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- arthrocentesis
- aspiration of joint
- arthrodesis
- immobilization of joint
- arthrography
- image of joint
- arthroplasty
- repair of joint
- arthroscopy
- viewing inside of joint
- arthrotomy
- incision into joint
- articular
- pertaining to movement of joint
- asphyxia
- lack of breathing
- aspiration
- withdrawal of fluid using needle
- assignment
- Medicare's payment for service
- asthma
- shortage of breath due to constriction of bronchi
- astigmatism
- refractive surfaces of eye are unequal
- atelectasis
- incomplete expansion/collapse of lungs
- atherectomy
- removal of plaque
- atrophy
- weakness
- aural atresia
- congenital absence of external auditory canal
- axillary nodes
- lymph nodes located in armpit
- bacilli
- plural of rod shaped bacterium
- cholangiopancreatography
- ERCP, recording of biliary system or pancreas
- cholecystectomy
- surgical removal of gallbladder
- cholecystography
- radiographic recording of gallbladder
- cholesteatoma
- tumor forms in middle ear
- chordee
- penis bent downward
- circumflex
- coronary artery that circles heart
- Cloquet's node
- lymph node, highest of deep groin lymph nodes
- closed fracture repair
- not surgically opened with/without manipulation and with/without repair
- closed treatment
- fracture site not surgically opened and visualized
- collagen
- protein of skin
- coccyx
- extreme caudal of vertebral column
- Colle's fracture
- fracture of lower end of radius; broken posteriorly
- colostomy
- artificial opening between colon and abdominal wall
- cordectomy
- surgical removal of vocal cords
- cutdown
- incision into vessel for placement of catheter
- cystography
- radiographic recording of urinary bladder
- cystolithectomy
- removal of stone from bladder
- emphysema
- air accumulation in organ or tissue
- encephalography
- recording of space and ventricles in brain
- fissure
- cleft or groove
- fistula
- abnormal opening from area to another area.
- fluoroscopy
- viewing interior of body using xrays.
- fracture
- breaking of bone
- free full thickness graft
- involving dermis and dermis
- fulguration
- use of electrical current to destroy tissue
- furuncle
- nodule in skin from staphylococcus entering hair follicle
- ganglion
- knot
- gatekeeper
- physician who manages patient access to health care
- glaucoma
- eye diseases characterized by intraocular pressure
- glottis
- true vocal cords
- gonioscopy
- use of scope to examine angles of eye
- Group Practice Model
- organization of physicians contracting with HMOs to provide services to patients with HMOs
- grouper
- computer used to input principal diagnosis and other critical information about a patient and then provide correct DRG code
- Kock pouch
- surgical creation of urinary bladder using ileum
- kyphosis
- humpback
- labyrinth
- inner connecting cavities
- labyrinthitis
- middle ear inflammation
- lacrimal
- related to tears
- lamina
- flat plate
- laminectomy
- surgical excision of lamina
- open treatment
- fracture site that is surgically opened and treated
- ophthalmodynamometry
- test of the blood pressure of the eye
- ophthalmology
- body of knowledge regarding eye
- optokinetic
- movement of eyes to objects
- orchiectomy
- removal of testes
- orthopnea
- difficulty in breathing
- orthoptic
- corrective; in right place
- osteoarthritis
- degenerative condition of articular cartilage
- osteoclast
- absorbs or removes bone
- osteotomy
- cutting into bone
- otitis media
- inflammation of middle ear
- otoscope
- instrument used to examine internal and external ear
- oviduct
- fallopian tube
- papilledema
- swelling of optic disk
- paraesophageal hiatus hernia
- hernia near esophagus
- parathyroid
- produces hormone to mobilize calcium from bones to blood
- paronychia
- infection around nail
- peritoneoscopy
- visualization of abdominal cavity using one scope place in abdomin and another placed in vagina
- phonocardiogram
- recording of heart sounds
- pilosebaceuos glands
- hair follicles and sebaceous glands
- plethysmography
- determining changes in volume of an organ part or body
- pneumonolysis
- surgical procedure separating lungs from chest wall allowing for collapse.
- pneumoplethysmography
- determing changes in volume in lungs
- priaprism
- painful condition in which penis is erect constantly
- Professional Standards Review Organization
- PSRO, organization desgined to monitor necessity of hospital admissions, treatment costs, and medical records of hospitals
- Provider Identification Number
- PIN, assigned to physicians by payers for used in claims submissions
- rad
- radiation absorbed dose, energy deposited in patient's tissues
- rales
- coarse sound on respiration
- sebum
- oily substance
- segmentectomy
- surgical removal of poriton of lung
- serum
- blood from which fibrinogen has been removed
- shunt
- artifical passage
- sialography
- recording of salivary duct and branches
- stratum
- layer
- subluxation
- partial dislocation
- subungual
- under the nail
- supination
- in the supine position
- supine
- lying on back
- Swan Ganz catheter
- catheter measuring pressure in heart
- sympathetic nerve
- part of PNS that controls automatic body function and sympathetic nerves activated under stress
- symphysis
- natural junction
- synchondrosis
- union between two bones (connected by cartilage)
- tachypnea
- quick, shallow breathing
- tarsorrhaphy
- suturing together of eyelids
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- TEFRA, act that contains language to reward cost-conscious health care providers
- tenodesis
- suturing of tendon to bone
- tenorrhaphy
- suture repair of tendon
- thermogram
- written record of temperature variation
- third-party payer
- insurance company or entity that is laible for another's health care services
- tonometry
- measurement of pressure or tension
- traction
- application of pressure to maintain normal alignment
- transesophageal echocardiogram
- TEE, echocardiogram performed by placing a probe down esophagus and sending out sound waves to obtain images of heart and movement
- transmastoid
- creates opening in mastoid for drainage antrostomy
- transseptal
- through septum
- transureteroureteroostomy
- surgical connection of one ureter to other ureter
- transurethral resection, prostate
- procedure performed through urethra using scope to remove part or all of prostate
- transvesical ureterolithotomy
- removal of ureter stone through bladder
- trocar needle
- needle with tube on end; used in withdrawing fluid
- tubercle
- lesion caused by infection of tuberculosis
- tumescence
- state of being swollen
- tunica vaginalis
- covering of testes
- tympanometry
- test of inner ear using air pressure
- tympanostomy
- insertion of ventilation tube into tympanum
- ultrasound
- use of sound waves to deterimine density of outline of tissue
- uptake
- absorption of radiation through body tissues
- vasovasorraphy
- suturing of vas deferens
- vectorcardiogram
- VCG, continuous recording of electrical direction and magnitude of heart
- vertigo
- dizziness
- vesicostomy
- surgical creation of connection of viscera of bladder to skin
- vesicovaginal fistula
- creation of tube between vagina and bladder
- viscera
- organ in large cavity
- xanthoma
- tumor composed of cells containing lipid yellow material
- xenograft
- different species graft
- xeroderma
- dry, discolored scaly skin
- xeroradiography
- photoelectric process of radiographs