Medicine /Medical Terminology Basics Part 11
Medical Terminology Basics Part 11
This deck covers essential medical terminology related to various diseases, conditions, and infections. It includes definitions and explanations of terms such as dyscrasia, edema, and hemophilia, among others.
dyscrasia
"difficult temperament" any abnormal condition of the blood
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dyscrasia
"difficult temperament" any abnormal condition of the blood
edema
the leakage of fluid from the bloodstream into the interstitial space between body cells causes swelling and is one aspect of inflammation.
fungemia
a fungal infection that spreads throughout the body by the way of bloodstream. "condition of blood fungus"
Gas Gangrene
infection of a wound may be caused by various anaerobic bacteria, which cause additional damage to local tissues when blood flow is reduced due to som...
hematoma
a mass of blood outside blood vessels and confined within an organ or space within the body, usually in a clotted form. commonly known as a bruise or ...
hemoglobinopathy
a general term for a disease that affects hemoglobin within red blood cells "disease of blood protein"
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
dyscrasia | "difficult temperament" any abnormal condition of the blood |
edema | the leakage of fluid from the bloodstream into the interstitial space between body cells causes swelling and is one aspect of inflammation. |
fungemia | a fungal infection that spreads throughout the body by the way of bloodstream. "condition of blood fungus" |
Gas Gangrene | infection of a wound may be caused by various anaerobic bacteria, which cause additional damage to local tissues when blood flow is reduced due to some reason, including frostbite or diabetes. "eating sore" the term gas is included in the term because of the fermentation gas that is a diagnostic of the disease |
hematoma | a mass of blood outside blood vessels and confined within an organ or space within the body, usually in a clotted form. commonly known as a bruise or contusion when it is visible through the skin, a hematoma is usually the result of an injury or disease |
hemoglobinopathy | a general term for a disease that affects hemoglobin within red blood cells "disease of blood protein" |
hemophilia | an inherited bleeding disorder that results from defective or missing blood-clotting proteins that are necessary components in the coagulation process. patient will experience abnormal loss of blood. "love for blood" |
hemorrhagic fever | an infectious disease that causes internal bleeding or hemorrhage, and high fevers. Caused by viruses such as Ebola, and some forms exhibit a high rate of mortality. |
Hodgkin's Disease | malignant form of cancer of lymphatic tissue that is characterized by the progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, fatigue, and deficiency of the immune response. |
latrogenic disease | a condition that is caused by a medical treatment "pertaining to producing, forming from physician" |
idiopathic disease | a disease that develops without a known or apparent cause. "pertaining to individual disease" |
immunodeficiency | a condition resulting from a defective immune response. occurs when there are insufficient numbers of functional white blood cells, especially lymphocytes, available to defend the body from sources of infection |
immunosuppression | describes a patient suffering from an immunodeficiency |
incompatibility | the combination of two blood types that results in the destruction of red blood cells. May occur during a blood transfusion causing severe consequences, including the possibility of death if the donor blood antibodies attack the recipient's red blood cells |
infection | a multiplication of disease-causing microorganisms, or pathogens, in the body. |
inflammation | the physiological process that serves as the body's initial response to injury and many forms of illness involves the swelling of body tissue. the swelling results from the movement of plasma from capillaries into the extracellular space to produce edema or fluid accumulation in tissue. symptoms include swelling, redness, heat, and pain. "to ignite" or "to blaze" |
influenza | a viral disease characterized by fever and acute inflammation of respiratory mucous membranes. "the flu" is highly contagious and the virus is capable of mutating to escape detection by white blood cells |
leukemia | a form of cancer that literally means "condition of white blood cells" originates from the cells within the blood-forming tissue of the red marrow. |
lymphadenitis | inflammation of the lymph nodes. the acute form is common during infections. the chronic form indicates a more serious disorder may be the cause, such as lymphoma. |
lymphoma | a malignant tumor originating in lymphatic tissue. |
malaria | a disease caused by a parasitic protozoan that infects red blood cells and the liver during different parts of its life cycle. the vector, or carrier, of the protozoan is the anopheles mosquito and the symptoms include periodic flares of high fevers. "bad air" referring to the swampy marshlands where the mosquitos live |
measles | an acute viral disease that often begins as a fever, followed by the development of a skin rash containing numerous vesicles and often accompanied by a general inflammation of the respiratory tract. |
mononucleosis | a viral disease characterized by enlarged lymph nodes and spleen, atypical lymphocytes, throat pain, pharyngitis, fever, and fatigue. also called infectious mononucleosis, it is caused by the epstein-barr virus and is a communicable disease. |
necrosis | the death of one or more cells or a portion of a tissue or organ. a cell or cells, tissue, or organ that is dead is often called necrotic |
nosocomial infection | an infectious disease that is contracted during a hospital stay. this could be due to a lack of hand washing, made worse by the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of staphylococcus |
plague | any infectious disease that is widespread and causes extensive mortality. first recorded plague: bubonic 542AD. also applies to bubonic plague which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and is characterized by high fever, skin eruptions and discoloration, internal hemorrhage, and pneumonia. |
rabies | a viral infection that is spread from the saliva of an infected animal, usually by way of a bite. has also been called hydrophobia, "fear of water" refers to the symptom of a fear of water appearing during the stage of mental deterioration. |
septicemia | a systemwide disease caused by the presence of bacteria and the toxins in the circulating blood. also called sepsis. person suffering from this is called septic |
smallpox | a viral disease caused by the variola virus that was the scourge of the human population prior to its eradication in 1975. |
staphylococcemia | the presence of the bacterium Staphylococcus in the blood. frequent cause of infection in wounds, a complication of normal healing. an infection caused by staphylococcus is a staph infection. most common cause of food-borne illness, skin inflammation, osteomyelitis (infection of bone) and nosocomial infections. Varieties that are resistant to antibiotics are called MRSA for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus and are often referred to as mersa |