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Glossary Case # 10
Hillcrest Transcription, Case # 10 The respiratory system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ablation | to separate, detach, or remove an organ or tissue, especially by surgical means |
| anesthetize | to put under the influence fo anesthetics- drugs or agents used to abolish the sensation of pain |
| aorta | the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the heart |
| benzoin | a topical antiseptic, generic |
| brochodilator | stretching or expanding the air passages of the lungs or a medicinal agent that produces such results |
| brochopleural | pertaining to a brochus and the pleura |
| cannula | a tube for insertion into a duct or cavity |
| catheter | a tubular, flexible instrument (metal or rubber) for either withdrawing fluids or intruducing fluids into a body cavity or vessel |
| ciprofloxacin | generic name for a broad-spectrum antibiotic |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| decubitus | the position assumed in lying down (decubitus position, decutitus ulcers) |
| emergent | pertaining to an emergency |
| emphysema | a phathologic accumulation of air in tissues or organs, which causes abnormal swelling of body tissues. |
| fistula | an abnormal passageway (often created by a surgical prodecure) ussually beteween two internal organs or leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body. e.g. colostomy |
| hemithorax | one side of the chest |
| hemostat | a small surgical clamp for contrictin a blood vessel |
| HJR | hepatojugular reflux (a GI term) |
| hyperension | pesistently high arterial blood pressure |
| ichthyosis | dryness and fishlike scaling of the skin |
| loculate | divided into loculi (cavities) |
| loculus | a small space or cavity (pl. loculi) |
| marked | noticeable; to an extreme |
| PCO2 | partial pressure (or tension) of carbon dioxide or CO2 (done on blood gas studies |
| percutaneous | performed through the skin |
| pH | hydrogen ion concentration in urine. blood, and other body fluids (neutra=7.00; more than 7.00 is alkaline; less thatn 7.00 is acidic) Note: always pH, even at beginning of sentece. |
| Pleur-Evac system (suction or tube) | thoracic drainage system (equipment), trade name |
| pleurodesis | the production of adhesions between the parietal and the visceral pleura |
| PO2 | partial pressure (tension) of oxygen or 02 (a blood gas term) |
| portable chest | medical jargon pertaining to the equipment used and the process of obtaining a chest x-ray outside of the radiology department |
| Proventil | bronchodilator (trade name) |
| Pseudomona aeruginosa | the type of bacterial species of the genus, and the only one pathogenic for humans, made up of micrrorganisms that produce the blue-green pigment that gives the color to "blue pus" observed in certain suppurative infections |
| radiograph | film produced by radiography, commonly called an x-ray |
| resolution | the subsidence or disappearance of a pathologic condition |
| Rocephin | antibiotic (trade name) |
| sclerotherapy | treatment involving the injection of a sclerosing or hardening solution into vessels or tissues |
| stat | abbreviation for [L] statim (immediately); largely misused, it is meant to convey a life or death emergency |
| Streptococcus | bacteria growing in chains found in human mouth and intesine; sometimes they can cause disease |
| subtherapeutic | a less thatn therapeutic level, usually referring to the blood levle of a particular drug or medication |
| tachycardia | fast hear rate |
| Tho-Dur | theophyline, a bronchodilator used in patients with asthma or COPD (trade name) |
| theophylline | a smooth muscle relaxant, used chefly for its brochodilator effect |
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