MEDICAL SCRIBE VOCAB RATED A+

MEDICAL SCRIBE VOCAB RATED A+ abrasion scrape to the skin due to something abrasive acute new; usually of rapid onset and of concern; opposite of chronic ambulate to walk from place to place anterior located at the trunk of the body artery blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart benign of no danger to the body bradycardia slow heart-rate (bp lower than 60) cardiomegaly enlarged heart cholecystitis inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder) chronic long-standing ; constant ; opposite of acute COPD chronic obstrusive pulmonary disease; lung DZ common seen in smokers coronary artery artery that provides heart tissues with blood cerebrovascular accident (CVA) aka a stroke ; lack of blood supply to the the brain causing brain damage disphoresis sweating distal further to the trunk of the body deep vein thrombosis (DVT) blood clot in the deep vain dyspnea problems with breathing dysuria painful urinaation ecchymosis a bruise edema swelling erythema/ erythematous redness epistaxis nose bleed e. mesis vomitting Febrile fever; elevated body temperature grossly obvious; alot hematemsis large amounts of blood in vomi