Quiz 3 Intro to PT Documentation

afebrile

without fever

anesthesia

absence of feeling

diaphoresis

sweating

febrile, pyretic

with fever

malaise

discomfort/uneasiness

malingering

faking symptoms

nocturnal

occurring at night

pallor

pale skin

prodromal

early symptoms that indicate onset of a condition

remission

lessoning of symptoms or no current signs of disease

syncope

fainting, passing out

syndrome

a group of signs and symptoms that fit a specific pattern

tachypneic

rapid breathing

aspirate

to remove by suction (also to inhale food/fluid)

auscultation

listening to sounds in the body

biopsy (Bx)

removal of a tissue sample

catheter

hollow, flexible tube inserted into body vessel or cavity

cautery

intentional tissue destruction (via heat)

contrast study

ingesting a radiopaque substance prior to radiograph or scan

debride

remove damaged tissue

endoscopy

viewing inside a cavity using lighted instruments

excision

removal by cutting

fixation

fastening a structure

fluoroscopy

visualizing via continuous x-ray imaging

incision

to cut into

irrigation

washing/cleaning a wound or cavity

lavage

washing out a joint or organ

ligature, suture

stitches

oximetry

measuring oxygen saturation

palliative treatment

treatment providing relief but not cure

palpation

examining by feeling with hands

paracentesis

withdrawing fluid from a cavity through an incision

percussion

tapping over organs/cavities

positron emission tomography (PET)

imaging using radioactive materials to visualize metabolic activity

radiograph

the image left on a film after an x-ray passes through a person or object

reduction

to put back into place

resection

cutting out a significant portion of a structure

sharps

any sharp item that could cause a wound

speculum

retractor used to separate walls of a cavity

spirometry

measurement of lung capacity

triage

sorting patients for treatment

aer/o

air, gas

bar/o

pressure

chrom/o, chromat/o

color, stain

cry/o

cold

electr/o

electricity

erg/o

work

fluor/o

luminous

phon/o, son/o

sound

phot/o

light

radi/o

radiation (x-ray)

therm/o

heat, temperature

-centesis

puncture

-cise, -otomy

to cut

-desis

fuse

-ectomy

to cut out

-gram

image

-graph

writing

-meter

instrument for measuring

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phoresis

migration

-plasty

reconstruct, repair

-rrhaphy

surgical repair

-scope

instrument to view

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

surgically create an opening

-tripsy

crushing