Classifications/Description of Disease and Conditions
A disease for which there are treatments, but no cure.
What is terminal?
Objective observations. Objectives that can be measured for example vital signs or lab results.
What is a sign?
Meaning for -pathy
What is disease?
Pain in the stomach
What is gastralgia?
What does pt. stand for?
Illness or injury characterized by ling duration and slow progression.
What is chronic?
What is a symptom?
Meaning for brady-
What is slow?
Condition of a fast heart rate
What is tachycardia?
b.i.d.
What is twice a day?
What is a condition?
An application of light or firm pressure on the skin above internal organs or structures to check abnormalities.
What is palpation?
The suffix, meaning process or abnormal condition?
What is -osis?
Surgical opening of the chest.
What is a thoracostomy?
Abbreviation meaning for SOB.
What is shortness of breath?
A disease that has an unknown etiology.
What is idiopathic?
Use of a stethoscope to listen to sounds in the body cavities.
What is auscultation?
The suffix, meaning structure, tissue, or thing.
What is -um?
The number of words parts in hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy.
What does IV stand for?
What is intravenous?
An infection acquired in a hospital setting that was not present upon admission.
What is nosocomial?
Tapping areas on the surface of the body to produce a vibrating sound.
What is percussion?
What is below normal, below, and deficient?
Rupture of an artery.
What is arteriorrhexis?
Abbreviation for nothing by mouth.
What is NPO?