Basic Medical Terms 21-40
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- CATHETERIZATION
- The placement of a tube into the body, usually for drainage reasons.
- CERVICAL
- Pertaining to the neck.
- CHRONIC
- Marked by long duration or frequent recurrence: not acute
- COMA
- unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused - deep and prolonged.
- CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)
- Heart cannot efficiently pump blood due to previous heart muscle damage.
- CORONARY HEART DISEASE
- Blood supply to the heart is decreased by the narrowing of coronary arteries.
- CONSCIOUS
- Mentally awake - responds to stimuli.
- CONTUSION
- Injury to tissues without skin breakage (bruise).
- CONVULSIONS
- Involuntary contraction and relaxation of the voluntary muscles.
- CROWNING
- First appearance of the baby's head in the vaginal opening.
- CYANOSIS
- Blueness of the skin due to oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues.
- DEHYDRATION
- Inadequate amount of water in the body tissues.
- DELIRIUM
- Usually a temporary mental disturbance noted by illusions, wandering speech and hallucinations.
- DEPRESSION
- Lowered mental and physical activity.
- DERMATITIS
- Inflammation of the skin.
- DIABETES
- Body does not regulate blood sugar level properly - usually due to lack of insulin.
- DIAPHORESIS
- Profuse sweating (diaphoretic).
- DIASTOLE
- Relaxation phase of heartbeat.
- DISORIENTATION
- Mental confusion - loss of recognition of time, place of persons.
- DYSPNEA
- Difficult or laboured breathing.