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Med Term
Nursing School Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pulse | number of heartbeats per minute/ rate rhythm of the heart |
| Blood Pressure (BP) | measurement of the pressure of the blood inside the arteries |
| Bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing rate |
| Tachycardia | abnormally fast heartbeat |
| Systolic Pressure | maximum blood pressure during contraction of ventricles |
| Hypercapnia | high levels of carbon dioxide in blood |
| Apical | apex of the heart |
| Korotkoff Sounds | sound you hear while taking BP |
| Temoporal | body part near the temples or sides of the skull |
| Comorbid | more than one disease/ condition at the same time |
| Emesis | vomitting |
| Tinnitus | ringing in the ears |
| Persitalsis | muscle contraction/ involuntary muscle movement |
| Abduction | action of moving away from the midline |
| Adduction | action of moving toward the midline |
| Afebrile | having no fever |
| Anterior | near the front |
| Apnea | cessation of breathing/ no breathing |
| Arrhythmia | too slow or too fast heart rhythm |
| Aspiration | inhaling a foreign object |
| Atrophy | shrinking of muscle or nerve tissue |
| Auscultation | action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or organs |
| Bowel Movement | act of defecating (pooping) |
| Defacation | discharge of feces from the body |
| Diaphoretic | excessive sweating |
| Diastolic | heart muscles relaxes to allow cambers to fill with blood |
| Dorsal | back portion of the body |
| Dyspepsia | impaired digestion |
| Dysphagia | language disorder |
| Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| Dysrythmia | abnormal heart rhythm |
| Edema | swelling |
| Erythema | abnormal redness of skin |
| Febrile | fever |
| Flaccid | flabby and lacking firmness |
| Hematuria | presence of blood in the urine |
| Hemiparessi | weakness of one side of the body |
| Hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| Hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| Hemorrhage | blood loss |
| Hemerrhoid | swollen vein or group in the anus |
| Hyperemesis | severe vomitting |
| Hypovolemia | low blood plasma volume |
| Hypoxemia | low blood oxygen values |
| Idiosyncratic | abnormal reactivity to a chemical (drug, food, or other) |
| Inspiration | breathing in air |
| Intramuscular | taking place in the muscle |
| Ischemia | restricted blood flow in a part of the body |
| Lateral | away from the middle of the body/ to the side |
| Level of Consciousness | how awake, alert, or aware you are |
| Medial | toward the middle or center |
| Nocturia | waking to many times to urinate |
| Pallor | pale color of the skin |
| Palpation | act of touching or feeling |
| Posterior | towards the back/ backside |
| Prone | lying flat, facing downward |
| Pruritis | severe itching of the skin |
| Purulent | consisting/discharge/containing of pus |
| Pyrexia | raised body temperature |
| Scrotum | below the penis, part of male genital |
| Superior | above |
| Supine | lying flat, facing upward |
| Syncope | fainting |
| Systolic | heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from chambers to arteries |
| Tachypnea | fast breathing (rapidly & shallow) |
| Urination | discharge of fluid from the body |
| Urticaria | hives |
| Visceral | internal organs of the body (pertaining to chest & abdomen) |
| Void | to urinate |
| DX | diagnosis |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| HTN | hypertension |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| HIPPA | health insurance portability & accountability act |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| BID | twice a day |
| TID | three times a day |
| Q | quickening/ every, each |
| ROM | range of motion |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| I/O | intake/ output |
| NKA | no known allergies |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| CVA | cerebrolvascualr accident |
| A/An- | not/ without |
| Ab- | away from |
| Ante- | before/in front of |
| Bi- | twice/ double |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of a body part |
| Patho- | disease |
| Pseudo- | false |
| Post- | after |
| Peri- | surrounding/ around |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Brady- | slow |
| Cyano- | blue color |
| Hypo- | below normal |
| Hyper- | above normal |
| Homeo- | similar |
| Endoscopy | procedure using an endoscope to look inside the body |
| Ascites | fluid build up in the abdomen |
| Necrosis | death of body tissue |
| Colonoscopy | procedure that examines the inside of the colon and rectum |
| Gingivitis | gum disease/ bad breath |
| Percussion | tapping on the body with fingers, hand, or small instrument |
| Hemostasis | body's process of stopping bleeding |
| Pedal | relating to or of the foot |
| Prone | lying on your stomach, facing down |
| Stoma | surgically created opening in the abdomen that allows body waste to be removed into a collection bag |
| Expiration | breathing out, releasing air from the lungs |
| Penile | external m ale reproductive organ |
| Somatic | relating to or affecting the body |
| Supine | lying on your back, facing up |
| Subcutaneous | under the skin, beneath the skin |
| Atelectasis | partial of complete collapse of the lung or part of the lung |
| Alopecia | loss of hair, baldness |
| -cephal- | pertaining to the head |
| -cirrh/o- | yellow or tawny |
| -nephro- | relating to the kidneys |
| -thrombo- | blood clot or coaggulation |
| -hepat- | relating to the liver |
| -bili- | relating to bile |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult, painful, bad |
| -graphy | to record or take a picture |
| -algia | pain |
| supra- | above or over |
| pseudo- | false or fake |
| hemat- | relating to blood |
| -stasis | stopping or slowing of normal flow |
| -megaly | irregular enlargement |
| -ology | the study of |
| -itis | pertaining to inflammation |
| -osis | disease or condition of |
| macro- | large or long |
| micro- | small or tiny |
| pre- | before or infront of |
| anti- | opposite or against |
| GU | genitourinary |
| PRN | as needed |
| A/O | alert and oriented |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| NG | nasogastric |
| BP | blood pressure |
| RBC | red blood count |
| LOC | level of consciousness |
| O2 | oxygen |
| ABD | abdomen or abdominal |
| SBAR | situation, background, assessment, recommendation |
| PO | by mouth |
| C/O | cardia output |
| BM | bowel movement |
| IM | intramuscular |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| QID | four times a day |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| NC | nasal cannula, non contrast |
| WBC | white blood count |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
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