Medical and General Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering medical, clinical, and general terms directly based on lecture study notes.

Adverse

A negative or unfavorable outcome associated with treatment.

Aggregate

Group of population of individuals who share the same characteristics.

Callous

A lack of concern, empathy, or sensitivity towards others.

Continingent

Dependent.

Cower

Crunch down in fear.

Fistula

Soft part of a newborns head.

Distended

Enlarged.

Melange

A person's music collection who listen to a mixture of genres from punk rock to classics.

Buttress

To strengthen, reinforce or provide support to something that is weak or unstable

Ex of sentence: What a homeowner do to a section of a fence that is a falling apart.

Desiccated

The process of drying something, typically a substance or tissue, to remove moisture or fluid content.

Eradicate

Completely eliminate or remove a disease, infection or pathogen from a patients body or a specific area; implies the complete eradication or destruction of the targeted health issue.

Detestable

Intense dislike.

Anticipatory grieving

Anticapory grief or loss like someones death or big life change (e.g., A patient who will have their left leg imputed below the knee tomorrow).

Expectorate

To cough up or spit out mucus of phlegm from the throat or lungs.

Impervious / Impenetrable

Being resistant or unaffected by something; not affected or influenced by something.

Malaise

General feeling of discomfort, unease, or a sense of being unwell.

Lethargic

A extreme tiredness, slugglishness or lack of energy.

Occluded

Blocked.

Overt

Apparent, observable, or clearly evident; done or shown openly, plainly or apparent.

Raucous

The predicted or expected outcome of a disease or medical condition.

Sputum

Thick fluid or mucus that is coughed up from the respiratory system, especially from the lungs and airways.

Triage

The process of prioritizing and categorizing patients based on the severity of their condition or injury to ensure that those in most urgent need of care receive timely attention.

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage.

Disdain

Feeling of contempt or scorn.

Docile

Easily managed or handled.

Edema

Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.

Gaping

Wide open.

Hygiene

Clean.

Hypoxia

Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching tissues.

Imminent / Impending

About to happen: likely to occur very soon.

Insidious

No obvious symptoms of a disease, gradual as to not be apparent.

Belligerent

Pungnacious or aggressive.

Repugnant

Offensive.

Incidence

The rate or frequency of a disease, condition or an event.

Innocuous

Not harmful or offensive.

Ischemia

Inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body.

Morbidity

The condition of being diseased or the incident of illness in a population.

Novice

Beginner or someone new to the field.

Ominous

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen (threatening).

Parameter

Measurable factor that defines a system or sets conditions.

Paroxysmal

Sudden recurrence or intensification of symptoms.

Patent

Open or unostructed.

Potent

Having great power, influence or effect.

Precocious

Showing advanced development at an early age.

Predispose

To make something more likely to develop a particular condition or behavior.

Prudent

Acting with care and thought for the future.

Sagacity

Wisdom or good judment.

Sepsis

Life threatening condition caused by the body's response to infection.

Superfluous

More than is needed or necessary.

Tenacious

Persistent or determined.

Terse

Brief and direct sometimes to the point of rudeness.

Transient

Lasting only a short time.

Venerate

To regard with deep respect.

Wary

Cautious or alert to danger or problem.

Angiorrhaphy

Surgical suture repair of any vessel.

Efface

Erase (a mark) from a surface / make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous.

Lithotripsy

Treatment by ultrasound shock waves in which kidney stone is broken into small particles that can be passed out.

Mitigate

To make something less severe, harmful, unpleasant, or intense.

Tepid

Slightly warm/ lukewarm : showing little enthusiasm.

Unspoken

Tactic / not expressed in speech.