Medical Terminologies

Medical Terminologies

Medical terms for patient status

One. Acute: Patient with a sudden flare-up or potentially severe issue who needs immediate care.

Two. Critical: Patient's vital signs are out of the normal range and patient may be unconscious.

Three. Inpatient: Status of a patient who requires hospital admission.

Four. Observation: A temporary status that allows patients to continue receiving care for a set amount of time in the hospital while the physician determines whether admission or discharge is best.

Five. Outpatient: Status of a patient who is not admitted to a hospital for overnight care. This can include clinic visits, same-day surgeries, and one-day emergency room visits.

Medical terms for conditions and diseases

Six. Abrasion: A scrape that typically only affects the skin and can usually be treated at home.

Seven. Abscess: A tender, pus-filled pocket usually due to infection.

Eight. Acute: Signifies a condition that begins abruptly and is sometimes severe, but usually short.

Nine. Aneurysm: A bulge in the wall of an artery that weakens the artery and can lead to rupture.

Ten. Aortic dissection: A tear in the inner layer of the aorta.

Eleven. Bradycardia: A slowing of the heart rate-typically less than sixty beats per minute for adults.

Twelve. Benign: Usually in reference to tumors or growth, meaning not cancerous or malignant.

Thirteen. Biopsy: A small sample of tissue that's taken for testing to discover the cause or extent of a disease.

Fourteen. Chronic: Signifies a recurring, persistent condition, usually more than three months.

Fifteen. Contusion: A bruise typically from impact or force.

Sixteen. Cyanosis: Condition resulting bluish skin, stems from lack of oxygen in the blood.

Seventeen. Diagnosis: Identification of a condition, disease or disorder by evaluation of symptoms, tests and other factors.

Eighteen. Thrombosis: A blood clot within a blood vessel that affects normal blood flow.

Nineteen. Edema: Swelling caused by fluid accumulation.

Twenty. Embolus: A blood clot, air bubble or other obstruction blocking blood flow in the affected blood vessel.

Twenty-one. Fracture: Broken bone ranging from a crack to a complete break.

Twenty-two. Atrial fibrillation: An uncoordinated, quivering movement of the heart muscle resulting in an irregular pulse and poor blood flow.

Twenty-three. Hypertension: Abnormally high blood pressure.

Twenty-four. Hypotension: Abnormally low blood pressure.

Twenty-five. Ischemia: Characterized by a lack of blood flow to an organ or part of the body. Often refers to the heart-cardiac ischemia.

Twenty-six. Malignant: In reference to tumors or growths-indicating the presence of cancerous cells.

Twenty-seven. Cancer: Collection of related diseases where some of the body's cells multiply out of control spreading into surrounding tissues and interfering with normal body function.

Twenty-eight. Normal sinus rhythm: A normal heartbeat pattern, usually is between sixty and eighty beats per minute in an adult.

Twenty-nine. Tumor: A swelling or mass, often used in relation to cancer.

Thirty. Tension pneumothorax: A collapsed lung that occurs when air leaks into the space between the lungs and the chest wall.

Thirty-one. Pericardial effusion: Blood or fluid leaking into the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart.

Thirty-two. Myocardial infarction: When an arterial blockage or slow blood flow deprives the heart of blood. Known more commonly as a heart attack.

Thirty-three. Angina: A disease in which narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart results in reduced blood flow and chest pain. Usually a symptom of coronary artery disease.

Thirty-four. Cerebrovascular Accident: Commonly called a stroke. Occurs when the brain is deprived of blood and oxygen by either a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel.

Thirty-five. Sepsis: A serious condition caused the body's response to severe infection. Occurs when the body's infection-fighting response gets out of balance and can lead to severe issues like organ failure.