Paramedic Medical Terminology

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Skin and bones	Cachexia
Blood in stool	Melena
Coughing up blood	Hemoptysis
Bright red blood in stool	Hematochezia
Blood in vomit	Hematemesis
Partial dislocation	Subluxation
Cellular drinking	Pinocytosis
Cellular eating	Phagocytosis
Conduction toward something	Afferent
Conduction away from something	Efferent
Generalized edema	Anasarca
Fluid in the peritoneal cavity	Ascites
Dyspnea while lying flat	Orthopnea
Body humors, especially serum	Humoral
Resistant to authority or discipline	Recalcitrant
To shake through	Percussion
Hives	Urticaria
Reddened skin	Erythema
Itchyness	Pruritus
High lipid levels	Hyperlipidema
Fatty deposits and scar tissue in a blood vessel	Atheroma
Blood clot	Thrombus

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Blood clot	Embolus
Toxic to cells	Cytotoxic
Enzymes that differ in amino acid sequence but cause the same reaction.	Isoenzymes
White/grey patch on the toungue	Leukoplakia
Platelet deficency	Thrombocytopenia
Large embolism at the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery	Saddle embolus
An abnormal union of membranous surfaces due to inflammation or injury	Adhesion
Connects the stomach and other abdominial organs	Omentum
A dry, dark scab. A stage of wound healing	Eschar
Breaks down the phosphodiester bond	Phosphodiesterase
When medication is injected into the area around the spinal cord	Epidural
Below the dura	Subdural
Temporary improvement after a TBI	Lucid period
Most common, least serious type of TBI	Concussion
Bruise	Contusion
Weakness of entire left or right side of body	Hemiparesis
Same side	Ipsilateral
Opposite side	Contralateral
Characteristic consistent with a particular disease	Pathognomonic
Moral philosophy	Ethics
Connected with a profession	Professional
Release of granules from a cell	Degranulation