Medical Careers - Medical Terms/Termology Part 1

Polyuria

Excessive or frequent urine

Polydipsia

Excessive Thirst

Polyphagia

Excessive Hunger

Normal BS Range

70 to 99 mg/dL

BS considered Hypoglycemia

70 mg/dL or lower

BS considered Hyperglycemia

125 or 130 mg/dL or higher

Dysphagia

Persistent difficulty or discomfort with swallowing

Dysphasia

A language disorder caused by brain damage that affects your ability to speak, understand, read, and write

Apnea

A temporary stop in breathing

Dyspnea

Shortness of breath or the feeling that you cannot get enough air into your lungs

Hypotension

Low Blood Sugar

Hypertension

High Blood Sugar

Aphagia

The complete inability or refusal to swallow food, liquids, or even saliva. It is an extreme, severe form of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) due to nerve or muscle dmg

Aphasia

A language disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control how you speak and understand words

Hemiparesis

Muscle weakness or partial paralysis affecting just one side of the body

Hemiplegia

A neurological condition that causes paralysis on one side of the body, affecting an arm, a leg, and sometimes the face

Sagittal Plane

a vertical anatomical plane that divides the body into right and left sections

Transverse Plane

An imaginary flat line that divides the body horizontally into top (superior) and bottom (inferior) halves.

Frontal(coronal) Plane

A vertical plane that divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections