Common Medical Terms
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| show | Low blood pressure
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| Hypertension | show 🗑
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| show | Core body temperature below 95 F. Can be mild, moderate or severe.
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| show | Body temperature elevated above the normal range. An unusually high fever.
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| show | Abnormally slow breathing.
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| Tachypnea | show 🗑
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| Tachycardia | show 🗑
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| show | A slow heartbeat marked by a pulse rate below 60 bpm in an adult.
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| show | Hypotension occuring when a person assumes and upright position after fetting up from a bed or chair.
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| Wheeze | show 🗑
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| show | A high pitch harsh sound occuring during inspiration, often heard without the used of a stethescope.
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| Rhonchus | show 🗑
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| Anoxia | show 🗑
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| Orthopnea | show 🗑
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| Inspection | show 🗑
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| show | Examination by application of the hands or fingers to the external surface of the body to detect evidence of disease or abnormalities in the internal organs. In obstetrics, a technique used to evaluate fetal presentation and position.
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| Percussion | show 🗑
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| Ausculation | show 🗑
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| Syncope | show 🗑
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| Bruit | show 🗑
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| show | An abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart or neighboring large blood vessels.
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| show | A condition in which the speed of the pulse at the radial artery is less than the pulse of the heart. This is seen in artrial fibrillation.
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| Dysrhythmia or Arrhythmia | show 🗑
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| Thrill | show 🗑
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| show | the most common form of arteriosclerosis marked by cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the walls of arteries that may restrict blood flow.
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| show | Excessive growth of the soft tissues of the ends of the fingers gives the fingers a sausage or drumstick appearance when viewed from above and a beaked appearance when viewed from the side.
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| show | A local or generalized condition in which body tissues contain an excessive amount of tissue fluid in the interstitial spaces.
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| Supine | show 🗑
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| Prone | show 🗑
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| Dorsal Recumbent | show 🗑
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| show | The incision of a duct of organ, especially of the bladder, for a removal of a stone.
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| Sims | show 🗑
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| show | Lying on one's side.
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| show | A semi-sitting position. The position is used to facilitate breathing and drainage and for the comfort of the bedridden patient while eating or talking.
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| show | sitting upright in bed.
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| show | Gas in the digestive tract. Expelling of gas from a body or orifice, especially the anus.
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| Distention | show 🗑
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| Hernia | show 🗑
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| show | A progressive wavelike movement that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body, especially the ailmentary canal.
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| Paralytic Ileus | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and its viscera.
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| show | A gurgling, splashing sound normally heard over the large intestine; it is caused by passage of gas through liquid contents of the intestine.
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| Cholecystitis | show 🗑
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| show | An oxygen deficiency in body tissues.
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| show | A blue, gray, slate, or dark purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated or reduced hemoglobin in the blood.
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| show | Temporary cessation of breathing and, therefore, of the body's intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide.
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| show | reduced rate and depth of breathing that causes an increase in carbon dioxide.
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| Hyperventilation | show 🗑
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| Cheyne-Stokes respirations | show 🗑
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| show | A very deep gasping type of respiration associated with sever diabetic ketoacidosis.
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| Crackles or Rales | show 🗑
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| show | Painful or difficult urination, symptomatic of numberous conditions.
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| show | Bladder inflammation usually occuring as a result of a urinary tract infection.
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| Hematuria | show 🗑
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| Anuric | show 🗑
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| Oliguria | show 🗑
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| Incontinence | show 🗑
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| Neuralgia | show 🗑
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| Neuropathy | show 🗑
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| show | An abnormal or unpleasant sensation that results from injury to one or more nervers, often described by patients as numbness or as a prickly, stinging, or burning feeling.
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| show | An acute, reversible state of disorientation and confusion. Marked by disorientation without drowsiness.
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| Aphasia | show 🗑
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| show | Paralysis of one side of the body, usually resulting from damage to the corticospinal tracts of the CNS.
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| show | Same as hemiplegia?
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| show | Defective muscular coordination, especially that manifested when voluntary muscular movements are attempted.
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| show | Dropping or drooping of an organ or part, as the upper eyelid from paralysis, or the visceral organs from weakness of the abdominal muscles.
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| Exudate | show 🗑
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| Dehiscence | show 🗑
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| show | Removal of the viscera or of the contents of a cavity. Spilling out of abdominal contents resulting from wound dehiscence.
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| Erythema | show 🗑
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| show | Condition characterized by the excessive growth of hair or the presence of hair in unusual places, especially in women.
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| Kyphosis | show 🗑
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| Lordosis | show 🗑
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| show | A lateral curvature of the spine. Usually consists of two curves, the original abnormal curve and compensatory curve in the opposite direction.
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| show | Loss of bone mass that occurs throughout the skeleton, predisposing patients to fractures.
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| Hypertonicity | show 🗑
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| Flexion | show 🗑
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| Extension | show 🗑
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| show | Lateral movement of the limbs away from the median plane of the body or lateral bending of the head or trunk.
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| show | Movement of a limb or eye toward the median plane of the body or, in the case of digits, toward the axial line of a limb.
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| show | To revolve around an axis in such a way that the proximal end of a limb or organ is fixed, and the distal end traces a circle.
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| show | Movement of a part at a joint to bend the part toward the dorsum, or posterior aspect of the body.
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| Plantarflexion | show 🗑
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| show | The turing of the palm or the hand anteriorly or the foot inward and upward. The act of lying flat upon the back.
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| show | The act of lying prone or face downward. The act of turning the hand so that the palm faces downward or backward.
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| Internal Rotation | show 🗑
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| show | Rotation away from the center of the body.
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| Hypoglycemia | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormally high blood sugar levels.
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| show | Acidosis due to an excess of ketone bodies. It occurs in individulas who do not produce adequate insulin to sustain normal fat metabolism.
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| Pancreatitis | show 🗑
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| show | he clinical consequences of inadequate levels of thyroid hormone in the body.
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| Hyperthyroidism | show 🗑
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| Goiter | show 🗑
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| show | Seborrheic Keratosis. A benign skin tumor that may be pigmented. It is composed of immature epithelial cells and is quite common in older adults.
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| Cherry Angiomas | show 🗑
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| show | Small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin that appear in patients with platelet deficiencies and in many febrile illnesses.
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| Alopecia | show 🗑
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| Jaundice | show 🗑
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| Granulation Tissue | show 🗑
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| Slough | show 🗑
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| show | Dead matter that is cast off from the surface of the skin, especially after a burn. The material is often crusty or scabbed.
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