medical Terminology final.txt

bone marrow transplant

biopsy

Deoxyribonucleic acid

metastases

tumor, nodes, metastases

before meals

twice daily (2 times a day)

directions on how to take medication

lysergic acid diethylamide

seasonal affective disorder

airsac

bad

cold

fungus

causing genetic change

many, more

immature tumor

small glandular sacs

mixture

itching

attraction to, love

mind; diaphragm

mind

split

body

drug action in which the combination of two similar drugs is equal to the sum of the effects of each.

factors that prevent the use of a drug or treatment

abnormal, unexpected effect of a drug that is peculiar to an individual.

study of new drug synthesis; a relationship between chemical structure and biological effects.

study of effects and strength of a drug within the body.

Reference book that lists drug products

adverse reaction, usually minor, that routinely results from the use of a drug.

larger and larger drug dose must be given to achieve the desired effect. The patient becomes resistant to the action of a drug as treatment progresses.

harmful effects of a drug.

a substance found in foods and is essential in small quantities for growth and good health.

a chemical substance, produced by a plant or microorganism, which has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms in the body.

relieves symptoms of depression.

prevents nausea and vomiting.

sleeping pills

pertaining to conditioning of the heart

external expression of emotion, or emotional response.

a mood disorder with alternating periods of mania and depression.

an eating disorder with binge eating followed by vomiting, purging, and depression.

central coordinating branch of the personality or mind.

major unconscious part of the personality; energy from instinctual drives and desires.

recurrent intense sexual urge, fantasy or behavior that involves unusual objects, activities, or situations.

a disorder marked by loss of contact with reality, often with delusions and hallucinations.

obsession with stealing.

fear of strangers

alternating periods of hypomania and depression.

Signs of alcohol dependence and intoxication include slurred speech, incoordination, unsteady gait, nystagmus, impairment in attention or memory, stupor, or coma. It also is associated with depression, as either a cause of a consequence of the drinking.

Psychological and behavioral changes associated with amphetamine dependence include anger, tension or anxiety, impaired judgment, inability to enjoy what was previously pleasurable, and social isolation. Physical signs include tachycardia or bradycardia, papillary dilation, nausea, elevated or low blood pressure, and muscular weakness.

Signs and symptoms after the smoking of cannabis include euphoria, impaired motor coordination, anxiety, sensation of slowed time, social withdrawal, and impaired memory and judgment. Other signs of cannabis intoxication are increased appetite dry mouth, tachycardia, and paranoia.

A stimulant drug that produces euphoria as well as vasoconstriction, tachycardia, and hypertension. The form most commonly used in the US is cocaine hydrochloride powder, which is inhaled through the nostrils and then absorbed into the bloodstream through mucous membranes.

These drugs produce a state of central nervous system excitement, hyperactivity, hallucinations, delusions, hypertension, and mood changes. The use of hallucinogens generally is episodic because their psychoactive effects are highly potent; frequent use may lead to marked tolerance.

Typically prescribed as painkillers or cough suppressants, opioid intoxication signs are papillary construction, euphoria, slowness in movement, drowsiness, and slurred speech. Effects of overdose are slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and possible death.

These drugs have a soothing, relaxing, euphoric effect and also can produce sleep. Intoxicate is characterized by slurred speech and disorientation and sudden cessation of these drugs can result in seizures.

a compulsion to continue taking a drug despite adverse consequences

characterized by the onset of withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued abruptly.

the declining effect of the drug so that the dose must be increased to give the same effect

loss of memory

uneasiness with palpitations, tightness in chest, breathlessness, and chocking sensation

absence of emotions, lack of interest, emotional involvement, or motivation.

uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly

anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that doesn’t have a physical basis.

a fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence.

uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object in order to avoid mental distress, the feelings are redirected towards a second object or behavior pattern.

Sadness, hopelessness; depressive mood, or feeling “low.”

Exaggerated feeling of well-being (“high”).

False or unreal sensory perception as, for example, hearing voices when none are present; an illusion is a false perception of an actual sensory stimulus.

Relatively short-term, focused psychotherapy for a wide range of psychological problems. The focus is on how the person who is experiencing difficulty is thinking, behaving, and communicating today, rather than on early childhood experiences.

Treatment of an entire family can help the members resolve and understand their conflicts and problems.

In a group with a health professional leader as a neutral moderator, pate

A trance (state of altered consciousness) is created to help recovery of deeply repressed memories.

Patients express their feeling by acting out family and social roles along with other patient-actors on a stage. After a scene has been presented, the audience is asked to make comments and offer interpretations about what they have observed.

Uses face-to-face discussion of life problems and associated feelings. The aim is to increase understanding of underlying themes, thoughts, and behavior patterns to improve mood.

The child uses play with toys to express conflicts and feelings that he or she is unable to communicate in a direct manner.

a long-term and intense form of psychotherapy which seeks to influence behavior and resolve internal conflicts by allowing a patient to bring their unconscious emotion to the surface through techniques like free association transference, and dream interpretation.

a form of therapy that can help people overcome sexual dysfunctions such as frigidity, impotence, and premature ejaculation.

The therapist offers encouragement, support, and hope; to patients facing difficult life transitions and events.

If a photographic plate is placed in front of a beam of x-rays, the x-rays, traveling unimpeded through the air, will expose the silver coating of the plate and cause it to blacken.

X-rays pass through the different types of substances in the human body with varying ease. Air is the least dense substance and allows greatest transmission, fat is denser; water is next, followed by hard materials such as calcium in bone, which transmit the least.

X-rays cannot be detected by sight, sound, or touch. Workers exposed to x-rays must wear a film badge to detect and record the amount of radiation to which they have been exposed.

This property allows the formation of precise shadow images on the x-ray plate and also permits x-ray beams to be directed accurately at tissue during radiotherapy.

Scattering occurs when x-rays come into contact with any material. Greater scatter occurs with dense objects and less scatter with those substances that are radiolucent.

X-rays have the ability to ionize substances through which they pass. The ionizing effect of high-energy x-ray in even small doses can affect normal body cells, leading to tissue damage and malignant changes.

most commonly requested chest x-ray view. X-ray travels from a posteriorly placed source to an anteriorly placed detector

x-rays travel from an anteriorly placed source to a posteriorly placed detector

x-rays travel from a source located to the right of the patient to a detector placed to the left of the patient

x-rays travel in a slanting direction at an angle from the perpendicular view. Shows region or structures ordinarily hidden and superimposed in routine PA and AP views.

drugs given by mouth are slowly absorbed into the bloodstream through the stomach or intestinal wall.

drugs placed under the tongue dissolve in the saliva for rapid absorption.

injection of drugs from a syringe through a hollow needle placed under the skin, into a muscle, vein, or body cavity.

this shallow injection is made into the upper layers of the skin and is used chiefly in skin testing for allergic reactions.

a hypodermic needle is introduced into the subcutaneous tissue under the skin, usually on the upper arm, thigh, or abdomen.

the buttock or upper arm is the usual site for this injection into muscle.

this injection is given directly into a vein.

vapors, or gasses, taken into nose or mouth are absorbed into the bloodstream through the thin walls of air sacs in the lungs.

drugs are applied locally on the skin or mucous membranes of the body.

are used to deliver drugs continuously through the skin.