Lingo Signs+Symptoms

Front 1

tinnitus

Back 1

ringing/roaring sensation in ears

Front 2

vertigo

Back 2

dizzying, whirling sensation

Front 3

hemoptysis

Back 3

bloody expectorate

Front 4

dyspnea

Back 4

difficult/labored breathing

Front 5

wheezing

Back 5

dyspnea w whistling sound

Front 6

pleurisy

Back 6

painful/difficult respiration w exudate due to pleural inflammation

Front 7

orthopnea

Back 7

dyspnea while lying down, relieved by changing to upright position; due to congestive heart failure

Front 8

dysphagia

Back 8

difficulty swallowing

Front 9

odynophagia

Back 9

painful swallowing

Front 10

melena

Back 10

dark, tarry stools; due to bleeding in upper GI tract

Front 11

hemotochezia

Back 11

bloody stools; due to bleeding in lower GI tract

Front 12

piles

Back 12

hemorrhoids; mass of dilated veins in swollen tissue at margin of anus or in rectum

Front 13

polyuria

Back 13

excessive urination

Front 14

dysuria

Back 14

difficult/painful urination

Front 15

nocturia

Back 15

nycturia; nighttime urination; usually excessive

Front 16

dysmenorrhea

Back 16

painful menstruation

Front 17

claudication, intermittent

Back 17

cramping pain/weakness esp in calves; usu disappears w rest; due to inadequate blood supply to muscles

Front 18

crepitations

Back 18

grating/crackling sounds/sensations

as that of fractured bone ends moving against each other

Front 19

anesthesias

Back 19

loss of sensation; esp touch; usu fr lesion in nervous sys

Front 20

paresthesias

Back 20

prickling/tingling/creeping skin sensations w no objective cause; usu assoc w injury/irritation of sensory nerves

Front 21

epistaxis

Back 21

nosebleed; 'drip fr above'

Front 22

rhinitis

Back 22

stuffy nose; inflammation of nasal mucosa w rhinorrhea, itching, sneezing

Front 23

sinusitis

Back 23

sinus infection; inflammation of a sinus of the skull

Front 24

avulsion

Back 24

a tearing away of a body part accidentally or surgically; 'avulsion of the fingernail'

Front 25

osteopenia

Back 25

reduction in bone volume to below normal levels; esp due to inadequate replacement of bone lost to normal lysis

Front 26

osteomalacia

Back 26

disease of adults characterized by softening of bones; analogous to rickets in young

Front 27

chemosis

Back 27

swelling of the conjunctival tissue around the cornea

Front 28

exophthalmos

Back 28

abnormal protrusion of the eyeball

Front 29

embolus

Back 29

foreign particle (eg air bubble or blood clot) circulating in the blood

Front 30

thrombus

Back 30

a clot of blood formed within a vessel that remains attached to its place of origin

Front 31

CVA (stroke)

Back 31

localized brain injury caused by a vascular episode that lasts more than 24h; hemorrhagic or ischemic (more common)

Front 32

TIA (transient ischemic attack)

Back 32

brain injury caused by a focal ischemic episode that lasts less than 24 h

Front 33

hemiparesis

Back 33

muscular weakness/partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body

Front 34

hemiplegia

Back 34

total/partial paralysis of one side of the body resulting from disease of/injury to motor centers of brain

Front 35

miosis

Back 35

excessive smallness or contraction of the pupil of eye

Front 36

psychosis

Back 36

a serious mental disorder (eg schizophrenia) characterized by defective/lost contact w reality often w hallucinations or delusions; possibly due to too many neurotransmitters binding to postsyn receptors

Front 37

anicteric

Back 37

not accompanied or characterized by jaundice

Front 38

furuncle

Back 38

boil; groin-region furunculosis is characteristic of staph/strep infections

Front 39

achalasia

Back 39

failure of a ring of muscle (ie sphincter) to relax

Front 40

proptosis

Back 40

forward displacement of an organ (eyeballs: exophthalmos)

Front 41

ecchymosis

Back 41

(escape of blood fr rupture of vessels into surrounding tissuesa) marked by black and bluish coloration

Front 42

hyphema

Back 42

hemorrhage in anterior chamber of eye; 'bloodshot'

Front 43

pruritis

Back 43

itching

Front 44

dyspareunia

Back 44

difficult/painful sexual intercourse

Front 45

balanitis

Back 45

inflammation of the glans penis

Front 46

vaginitis

Back 46

inflammation of the vagina marked w irritation; may have discharge

Front 47

xerostomia

Back 47

dry mouth

Front 48

deglutition

Back 48

swallowing

Front 49

atresia

Back 49

absence/disappearance/closure of a natural passage of body or of a whole anat part by degeneration.

eg atresia of small intestine; atresia of ovarian follicle