Med Term Chapter 3 Words w/o parts - meanings

___The identification of a disease
___The predicted outcome of a disease
___Definitive evidence of an illness or disordered function
___Subjective evidence as perceived by the patient, such as pain
___A hollow flexible tube that can be inserted into a cavity of the body to withdraw or to instill fluids, perform tests, or visualize a vessel or cavity
___To introduce a catheter within the body is to:
___The introduction of a catheter is called: (example-“The ________ took place at 2:00 pm)
___A hollow flexible tube that is inserted into vessels, ducts, or cavities
___The measurements of pulse rate, respiration rate, and body temperature, blood pressure is customarily included
___The rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats
___The number of breaths per minute
___Examining of certain body parts with HANDS
___Examining by TAPPING with fingertips or fist to evaluate internal organs
___LISTENS for sounds within the body (usually done with a stethoscope)
___The ACT of walking
___Describes a person who is ABLE to walk
___A walking person is referred to as being: _______________
___The USE of radiopaque materials to make internal organs visible on x-ray images
___A TYPE of computerized radiographic technique using radioactive substances to examine the metabolic activity of various body structures, such as the brain
___Medications that are used to treat malignant neoplasms
___Produces a state of unconsciousness with absence over the entire body (the drugs producing this state are called general anesthetics)
___A substance that produces insensibility or stupor
___A drug that relieves pain (general term, not a proper name-page 56)
___The thin membrane that surrounds the fetus during pregnancy
__________ fluid is removed for analysis to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
___Fibrous structures forming when two structures abnormally attach to each other
___To stitch together cut or torn edges of tissue with silk, catcut, wire, or synthetic material
___To bring close together by suture or other means
___A small opening, either natural or artificially created
___The condition of being stretched or dilated beyond the normal dimensions, or the process of being dilated
___Enlarging