ScribeAmerica Outpatient Terminology
Questions & Answers (GRADED A)
Abrasion - ANSWER Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Abscess - ANSWER Collection of pus underneath the skin
Antipyretic - ANSWER Medication used to reduce a fever
Acute - ANSWER New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Afebrile - ANSWER Without a fever (Temperature of less than 100.4)
Anterior - ANSWER Located towards the front of the body
Appendicitis - ANSWER Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation - ANSWER Listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs)
Benign - ANSWER Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - ANSWER Slow heart-rate (HR<60bpm)
Bronchitis - ANSWER Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)
Bronchiolitis - ANSWER Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the lungs)
Catheter - ANSWER Tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or
withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open
Chronic - ANSWER Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Cellulitis - ANSWER Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - ANSWER Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - ANSWER Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
Diaphoresis - ANSWER Sweating
Diffuse - ANSWER Spread out (not localized)
Distal - ANSWER Farther from the trunk of the body
, Dyspnea - ANSWER Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - ANSWER Painful urination
Ecchymosis - ANSWER A bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER Surgical removal (e.g. tonsillectomy)
Edema - ANSWER Swelling
Emesis - ANSWER Vomiting
Epilepsy - ANSWER Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - ANSWER Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - ANSWER Redness/Red
Exudates (tonsillar) - ANSWER Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - ANSWER The state of having a fever (Temperature of more than 100.4)
Grossly - ANSWER Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - ANSWER Gross amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - ANSWER Blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - ANSWER Coughing up gross amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - ANSWER Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly - ANSWER Enlarged liver
Hernia - ANSWER Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally
contains it
Hyperlipidemia - ANSWER High cholesterol
Hypertension - ANSWER High blood pressure
Hypotension - ANSWER Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - ANSWER Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood
Questions & Answers (GRADED A)
Abrasion - ANSWER Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Abscess - ANSWER Collection of pus underneath the skin
Antipyretic - ANSWER Medication used to reduce a fever
Acute - ANSWER New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Afebrile - ANSWER Without a fever (Temperature of less than 100.4)
Anterior - ANSWER Located towards the front of the body
Appendicitis - ANSWER Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation - ANSWER Listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs)
Benign - ANSWER Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - ANSWER Slow heart-rate (HR<60bpm)
Bronchitis - ANSWER Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)
Bronchiolitis - ANSWER Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the lungs)
Catheter - ANSWER Tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or
withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open
Chronic - ANSWER Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Cellulitis - ANSWER Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - ANSWER Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - ANSWER Process for removing waste from the blood for people with renal
failure
Diaphoresis - ANSWER Sweating
Diffuse - ANSWER Spread out (not localized)
Distal - ANSWER Farther from the trunk of the body
, Dyspnea - ANSWER Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - ANSWER Painful urination
Ecchymosis - ANSWER A bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER Surgical removal (e.g. tonsillectomy)
Edema - ANSWER Swelling
Emesis - ANSWER Vomiting
Epilepsy - ANSWER Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - ANSWER Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - ANSWER Redness/Red
Exudates (tonsillar) - ANSWER Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - ANSWER The state of having a fever (Temperature of more than 100.4)
Grossly - ANSWER Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - ANSWER Gross amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - ANSWER Blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - ANSWER Coughing up gross amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - ANSWER Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly - ANSWER Enlarged liver
Hernia - ANSWER Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally
contains it
Hyperlipidemia - ANSWER High cholesterol
Hypertension - ANSWER High blood pressure
Hypotension - ANSWER Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - ANSWER Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood
