SOME LAY TERMS FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Medical conditions: Lay term
Acute cerebrovascular event - stroke
Arrhythmia - palpitations
Dyspnoea - breathlessness
Fractured neck of femur - broken hip
Haematemesis - vomiting blood
Haematuria - blood in the urine
Insomnia - trouble with sleeping
Intermittent claudication - pains in the back of the legs when walking
Myocardial infarction - heart attack
Nocturia - needing to pass urine (water) at night
Analgesics - pain killers
Anti-depressants - tablets to improve your mood
Anti-inflammatories - medicine to reduce swelling
Broncho-dilator - a substance which causes the airways to open
up DMARDs (disease modifying - pills that help stop arthritis progressing
anti-rheumatic drugs)
Diuretics - water tablets
Hypertension medication - pills for blood pressure
Hypnotics - sleeping tablets
oral contraceptives - the pill
OET VOCABULARY FOR NURSES
Abatement = a decrease in the severity of a pain / symptom.
Aberration = deviation from the normal or expected
Abnormal = varying from what is regular or neutral
Abort = to terminate a process or a disease before it has run its normal course.
Abrasion = a superficial injury where the skin/mucous membrane is rubbed or torn
Abreaction = the relieving of a painful experience with the release of repressed emotion
Accessory = supplementary
Accountable = liable to be held responsible for a course of action
A qualified nurse has a duty of care according to law.
Nurses are accountable to their patients, their peers and their employing authority.
Ache = a dull continuous pain
Acoustic = relating to sound or the sense of hearing
Acrophobia = morbid terror of being at height
Activator = a substance / hormone / enzyme that stimulates a chemical change. In chemistry a Catalyst
Acute = sudden, severe or short duration
Adaptation = Gradual development to Alt into one’s environment
Addiction = the taking of drugs or alcohol leading to physiological or psychological dependence with a tendency to increase use.
Additives = Chemical substances added commonly to food to increase taste or to preserve it for longer decoration.
Adjuvant = any treatment used in conjunction with another to enhance its efficacy.
A substance.
Adolescence = The period between puberty and maturity. 10 to 19 years in both males and females.
Advanced Trauma
life support = Dealing with seriously injured people at the scene of the accident
Advocacy = the process whereby a nurse provides a patient or the family with information to enable them to make informed decisions relating to the care situation
Aerobic exercise = Exercises to support aerobic metabolism (oxygen utilization)
Affinity = attraction to substances
Aftercare = social, medical or nursing care after a period of hospital treatment
Afunctional = lacking function
Ageing = the structural and functional changes that take place by time and are not caused by accident or discare
Aggression = animosity or hostility shown towards another person or object
Agitation = mental distress causing extreme restlessness or arousal
Agony = extreme suffering either physical or mental
Ailment = any minor disorder of the body
Affiliation = The association of a person, institution, or organization for medical education or employment to a health care facility.
Albinism = congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes
Alcoholism = state of poisoning resulting from alchohol addiction
Alienation = a feeling of estrangement or separation from others or from self.
Aliment = food or nourishment
Alternative medicine = Homoeopathy, Aromatherapy, Acupuncture, Ayurveda etc.
Ambivalence = contradictory emotional feelings towards an object like love and hate.
Amorphous = without definite shape
Anabolism = the building up or synthesis or all structures from digested food materials
Android= resembling a man
Anima = the soul, youngs term for the unconsciousness or inner being of the individual as opposed to the personal
anomaly = considerable variation from normal
anorexia = loss
SOME LAY TERMS FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS
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Medical conditions: Lay term
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Acute cerebrovascular event - stroke
Arrhythmia - palpitations
Dyspnoea - breathlessness
Fractured neck of femur - broken hip
Haematemesis - vomiting blood
Haematuria - blood in the urine
Insomnia - trouble with sleeping
Intermittent claudication - pains in the back of the legs when walking
@bscnursingstudent_all
Myocardial infarction - heart attack
Nocturia - needing to pass urine (water) at night
Analgesics - pain killers
Anti-depressants - tablets to improve your mood
Anti-inflammatories - medicine to reduce swelling
Broncho-dilator - a substance which causes the airways to open
up DMARDs (disease modifying - pills that help stop arthritis progressing
anti-rheumatic drugs)
Diuretics - water tablets
Hypertension medication - pills for blood pressure
Hypnotics - sleeping tablets
oral contraceptives - the pill
OET VOCABULARY FOR NURSES
Abatement = a decrease in the severity of a pain / symptom.
Aberration = deviation from the normal or expected
Abnormal = varying from what is regular or neutral
Abort = to terminate a process or a disease before it has run its normal course.
Abrasion = a superficial injury where the skin/mucous membrane is rubbed or torn
Abreaction = the relieving of a painful experience with the release of repressed emotion
Accessory = supplementary
Accountable = liable to be held responsible for a course of action
A qualified nurse has a duty of care according to law.
Nurses are accountable to their patients, their peers and their employing authority.
Ache = a dull continuous pain
Acoustic = relating to sound or the sense of hearing
Acrophobia = morbid terror of being at height@bsc_nursing_all
Activator = a substance / hormone / enzyme that stimulates a chemical change. In chemistry a Catalyst
Acute = sudden, severe or short duration
Adaptation = Gradual development to Alt into one’s environment
Addiction = the taking of drugs or alcohol leading to physiological or psychological dependence with a tendency to increase use.
@bscnursingstudent_all
Additives = Chemical substances added commonly to food to increase taste or to preserve it for longer decoration.
Adjuvant = any treatment used in conjunction with another to enhance its efficacy.
A substance.
Adolescence = The period between puberty and maturity. 10 to 19 years in both males and females.
Advanced Trauma
life support = Dealing with seriously injured people at the scene of the accident
Advocacy = the process whereby a nurse provides a patient or the family with information to enable them to make informed decisions relating to the care situation
Aerobic exercise = Exercises to support aerobic metabolism (oxygen utilization)
Affinity = attraction to substances
Aftercare = social, medical or nursing care after a period of hospital treatment
Afunctional = lacking function
Ageing = the structural and functional changes that take place by time and are not caused by accident or discare
Aggression = animosity or hostility shown towards another person or object
Agitation = mental distress causing extreme restlessness or arousal
Agony = extreme suffering either physical or mental
Ailment = any minor disorder of the body
Affiliation = The association of a person, institution, or organization for medical education or employment to a health care facility.
Albinism = congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes
Alcoholism = state of poisoning resulting from alchohol addiction
Alienation = a feeling of estrangement or separation from others or from self.
Aliment = food or nourishment
Alternative medicine = Homoeopathy, Aromatherapy, Acupuncture, Ayurveda etc.
Ambivalence = contradictory emotional feelings towards an object like love and hate.
Amorphous = without definite shape
Anabolism = the building up or synthesis or all structures from digested food materials
Android= resembling a man
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