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Section 1
(50 cards)
Circumduction:
circular movement of a limb or of the eye.
Contact precautions:
Procedures that reduce the risk of spread of infections through direct or indirect contact
Ascites:
an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.
Axillary :
(Anatomy) of, relating to, or near the armpit
Colostomy:
the surgical formation of an opening from the colon onto the surface of the body, which functions as an anus
Aphagia:
refusal or inability to swallow.
Anus:
the opening of the rectum on the body surface; the distal orifice of the alimentary canal.
Contralateral:
pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the opposite side
Antipyretic:
An agent that reduces or prevents fever
Aneurysm:
a sac formed by localized dilatation of the wall of an artery, a vein, or the heart
Apex:
the pointed end of a conical part; the top of a body, organ, or part
Allergic reaction:
a local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized.
Anuria:
complete suppression of urine formation and excretion
Acute:
having severe symptoms and a short course.
Buccal:
Of, relating to, adjacent to, or in the direction of the cheek.
Atelectasis:
a collapse of lung tissue affecting part or all of one lung. This condition prevents normal oxygen absoption to healthy tissues.
Contracture:
abnormal shortening of muscle tissue, rendering the muscle highly resistant to passive stretching.
Canthus:
the angle at either end of the fissure between the eyelids, lateral or medial.
Bradycardia:
A slowness of the heartbeat, usually under 60 beats per minute in adults
Apnea:
cessation of breathing
Abscess:
an enclosed collection of liquefied tissue, known as pus, somewhere in the body. It is the result of the body's defensive reaction to foreign material
Alopecia:
hair loss
Bolus:
A round mass. A single, relatively large dose of a drug that is administered for therapeutic purposes and taken orally. A concentrated mass of a pharmaceutical substance administered intravenously for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or alimentary canal.
Ataxia:
Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular movement
Bullae:
a blister; a circumscribed, fluid-containing, elevated lesion of the skin, usually more than 5 mm in diameter
Auscultation:
The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.
Anaphylaxis:
a rapidly progressing, life-threatening allergic reaction.
Assessment:
an evaluation or appraisal of a condition.
Anemia:
reduction below normal of the number of erythrocytes, quantity of hemoglobin, or the volume of packed red cells in the blood; a symptom of various diseases and disorders
Atrophy:
A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use
Ampule:
a small glass or plastic container capable of being sealed so as to preserve its contents in a sterile condition; used principally for sterile parenteral solutions.
Alkalosis:
abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body fluids.
Aseptic:
free from infection or septic material.
Adverse reaction:
a result of drug therapy that is neither intended nor expected in normal therapeutic use and that causes significant, sometimes life-threatening conditions.
Bruit:
a sound or murmur heard in auscultation, especially an abnormal one.
Chronic:
Of long duration. Used of a disease of slow progress and long continuance.
Atresia:
The absence or closure of a normal body orifice or tubular passage such as the anus, intestine, or external ear canal.
Adduction:
the movement of a limb toward the midline or axis of the body
Benign:
Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless:
Abduction:
movement of a limb away from the midline or axis of the body
Cannula:
a tube for insertion into a vessel, duct, or cavity; during insertion its lumen is usually occupied by a trocar.
Antiseptic:
a substance that inhibits the growth and development of microorganisms without necessarily killing them
Carcinoma:
An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body
Abrasion:
a rubbing or scraping off through unusual or abnormal action
Auditory:
Of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing.
Cellulitis:
A spreading inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue.
Catheter:
A hollow flexible tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway. Its uses include the drainage of urine from the bladder through the urethra or insertion through a blood vessel into the heart for diagnostic purposes.
Congenital:
existing at, and usually before, birth; referring to conditions that are present at birth, regardless of their causation.
Bradypnea:
Abnormal slowness of respiration.
Asepsis:
the prevention of contact with microorganisms.
Section 2
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Excoriation:
an injury to a surface of the body caused by trauma, such as scratching, abrasion, or a chemical or thermal burn.
Ecchymosis:
The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue, marked by a purple discoloration of the skin.
Flexion:
The act of bending a joint or limb in the body by the action of flexors.
Crepitus:
a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases. (Pathology) the grating sound of two ends of a broken bone rubbing together
Friction:
The rubbing of one object or surface against another
Dorsal:
Anatomy Of, toward, on, in, or near the back or upper surface of an organ, part, or organism.
Flatus:
Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines.
Eupnea:
Easy, free respiration, as is observed normally under resting conditions.
Gastrointestinal:
Relating to the stomach and intestines
Enema:
a solution introduced into the rectum to promote evacuation of feces or as a means of introducing nutrients, medicinal substances, or opaque material for radiologic examination of the lower intestinal tract.
Fissure:
A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a crack like sore or ulcer. A normal groove or furrow, as in the liver or brain that divides an organ into lobes or parts.
Glycosuria:
the presence of glucose in the urine
Dermatitis:
Inflammation of the skin.
Erythema:
redness of the skin due to congestion of the capillaries.
Cystectomy:
Surgical removal of a cyst.
Expectorate:
To clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out matter.
Diuresis:
Excessive discharge of urine.
Enteral:
within the small intestine, or via the small intestine.
Flora:
the bacteria and fungi, both normally occurring and pathological, found in or on an organ.
Epistaxis:
nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose, usually due to rupture of small vessels overlying the anterior part of the cartilaginous nasal septum.
Fracture:
the breaking of a part, especially a bone.
Diaphoresis:
Perspiration, especially when copious and medically induced.
Gross:
coarse or large, visible to the naked eye without the use of magnification
Distal:
Anatomically located far from a point of reference, such as an origin or a point of attachment.
Doff:
To take off; remove
Epigastric:
pertaining to the epigastrium, the area above the stomach.
Exudate:
A fluid that has exuded out of a tissue or its capillaries due to injury or inflammation.
Eschar:
a slough produced by a thermal burn, by a corrosive application, or by gangrene.
Diastolic pressure:
The lowest arterial blood pressure reached when the ventricles are relaxed
Don:
to put on
Cyanosis:
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
Emesis:
The act of vomiting
Fistula:
An abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or a congenital disorder that connects an abscess, cavity, or hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ
Drainage:
The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.
Gastrostomy:
Establishment of a new opening into the stomach
Dyspnea:
labored or difficult breathing
Cyst:
An abnormal membranous sac in the body containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance.
Gait:
A particular way or manner of moving on foot
Febrile:
pertaining to or characterized by fever.
Genitourinary:
Relating to the organs of reproduction and urination collectively
Contusion:
bruise; an injury of a part without a break in the skin
Droplet precautions:
Procedures that reduce the risk of droplet-borne infections
Eczema:
A noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.
Dialysis:
the process of separating macromolecules from ions and low molecular weight compounds in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, through which crystalloids pass readily but colloids pass slowly or not at all.
Edema:
An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
Defecation:
To void feces from the bowels.
Feces:
waste matter discharged from the intestine.
Debride:
Surgical excision of dead, devitalized, or contaminated tissue and removal of foreign matter from a wound
Embolus:
A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel
Extremity:
the distal or terminal portion of elongated or pointed structures.
Section 3
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Papule:
a small, circumscribed, solid, elevated lesion of the skin
Malignant:
The term literally means growing worse and resisting treatment. It is used as a synonym for cancerous and indicates a harmful condition that generally is life-threatening.
Hypertension:
Abnormally elevated arterial blood pressure.
Hypercapnia:
An abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, usually caused by acute respiratory failure from conditions such as asthma and obstructive pulmonary disease. It can lead to seizures and death if acute and untreated
Nocturia:
excessive urination at night.
Intravenous:
Within or administered into a vein.
Patent:
open, unobstructed, or not closed.
Idiosyncratic reaction:
an uncommon response to a drug because of a genetic predisposition. It usually manifests as an abnormally short or abnormally large or long response to the drug, but it is possible for the response to be qualitatively different.
Murmur:
an auscultatory sound, particularly a periodic sound of short duration of cardiac or vascular origin.
Oliguria:
diminished urine production and excretion in relation to fluid intake
Hypoxemia:
Insufficient oxygenation of the blood.
Narcotic:
A drug derived from opium or opium like compounds, with potent analgesic effects associated with significant alteration of mood and behavior, and with the potential for dependence and tolerance following repeated administration.
Laceration:
A jagged wound or cut.
Nebulizer:
A device used to reduce liquid to an extremely fine cloud, especially for delivering medication to the deep part of the respiratory tract.
Lateral:
Relating to or situated at or on the side.
Integument:
The enveloping membrane of the body, including the dermis, epidermis, hair, nails, and sebaceous, sweat, and mammary glands.
Hypertrophy:
A non-tumorous enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of constituent cells
Ileostomy:
surgical creation of an opening into the ileum, with a stoma on the abdominal wall.
Keloid:
a sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due to excessive collagen formation in the dermis during connective tissue
Ophthalmic:
of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "
Hematoma:
A localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel.
Incontinence:
inability to control excretory functions.
Necrosis:
the morphological changes indicative of cell death caused by progressive enzymatic degradation; it may affect groups of cells or part of a structure or an organ.
Parenteral:
administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)
Melanoma:
a tumor arising from the melanocytic system of the skin and other organs
Medial:
situated toward the median plane or midline of the body or a structure.
Pallor:
paleness, as of the skin.
Hematuria:
The presence of blood in the urine
Oxygen Saturation:
the fraction of the hemoglobin molecules in a blood sample that are saturated with oxygen at a given partial pressure of oxygen. Normal saturation is 95%-100%.
Gynecomastia:
Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.
Intradermal:
within the dermis.
Neuropathy:
a functional disturbance or pathological change in the peripheral nervous system, sometimes limited to non-inflammatory lesions as opposed to those of neuritis.
Hyperplasia:
An abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or a tissue with consequent enlargement.
Paradoxical reaction:
is an effect of medical treatment, usually a drug, opposite to the effect which would normally be expected.
Maceration:
the softening and breaking down of skin resulting from prolonged exposure to moisture.
Orthopnea:
form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
Hypoxia:
Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues
Intramuscular:
within the muscular substance
Hydronephrosis:
The dilation of the pelvis and calyces of one or both kidneys because of the accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of urine outflow.
Palpation:
the act of feeling with the hand; the application of the fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body for the purpose of determining the condition of the parts beneath in physical diagnosis
Otoscope:
An instrument for examining the interior of the ear, especially the eardrum, consisting essentially of a magnifying lens and a light.
Orthostatic hypotension:
low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up
Hypotension:
Abnormally low arterial blood pressure
Hygiene:
The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health
Nosocomial:
Of or being a secondary disorder associated with being treated in a hospital but unrelated to the patient's primary condition.
Oximetry:
A device for measuring the oxygen saturation of arterial blood, especially a pulse oximeter.
Lumen:
the cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
Orifice:
An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent
Guaiac
a resin from a certain Caribbean tree, used as a reagent
Micturition:
the discharge of urine
Section 4
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