Medical Definition: Periumbilical

[SirJohnny]

All:

- I have not yet started nursing school yet - but the boss man from microbiology lab is throwing medical terms at us. So need some help with a definition or two -- and yes, I already tried to find these terms in my Anatomy as well as my Micro book.

- Here goes:

- Term #1: periumbilical (as in periumbilical abdominal pain).

- Term #2: afebrile (as in afebrile with normal vital signs).

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I looked on the Internet and found the following buried in some medical literature (as opposed to a dictionary).

- afebrile means "no fever" -- am I correct?

- periumbilical means "around the navel" -- am I correct?

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Let me know if I am right.

Thanks.

John Coxey

[hobbes]

All:

- I have not yet started nursing school yet - but the boss man from microbiology lab is throwing medical terms at us. So need some help with a definition or two -- and yes, I already tried to find these terms in my Anatomy as well as my Micro book.

- Here goes:

- Term #1: periumbilical (as in periumbilical abdominal pain).

- Term #2: afebrile (as in afebrile with normal vital signs).

-------------

I looked on the Internet and found the following buried in some medical literature (as opposed to a dictionary).

- afebrile means "no fever" -- am I correct?

- periumbilical means "around the navel" -- am I correct?

---------------

Let me know if I am right.

Thanks.

John Coxey

Yes, you're right on

[CCU NRS]

All:

- I have not yet started nursing school yet - but the boss man from microbiology lab is throwing medical terms at us. So need some help with a definition or two -- and yes, I already tried to find these terms in my Anatomy as well as my Micro book.

- Here goes:

- Term #1: periumbilical (as in periumbilical abdominal pain).

- Term #2: afebrile (as in afebrile with normal vital signs).

-------------

I looked on the Internet and found the following buried in some medical literature (as opposed to a dictionary).

- afebrile means "no fever" -- am I correct?

- periumbilical means "around the navel" -- am I correct?

---------------

Let me know if I am right.

Thanks.

John Coxey

The prefix A always means not as in febrile means with fever afibrile means without fever

Peri is also a prefix peri under under umbilical periumbilical

[SirJohnny]

All:

- Thanks for the help.

John Coxey

[prmenrs, RN]

Now might be a good time to get a good Medical Dictionary like Tabor's or a Merck Manual. And I think Merck has an online site to look up stuff. (Peri is around, not under.)

If you can find an INEXPENSIVE med terminology text (we had a 'programmed' one in school), it would help, too. Check Amazon, might be a used one there.

I used to Thank TPTB for making me take 2 years of Latin in high school. Helped a lot w/some of the verbage.