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| Question | Answer |
| Abrasion | Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive |
| Acute | New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic |
| Ambulate | To walk from place to place |
| Anterior | Located towards the front of the body |
| Artery | Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart |
| Auscultate | Listening with a stethoscope |
| Benign | Normal, of no danger to health |
| Bony Tenderness | Pain elicited by pressing on a bone, rather than soft tissue |
| Bradycardia | Slow heart-rate (HR less than 60bpm) |
| Cardiomegaly | Enlarged heart |
| Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder) |
| Chronic | Long-standing, constant, Opposite of acute |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung Dz Commonly seen in smokers |
| Coronary Artery | The artery that supplies heart tissue with blood |
| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) | a.k.a "Stroke". Lack of blood supply to the brain causing brain damage |
| Diaphoresis | Sweating |
| Diffuse | Everywhere. Opposite of "focal" |
| Distal | Farther from the trunk of the body |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) | A blood clot in a deep vein, most often an extremity |
| Dyspnea | Problems with breathing |
| Dysuria | Painful Urination |
| Ecchymosis | A bruise |
| Edema | Swelling |
| Emesis | Vomiting |
| Epistaxis | Nose bleed |
| Erythema/Erythematous | Redness/Red |
| Febrile | Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infection |
| Focal | Localized to one specific area, Opposite of diffuse |
| Grossly | Obviously; a lot; wholly |
| Hematemesis | Very large amount of blood in the vomit |
| Hematuria | Very large amounts of blood in the urine |
| Hemoptysis | Coughing up very large amounts of blood |
| Hemorrhage | Excessive or profuse bleeding |
| Hepatomegaly | Enlarged Liver |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| Hypotension | Low blood pressure |
| Hypoxia | Low Oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood |
| Incontinence | Accidentally passing urine (Urinary Incontinence) or stool (bowel Incontinence) |
| Infarct | Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply |
| Inferior | Lower on the body, farther from the head |
| Ischemia | Lack of blood supply |
| Laceration | Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp) |
| Lateral | Farther from the mid-line (line from nose to belly button) |
| Medial | Nearer to the midline |
| Melena | Black tarry stool |
| Myocardial Infarction (MI) | Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia |
| Myalgia | Muscular pain, "muscle aches" |
| Oriented x3 | Oriented to person, place, and time |
| Pallor | Pale Skin |
| Palpate | Using a hand to press on an area e.g. palpating the abdomen |
| Palpitations | Feeling a heart-racing, pounding, or fluttering sensation in the chest |
| Point tenderness | When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain |
| Posterior/Dorsal | Read or backside of the body |
| Proximal | Nearer to the trunk of the body |
| Pruritic | Itchy |
| Pulmonary Embolism (PE) | Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot |
| Purulent | Pus-like |
| Rales | Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs |
| Rhinorrhea | Clear nasal discharge, "runny nose" |
| Rhonchi | Rattling, noise of mucous in the lungs |
| Sepsis | Dangerous infection of the blood |
| Soft Tissue Tenderness | Tenderness of a soft tissue; muscle, skin, fat. Opposite of bony tenderness |
| STEMI | ST elevation MI, real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia |
| Superior | Higher in the body, nearer to the head |
| Supine | Body Position lying face up |
| Syncope | "Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting |
| Tachycardia | Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm) |
| Tachypnea | Increased breathing rate |
| Tenderness | Physician's assessment if an area is painful (tender) or not (non-tender) |
| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) | Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time |
| Vein | Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart |
| Vertigo | Condition of dizziness, "room spinning" |
| Wheezing | High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease |
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