Module 2 terms not built from word parts

acute

describing a sudden onset

afebrile

without fever

chronic

describing a persistent or long-term disease

encapsulated

enclosed in capsule as with benign tumors

exacerbation

increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

febrile

having a fever

lethargy

general lack of energy

malaise

general feeling of discomfort

remission

improvement or absence of signs of disease

sign

a symptom that can be detected by others; objective in nature

symptom

what is experienced by the patient; subjective in nature

benign

not malignant, non-current, favorable for recovery

carcinoma in situ

cancer in the early stages before invading surrounding tissue

diagnosis

naming or identifying a disease

idiopathic

pertaining to disease of unknown origin

inflammation

response to injury or destruction of tissue

malignant

tending to become progressively worse, to death, as in cancer

metastases

plural of metastasis

metastatic

pertaining to spread of disease to distant site

morbidity

rate of illness in a population; condition of being diseased

mortality

rate of death in a population; state of being mortal

neoplasm

new growth of abnormal tissue or tumor

prognosis

predicting of probable outcome of disease

biopsy

removal of living tissue from body - viewed under microscope

chemotherapy

treatment of cancer by using drugs

hospice

provides palliative or supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families

palliative

providing relief but not a cure

radiation therapy

treatment of cancer using radioactive substance

epigastric region

abdominal region superior to umbilical region

hypochondriac region

abdominal region lateral to epigastric region

hypogastric region

abdominal region inferior to umbilical region

iliac region

abdominal region lateral to hypogastric region

lumbar region

right and left of umbilical region

umbilical region

abdominal region around the navel (umbilicus)

lateral recumbent position

lying on side

lithotomy position

lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, and thighs abducted and externally rotated

orthopnea position

sitting upright propped up with pillow to ease breathing

prone

lying on abdomen, facing downward

recumbent position

lying down in any position

supine

lying on back, facing upward

trendelenburg position

lying on back with body tilted so the head is lower than the feet

BID

two times per day

QID

four times a day

TID

three times a day

Bx

Biopsy

CA

cancer

mets

metastasis

AP

Anteroposterior (x-ray)

PA

posteroanterior (x-ray)

LLQ

left lower quadrant

LUQ

left upper quadrant

RLQ

right lower quadrant

RUQ

right upper quadrant