Boxer's Fracture Glossary of Terms

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Abnormal: Outside the expected norm, or uncharacteristic of a particular patient.

Acetaminophen: A nonaspirin pain reliever or analgesic. Acetaminophen may be given alone t...

Bruise: Injury of the soft tissues that results in breakage of the local capillaries and l...

Calcium: A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored. Calcium is ...

Cast: 1) A protective shell of fiberglass, plastic, or plaster, and bandage that is molde...

Complication: In medicine, an unanticipated problem that arises following, and is a result...

Cuts: Severed skin. Washing a cut or scrape with soap and water and keeping it clean and d...

Diagnosis: 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A ...

Drain: A device for removing fluid from a cavity or wound. A drain is typically a tube or ...

Elbow: The juncture of the long bones in the middle portion of the upper extremity. The bo...

Emergency department: The department of a hospital responsible for the provision of medica...

Essential: In medicine, of unknown cause, as in essential hypertension (high blood pressur...

Forearm: The portion of the upper limb from the elbow to the wrist. The forearm has two bo...

Fracture: A break in bone or cartilage. Although usually a result of trauma, a fracture ca...

Ibuprofen: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is commonly used to treat pa...

Indicate: In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular ...

Infection: The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, an...

Injury: Harm or hurt. To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emot...

Knuckle: The top of the flexed finger joint.

Ligament: A tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures, such as two ...

Mouth: 1. The upper opening of the digestive tract, beginning with the lips and con...

Neck: The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders. Also, any narrow or constric...

Nerve: A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory an...

Open fracture: A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a co...

Organic: 1. A chemical compound that contains carbon.
2. Related to a...

Pain: An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pa...

Pain management: The process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Mi...

Physical therapy: A branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises...

Plastic surgeon: A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may ...

Prescription: A physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or dev...

Prognosis: The forecast of the probable outcome or course of a disease; the patient's chan...

Pus: A thick, whitish-yellow fluid that results from the accumulation of white blood cells...

Referral: The recommendation of a medical or paramedical professional. If you get a refer...

Sensation: In medicine and physiology, sensation refers to the registration of an incoming...

Surgeon: A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual meth...

Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or inj...

Therapy: The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment.

Trauma: A physical or emotional injury.

Tylenol: See: Acetaminophen.

Wrist: The part of the hand that is nearest the forearm and consists of the carpal bones a...

X-ray: High-energy radiation with waves shorter than those of visible light. X-ray is used...