Research Consent Glossary
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ECG - See electrocardiogram (ECG)
Echocardiogram - Picture of the heart in motion made using ultrasonography
Echoencephalography - Use of ultrasonography to record the shape of the brain
Eclampsia - Convulsions in a pregnant woman caused by high blood pressure and other medical problems
Ectopic Pregnancy - Pregnancy growing outside the uterus, often in fallopian tubes
Eczema - Type of itchy skin rash
Edema - Swelling caused by fluid held in the tissues
EEG - See electroencephalogram (EEG)
Effective - (as) Works as well (as)
Efferent - Going away from the body
Efficacy - Effectiveness
Ejaculation - Discharge of semen from the penis during the climax of sexual intercourse
Electrocardiogram - Picture of the electrical action of the heart (ECG)
Electrocardiograph - Machine that records the electrical action of the heart
Electroenceophalogram - Picture of brain wave activity (EEG)
Electroencephalograph - Machine that records brain wave activity
Electrolyte Imbalance - Imbalance of minerals in the blood
Elevator - Tool used for lifting tissue
Eligible - Suited, suitable
Eliminate - Remove, get rid of
Embolectomy - Surgery to remove a blood clot
Embolus - Blood clot
Embryo - Unborn baby from 2 to 8 weeks after it is formed
Embryoid - Looking like an embryo
Embryology - The study of the development of the unborn baby
Emesis - Vomiting
Emetic - Drug used to make a person vomit; useful in treating poisoning
Emmetropia - Normal condition of the eye when light focuses correctly on the retina
Emollient - Substance that softens the skin
Emphysema - Disorder in which too much air collects deep in the lungs
Empiric - Based on experience
Encephalitis - Inflammation of the brain
Encephalomyelo - Inflammation of the brain, the spinal cord, and the spinal radiculitis nerve roots
Encephalosclerois - Hardening of the brain
Endocarditis - Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
Endocervicitis - Inflammation of the inner lining of the cervix
Endocrinologist - Doctor who treats disorders of the glands that make hormones
Endocrinopathy - Disease of the glands that make hormones; hormonal imbalance
Endometriosis - Growths outside of the uterus made up of the tissue that lines the uterus
Endometritis - Inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus
Endomentrium - Inner lining of the uterus
Endophthalmitis - Inflammation of the contents of the eye
Endorphin - Substance made by the body to stop pain
Endoscope - Tool used to look into body structures and hollow organs, such as the stomach
Endoscopic - Examination of an internal part of the body with a lighted Examination tube; looking at a part of the body with a light tube
Endoscopic Retrograde - X-ray of the bile and pancreatic ducts made using an Cholangiopancre- endoscope and a dye to outline the ducts tography (ERCP)
Endosteum - Tissue that lines the inside of bone
Endotracheal - Inside the windpipe
Enema - Liquid that is injected into the rectum to promote bowel movement
Enternal - By way of intestines
Enterorrhaphy - Surgery to stitch the intestine
Entitled - To have the right to
Enucleation - Surgery to remove the eye
Enuresis - Bed wetting
Epidermal - Having to do with the outer layer of skin
Epididymis - Tube that stores and carries sperm
Epididymitis - Inflammation of the pididyrnis
Epidural - Outside the spinal cord
Epigastric - Region Area above the navel
Epiglottis - Flap of skin that keeps food from going into the windpipe
Epiglottitis - Inflammation of the epiglottis
Epilepsy - Seizure disorder
Epinephrine - Hormone made by the adrenal glands that speeds up body organs and helps the body deal with stress
Epiphysis - Growth area of a long bone
Episioperineoplasty - Surgery to fix the vulva and perineum
Episiorrhaphy - Stitching a tear in the vulva
Episiotomy - Surgical cut in the vagina to keep it from tearing when a baby is being born
Epistaxis - Nosebleed
Epithelial - Having to do with the epithelium
Epithelioma - Benign or malignant growth made up of epithelial tissue
Epithelium - Type of tissue that covers the outside of the body and makes up the lining and outer layers of most body organs and parts
ERCP - See endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Erythema - Redness
Erythrocyte - Count The number of erythrocytes in the blood
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) - Blood test that measures how long it takes for erythrocytes
to sink to the bottom of a tube -use to check for inflammation in the body
Erythrocytes - Cells in blood that carry oxygen; red blood cells
Erythrocytosis - Increase in number of red blood cells
Erythroderma - Red skin
Esophagogastro - Use of an endoscope to look into the esophagus stomach, duodenoscopy and duodenum
Esophagoscope - Tool used to look into the esophagus
Esophagus - Tube that goes from the throat to the stomach
ESR - See erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
Establish - Prove, show to be true
Estrogen - Female sex hormones
Estrogen Receptor - Blood test used to detect tumor cells in patients with breast cancer
Etiology - The cause or causes of an illness
Eupnea - Normal breathing
Eustachian Tube - Tube that connects the middle ear and the throat
Evacuate - Empty
Evaluate - Measure
Eversion - Turning inside out
Excretion - The way that substances leave the body
Exophthalmic - Has a bulging eyeball or eyeballs
Exophthalmos Bulging of one or both eyeballs
Exostosis - Bony growth on the surface of a bone
Expedited Review - Rapid review of a protocol by the IRB
Experience - Feel
Extension - The straight position of an arm or leg
External Auditory - Opening or passageway between the outside of the ear Meatus and the eardrum
External Ear - Outside part of the ear
External Genitalia - Sex organs on the outside of the body: penis, scrotum, and urethra in men; vulva, clitoris, and urethra in women
Extracorporeal - Outside of body
Extravasate - To leak outside of a blood vessel
Extravasation - Escape of blood from blood vessels and into tissue
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