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Kaiser Permanente Basic Terminology
Exam Study Guide
Abrasion - Answer✔✔-Scrape of the skin
abscess - Answer✔✔-Collection of pus underneath the skin
Analgesic - Answer✔✔-drug that relieves pain
Anemia - Answer✔✔-A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in
hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Angina - Answer✔✔-A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart
Anti-viral - Answer✔✔-helps fight viruses
BMI (body mass index) - Answer✔✔-a measure of body weight relative to height
CAT scan - Answer✔✔-a method of creating static images of the brain through
computerized axial tomography
NSAIDs - Answer✔✔-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ie ibuprofen
Outpatient - Answer✔✔-Seen and sent home the same day
Inpatient - Answer✔✔-person who enters a health care setting for a stay ranging from
24 hours to many years ie. acute care
lesion - Answer✔✔-tissue destruction. A naturally or experimentally caused
destruction of brain tissue.
benign - Answer✔✔-not harmful in effect: in particular
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©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
Kaiser Permanente Basic Terminology
Exam Study Guide
Abrasion - Answer✔✔-Scrape of the skin
abscess - Answer✔✔-Collection of pus underneath the skin
Analgesic - Answer✔✔-drug that relieves pain
Anemia - Answer✔✔-A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in
hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Angina - Answer✔✔-A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart
Anti-viral - Answer✔✔-helps fight viruses
BMI (body mass index) - Answer✔✔-a measure of body weight relative to height
CAT scan - Answer✔✔-a method of creating static images of the brain through
computerized axial tomography
NSAIDs - Answer✔✔-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ie ibuprofen
Outpatient - Answer✔✔-Seen and sent home the same day
Inpatient - Answer✔✔-person who enters a health care setting for a stay ranging from
24 hours to many years ie. acute care
lesion - Answer✔✔-tissue destruction. A naturally or experimentally caused
destruction of brain tissue.
benign - Answer✔✔-not harmful in effect: in particular
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