Terminology Assignment - Study Guide

BURPS = Building and Understanding Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Name: CHANELLE HAMMOND Date: JAN 18, 2022

Medical Term Definition

1. Hypertension Abnormally high arterial bp that is 140/90 or higher
2. Hypotension Abnormally low blood pressure
3. Orthostatic Of, relating to, or caused by an upright posture
4. Orthostatic AKA postural hypotension: form of low bp that occurs when you
Hypotension stand up from sitting or lying down which can make you feel dizzy
or lightheaded
5. Contraindicate Not advised as a course of treatment or procedure
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6. Anuria Absence or defective excretion of urine
7. Oliguria Reduced excretion of urine
8. Polyuria Excessive secretion of urine
9. Dysuria Difficult or painful discharge of urine
10. Arrhythmia Alteration in rhythm of the heartbeat in time or force
11. Erythema Abnormal redness of the skin or mucous membranes due to
inflammation
12. Brachial Of, relating to, or situated in the arm or an armlike process
13. Dysphagia Difficulty in swallowing
14. Dysphasia Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language
as a result of injury to or disease of the brain
15. Cyanosis Blush or purplish discoloration of skin due to deficient
oxygenation of the blood
16. Hepatic Of, relating to, affecting, associating with, supplying, or draining
the liver
17. Sanguineous Of, relating to, or containing blood, could be bloodred or
involving bloodshed
18. Serous Of, relating to, or resembling serum, especially of thin watery
constitution
19. Purulent Containing, consisting of, or being pus
20. Dorsal Relating to or situated near or on the back
21. Lateral Situated on, directed toward, or coming from the side
22. Medial Lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
23. Proximal Located toward the center of the body
24. Distal Situated away from the point of attachment or origin or central
point especially of the body
25. Enteral AKA intestinal, within by the way of or related to the intestines
26. Internal Existing or situated with the limits or surface of something such
 as: 1) situated near the inside of the body 2) situated on the side
toward the median plane of the body
27. Colostomy Surgical formation of an artificial anus by connecting the colon to
an opening in the abdominal wall
28. Colectomy Excision of a portion or all of the colon
29. Ophthalmic Supplying or draining the eye or structures in the region of the eye
30. Otic Having a relationship to the ear
31. Adjuvant Serving to aid or contribute, enhancing the effectiveness of
medical treatment
32. Polypharmacy Practice of administering many different medicines especially
concurrently for the treatment of a single disease
33. Prophylactic Guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease
or infection
34. Bradycardia Relatively slow heart action
35. Tachypnea Abnormally rapid breathing or increased rate of respiration
36. Pathogenic Causing or capable of causing disease
37. Hemiplegia Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from
disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
38. Edema An abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid
in connective tissue or in a serous cavity
39. Asepsis Absence of disease-producing microorganisms; using methods to
prevent infection
40. Manifestation A sign that shows something clearly, or one of the forms that
something has when it appears or occurs