Medical Terminology - Vocabulary (Pages 1-5)

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• 1. Aegis — Shield or protection; sponsorship.
• 2. Bilateral — Occurring on both sides.
• 3. Etiology — The cause or origin of a disease or condition.
• 4. Precipitous — Sudden and steep.
• 5. Void — Empty or containing nothing.
• 6. Insidious — Developing slowly but with harmful effects.
• 7. Occluded — Blocked or obstructed.
• 8. Contraindication — A reason something should not be done or used.
• 9. Patent — Open or unobstructed; obvious.
• 10. Sublingual — Under the tongue.
• 11. Acute — Sudden onset and severe.
• 12. Adverse — Undesired, harmful, or unfavorable.
• 13. Ambivalent — Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas.
• 14. Assent — To agree or give approval.
• 15. Compensatory — Making up for something; offsetting a deficit.

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• 16. Deficit — A lack or shortage.
• 17. Depress — To press down; lower in spirits or reduce in level.
• 18. Exacerbate — To make worse or more severe.
• 19. Impending — About to happen; occurring soon.
• 20. Manifestation — Sign or symptom of a condition; display or demonstration.

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• 21. Abstain — To choose not to do something.
• 22. Access — A means to approach, enter, or obtain.
• 23. Adhere — To stick to something.
• 24. Annual — Occurring once a year.
• 25. Audible — Able to be heard.
• 26. Cease — To stop or come to an end.
• 27. Chronology — Order of events in time.
• 28. Concave — Curved inward.
• 29. Constrict — To become smaller or narrower.
• 30. Contingent — Dependent on certain conditions.
• 31. Contract — To shrink or draw together; also to catch a disease.
• 32. Cursory — Quick and without detail; hasty.
• 33. Diagnosis — Identification of a disease or condition.
• 34. Dilate — To expand or widen.
• 35. Distal — Farther from the point of attachment or origin.
• 36. Dysfunction — Impaired or abnormal functioning.
• 37. Equilibrium — Balance or stability.
• 38. Fatigue — Extreme tiredness or exhaustion.
• 39. Flaccid — Lacking firmness; soft or limp.
• 40. Gastrointestinal — Relating to the stomach and intestines.

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• 41. Hematologic — Relating to blood.
• 42. Hygiene — Conditions or practices of cleanliness that promote health.
• 43. Hypotension — Low blood pressure.
• 44. Impaired — Weakened or damaged.
• 45. Ingest — To take in food, drink, or substances by mouth.
• 46. Initiate — To start or begin.
• 47. Intact — Whole, unbroken, undamaged.
• 48. Invasive — Involving entry into the body, often by cutting or insertion.
• 49. Laceration — A deep cut or tear in the skin or flesh.
• 50. Lethargic — Sluggish or lacking energy.
• 51. Neurologic — Relating to the nervous system.
• 52. Nutrient — A substance that provides nourishment for growth and health.
• 53. Ongoing — Continuing or in progress.
• 54. Parameter — A limit or boundary; a defining factor.
• 55. Pathology — The study of disease.
• 56. Posterior — Toward the back of the body.
• 57. Preexisting — Already present before something else occurs.
• 58. Prognosis — The expected outcome or course of a disease.
• 59. Prophylaxis — Prevention of disease.
• 60. Symptom — A sign or indication of a condition or disease.

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• 61. Abate — To become less active or less intense.
• 62. Abrupt — Sudden or unexpected.
• 63. Accountability — Responsibility for one's actions.
• 64. Adverse Reaction — An undesired, harmful effect from a medication or treatment.
• 65. Ambulate — To walk or move from one place to another.
• 66. Anuria — Absence of urine production.
• 67. Asymmetrical — Not identical on both sides.
• 68. Atrophy — Wasting away or decrease in size of a body part.
• 69. Audible — Able to be heard (repeated for emphasis shows up a lot).
• 70. Capillary — Tiny blood vessel connecting arteries and veins.
• 71. Cardiac — Relating to the heart.
• 72. Cognition — Mental processes of thinking, learning, and remembering.
• 73. Comply — To follow instructions or rules.
• 74. Constrict — To narrow or tighten.
• 75. Contusion — A bruise.
• 76. Cyanosis — Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen.
• 77. Defecate — To pass stool.
• 78. Diagnosis — To pass stool; Identification of a disease or condition (also repeated because of frequency).
• 79. Diuretic — Substance that increases urine production.
• 80. Dysphagia — Difficulty swallowing.

Observations about the transcript

• The entry for 69 notes repetition of 'Audible'.