Descriptive Words/ Locations
Anatomical Positions
Descriptive Terms
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100

Fast heartbeat

What is tachycardia

100

Close to the surface of the body

What is superficial

100

A reduction in severity of symptoms

What is abatement

100

Analgesia

What is loss of pain where pain would normally be evident without loss of consciousness

100

Deterioration of a condition

What is exacerbation

200

New baby

What is neonatal

200

Away from the head/ lower part of a structure

What is inferior

200

Cutting short the course of a disease

What is abortive

200

Benign

What is an abnormal growth that is not life-threatening

200

Blood in vomit

What is hematemesis

300

Bradycardia

What is slow heartrate

300

At or near the back of the body

What is posterior

300

Friction wearing away of the top layer of skin

What is abrasion

300

Cavity

What is hollow space in the body containing one organ or more

300

High blood pressure

What is hypertension

400

Pericardium

What is around the heart

400

Nearer to midline

What is medial

400

A sudden breaking away or breaking off

What is abruption

400

Compression

What is to apply pressure to stop bleeding or prevent further injury

400

Of unknown cause

What is idiopathic

500

Ante

What is before, in front of or forward

500
An imaginary vertical line that divides the body equally

What is midline

500

Ability to walk

What is ambulatory 

500

Etiology

What is the cause of a certain condition

500

Difficult to cure or alleviate

What is intractable