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Afebrile without fever Apnea without respirations arrhythmia irregular heart rhythm bradycardia pulse rate under 60 beats per minute bradypnea slow respiratory rate, below 10 per minute Cheyne-Stokes abnormal breathing pattern; periods of dyspnea and apnea cyanosis bluish discoloration of the skin diastolic pressure withing the walls of arteries when the left ventricle is at rest dyspnea difficukty breathing febrile elevated body temperature, above 101 F (38.3 C) hyperopia defect in near vision; farsightedness hypertension high blood pressure hyperthermia rectal temperature above 104 F (40 C) hypotension low blood pressure myopia defect in distant vision, nearsightedness OD abbreviation for right eye OS abbreviation for left eye OU abbreviation for both eyes orhtopnea severe dyspnea, requires breathing sitting or standing pyrexia fever rales bubbling or noisy respirations caused by fluid or mucous in the air passages rhythm regularity of the pulse, space between the beats (regular or irregular) systole pressure within the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle is contracting tachycardia pulse rate above 100 beats per minute (except in children) tachypnea rapid, shallow respiration, over 25 per minute volume strength of the pulse (strong, weak, thread, bounding) wheezing difficult breathing with a high-pitched whistling