front 1 Diagnosis | back 1 identification of a disease |
front 2 Chief Complaint(CC) | back 2 What brought patient to see MD/healthcare facility |
front 3 Prognosis | back 3 prediction of the outcome of the disease |
front 4 Etiology | back 4 cause of the disease |
front 5 Chronic Condition | back 5 Greater than 6 months |
front 6 Acute Condition | back 6 Rapid onset of sudden symptoms |
front 7 Remission | back 7 Sudden symptoms of chronic condition dissapear |
front 8 Relapse | back 8 Reoccurrence of sudden symptoms |
front 9 Mortality | back 9 Number of deaths related to a specific disease |
front 10 Morbidity | back 10 measure of disabilities and extent of problems caused by illness |
front 11 Endemic | back 11 disease continually present |
front 12 Epidemic | back 12 disease occurs suddenly in large numbers in specific region |
front 13 Pandemic | back 13 disease spreads worldwide |
front 14 Terminal | back 14 Prognosis of death |
front 15 Prognosis | back 15 Prediction |
front 16 Subjective | back 16 What the patient tells you, individual perception |
front 17 Objective | back 17 What can be measurable and be seen |
front 18 disease | back 18 condition when the body fails to function normally |
front 19 Anatomy | back 19 The study of the internal and external structures of plants, animals, or for our focus |
front 20 Microscopic Anatomy | back 20 the study of structures that can be seen and examined only with magnification aids, such as a microscope Example: Looking at cells or tissues |
front 21 Macroscopic Anatomy(Gross Anatomy) | back 21 represent the study of the structures visible to the unaided or naked eye Example: Viewing an x- ray of the arm to determine the type and location of a broken bone is considered |
front 22 Cytology | back 22 The study of cellular structures |
front 23 Histology | back 23 The study of tissue samples |
front 24 RBCs | back 24 Red Blood cells |
front 25 Abdomin | back 25 Abdomen |
front 26 Aden | back 26 gland |
front 27 angi | back 27 vessel |
front 28 arthro | back 28 joint |
front 29 cardi | back 29 heart |
front 30 col | back 30 colon |
front 31 cyan | back 31 blue |
front 32 cyt | back 32 cell |
front 33 derm | back 33 skin |
front 34 erythro | back 34 red |
front 35 gastr | back 35 stomach |
front 36 glyc | back 36 sugar |
front 37 hemat | back 37 blood |
front 38 hepat | back 38 liver |
front 39 hist | back 39 tissue |
front 40 leuk | back 40 white |
front 41 mamm | back 41 breast |
front 42 nephr | back 42 kidney |
front 43 neur | back 43 nerve |
front 44 osteo | back 44 bone |
front 45 path | back 45 diease |
front 46 phag | back 46 swallow |
front 47 pneum pneumon | back 47 air or lung |
front 48 rhinn | back 48 nose |
front 49 A, an | back 49 without |
front 50 acro | back 50 extremities |
front 51 brady | back 51 slow |
front 52 dia | back 52 through |
front 53 dys | back 53 difficult |
front 54 electro | back 54 electric |
front 55 endo | back 55 within |
front 56 epi | back 56 upon or over |
front 57 hyper | back 57 above normal |
front 58 hypo | back 58 below normal |
front 59 macro | back 59 large |
front 60 micro | back 60 small |
front 61 peri | back 61 around |
front 62 sub | back 62 under, below |
front 63 tachy | back 63 fast |
front 64 al, ic | back 64 pertaining or related to |
front 65 algia | back 65 pain |
front 66 cyte | back 66 cell |
front 67 ectomy | back 67 surgical removal of |
front 68 gram | back 68 a recording |
front 69 grapgy | back 69 the process of |
front 70 ist | back 70 one who specializes |
front 71 itis | back 71 inflammation of |
front 72 megaly | back 72 enlargement of |
front 73 ologist logist | back 73 one who studies |
front 74 ology logy | back 74 study of |
front 75 oma | back 75 tumor |
front 76 osis | back 76 disease or condition of |
front 77 ostomy | back 77 surgically forming an opening |
front 78 otomy | back 78 cutting into |
front 79 pathy | back 79 disease |
front 80 penia | back 80 decrease or lack of |
front 81 phobia | back 81 fear of |
front 82 plasty | back 82 surgical repair |
front 83 scope | back 83 instrument to view or examine |
front 84 CA | back 84 Cancer |
front 85 Signs | back 85 objective(measurable) obvious indicators of an illness |
front 86 Vitals Signs | back 86 common, measurable indicators that help assess the health of our patients |
front 87 Syndrome | back 87 The specific grouping of signs and symptoms |
front 88 Homestatis | back 88 the physiological process in which your body monitors and maintains a stable internal environment or equilibrium |
front 89 Negative Feedback | back 89 when your body notices something is changing and wants to fix it so your body can get back to normal It does NOT mean anything bad, it means fixing a problem |
front 90 Positive Feedback | back 90 increases the magnitude of a change, also known as a vicious cycle Increases change away from the ideal set point It Can be harmful if the vicious cycle cannot be broken, but sometimes this is necessary for a process to run its completion |
front 91 Child Birth | back 91 An example of positive feedback |
front 92 Metabolism | back 92 all the energy and material transformations that occur within living cells |
front 93 Anabolism | back 93 the process by which simpler compounds are built up and used to manufacture materials for growth, repair, and reproduction Building phase of Metabolism |
front 94 An example of Anabolism | back 94 the assembly of simple amino acids to complex proteins |
front 95 Catabolism | back 95 the process in which complex substances are broken down into simpler substances |