Medical terms

25 General medical terms terms

This is a glossary that contains 25 medical terms that you probably don't know ! Nice ! Made as a coursework.

Abrasion: Noun; A cut or scrape that typically isn’t serious.; Example: The patient has a minor abrasion on the upper hand
Acute: Adjective; Signifies a condition that begins abruptly and is sometimes severe, but the duration is short.; Example: Many psychiatric medications have to be dosed every week, because they can lead to an accumulation of the product in the metabolism wich will traduct in acute symptoms.
Bruise: Noun; A contusion; Example: I made myself a bruise falling down my skateboard.
Bruxism: Noun; The medical way to say that you grind your teeth.; Example: Bruxism is frequently occuring during the night.
Crepitus: The cracking sound our joints sometimes make; Example: I can hear a lot of crepitus in the morning when I get off my bed.
Emesis: Noun; The medical term for nausea.; Example: Many medications have emesis as a side effect.
Epistaxis: Noun; Correct term for nosebleed.; Example: Epistaxis can sometimes be shutted down by applying cold object on top of the neck.
fasciculation: Noun; Uncontrollable and repetitive stimulation in a muscle; Example: My biceps is having small and uncontrollable contractions. It is called fasciculation.
Horripilation: Noun; The correct term for goosebumps; Example: The cold temperature gives me horripilation.
Inpatient: Noun; A patient who is sick enough to require an hospitalization.; Example: Many patients at the emergency room becomes inpatients because of the acuity of their sickness
Lachrymation: Noun; The medical term for tears.; Example: The last movie you looked at might have provocated you a lachrymation. Maybe you should go for a happier movie next time.
obdormition: Noun; Numbness of an extremity due to a pressure.; Example: The feeling of numbness you have when you sit for too long on the toilet is called obdormition.
Odontalgia: Noun; The medical word for a toothache.; Example: Dentist should be better to threat the patient odontalgia than me.
Onychocryptosis: Noun; The medical term for an ingrown nail.; Example: Onychocryptosis is painful but very easy to treat.
Otalgia: Noun; The correct term for ear pain.; Example: When you go too deep too fast while diving, you might earn a good otalgia for the rest of the day.
Outpatient: Noun; A patient that require assessments without having to be hospitalized.; Example: In-home nurses take care of outpatients.
Photalgia: Noun; Light induced pain to the iris.; Example: When you switch too fast from a dark environnement to a well-lighted one, you feel a photalgia.
Prognosis: Noun; A prediction of the outcome of a disease or a condition.
Relapse: Noun; Return of disease or symptoms after a patient has recovered.; Example: His long gone symptoms are making a relapse.
Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia: Noun; The sensation of having a brain freeze while consuming a cold dish or berevage.; Example: Have you ever searched ''South Texas Slushie challenge'' on Youtube ? Some people do be experiencing sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia to the extreme.
Sternutate: The exact work for ''sneezing''; Example: The patient is having repetitive and loud sternutate.
veisalgia: Noun; The correct term for ''hangover''; Example: The new patient is actually intoxicated and tomorrow, he will suffer from veisalgia.
Xerosis: Noun; The medical term to define dry skin.; Example: My dermatologist told me that I have an excessive amount of dry skin, wich he refered as ''Xerosis''.
Xerostomia: Noun; The medical term to describe a dry mouth.; Example: Xerostomia is one of the many side effect of this medication.
Zoonotic disease: Adjective+Noun; A disease that can be transmitted between different species.