 12

aspiration

Answer 12

strong desire to achieve something, such as success

Question 13

hemorrhage

Answer 13

Excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels; profuse bleeding.

Question 14

nosocomial

Answer 14

hospital

Question 15

communicable

Answer 15

(Pathology) (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily

Question 16

congenital

Answer 16

relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental

Question 17

etiology

Answer 17

the branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease.

Question 18

exacerbation

Answer 18

To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate

Question 19

remission

Answer 19

a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.

Question 20

metastasize

Answer 20

to spread to a new site in the body via blood or lymph vessels

Question 21

prognosis

Answer 21

A prediction of the probable course and OUTCOME of a disease.

The likelihood of recovery from a disease.

Question 22

chronic

Answer 22

continuing for a long time; constantly recurring

Question 23

anorexia

Answer 23

Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease

Question 24

contagious

Answer 24

Transmissible by direct or indirect contact; communicable

Question 25

acquired

Answer 25

Of or relating to a disease, condition, or characteristic that is not congenital but develops after birth.

Question 26

trauma

Answer 26

a serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence or an accident.

Question 27

immunodeficiency

Answer 27

a deficiency in or breakdown of a person’s immune system

Question 28

Medicare

Answer 28

a federally sponsored health insurance programme for persons of 65 or older

Question 29

Medicaid

Answer 29

a federal and state program of medical insurance for persons with very low incomes.

Question 30

deteriorate

Answer 30

to make or become worse or lower in quality, value, character, etc; depreciate

Question 31

rapport

Answer 31

Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

Question 32

manipulative

Answer 32

attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes

get people to do thing w/o them realizing

Question 33

Alzheimer’s

Answer 33

starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness

Question 34

dementia

Answer 34

a state of serious emotional and mental deterioration, of organic or functional origin

Question 35

delusions

Answer 35

a state of serious emotional and mental deterioration, of organic or functional origin

Question 36

anxiety

Answer 36

state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.

Question 37

ataxia

Answer 37

Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular movement.

Question 38

quadriplegia

Answer 38

pathol paralysis of all four limbs, usually as the result of injury to the spine

Question 39

quadrant

Answer 39

an instrument for measuring angular elevation

Question 40

atrophy

Answer 40

a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc

Question 41

subluxation

Answer 41

Incomplete or partial dislocation of a bone in a joint.

Question 42

disability

Answer 42

The condition of being disabled; incapacity.

Question 43

flaccid

Answer 43

lacking firmness; soft and limp; flabby

Question 44

decubiti

Answer 44

a pressure-induced ulceration of the skin occurring in persons confined to bed for long periods of time.

Question 45

debride

Answer 45

Surgical excision of dead, devitalized, or contaminated tissue and removal of foreign matter from a wound.

Question 46

ambulate

Answer 46

To walk from place to place; move about.

Question 47

gait belt

Answer 47

gait belt is a device used to transfer people from one position to another, from one thing to another or while ambulating people that have problems with balance.

Question 48

restraint

Answer 48

restrain patients with the minimum of discomfort and pain and to prevent patients injuring themselves or others.

Question 49

miltered

Answer 49

To make (two pieces or surfaces) join with a miter joint.