Ch.9-Additional Medical Terms
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- rheumatic
- inflammatory diseases
- pleura
- membrane in the lungs and lining the thoracic cavity
- exacerbation
- increase in severity of a disease or any of its symptoms
- chronic
- persisting for a long time
- remission
- having periods of abatement or exacerbation
- edema
- an abnormal accumulation of fluid in intercellular spaces of the body
- abscess
- localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by disintegration of tissues
- abdomen
- between thorax and pelvis that contains abdominal cavity & viscera
- ischemia
- deficiency of blood due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel
- peritoneum
- membrane lining the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities
- auscultation
- listening for sounds within the body
- purulent
- containing or forming pus
- hemorrhage
- bleeding
- anomaly
- marked deviation from normal (result from hereditary or congenital defects)
- fibrillation
- involuntary muscle contraction
- embolus
- a clot or plug brought by the blood from another vessel and forced into a smaller one, obstructing circulation
- axilla
- armpit
- fascia
- a sheet or band of fibrous tissue that binds to muscles and body organs
- defibrillator
- application of brief electric shock to the heart
- incontinence
- inability to control bowel & bladder functions
- parietal
- walls of a cavity or near the parietal bone
- icterus
- jaundice: yellowness of skin, sclerae, & secretions
- catgut
- an absorbable, sterile strand obtained from collagen derived from healthy mammals, used in a suture
- abortion
- expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception before the fetus is viable
- palpable
- felt by touching
- suture
- stich of a surgical or traumatic wound
- acute
- sharp; having sever symptoms and a short course
- febrile
- fever
- sputum
- matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, & lungs through the mouth
- perineum
- pelvic floor
- void
- urinate
- autoclave
- used for sterilization of materials by steam under pressure
- dilatation
- stretched beyond normal dimensions
- prophylaxis
- prevention of disease; preventative treatment
- serous
- serum like
- dilation
- stretching
- catheter
- tube that allows the passage and withdrawal of bodily fluids
- virus
- can only produce in a living host cell
- biopsy
- removal and examination of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes
- adnexa
- accessory structures of an organ (eye: eyelid & tear ducts; uterus: uterine tubes & ovaries)
- congenital
- existing at the time of birth
- percussion
- the act of striking a part with short, sharp blows to diagnose the condition of the underlying parts by the sound obtained
- viscera, viscus
- interior organ in any of the four great body cavities
- metastasis
- transfer or disease from one organ or body to another not directly connected with it
- emesis
- vomiting