medical terms

dyspnea

difficult of painful breathing

metastatic

pertaining to the process by which cancerous cells spread from the site of origin to a distant site via lymph and blood circulation

Epistaxis

nose bleed

tachypnea

abnormally rapid rate of breathing

more than 20 breaths per minute

diaphoresis

sweating unusally symptom of side effect or drug

parenteral

medication through injection or infusion

endocardium

membrane that forms the inner most layer outer surface of the heart

pyelonephritis

kidney infection

bronchi

major air pasages of the lungs which diverge the windpipe

implied consent

agreeing to something through actions

incidental disclosure

sharing PHI unintentionally

litigious

unreasonably prone

antecubial

front of the elbow

femur

bone of the thigh upper blind limb

fallopian

two long tubes that connects the ovaries to the uterus

gallbladder

small sac beneath the liver in which the bile is stored

GERD

condition where the stomach contents flow back up into the esophagus

epilepsy

a disorder in which nerve cells activate the brain to cause seizure

hemoptysis

coughing up blood from the respiratory tract lungs

office of the inspector general

an independent oversight agency

dilate

larger open

HAIC blod test hemoglobin ALC

test that measures the average blood glucose over the past 2-3 months

edema

swelling caused by excess fluids