MedTerms 9th Edition - Ch. 12 - Location, Medication Administration
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- anorexia
- lack of apetite
- antefebrile
- before a fever
- anteflexion
- bending forward
- antemortem
- before death
- antenatal
- before birth (prenatal)
- antepartum
- before delivery (mother)
- anteposition
- in front of
- antepyretic
- before a fever
- anteversion
- turning forward
- bicellular
- made of two cells
- biceps
- a two-bellied muscle
- binuclear
- having two nuclei
- bifocal
- lens having two focus strengths
- bipolar
- having two poles
- bisexual
- attracted to both sexes
- bulemia
- condition of purging after eating
- congenital
- born with
- consanguinity
- with blood relationship
- disassociate
- to break apart
- disinfect
- to rid of infectious agents
- dissect
- to cut apart
- excise
- to take out
- exhale
- to breathe out
- expiration
- breathing out
- genitals
- reproductive system structures
- hemianesthesia
- anesthesia involving half the body
- hemicardia
- half a heart
- hemigastrectomy
- excision of half the stomach
- hemiplegia
- paralysis of one side of the body
- incise
- to cut into
- incoherent
- unable to be understood
- incompatible
- not compatible, does not associate well with
- incompetency
- not able to function properlly
- incontinence
- inability to control urination or defecation
- infested
- organisms living within or on another organism
- inflamed
- act of being red, swollen, painful and warm
- inflammation
- condition with such symptoms as a red, swollen and warm area
- infusion
- introducing a substance into a vein through a needle
- inhale
- to breathe in
- injection
- procedure of introducing a substance into the body using a needle
- insane
- not sane
- insemination
- process of introducing semen into the uterus or tubes
- insomnia
- unable to fall asleep
- inspiration
- breathing in
- instillation
- applying drops
- intercellular
- between the cells
- intra-abdominal
- within the abdomen
- intra-aortic
- within the aorta
- intra-arterial
- within the artery
- intracranial
- within the cranium
- intracystic
- within the urinary bladder
- intradermal
- within the dermal layer
- intraduodenal
- within the duodenum
- intrathoracic
- within the thorax
- malaise
- generally poor feeling, not feeling well
- malformation
- poor formation
- malnutrition
- poor nutrition
- malorodous
- smelling bad
- morbidity
- related to illness
- mortality
- related to death
- postcibal
- after meals
- postcoital
- after intercourse
- postesophageal
- in back of the esophagus
- postfebrile
- after a fever
- postglucose
- after glucose is administered
- postmastectomy
- after mastectomy surgery
- postmenopausal
- after menopause is complete
- postmortem
- after death
- postnatal
- after birth (baby)
- postoperative
- after surgery
- postprandial
- after meals
- preanesthetic
- before anesthesia
- precancerous
- condition that may lead to cancer
- preforntal
- in front of the frontal bone
- preoperative
- before surgery
- prescribe
- write an order before it can be done
- sanguineous
- bloddy (also sanguinous)
- semicircle
- half a circle
- semicomatose
- partially in a coma
- semiconscious
- partially conscious
- semiprivate
- situation in which half a room is shared
- subcutaneous
- the layer below the dermis of the skin
- triceps
- a three-bellied muscle
- unicellular
- of one cell
- unilateral
- one sided
- uninuclear
- having one nucleus
- ac
- before meals (antecibum)
- CRNA
- certified registered nurse anesthetist
- GNID
- gram-negative intracellular diplococcus
- gt/gtt, gtts
- drop/dropps
- IABP
- intra-aortic balloon pump
- MSN
- Masters of Science in Nursing
- NP
- nurse practitioner
- pc
- after meals (post cibum)
- po
- by mouth
- prn
- as needed or required
- i, ii, iii, iv, v
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (apothecary numbers)
- bifurcate
- divide into two branches