Key Terms Ch.1

Question 1

Inferior

Answer 1

Pretending to being below

Question 2

Communication

Answer 2

Action to impart or transmit

Question 3

Therapist

Answer 3

One who specializes in treatment

Question 4

Inpatient

Answer 4

A patient in a hospital

Question 5

diagnosis

Answer 5

Condition of complete knowledge of a patient’s symptoms and signs.

Question 6

Physiology

Answer 6

The study of the physical function of the body

Question 7

Etiology

Answer 7

The study of the case of disease

Question 8

Anatomy

Answer 8

Process of cutting apart the body. The study of the structure of the human body and its parts.

Question 9

Inguinal

Answer 9

Pertaining to the groin

Question 10

Outpatient

Answer 10

Patient who does not stay overnight at a health care facility

Question 11

Recuperation

Answer 11

A process of recovery

Question 12

Lateral

Answer 12

Pertaining to the side

Question 13

Quadrant

Answer 13

Pertaining to 4 parts of the abdominopelvic area

Question 14

Communicable

Answer 14

Able to be imparted or transmitted

Question 15

Surgeon

Answer 15

One who performs operative procedures

Question 16

Remission

Answer 16

Condition of sending back to being without symptoms and signs of a disease

Question 17

Dorsal

Answer 17

Pertaining to the back of

Question 18

Pathogen

Answer 18

That which produces disease

Question 19

Exacerbation

Answer 19

A process of increase in patient’s symptoms or signs

Question 20

Etymology

Answer 20

The study of word origins

Question 21

Organ

Answer 21

Structure made of tissues and cells

Question 22

physician

Answer 22

Skilled professional or expert in the body. Also known as a doctor.

Question 23

hospice

Answer 23

Healthcare facility for patients who are dying.

Question 24

therapeutic

Answer 24

Pertaining to therapy or treatment.

Question 25

lumbar

Answer 25

Pertaining to the lower back.

Question 26

anterior

Answer 26

Pertaining to the front part.

Question 27

palliative

Answer 27

Pertaining to reducing the severity of.

Question 28

syndrome

Answer 28

A running together of set a of symptoms and signs characteristic of one disease.

Question 29

epigastric

Answer 29

Pertaining to a region above the stomach.

Question 30

Tissue

Answer 30

Structure made of cells.

Question 31

medial

Answer 31

Pertaining to the middle.

Question 32

acute

Answer 32

Sudden and severe.

Question 33

cell

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Smallest independently functioning structure in the body.

Question 34

disability

Answer 34

A state of going away from ability.

Question 35

external

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Pertaining to the outside.

Question 36

surgery

Answer 36

Process of an operative procedure.

Question 37

technician

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Skilled professional or expert with technical skill.

Question 38

ancillary

Answer 38

Pertaining to an accessory.

Question 39

disease

Answer 39

Any change in the normal structure or function of the body.

Question 40

umbilical

Answer 40

Pertaining to the umbilicus or navel.

Question 41

technologist

Answer 41

One who specializes in a technical skill and the study of it.

Question 42

proximal

Answer 42

Pertaining to near the center or point of origin.

Question 43

subacute

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Symptoms and signs that are less severe in intensity than acute symptoms.

Question 44

internal

Answer 44

Pertaining to inside.

Question 45

Symptom

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Any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient.

Question 46

asymptomatic

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Pertaining to being without symptoms.

Question 47

symptomatology

Answer 47

The study of a collection of symptoms.

Question 48

hypogastric

Answer 48

Pertaining to below the stomach.

Question 49

clinic

Answer 49

Healthcare facility for just one type of patient or disease.

Question 50

hypochondriac

Answer 50

Pertaining to below the cartilage of the ribs. A patient with imaginary symptoms

Question 51

prognosis

Answer 51

Condition of having before knowledge; foreknowledge about the course of a

Question 52

prone

Answer 52

Lying on the anterior part of the body (face down).

Question 53

paramedic

Answer 53

Pertaining to a person who works apart from medical personnel who work in

Question 54

health

Answer 54

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.

Question 55

cavity

Answer 55

State of having a hollow space.

Question 56

caudad

Answer 56

Toward or in the direction of the tail bone.

Question 57

chronic

Answer 57

Pertaining to continuing over time.

Question 58

hospital

Answer 58

Healthcare facility for acute care.

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cephalad

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Toward or in the direction of the head.

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ventral

Answer 60

Pertaining to the front or abdomen.

Question 61

distal

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Pertaining to moving away from the center or point of origin.

Question 62

bilateral

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Pertaining to two sides.

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posterior

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Pertaining to the back part.

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superior

Answer 64

Pertaining to being above.

Question 65

rehabilitation

Answer 65

Action of to again and again give ability.