Abrasion - Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Acute - New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Ambulate - To walk from
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Anterior - Located towards the front of the body
Artery - Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart
Benign - Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - Slow heart-rate (HR less than 60bpm)
Cardiomegaly - Enlarged heart
Cholecystitis - Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder)
Chronic - Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung Dz commonly seen in smokers
Coronary artery - The artery that supplies heart tissue with blood
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) - a.k.a. "Stroke". Lack of blood supply to the brain
causing brain damage
Diaphoresis - Sweating
Distal - Farther from the trunk of the body
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - A blood clot in the deep vein, most often an extremity
Dyspnea - Problems with breathing
Dysuria - Painful urination
Ecchymosis - A bruise
Edema - Swelling
Emesis - Vomiting
Epistaxis - Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - Redness/Red
Febrile - Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infection
Grossly - Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - Very large amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - Very large amounts of blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - Coughing up very large amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - Excessive or profuse bleeding
hepatomegaly - Enlarged liver
Hypertension - High blood pressure
Hypotension - Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood
Infarct - Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply
Inferior - Lower in the body, farther from the head
Ischemia - Lack of blood supply
Laceration - Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)
Lateral - Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from nose to belly-button)
Medial - Nearer to the midline
Melena - Black tarry stool
Myocardial Infarction (MI) - Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia
Myalgia - Muscular pain
Oriented x 3 - Oriented to person, place, and time
Pallor - Pale skin
Posterior/Dorsal - Rear or backside of the body
Proximal - Nearer to the trunk of the body
Pruritic - Itchy
Pulmonary Embolism (PE) - Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot
Purulent - Pus-like
Rales - Crackles; we crackling noise in lungs
Rhinorrhea - Clear nasal discharge, "runny nose"
Rhonchi - Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs
Sepsis - Dangerous infection of the blood
STEMI - ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia
Superior - Higher on the body, nearer to the head
Supine - Body position lying face up
Syncope - "Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting
Tachycardia - Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm) [Show Less]