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Case 4 Medical terms
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Health Care
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2009

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ALBEIT

Definition

 

 

EVEN THOUGH

Term

 

 

ALBUMIN

Definition

 

 

NECESSARY PROTEIN PRODUCED IN THE LIVER

Term

 

 

ARTHRITIS

Definition

 

 

INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS

Term

 

 

AZATHIOPRINE

Definition

 

 

DRUG USED FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Term

 

 

AZULFIDINE

Definition

 

 

ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT

Term

 

 

CHLORAMBUCIL

Definition

 

USED IN CHEMOTHERAPY

ALSO

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT

Term

 

 

COMPRESSION FRACTURE

Definition

 

ANY BREAK OR RUPTURE OF BONE DUE TO COMPRESSION

Term

 

 

CORTICOSTEROIDS

Definition

 

GROUP OF STEROID USED FOR HORMONE REPLACEMENT

Term

 

 

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

Definition

 

DRUG USED IN CHEMOTHERAPY ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT

Term

 

 

DEBILITATING

Definition

 

CAUSING WEAKNESS OR LACK OF STRENGTH

Term

 

 

DEHYDRATION

Definition

 

RESULT OF EXCESSIVE LOSS OR INADEQUATE INTAKE OF BODY WATER

Term

 

 

DERMATOLOGY

Definition

 

 

STUDY OF THE SKIN

Term

 

 

DIFFUSE

Definition

 

 

WIDELY DISTRIBUTED

Term

 

 

DISALCID

Definition

 

NONSTEROIDAL  ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG FOR MINOR PAIN

Term

 

 

DISTALLY

Definition

 

 

IN  A REMOTE DIRECTION OPPOSITE OF PROXIMAL

Term

 

 

DOLOBID

Definition

 

DIFLUNISAL

USED TO TREAT MILD PAIN TO MODERATE PAIN

Term

 

 

DYSPHAGIA

Definition

 

 

DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING

Term

 

 

ECCHYMOSIS

Definition

 

BRUISE

 

SMALL SPOT ON SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE

Term

 

 

ENTERITIS

Definition

 

 

INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES

Term

 

 

EROSION

Definition

 

DESTRUCTION OF SURFACE OF EPIDERMIS

HEALS W/O SCAR

Term

 

 

ERYTHEMA

Definition

 

 

REDNESS OF SKIN PRODUCED BY ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD

Term

 

 

ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME

Definition

 

MULTIPLE SKIN LESIONS OF VARYING DEGREES OF SEVERITY

Term

 

 

EXOPHTHALMOS

Definition

 

 

ABNORMAL PROTRUSION OF THE EYEBALL

Term

 

 

EXUDATE

Definition

 

FLUID THAT ESCAPED FROM BLOOD VESSELS DEPOSITED IN TISSUES

Term

 

 

FISSURING

Definition

 

 

SPLITTING , NORMAL OR OTHERWISE CAN INCLUDE PAINFUL ULCERATIONS

Term

 

 

FLARE

Definition

 

 

AREA OF REDNESS OF THE SKIN

Term

 

 

FOLIC ACID

Definition

 

 

A B COMPLEX VITAMIN LACK CAUSE SEVERE ANEMIA AND BIRTH DEFECTS

Term

 

 

GINGIVA

Definition

 

THE PALE PINK TISSUES OF ORAL MUCOUSA (GUMS)

Term

 

 

HCTZ

Definition

 

TREATMENT USED TO TREAT EDEMA AND HYPERTENSION

Term

 

 

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

Definition

 

 

USED TO TREAT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Term

 

 

HYPERPIGMENTATION

Definition

 

 

ABNORMALLY INCREASED COLORATION

Term

 

 

HYPOREFLEXIA

Definition

 

 

DECREASED REFLEXES

Term

 

 

IV HYDRATION

Definition

 

 

RECIEVING FLUIDS INTRAVENOUSLY

Term

 

 

INJECTION (N)

Definition

 

 

CONDITION OF BEING CONGESTED OR OVERLOADED WITH BLOOD

Term

 

 

INTRAVENOUS

Definition

 

 

WITHIN OR THROUGH A VEIN

Term

 

 

KYPHOSIS

Definition

 

 

ABNORMALLY INCREASED CURVATURE OF THE THORACIC SPINE (HUMPBACK)

Term

 

 

LEUCOVORIN

Definition

 

 

USED TO TREAT BOTH ANEMIA AND MALIGNANCIES

Term

 

 

LIDEX GEL

Definition

 

 

TOPICALLY APPLIED GEL

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT

Term

 

 

LIVER ENZYMES

Definition

 

 

PROTEIN MOLECULES INDUCE CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE LIVER

Term

 

 

MACULAR

Definition

 

 

NONELEVATED DISCOLORED SPOT ON THE SKIN

Term

 

 

METHOTREXATE

Definition

 

 

CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG USED IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DISORDERS

Term

 

 

NEPHROCALCINOSIS

Definition

 

 

SCATTERD CALCIFICATIONS IN THE KIDNEYS LEADING TO RENAL INSUFFICIENCY

Term

 

 

NSAID

Definition

 

 

ABBREV. NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG

Term

 

 

OSTEOPOROSIS

Definition

 

 

REDUCTION IN BONE MASS

Term

 

 

PALATE

Definition

 

 

ROOF OF THE MOUTH

Term

 

 

PENICILLAMINE

Definition

 

 

USED TO TREAT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Term

 

 

PERIMALLEOLAR

Definition

 

 

AROUND THE BONY PROTUBERANCES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ANKLE

Term

 

 

PITTNG EDEMA

Definition

 

 

TOO MUCH FLUID IN THE TISSUES

Term

 

 

p.o.[L.]

Definition

 

 

BY MOUTH

Term

 

 

POSTERIOR PHARYNX

Definition

 

 

BACK OF THE THROAT

Term

 

 

PREDNISONE

Definition

 

 

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG

Term

 

 

PREMARIN

Definition

 

 

TRADE NAME PREPERATIONS OF ESTROGEN

Term

 

 

QUIESCENT

Definition

 

 

AT REST, INACTIVE

Term

 

 

REGIMEN

Definition

 

 

STRICTLY REGULATED PLAN OF THERAPY

Term

 

 

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Definition

 

CHRONIS SYSTEMIC PAINFUL JOINT DISEASE CAN CAUSE DEFORMITIES

Term

 

 

SERUM CHOLESTEROL

Definition

 

 

LEVEL OF CHOLESTEROL IN THE LIVER AND OTHER TISSUES HIGH LEVELS CLOG ARTERIES

Term

 

 

STASIS EDEMA

Definition

 

 

STAGNATION OF THE FLOW OF BLOOD OR FLUIDS RESULTING IN SWELLING

Term

 

 

STEVENS-JOHNSONS SYNDROME

Definition

 

 

SEVERE SOMETIMES FATAL MULTISYSTEMIC FORM OF ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME

Term

 

 

STOMATITIS

Definition

 

 

INFLAMMATION OF THE ORAL MUCOSA

Term

 

 

t.i.d.

Definition

 

 

 

3 TIMES A DAY

Term

 

 

TOPICALLY

Definition

 

 

SURFACE AREA

APPLYING A SUBSTANCE TO A CERTAIN AREA

Term

 

 

TOTAL PROTEIN

Definition

 

 

LABRATORY TEST TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF ALL PROTEINS IN THE SERUM

Term

 

 

VERTEBRAL BODIES

Definition

 

 

ANY OF THE 33 BONES OF THE SPINAL CANAL

Term

 

 

VOLUME DEPLETION

Definition

 

 

DEHYDRATED STATE

Term

 

 

WESTERGREN SEDIMENTATION RATE

Definition
LAB TEST TO DETERMINE ERYTHROCYTE RATE USINE A TUBE METHOD
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