ScribeAmerica - Basic Medical Terminology
Abrasion ✔️Ans - Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Acute ✔️Ans - New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of
chronic
Anterior ✔️Ans - Located towards the front of the body
Benign ✔️Ans - Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia ✔️Ans - Slow heart-rate (HR less than 60bpm)
Cardiomegaly ✔️Ans - Enlarged Heart
Cholecystitis ✔️Ans - Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder)
Chronic ✔️Ans - Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
COPD ✔️Ans - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung Dz commonly
seen in smokers
Coronary artery ✔️Ans - The artery that supplies heart tissue with blood
Cerebrovascular Accident CVA ✔️Ans - a.k.a. "Stroke" Lack of blood
supply to the brain causing brain damage
Diaphoresis ✔️Ans - Sweating
Distal ✔️Ans - Farther from the trunk of the body
Deep Venous Thrombosis DVT ✔️Ans - A blood clot in a deep vein, most
often an extremity
Dyspnea ✔️Ans - Problems with breathing
Dysuria ✔️Ans - Painful urination
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