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Abrasion - Answer-Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive Acute - Answer-New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic Ambulate - Answer-To walk from place to place Anterior - Answer-Located towards the front of the body Artery - Answer-Blood vessel carrying blood...

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Abrasion - Answer-Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

Acute - Answer-New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic

Ambulate - Answer-To walk from place to place

Anterior - Answer-Located towards the front of the body

Artery - Answer-Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart

Benign - Answer-Normal, of no danger to health

Bradycardia - Answer-Slow heart-rate (HR less than 60bpm)

Cardiomegaly - Answer-Enlarged heart

Cholecystitis - Answer-Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder)

Chronic - Answer-Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute

COPD - Answer-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung Dz commonly seen in
smokers

Coronary artery - Answer-The artery that supplies heart tissue with blood

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) - Answer-a.k.a. "Stroke". Lack of blood supply to the
brain causing brain damage

Diaphoresis - Answer-Sweating

Distal - Answer-Farther from the trunk of the body

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - Answer-A blood clot in the deep vein, most often an
extremity

Dyspnea - Answer-Problems with breathing

Dysuria - Answer-Painful urination

Ecchymosis - Answer-A bruise

,Edema - Answer-Swelling

Emesis - Answer-Vomiting

Epistaxis - Answer-Nose bleed

Erythema/Erythematous - Answer-Redness/Red

Febrile - Answer-Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infection

Grossly - Answer-Obviously; a lot; wholly

Hematemesis - Answer-Very large amounts of blood in the vomit

Hematuria - Answer-Very large amounts of blood in the urine

Hemoptysis - Answer-Coughing up very large amounts of blood

Hemorrhage - Answer-Excessive or profuse bleeding

hepatomegaly - Answer-Enlarged liver

Hypertension - Answer-High blood pressure

Hypotension - Answer-Low blood pressure

Hypoxia - Answer-Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood

Infarct - Answer-Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply

Inferior - Answer-Lower in the body, farther from the head

Ischemia - Answer-Lack of blood supply

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

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

Medial - Answer-Nearer to the midline

Melena - Answer-Black tarry stool

Myocardial Infarction (MI) - Answer-Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia

Myalgia - Answer-Muscular pain

,Oriented x 3 - Answer-Oriented to person, place, and time

Pallor - Answer-Pale skin

Posterior/Dorsal - Answer-Rear or backside of the body

Proximal - Answer-Nearer to the trunk of the body

Pruritic - Answer-Itchy

Pulmonary Embolism (PE) - Answer-Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

Purulent - Answer-Pus-like

Rales - Answer-Crackles; we crackling noise in lungs

Rhinorrhea - Answer-Clear nasal discharge, "runny nose"

Rhonchi - Answer-Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

Sepsis - Answer-Dangerous infection of the blood

STEMI - Answer-ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to
ischemia

Superior - Answer-Higher on the body, nearer to the head

Supine - Answer-Body position lying face up

Syncope - Answer-"Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting

Tachycardia - Answer-Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)

Tachypnea - Answer-Increased breathing rate

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Answer-Minor stroke; where neurological function is
regained quickly with time

Vein - Answer-Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart

Vertigo - Answer-Condition of dizziness, "room spinning"

Wheezing - Answer-High pitched sounds heard in the lungs

Antipyretic - Answer-Medication used to reduce a fever

, Abscess - Answer-collection of pus underneath the skin

Appendicitis - Answer-Dangerous Infection of the appendix

Auscultation - Answer-Listening to sounds arising within organs

Bronchitis - Answer-Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)

Bronchiolitis - Answer-Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the lungs)

Catheter - Answer-Tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or
withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open

Cellulitis - Answer-Infection of skin cells

Conjunctivitis - Answer-Infection of the outer layer of the eye

Dialysis - Answer-Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure

Diffuse - Answer-Spread out (not locatlized)

-ectomy - Answer-Surgical Removal

Epilepsy - Answer-Seizure disorder

Exudates (tonsillar) - Answer-Pus-pockets on the tonsils

Hernia - Answer-Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally
contains it

Hyperlipidemia - Answer-High cholesterol

ICD-10 - Answer-A system to classify and code diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures

-itis - Answer-inflammation

Lethargic - Answer-Septic, very sick, about to die

Meningitis - Answer-Infection of the outer lining of the brain

Otitis Externa - Answer-Infection of the outer ear (ear canal)

Otitis Media - Answer-Infection of the inner ear (behind the eardrum)

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