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©PREP4EXAMS@2024/2025 REAL EXAM DUMPS Monday@ August 5@ 2024 6@07 PMEMT Medical Terminology Exam Study
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Acidosis - Answer✔️✔️-an acid condition of the body - can occur with decreased
ventilations - not enough carbon dioxide is eliminated. With water, CO2 becomes
carbonic acid.
Alkalosis - Answer✔️✔️-an alkaline condition of the body - can occur with
hyperventilation - blowing off too much carbon dioxide
Adjuncts - Answer✔️✔️-things that help - so oxygen assist in the delivery of oxygen
Agitation - Answer✔️✔️-an emotional state of being restless, anxious, nervous
Aggravation - Answer✔️✔️-an emotional state of being angry, or extremely unhappy
about something
Algorithm - Answer✔️✔️-an illustrative method to summarize assessment and
treatment information. Memory aids.
Antecubital - Answer✔️✔️-pertaining to the front of the elbow - a place to start an
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Arthritis - Answer✔️✔️-an inflammation of the joints
Aspirate - Answer✔️✔️-to suck into
Atrophy - Answer✔️✔️-a wasting of tissue - when leg is not in use it wastes away
Bifurcate - Answer✔️✔️-to split in two - the trachea bifurcates at the carina into two
main stem bronchi
Blunt trauma - Answer✔️✔️-an injury that was caused by a blunt object - no break
in the skin
Child - Answer✔️✔️-pediatrics- a child is over 1 year old but less than 14
Compromise - Answer✔️✔️-to make worse - compromised airway
Contraindicated - Answer✔️✔️-a condition that renders a treatment improper or
undesirable
Copious - Answer✔️✔️-large amounts
Dermatology - Answer✔️✔️-the study of the skin
Ectopic - Answer✔️✔️-out of the ordinary (pregnancy, pacemaker, beats)
Edema - Answer✔️✔️-swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid in the area
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