ALH11 Med Exam 1

objective

measurable findings (what the clinician observes)

Assessment

interpretation (the medical diagnosis or clinical impression based on the data)

Plan

what happens next (e.g, treatment, medication, follow-up, tests)

ACUTE vs CHRONIC

Acute (short/new)

Chronic (long-term)

ferbile vs aferbile

Ferbile (feverish)

Aferbile (not feverish)

Malaise

A general, vague feeling of discomfort, illness, uneasiness, or lack of well-being (patients might say “I’m not feeling that well”)

Progessive vs Exacerbation

Progressive (conditions getting worse over time)

Exacebation (something is causing that condition to get worse over time)

Symptom

subjective evidence of a disease or condition as perceived by the patient (cannot be seen, felt, or measured by an outside observer (like a doctor or nurse; entirely based on what the patient experiences and reports)

treatment

The management and care of a patient to combat a disease, disorder, or injury

Prevention

Actions or measures taken to stop a disease, injury, or health condition from occurring, progressing, or recurring

Lethargy

State of profound sluggishness, drowsiness, inactivity, of a lack of energy

genetic

Pertaining to, caused by, or relating to genes, heredity, or the transmission of traits from parents to offspring

Heredity

Genetic transmission of physical or mental characteristics, traits, or medical conditions from parents to their offspring

Noncontributory

Used to describe information in a patient’s medical history that is not relevant, significant, or helpful to the patient’s currency diagnosis or treatment

Layers of skin

epidermis, dermis, hypodermis

Epidermis

FIRST (top) layer of skin

Dermis

SECOND (middle) layer of skin

Hypodermis

THIRD (deepest) layer of the skin

Hair follicle

sac within which each hair grows

sebaceous glands

secrete sebum (oil) into the hair follicles where the hair shafts pass through the dermis

sweat glands

The glands that secrete sweat, located in the dermal layer of the skin

Melanocytes

cells that produce melanin

Keratin

Had protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails

Melanin

A pigment that gives the skin its color

derm/o

dermat/o

cutane/o

SKIN

adip/o

lip/o

fat

hidr/o

sweat

onych/o

NAILS

seb/o

OIL

pil/o

HAIR

trich/o

hair or hairlike

squam/o

scale

Purpose of medical language

Be clear

Communicate quickly

Provide comfort to patients

Ancient languages used in med term

Geek- first to study anatomy and developed theories about health and disease

Latin- global language of the scientific revolution (dead language - reliable to not change)

Modern Language

German

French

English

Eponyms

word that is derived from a person’s name

(ex. ALzheimer’s DIsease: Named after Dr. Alois Alzhemer, who first described the condition)

Acronyms

letter of the words (MRI, CT, ACL)

What is the order to DECODE a MED TERM

suffix—>prefix—>root

Prefix

modifies the root (an affix attached to the beginning of a word, base word, or stem)

root word

Subject (main part of the word)

Suffix

essential meaning (a letter or group of letters added to the end of a base or root word)

BREAKDOWN —> Hypothermia

Hyper (above normal) + therm (Heat or temperature) + ia (condition, state, or disease)

Bradycardia

Brady (slow) + card (Heart) + ia (condition or state)

Tachypnea

Tachy (fast) + pnea (Breathing or breath)

hyrd/o

water

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

disease

phag/o

eat, swallow

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

development, nourishment

xen/o

foreign,strange

SOAP

subjective

objective

assessment

plan

subjective

what the patient tells you (e.g, symptoms, feelings, history, chief complaint)