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Scribeamerica Medical Terminology
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1. Absence of light reflection - indicative of ear infection
Odynophagia
Lacrimal
Acute on chronic
TM dullness
2. The TM is opaque - no longer transparent
Polydipsia
Alert
Conjunctival exudate
Loss of TM landmarks
3. The back of the mouth - where it meets the throat
Oropharynx
Gingiva
Odynophagia
Adenopathy
4. Stiff neck/Signs of meningitis
Meningismus
Hypernatremia
Hyphema
Sinusitis
5. Does not follow commands or go along with physician requests
Uncooperative
Peritonsillar abscess (PTA)
TM bulging
Finger-nose-finger
6. Inability to fully open mouth due to an underlying dental or jaw abscess
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Epistaxis
Lingual
Trismus
7. Without fever
Battles sign
Gallop
Afebrile
N-STEMI
8. Headache
Malaise
Elderly
Cephalgia
Combative
9. Low blood-sugar
Hypoglycemia
Vertebral tenderness
Carotid bruit
Meningitis
10. Resolving spontaneously after onset
Transient
Decreased gag reflex
Saturday Night Palsy
Flouresceine uptake
11. Location across the posterior top of the skull
Parietal
JVD
Romberg's sign
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
12. Heart rhythm for anyone with Atrial Fibrillation
Tonsillar edema
Saturday Night Palsy
Edentulous
Irregularly irregular
13. Listening with the stethoscope
Diploplia
Myocardial infarction
Auscultation
Hypothyroid
14. Poor ability to handle secretions (saliva): drooling at the mouth and gagging
Body habitus
Secretion pooling
Differential Diagnosis
Normal DTRs
15. Able to be touched or easily perceived
Palpable
Aniscoria
Photophobia
Paresthesia
16. Hemorrhage from the nose; nose bleeding
Hypertension (HTN)
Raccoon eyes
Epistaxis
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
17. Low blood pressure (typically <100/65)
Hypotension
Paraspinal tenderness
Constitutional
Hemorrhage
18. Collection of pus or fluid around the tonsil
Fluctuating
Peritonsillar abscess (PTA)
Dry mucosa
Arthralgias
19. Localized lack of blood supply
Labyrinthitis
Lymphadenopathy
Ischemia
Gallop
20. Absence of the ability to neurologically generate or understand language. Either inability to create words i.e. expressive aphasia; or inability to understand spoken words i.e. receptive aphasia)
Aphasic
Romberg's sign
Hypoglycemia
Tachycardia
21. Gums
Myocardial infarction
Edentulous
Gingiva
Saturday Night Palsy
22. Interior surface of eye
TM
Tonsillar edema
N-STEMI
Fundus of the eye
23. Enlarged thyroid
Normal DTRs
Hypotension
Loss of TM landmarks
Thyromegaly
24. Does not follow commands or go along with physician requests
Fontanel
Body habitus
Vertigo
Uncooperative
25. Oriented to person - place - and time
Hypertension (HTN)
Peritonsillar abscess (PTA)
Oriented x3
Lacrimal
26. High sodium - dehydration
Parietal
Morbidly Obese
Hypernatremia
Hyperglycemia
27. Extra beats of the heart heard during auscultation
Extra systoles
Murmur
Lacrimal
Decreased gag reflex
28. External portion of the ear
Fluorescein
TM erythema
Auricle
Ambulatory
29. Not appearing healthy
Otitis externa
Ill
TM
Perforated TM
30. Symptoms that are always present but changing in severity - never fully resolving
Fluctuating
Differential Diagnosis
Hypernatremia
Diploplia
31. Inside of the eye as seen with ophthalmoscope looking for increased cranial pressure
Ambulatory
Dysarthria
Fundoscopic Exam
Finger-nose-finger
32. Indicative of decreased LOC or brainstem injury
Raccoon eyes
Decreased gag reflex
Pericarditis
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
33. Extremely thin and malnourished - wasting
TEMI
Emaciated
Dysphasia
Hemiplegia
34. The bottom or base of an organ; often referring to the uterus or eye
Constitutional
Fundus
Fluorescein
Hemiplegia
35. Middle ear infection
Otitis media
Malnourished
Myocardial infarction
Tearful
36. Small infected bump on the eyelid - usually in between the eyelash hairs
Stye/hordeolum
Raccoon eyes
Normal DTRs
Hypokalemia
37. Interior surface of eye
Chronic
Pale conjunctiva
Temporal
Fundus of the eye
38. Low potassium - concerning for heart arrhythmias
Fundoscopic exam
Flouresceine uptake
Secretion pooling
Hypokalemia
39. Transparent frontal aspect of the eye - covering both the iris and pupil
Cornea
Bell's Palsy
Hypokalemia
Somnolent
40. Poor mechanical articulation of speech due to abnormal lip - tongue - or cheek motor function
Dysarthria
Sinusitis
Hyponatermia
Decreased rectal tone
41. Thin outer lining of the eye and eyelid
Conjunctiva
Somnolent
Transient
Uncooperative
42. General appearance of lacking water; dry lips - dry mucosa
Decreased rectal tone
Dehydrated
Ataxia
Romberg's sign
43. Normal state of mental and body development
Parietal
Hyphema
Well developed
Stye/hordeolum
44. General appearance of lacking water; dry lips - dry mucosa
Dehydrated
Non-toxic
Cardiomyopathy
Nare
45. Transparent frontal aspect of the eye - covering both the iris and pupil
Acute
Cornea
JVD
Cephalgia
46. Gums
Differential Diagnosis
Gingiva
Kernigs
Malnourished
47. Whooshing blood flow heard with auscultation (carotid narrowing or plaque)
Carotid bruit
Cardiomegaly
Meningitis
Vertigo
48. Indicative of decreased LOC or brainstem injury
Hyperkalemia
Decreased gag reflex
C- spine
Well developed
49. Bruising behind the ears - indicative of a basilar skull fracture
Dehydrated
Polydipsia
Scleral icterus
Battles sign
50. Death of cardiac muscle due to prolonged ischemia
EOMI
Thyromegaly
Gallop
Myocardial infarction