| A | B |
|---|
| epigastric region | abdominal region superior to umbilical region |
| hypochondriac region | abdominal region lateral to epigastric region |
| hypogastric region | abdominal region inferior to umbilical region |
| iliac region | abdominal region lateral to hypogastric region |
| lumbar region | right and left of umbilical region |
| umbilical region | abdominal region around the navel (umbilicus) |
| Fowler Position | semi-sitting position with slight elevation of the knees |
| lateral recumbent position | lying on side; right and left precede the term to indicate the patient's side |
| lithotomy position | lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and externally rotated |
| orthopnea position | sitting erect in a chair or sitting upright in bed supported by pillows behind the head and chest |
| prone | lying on abdomen, facing downward |
| recumbent position | lying down in any position |
| Sims position | lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to the back |
| supine | lying on back, facing upward |
| Trendelenburg position | lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet |
| benign | not malignant, non-current, favorable for recovery |
| carcinoma in situ | cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue |
| diagnosis | naming or identifying a disease |
| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
| in vitro | within a glass, observable within a test tube |
| in vivo | within the living body |
| inflammation | response to injury or destruction of tissue |
| malignant | tending to become progressively worse, to death, as in cancer |
| metastases | plural of metastasis |
| metastasis | transfer or spread of disease to distant site |
| metastatic | pertaining to transfer or spread of disease to distant site |
| morbidity | state of being diseased or unwell; incidence of illness in a population |
| mortality | state of being mortal; incidence of the number of deaths in a population |
| neoplasm | new growth of abnormal tissue or tumor |
| prognosis | predicting of probable outcome of disease |
| deep | situated far below the surface |
| frontal plane | vertical division into anterior and posterior |
| midline | imaginary line down the center of the body |
| midsagittal plane | divides the body into equal right and left halves |
| sagittal plane | vertical field running through body from front to back, dividing the body into R and L |
| superficial | situated near the surface |
| transverse plane | horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions |
| acute | describing a disease of sudden onset |
| afebrile | without fever |
| chronic | describing a persistent or longer-term disease |
| encapsulated | enclosed in capsule as with benign tumors |
| exacerbation | increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms |
| febrile | having a fever |
| malaise | general feeling of discomfort |
| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease |
| sign | a symptom that can be detected by others (than the patient); objective in nature |
| symptom | what is experienced by the patient; subjective in nature |
| biopsy | removal of living tissue from body - viewed under microscope |
| chemotherapy | TX of cancer by using drugs |
| hospice | provides palliative or supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families |
| palliative | providing relief but not cure |
| radiation therapy | TX of cancer using radioactive substance |
