medical terminology 2b
Terms
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- CCU
- coronary (cardiac) care unit
- ECU
- emergency care unit
- ER
- emergency room
- ICU
- intensive care unit
- IP
- inpatient
- OP
- outpatient
- OR
- operating room
- PACU
- postanesthetic care unit
- PAR
- postanesthetic recovery
- post-op
- postoperative (after surgery)
- pre-op
- preoperative (before surgery)
- RTC
- return to clinic
- RTO
- return to office
- BRP
- bathroom privileges
- CP
- chest pain
-
DC
D/C - discharge, discontinue
- ETOH
- ethyl alcohol
- L
- left
- R
- respiration
- pt
- patient
- RRR
- regular rate and rhythm
- SOB
- treatment
- Tr
- treatment
- Tx
- treatment or traction
- VS
- vital signs
- T
- temperature
- P
- pulse
- BP
- blood pressure
- Ht
- height
- Wt
- weight
- WDWN
- well-developed and well-nourished
- y.o.
- year old
- #
-
number or pound
#2 = number two
150# = 150 pounds - acute
- sharp, having intense, often severe symptoms and a short course
- chronic
- a condition developing slowly and persisting over time
- benign
- mild or noncancerous
- malignant
- harmful or cancerous
- degeneration
- gradual deterioration of normal cells and body functions
- degenerative disease
- any disease in which there is deterioration of structure or function of tissue
- diagnosis
- determination of the presence of a disease based on an evaluation of symptoms, signs, and test findings (results)
- etiology
- cause of a disease
- exacerbation
- increase in severity of a disease with aggravation of symptoms
- remission
- a period in which symptoms and signs stop or abate
- febrile
- relating to a fever
- gross
- large, visible to naked eye
- idiopathic
- a condition occuring without a clearly identified cause
- localized
- limited to a definite area or part
- systemic
- relating to the whole body rather than only one part
- malaise
- a feeling of unwellness, often the first indication of illness
- marked
- significant
- equivocal
- vague, questionable
- morbidity
- sick, a state of disease
- morbidity rate
- the number of cases of a disease in a given year, ratio of sick to well individuals in given population
- mortality
- death
- mortality rate
- death rate, ratio of number of deaths to total number of people
- prognosis
- foreknowledge, prediction of the likely outcome of a disease
- progressive
- the advance of a condition as signs and symptoms increase in severity
- prophylaxis
- a process or measure that prevents disease
- recurrent
- to occur again, describes return of symptoms and signs after a period of quiescence (rest or inactivity)
- sequela
- a disorder or condition after, and usually resulting from, a previous disease or injury
- sign
- a mark, objective evidence of disease that can be seen or verified by examiner
- symptom
- occurrence, subjective evidence of disease that is preceived by the patient and often noted in his words
- syndrome
- a running together, combination of symptoms and signs that give a distinct clinical picture indicating a particular condition or disease
- noncontributory
- not involved in bringing on the condition or result
- unremarkable
- not significant or worthy of noting