Terminology.txt

Blood poisoning

• Endemic: disease always present in a population - ex: the flu
• Epidemic: when many people acquire a disease in a short period of time. Ex: a large outbreak of the flu

• Signs: Objective changes that can be observed by a nurse
• Symptoms: what the patient feels, ex: pain in the chest
• Syndrome: a group of signs/symptoms

Excessive douching eliminates normal microbiota and gives the yeast Candida Albicans a free place to grow leading to vagatitis

Blood in the urine

Hematuria

CHF is a pathological condition of the heart in which there is a reduced outflow of blood from the left side of the heart because the left ventricle myocardium has become too weak to efficiently pump blood, results in breathlessness, weakness and edema.

• Hair
• Ex: arrector pili = hair muscle

vessel, duct

Congenital condition in which a lack of thyroid hormones may result in arrested physical and mental development

Peritoneum

A smooth transparent serous membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen.

• sweat
• Anhidrous: the abnormal absensce of sweating

Insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle due to an obstruction of one of more coronary arteries. May be caused by aterosclerosis and may casue angina pectoris and/or MI. Pain comes and goes, if lasting longer than 20 minutes something else is happening.

• structural component of cell membranes
• helps manufacture bile acids, steriod hormones and vitamin D

Ischemia

The localized and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to an obstruction.

• under, beneath, below
• Infraorbital - under the eye socket

• All
• Pancarditis = inflammation of all the heart

Inflammation of all the heart

• Development, growth
• Dysplasia = abnormal development

Abnormal development

Rupture

Ruptured uterus

Hernia, protrusion

Cystocele

Through

Percutaneous

Excessive, abnormal flow

Hemorrhage

Discharge, flow

Rhinorrhea

Small Intestine

Pertaining to the small intestines

Blood

Abnormal condition

Cyanosis

Forming, developing

New development

• Tissue Swelling
• caused by anything that increases fluid flow out of the blood or inhibits its return - can be caused by hypertension, blood vessel blockage, CHF

Before, in front of

Before birth

Puncture to withdraw fluid

Puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint

to cut

Spine

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - hypertrophy of the prostate which distorts urethra - enhances the risk of bladder infections and kidney disease

Prostatic Specific Antigen = biomarker for prostate cancer

Body

instrument for viewing

Instrument to view the stomach

Instrument for recording

beside, beyond, near

Near or beside the nose

Within, inside

Within a vein

Instrument for measuring

Normal, good

Normal breathing

Process of recording

Destruction

Cutting into

Suture

Myorrhaphy

Surgical fixation

Surgical fixation of a kidney

The abnormal widening and thickening of the ends of the fingers and toes associated with chronic oxygen deficiency.

Dilated, expansion

Dilated bronchus

Optic

Body

Away from

Drooping

Drooping Rectum

Bladder

to create an opening in the bladder

gland

upon, over

Over the stomach

process of measuring

bile, gal

Record of the gall bladder

Digestion

Slow digestion

Vomitting blood

False pregnancy

Fallen uterus that can cause the cervic toprotrude through the vaginal opening. Generally caused by weakened muscles from vaginal delivery or a result of pelvic tumors pressing down.

By mouth

Thymus

once a day; every day

3 times a day

nothing by mouth

twice a day

every

every hour

• motor function
• personality
• speech

Hearing and smell

spinal cord or bone marrow

Absence of pain or sensation