Med Term Ch 7 Flashcards
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Acute
Referring to a disease of sudden onset and brief course,severe, not chronic
Anorexia
Diminished appetite; aversion to food
Antipyretic
reducing fever or an agent that does so
Asymptomatic
Without symptoms, or producing no symptoms
Atrophy
A wasting away of tissues, organs, or the entire body from either death or reabsorption of cells
Bradypnea
Abnormal slowness of respiration, specifically a low respiratory frequency
Central
Center of the body
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
The pattern of breathing with gradual increase in depth and sometimes in rate to a maximum, followed by a decrease
Chlorocyte
Green plant cell
Chronic
Used to describe persistent disease or illness
Cyanoderma
Blue skin
Diagnosis
The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defects; a deciding
Dyspnea
shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or things; bad breathing
Edema
An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
Emesis
vomiting
Erythremia
Abnormal increase in RBC’s
Generalized
involving the whole of an organ as opposed to a focal or regional process
Hematemesis
vomiting blood
Hyperpnea
Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than is normal at rest
Hyperpyrexia
Extremely highfever
Hypothermia
A core body temperature significantly lower than 98.6 F
Leukocyte
White blood cell
Localized
Restricted or limited to a definite part
Malaise
A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness; an “out of sorts” feeling, often the first indication of an infection or other disease
