Study Guide #5 Vocabulary
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- Obese
- overwheight, as defined by a body mass
- Anorexia
- loss of appetite
- advocate
- plead or represent a goal or interest such as patients, staff, providers
- alopecia
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absence or loss of hair esp. on the head
-baldness - atrophy
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-a wasting; a decrease in size of an organ or tissue
-may reslult form death & reabsorption of cells, cellular proliferation; pressure ischemia, maluntrition, decreased activity, or hormonal changes - ambulatory
- walk or move above freely
- aphasia
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absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech, writing, or signs b/c of brain dysfuntion.
-it is considered complete or total when both sensory & motor areas are involved - caries
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grandular decay and disintegration of soft or bony tissue of a tooth.
-if the decay progresses, the surrounding tissue becomes inflamed & an abscess forms. - edentulous
- without teeth
- emesis
- vomitting
- equilibrium
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a state of balance
-a condition in whcih contending forces are equal - adaptation
- adjustment of an organism to change in internal or external conditions or circumstances.
- apex
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the pointed extremity of a conical structure
-of a lung: the superior, subclavicular portion of the lung - beneficence
- an ethical principle that emphasizes doing what is best for the patient. choosing to do good, acting kindly or charitably
- benign
- not recurrent or prgressive; nonmalignant
- Blood pressure
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BP, normal:
systolic 100-120mmHg:
diastolic below 80 mmHg - bounding
- contained, not free
- constipation
- a decrease in a person's normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and/or passage of excessively dry stool.
- cyanotic
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of the nature of affected with, or pertaining to cyanosis:
a blue, gray, slate or dark purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated/reduced hemoglobin in the blood - cachexia
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a state of ill health, manutrition, and wasting.
-it may occur in many chronic diseases, malignancies, and infections - consolidation
- the process of becoming solid, esp. in connection w/the lungs.
- contaminated
- to soil, stain of pollute to render unlift for use through introduction of a harmful or injurious substance. to make impure/clean. to deposit a radioactive substance in any place where it is not supposed to be.
- contracture
- fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or a joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue/joint
- distention
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to stretch out.
to become inflated - diaphoresis
- profuse sweating
- debridement
- the removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue. esp. in a wound.
- degeneration
- deterioration or impairment of an organ or part in the structure of cells and the substances of which they are a component
- dysphagia
- inability to swallow or diffculty in swallowing
- ecchymosis
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bruise
superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucous membrane - edema
- a local or generalized condition in which the body tissues contain an excessive amount of tissue fluid
- emaciated
- excessively thin; wasted
- empathy
- awareness of and insight into the feelings, emotions and behavior of another person and their meaning and significance
- exudate
- any fluid released from the body w/a high concentration of protein cells or solid debris.
- flaccid
- relaxed; flabby; having defective or absent muscular tone
- flushed
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sudden reddness of the skin
-irrigation of a cavity or a device such as a feeding tube, with water - fowler's
- a semi-sitting position
- halitosis
- offensive odor of the breath
- health
- a condition in which all funtions of the body and mind are normally active
- hemiplegia
- paralysis of one side of the body, usually resulting form damage to the corticospinal tracts of the CNS
- hemoptysis
- the expectoration of blood that arises from the larynx, trachea, bronchi or lungs
- hemorrhage
- blood loss
- host
- the organism from which a parasite obtains its nourshment
- illness
- sickness, a disease, an ailement
- jaundiced
- a condition marked by yellow staining of body tissues and fluids as a result of excessive levels of bilirubin in the blood stream
- kyphosis
- an exaggeration or angulation of the posterior curve of the thoracic spine, giving rise to the condition commonly known as humpback, hunchback, or Pott's curvature
- lordosis
- abnormal anterior convexity of the lumbar spine
- malignant
- growing worse, resisting treatment, said of concerous growths. tending or threatening to produce death; harmful
- microorganism
- a living organism too small to be seen w/the naked eye; expecially a virus, baterium, fungus, protozoan, or intracellular parasit and some helminths.
- mottled
- condition that is marked by discolored areas
- nausea
- a subjective unpleasan, wavelike sensation in the back of the throat, epigastrium or abdomen that may or may not lead to the urge or need to vomit
- nonmaleficence
- the principle of not doing something that cause harm
- paralysis
- loss of sensation; anesthesia-loss of purposeful movement. usually as a result of neurological disease, (i.e. stroke), drugs, toxins
- posture
- attitude or position of the body
- presbycusis
- progressive loss of hearing w/aging. typically resulting from sensneural hearing loss
- presbyopia
- the permanent loss of accomadation of the crystalline lens of the eye that occurs when peopole are in their mid-40's marked by the inability to maintain focus on objects held near to the eye
- pressure points
- a cutaneous area that can be used for exerting pressure to control bleeding
- pressure ulcer
- damage to the skin or underlying structures as a result of tissue compression and inadequate perfusion
- prone
- horizontal with the face downward
- prosthesis
- replacement of a missing part by an artificial substitute, such as an artificial extremity
- pulse
- rate, rhythm, condition of arterial walls compressibility and tension, and size and shape of the fluid, wave through the arteries as a result of each hearbeat
- purelent
- suppurative; forming or containing pus
- rapport
- a relationship of mutual trust and understanding esp. between the aptient and physician, nurse or other health care provider
- respiration
- breathing and consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
- restraint
- the purpose of refraining fomr any aciton, mental or physical
- rubor
- discoloration of redness caused by inflammation
- scaphoid
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boat-shaped navicular, hollowed
aproximal boat-shaped bone of the carpus - scoliosis
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a lateral curvature of the spine
-usually consists of 2 curves. the orignial abnormal curve and a compensatory curve in the opposite direction - self-esteem
- one's personal evaluation or view of self, generally thought to influence feelings and behaviors
- senscence
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the process of growing old
the period of old age - Sim's
- a semi-prone position w/the pt on the L side, R knee and thigh draws well up, L arm along the pt, back and chest inclined forward so that the pt. rest on it.
- supine
- lying on the back w/face upward
- sympathy
- an association of feeling of closeness between individuals such that something that affects one affects the other
- temperature
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the degree of hotness/coldness
oral temp. 97.5-99.5 degrees - thermal
- pertaining to heat
- tort
- a wrongful act or injury, committed by an entity or person against another person's property, that may be pursued in civil court by the injured party
- umbilicus
- a depressed point in the middle of the abdomen; the scar that maries the former attachment of the umbilical cord to the fetus
- vasodilation
- dialation of blood vessels esp. small arteries & arterioles
- vector
- any force or influence that is a quantity completely specified by magnitude, direction and sense, which can be represented by a straight line of appropriat length and direction
- venous stasis
- stopping of the normal flow of bood passing through the veins
- vertigo
- the sensation of moving around in space or having objects move about the person