My name is Erendira, I have been studying a DCS (Diploma of College Studies) in Medical Electrophysiology for four semesters at Ahuntsic College. My career consists of registering the bodies electrical activity to detect certain anomalies by doing some technological exams.
This glossary will have some words or terms used in Biological Technology, for helping us to understand, identify and acquire some specific vocabulary of the Medical Electrophysiology discipline.
Use a glossary is a good way that we have to improve ours skills and to became better understanding of the concepts.
blood pressure
noun
The pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels, varying in different parts of the body during different phases of contraction of the heart and under different conditions of health, exertion, etc. Abbreviation: BP.
Example: Blood pressure:105 85mmHg HR: 70bpm Apyrexial Abdominal examination: On inspection: No scars Palpation: Tenderness and guarding worse in the RIF, but no rebound tenderness.
en: pression artérielle
electric current
noun
The time rate of flow of electric charge, in the direction that a positive moving charge would take and having magnitude equal to the quantity of charge per unit time: measured in amperes.
Example: To excite the electron to jump to a higher orbit, it has to be heated or an electric current has to be passed through.
en: courant électrique
electrocardiogram
noun
A record or display of a person's heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
Example: Such a diagnosis can be confirmed from electrocardiogram tracings and levels of cardiac enzymes such as troponin T.
en: électrocardiogramme
electrode
noun
A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.
Example: Given the opportunity to self stimulate rats would learn complex tasks and forfeit many natural reinforcers to obtain a short train of pulses through an imbedded electrode.
en: électrode
electroencephalogram
nouns
The graphic record produced by an electrocardiograph. Abbreviation: EKG, ECG.
Example: An electrocardiogram (EKG) test is a simple, painless procedure that measures electrical signals in your heart. Each time your heart beats, an electrical signal travels through the heart. An EKG can show if your heart is beating at a normal rate and strength.
en: électroencéphalogramme
epilepsy
noun
A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal ) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal ).
Example: This is due to the likelihood of them having or developing general health problems, sensory impairments, mental health problems, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities.
en: épilepsie
injection
noun
An instance of injecting or being injected.
"painkilling injections".
Example: Bill was forcibly medicated with an Intra Muscular injection as is allowed under the guidance of the Act which stipulates that the hospital is a place of safety and that staff may enforce treatment.
en: injection
nerve
noun
One or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
Example: Neuropathy Worryingly, Alice already shows signs of nerve damage (neuropathy) in her lower limbs in the form of an infected foot blister which she had failed to notice, a long-term complication which is generally not expected until much later in life for diabetes sufferers.
en: nerf
neuropathy
noun
Disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness or weakness.
Example: However, the patient is a diabetic with evidence of microvascular diabetic neuropathy, which could indicate that the chest pain was not so extreme because of his reduced pain receptor sensitivity.
en: neuropathie
paraplegia
noun
Paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.
Example: There is currently no cure for paraplegia. However, there area variety of long-term treatment options available, including physical therapy, medications, and surgery. These may help people regain partial control over the affected areas.
en: paraplégie
patient
noun
A person who is under medical care or treatment.
Example: This, latter symptom naturally causes dehydration and thirst in the patient, two further warning signs that might alert a physician to the onset of diabetes (Avery, 1998).
right atrium
noun
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
Example: The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cavae, and from the coronary veins.
en: oreillette droite
solute
noun
The substance dissolved in a given solution.
Example: Dilutional hyponatraemia results from excessive water intake or water retention whereas solute reduction is often linked to losses caused by diarrhoea and vomiting or profuse hyperhidrosis ( 25 04 2005).
en: soluté
syncope
noun
Temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure.
Example: Prolonged periods of inadequate blood pressure and perfusion to the brain can cause dizziness and syncope (Jevon, 2001).
en: syncope
syndrome
noun
Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
Example: Retrieved on the 11 11 04 from the World Wide Web Williams (2002) Western medicine and marketing: Construction of an inadequate milk syndrome in lactating women.
en: syndrome
tachycardia
noun
Excessively rapid heartbeat.
Example: For example an increased respiratory rate (>25 min) and tachycardia (>110 min) would be expected in a severe attack.
en: tachycardie
thrombus
noun
A blood clot formed in situ within the vascular system of the body and impeding blood flow.
Example: Some of the conditions which may lead to emboli or thrombus formation are shown below (McLatchie and Leaper al, 2002): AF Post MI thrombus (mural thrombus) Atherosclerotic heart disease (e.g.
en: thrombus
treatment
noun
Medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury.
Example: There was also removal of a corpus luteum cyst on the right ovary, which was then repaired. bled quite heavily during the operation and required 2 units of blood to be transfused because Hb was only 8.8g dL After the operation was given Anti-D treatment (1250IU), because she is blood group A negative. : The surgical drain and the catheter were removed and passed urine normally.
en: traitement
tumor
noun
A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
Example: It is this metastasis of the cancer to sensitive areas, such as the lymph nodes, that makes breast cancer lethal, as a tumor in the breast is not lethal in itself.
en: tumeur
vital signs
noun
Clinical measurements, specifically pulse rate, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure, that indicate the state of a patient's essential body functions.
Example: RESULTS: x-ray - subcapital fracture of left neck of femur + pubic rami fracture of the right hip ECG - nil acute Reassurance and explanation Mrs , I'm afraid the x-ray findings have confirmed that you have broken your hip and will be requiring some major surgery to replace the hip joint Prescription medical intervention Assess vital signs.
