Medical Terminology Flashcards
(62 cards)
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What is escoriation?
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Abrading and wearing of skin
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What is hypertension
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High Blood pressure >135/80
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What is Hypotension
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Low blood Pressure <100/60 bpm
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What is tachycardia
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Heart rate >100 bpm
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Dyspnoea
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Difficult painful breaathing
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Apnoea
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no breathing
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Chenyne stoking
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abnormal - rattling phelm, doesn’t upset patient, end of life
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Hyperventilation
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rapid breathing
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brady cardia
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slow heart rate <60 bpm
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thrombocytes
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platelets
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fibrinogen
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proteins in blood to create fibrin strands
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anaemia
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faecal
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bronchial
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dispoenia
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opthalmoscope
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phlebitis
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rhinorrheea
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bicuspid
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polycythaemia
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too many red blood cells
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anaerobic
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aseptic
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sterile
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bronchitis
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diarrhea
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phalanges
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pnuemonia
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pteryguim
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sphygmomanometer
sphygmo (plasma) manometer- blood pressure machine
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ptosis
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abduction
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adduction
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ileum
lowest part of bowel
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ilium
part of hip bone
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Plueral
pertaining to the lungs
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ureter
tube takes uriine from kidney
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cardiomyopathy
disease of heart muscle
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hepatitus
disease of liver
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hysterosalpingogram
hystero (uterus) salpingo (uterus) imaging procedure used in fertility treatment
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types of tissue
epithelial, connective, muscle, nerve
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prone
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supine
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distal
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proximal
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lateral
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medial
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liac
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cystosis
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hemolysis
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aspiration
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brady cardia
slow heart rate <60 bpm
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haemoptysis
coughing up blood from respiratory tract
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pulmonary oedema
accumulation of fluid in lungs, often linked to heart failure
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stridor
high pitched whistling, breathing sound cused by obstruction
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plural tap
insertion of needle through chest wall to withdrawal air, fluid or blood
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sepsis
bacterial infection in blood stream
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Phelbitis
inflammation of vein
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cyanosis
blue colouration of skin and mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen
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embolus
a clot that has moved
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What is oligura
Decrease in amount of urine excreted in a day to below 500 ml
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Chyme
Food in stomach
