Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
51 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
SUBACUTE
|
REFERS TO AN ILLNESS THAT IS NEITHER ACUTE NOR CHRONIC BUT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
|
|
SEQUELA
|
A CONDITION RESULTING FROM A PRIOR DISEASE, INJURY OR ATTACK
|
|
REMISSIVE
|
MOST OR ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS HAVE GONE AWAY
|
|
RELAPSING
|
THE RETURN OF A DISEASE AFTER ITS APPARENT CESSATION
|
|
RECURRENT
|
REAPPEARS AFTER IT HAS APPARENTLY GONE AWAY
|
|
PROGRESSIVE
|
ADVANCING, GOING FORWARD, GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE, INCREASING IN SEVERITY
|
|
PAROXYSMAL
|
A SUDDEN RECURRENCE OF INTENSIFICATION OF SYMPTOMS,
SEIZURE OR ATTACK |
|
NEONATAL
|
AFFECTING NEWBORNS
|
|
MALIGNANT
|
TENDING TO BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND EVENTUALLY CAUSE DEATH
|
|
INTERMITTENT
|
CAUSES SYMPTOMS AT INTERVALS WITH PERIODS OF TIME BETWEEN THEM WITH NO SYMPTOMS
|
|
END-STAGE
|
A PROGRESSIVELY DETERIORATING CONDITION THAT HAS REACHED A POINT OF TERMINAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE AFFECTED SYSTEM
|
|
DISABLING
|
CAUSES IMPAIRMENT OF NORMAL FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS SIGHT, HEARING, MOBILITY OR BREATHING
|
|
CONGENITAL
|
PRESENT AT BIRTH
|
|
CHRONIC
|
PERSISTING OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
|
|
ASYMPTOMATIC
|
HAVING NO SYMPTOMS
|
|
ACUTE
|
ONE WHICH HAS A SHORT AND RELATIVELY SEVERE COURSE
|
|
ACQUIRED
|
NOT BORN WITH IT
|
|
TRAUMATIC
|
RESULTING FROM SOME TYPE OF INJURY
|
|
ORGANIC
|
DUETO A DEMONSTRABLE ABNORMALITY IN A BODILY STRUCTURE
|
|
NUTRITIONAL
|
CAUSATION DUE TO NUTRITIONAL FACTORS, INSUFFICIENT DIETARY INTAKE
|
|
NEOPLASTIC
|
PERTAINING TO ANY NEW AND ABNORMAL GROWTH, NEW GROWTH OF TISSUE WHICH IS PROGRESSIVE AND UNCONTROLLED
|
|
MOLECULAR
|
CAUSED BY ABNORMALITY IN THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OR CONCENTRATION OF A SINGLE MOLECULE
|
|
INFECTIOUS
|
CAUSED BY AN INFECTION
|
|
IDIOPATHIC
|
OF UNKNOWN CAUSE
|
|
HEREDITARY
|
GENETICALLY TRANSMITTED
|
|
FUNCTIONAL
|
DUE TO A DISTURBANCE OF FUNCTION WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF A STRUCTURAL OR CHEMICAL ABNORMALITY
|
|
FAMILIAL
|
OCCURRING IN OR AFFECTING MORE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED BY CHANCE
|
|
ESSENTIAL
|
TERM ASSIGNED TO DISEASES FOR WHICH THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN
|
|
DEVELOPMENTAL
|
OCCURS AS A RESULT OF SOME ABNORMALITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE, ORGAN OR OTHER BODY PART
|
|
DEGENERATIVE
|
PERTAINING TO DETERIORATION
NORMAL FORM TO LOWER FORM |
|
DEFICIENCY
|
LACK OF OR DEFICIT
|
|
TERMINAL
|
EXPECTS TO END IN DEATH REGARDLESS OF TREATEMENT
|
|
ANTERIOR
|
IN FRONT OF OR TOWARD THE FRONT OF A BODY PART OR ORGAN
|
|
CORONAL
|
DIVISION OF THE BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS, FRONTAL PLANE
HEAD REGION |
|
DISTAL
|
REMOTE, FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK OF THE BODY
OPPOSITE OF PROXIMAL |
|
DORSAL
|
PERTAINING TO THE BACK
|
|
INFERIOR
|
SITUATED BELOW OR DIRECTED DOWNWARD, ALSO USED TO DENOTE THE LOWER PORTION OF AN ORGAN, SOMETIMES CALLED CAUDAL
|
|
LATERAL
|
PERTAINING TO THE SIDE
|
|
MEDIAL
|
PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE
|
|
POSTERIOR
|
SITUATED IN THE BACK
|
|
PROXIMAL
|
NEAR, CLOSER TO THE TRUNK OF THE BODY,
OPPOSITE OF DISTAL |
|
SAGITTAL
|
DIVISION OF BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES IN A VERTICAL LENGTHWISE FASHION
|
|
SUPERIOR
|
SITUATED ABOVE OR DIRECTED UPWARD
UPPER SURFACE OF AN ORGAN OR OTHER STRUCTURE |
|
TRANSVERSE
|
HORIZONTAL PLANE SITUATED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONG AXIX
|
|
VENTRAL
|
PERTAINING TO THE ABDOMEN
|
|
LATERAL PTERYGOID
|
MUSCLE OF MASTICATION
MOVES MANDIBLE AND LIMITS SIDEWAYS JAW MOVEMENTS |
|
MEDIAL PTERYGOID
|
MUSCLE OF MASTICATION
BOTH ARE INSIDE THE MANDIBLE ELEVATES JAW AND PROVIDES SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT |
|
RESORIUS
|
SIDES OF FACE
DRAWS THE ANGLE OF THE MOUTH LATERALLY ENABLES SMILES |
|
MENTALIS
|
ORIGINATES ON THECHIN
ELEVATES AND PROTRUDES THE LOWER LIP |
|
DEPRESSOR LABII INFERIORIS
|
ORIGINATES ON THE MANDIBLE
DEPRESSES THE BOTTOM LIP GOES INTO THE ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE |
|
DEPRESSOR ANGULI ORIS
|
ORIGINATES ON THE LOWER PART OF THE MANDIBLE
PULLS DOWN THE ANGLE OF THE MOUTH |