Basic Medical Terminology L - R

Question 1

Laceration

[las-uh-rey-shuhn]

Answer 1

Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)

Question 2

Lateral

[lat-er-uhl]

Answer 2

Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from nose to belly-button)

Question 3

Medial

[mee-dee-uhl]

Answer 3

Nearer to the midline

Question 4

Melena

[muh-lee-nuh]

Answer 4

Black tarry stool

Question 5

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

[mahy-uh-kahr-dee-uhm] [in-fahrk-shuhn]

Answer 5

Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia

Question 6

Myalgia

[mahy-al-jee-uh]

Answer 6

Muscular pain, “muscle aches”

Question 7

Oriented x3

Answer 7

Oriented to person, place, and time

Question 8

Pallor

[pal-er]

Answer 8

Pale skin

Question 9

Palpate

[pal-peyt]

Answer 9

Using a hand to press on an area, e.g. palpating the abdomen

Question 10

Palpitations

[pal-pi-tey-shuhn]

Answer 10

Feeling a heart-racing, pounding, or fluttering sensation in the chest

Question 11

Point Tenderness

Answer 11

When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain

Question 12

Posterior/Dorsal

[po-steer-ee-er]/[dawr-suhl]

Answer 12

Rear or backside of the body

Question 13

Proximal

[prok-suh-muhl]

Answer 13

Nearer to the trunk of the body

Question 14

Pruritic

[proo-rahy-tik]

Answer 14

Itchy

Question 15

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

[puhl-muh-ner-ee] [em-buh-liz-uhm]

Answer 15

Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

Question 16

Purulent

[pyoor-uh-luhnt]

Answer 16

Pus-like

Question 17

Rales

[rahls]

Answer 17

Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs

Question 18

Rhinorrhea

[rahy-nuh-ree-uh]

Answer 18

Clear nasal discharge, “runny nose”

Question 19

Rhonchi

[rong-chi]

Answer 19

Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

Question 20

Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)

Answer 20

Laceration

[las-uh-rey-shuhn]

Question 21

Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from nose to belly-button)

Answer 21

Lateral

[lat-er-uhl]

Question 22

Nearer to the midline

Answer 22

Medial

[mee-dee-uhl]

Question 23

Black tarry stool

Answer 23

Melena

[muh-lee-nuh]

Question 24

Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia

Answer 24

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

[mahy-uh-kahr-dee-uhm] [in-fahrk-shuhn]

Question 25

Muscular pain, "muscle aches"

Answer 25

Myalgia [mahy-**al**-jee-uh]

Question 26

Oriented to person, place, and time

Answer 26

Oriented x3

Question 27

Pale skin

Answer 27

Pallor [**pal**-er]

Question 28

Using a hand to press on an area, e.g. palpating the abdomen

Answer 28

Palpate [**pal**-peyt]

Question 29

Feeling a heart-racing, pounding, or fluttering sensation in the chest

Answer 29

Palpitations [pal-pi-**tey**-shuhn]

Question 30

When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain

Answer 30

Point Tenderness

Question 31

Rear or backside of the body

Answer 31

Posterior/Dorsal [po-**steer**-ee-er]/[**dawr**-suhl]

Question 32

Nearer to the trunk of the body

Answer 32

Proximal [**prok**-suh-muhl]

Question 33

Itchy

Answer 33

Pruritic [proo-**rahy**-tik]

Question 34

Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

Answer 34

Pulmonary Embolism (PE) [**puhl**-muh-ner-ee] [**em**-buh-liz-uhm]

Question 35

Pus-like

Answer 35

Purulent [**pyoor**-uh-luhnt]

Question 36

Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs

Answer 36

Rales [**rahls**]

Question 37

Clear nasal discharge, "runny nose"

Answer 37

Rhinorrhea [rahy-nuh-**ree**-uh]

Question 38

Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

Answer 38

Rhonchi [**rong**-chi]