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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hemotoma | blood filled swelling |
| distended | Enlarged or expanded from pressure |
| tender | pain to pressure |
| protruding | sticking out |
| corpious | ... |
| profuse | very abundant; given or flowing freely |
| scant | not enough; barely enough; marked by a small or insufficient amount |
| emaciated | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold |
| cyanosis | blue, the bluish coloration of the skin due to the presence of deoxygenated hemoglobin in blood vessels near the skin surface |
| anorexia | a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite |
| edema | swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue |
| lumbar area | between throught and pelvis |
| thoracic area | chest |
| sacral | the posterior region between the hipbones |
| coccyx | the fused bones at the inferior end of the vertebral column |
| hematemesis | vomiting blood |
| hematuria | the presence of blood in the urine |
| dyspnea | Difficulty breathing |
| abrasion | Scrape or surface damage, stratum basale cells migrate, mitosis |
| anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body |
| posterior | at or near the hind end |
| objective | not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased |
| polyuria | renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine |
| defecation | The process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus; a bowel movement |
| halitosis | the condition of having foul smelling breath |
| productive | fruitful; profitable; fertile. adjective. |
| feces | waste from the digestive tract expelled through the rectum |
| stool | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
| urine | Fluid wastes removed from the body by the kidneys |
| void | excrete or discharge from the body/ empty |
| micturate | eliminate urine |
| purulent | containing, consisting of, or forming pus |
| emisis | vomit |
| constrict | draw together; render narrower; shrink |
| flushed | Red or warm in the face |
| flatus | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
| mucous | thick secretion that keeps membranes soft & moist |
| spasmodic | affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions |
| radiating | spreading |
| spastic | affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions |
| necrotic | dead tissue |
| paralysis | n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles. |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body; usually resulting from a brain injury rather than a spinal cord injury |
| clammy | unpleasantly cool and humid |
| subjective | taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias |
| anuria | inability to urinate |
| nocturia | excessive urination at night |
| incontinence | involuntary urination or defecation |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| ausc | ausculate |
| as tol | as tolerated |
| BR | bed rest |
| BS | BOWEL SOUNDS |
| CA | cancer |
| c/o | complaining of |
| CSM | circulation sensation movement |
| dx | diagnosis |
| ft | foot |
| IV | intravenous |
| LLL | left lower lobe |
| Lt | left |
| MI | myocardial infraction |
| MSU | mid stream urine |
| p | pulse |
| pp | pedal pulse |
| Rt | right |
| R/T | related to |
| R | respiration |
| resp | respitory respirations |
| ROM | range of motion |
| RLL | right lower lobe |
| SOB | short of breath |
| SOBOE | short of breath on exertion |
| tol | tolerated |
| TPR | temprature pulse respiration |
| # | fracture |
| w/c | wheel chair |
| ~ | approximately |
| < | less than |
| > | greater than |
| + | positive/ present |
| - | negative/ absent |
| ^ | diastolic BP |
| ... | systolic BP |
| ... | change |
| ' | foot |
| " | inch |
| / | per |
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