Basic Medical Terminology
Abrasion - ANSWER: Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive.
Abscess - ANSWER: Collection of pus underneath the skin.
Antipyretic - ANSWER: Medication used to reduce a fever.
Acute - ANSWER: New
Usually of rapid onset and concern
Opposite of chronic.
Afebrile - ANSWER: Without a fever (Temp. < 100.4)
Anterior - ANSWER: Towards the front of the body.
Appendicitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the appendix.
Auscultation - ANSWER: Listening to sounds arising within organs.
Benign - ANSWER: Normal; Of no danger to health.
Bradycardia - ANSWER: Slow heart rate (HR <60bpm)
Bronchitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the bronchi
Bronchiolitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the bronchioles
Catheter - ANSWER: A tube inserted into vessels or body organs to:
Permit injections
Withdraw body fluids and/or
Keep a passage opened.
Chronic - ANSWER: Long-standing; constant.
Opposite of acute.
Cellulitis - ANSWER: Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - ANSWER: Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - ANSWER: Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
, Diaphoresis - ANSWER: Sweating
Diffuse - ANSWER: Spread out
Distal - ANSWER: Away from the trunk of the body
Dyspnea - ANSWER: Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - ANSWER: Painful urination
Ecchymosis - ANSWER: Bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER: Surgical removal
Edema - ANSWER: Swelling
Emesis - ANSWER: Vomiting
Epilepsy - ANSWER: Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - ANSWER: Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - ANSWER: Red/Redness
Exudates - ANSWER: Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - ANSWER: State of having a fever (Temp. > 100.4)
Grossly - ANSWER: A lot
Obviously
Wholly
Hematemesis - ANSWER: Blood in vomit
Hematuria - ANSWER: Blood in urine
Hemoptysis - ANSWER: Coughing up blood
Hemorrhage - ANSWER: Excessive bleeding
Hepatomegaly - ANSWER: Enlarged liver
Hernia - ANSWER: Protrusion of an organ through abnormal openings
Hyperlipidemia - ANSWER: High cholesterol
Abrasion - ANSWER: Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive.
Abscess - ANSWER: Collection of pus underneath the skin.
Antipyretic - ANSWER: Medication used to reduce a fever.
Acute - ANSWER: New
Usually of rapid onset and concern
Opposite of chronic.
Afebrile - ANSWER: Without a fever (Temp. < 100.4)
Anterior - ANSWER: Towards the front of the body.
Appendicitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the appendix.
Auscultation - ANSWER: Listening to sounds arising within organs.
Benign - ANSWER: Normal; Of no danger to health.
Bradycardia - ANSWER: Slow heart rate (HR <60bpm)
Bronchitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the bronchi
Bronchiolitis - ANSWER: Inflammation of the bronchioles
Catheter - ANSWER: A tube inserted into vessels or body organs to:
Permit injections
Withdraw body fluids and/or
Keep a passage opened.
Chronic - ANSWER: Long-standing; constant.
Opposite of acute.
Cellulitis - ANSWER: Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - ANSWER: Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - ANSWER: Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
, Diaphoresis - ANSWER: Sweating
Diffuse - ANSWER: Spread out
Distal - ANSWER: Away from the trunk of the body
Dyspnea - ANSWER: Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - ANSWER: Painful urination
Ecchymosis - ANSWER: Bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER: Surgical removal
Edema - ANSWER: Swelling
Emesis - ANSWER: Vomiting
Epilepsy - ANSWER: Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - ANSWER: Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - ANSWER: Red/Redness
Exudates - ANSWER: Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - ANSWER: State of having a fever (Temp. > 100.4)
Grossly - ANSWER: A lot
Obviously
Wholly
Hematemesis - ANSWER: Blood in vomit
Hematuria - ANSWER: Blood in urine
Hemoptysis - ANSWER: Coughing up blood
Hemorrhage - ANSWER: Excessive bleeding
Hepatomegaly - ANSWER: Enlarged liver
Hernia - ANSWER: Protrusion of an organ through abnormal openings
Hyperlipidemia - ANSWER: High cholesterol
