Medical Terminology

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The process of the body physiologically adapting to an unfamiliar environment (temperature or altitude)

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Acclimatization

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Minor wound in which the skin’s surface is rubbed or scraped away

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Abrasion

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Sudden onset, abrupt

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Acute

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Work or exercise requiring oxygen (endurance, long in duration but low in intensity)

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Aerobic

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Lack or loss of memory usually due to head injury, shock, fatigue, or illness

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Amnesia

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Work or exercise not requiring oxygen (sprints, short in duration but high in intensity)

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Anaerobic

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An agent for producing insensibility to pain

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Analgesic

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The site at which bones meet to form a joint

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Articulation

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Wasting away of an organ or tissue; a decrease in muscle or tissue size, usually caused by disease, injury, or loss of innervation

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Atrophy

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Tearing or pulling away or part of a structure

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Avulsion

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A fluid-filled sac at the joint that prevents friction

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Bursa

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Inflammation of a bursa

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Bursitis

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Gristle-like padding that lies on or between bones

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Cartilage

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Of long duration or frequent reoccurrence

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Chronic

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State of being pinched off or smaller than normal

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Constriction

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To advise against

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Contraindicate

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On the opposite side

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Contralateral

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A bruise to a bone or a muscle from an outside force causing tissue damage and internal bleeding

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Contusion

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Crackling sound or feeling

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Crepitus

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Treatment by use of cold

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Cryotherapy

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Blue skin from lack of oxygen

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Cyanosis

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The name of a disease or condition the person is believed to have

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Diagnosis

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State of being enlarged

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Dilation

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Complete displacement of a bone from its normal position in a joint

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Dislocation

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Bleeding visible beneath the skin as a blue or purple patch

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Ecchymosis

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Swelling due to abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues or cavities

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Edema

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Swelling in a joint

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Effusion

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A break or crack in a bone

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Fracture

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Swelling composed of blood; internal bleeding associated with a contusion

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Hematoma

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Treatment by use of water

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Hydrotherapy

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A cut made surgically with a sharp knife

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Incision

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To advise the use of

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Indicate

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The body's reaction to injury; involves redness, swelling, heat, pain, and sometimes loss of function

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Inflammation

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To supply with nerves

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Innervate

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Looseness of a joint due to loose ligaments

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Joint laxity

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A jagged cut or tear in the skin

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Laceration

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Tissue that connects bone to bone

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Ligament

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The circumstance in which an injury occurs, for example sudden deceleration, wounding by a projectile, or crushing by a heavy object

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Mechanism of injury

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Method or apparatus used for healing an injury

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Modality

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Examination by touch

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Palpation

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Pain at the sorest spot of an injury

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Point tenderness

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Prediction of the course and end of a disease or eventual outcome of an injury

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Prognosis

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The sense of the body's position in space

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Proprioception

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Movement of a joint around a central point

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Range of Motion

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To bring back to the normal position

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Reduction

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Pain that occurs away from the injury site

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Referred pain

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Pulling apart of a generally non-movable joint

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Separation

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Potentially fatal reaction of the body to injury; failure of the cardiovascular system to circulate enough blood to the body

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Shock

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Stretching or tearing of ligaments

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Sprain

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Stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon

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Strain

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Incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint

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Subluxation

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Tissue that connects muscle to bone

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Tendon

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Treatment by the use of heat

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Thermotherapy

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Distal aspect of limb forced away from the midline

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Valgus

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Distal aspect of limb forced toward the midline

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Varus

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An agent causing the constriction or closing of blood vessels

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Vasoconstrictor

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An agent causing the dilation or opening of blood vessels

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Vasodilator