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Acute
- Short term
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AD LIB
No Restriction (up at Liberty)
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ADL
Activities of Daily Living
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Aspiration
Food, fluid or objects taken into the lung.
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BKA
Below the knee amputation.
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AKA
Above the knee ampoutation
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cc
Cubic Centimeters (30 cc in one ounce)
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Centigrade
Unit of Measurement dealing with Temperature
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Chronic
Long Term (longer than 6 months)
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D/C
Discontinue or discharge
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ECF
Extended Care Facility
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Edema
Swelling with fluid or water
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Emisis
Vomitus (expelling of food and fluid through the mouth)
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Fahrenheit
Unit of Measurement dealing with Temperature
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HS
At Bedtime (Hour of sleep)
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Incontinence
Inability to control urine or feces
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IV
Intravenous (inside the vein)
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Kardex
A type of card file that summarizes info from the medical record
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ml
Milliliters (30ml in one ounce)
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NCS
No Concentrated Sweets
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OT
Occupational Therapist
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PRN
As Needed or When Necessary
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PROM
Passive Range of Motion
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Qh, Q2h, Q3h
Every hour, Every 2 hours, Every 3 hours etc.
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s/p
Status post-after an event
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STAT
At Once (immediately, NOW)
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THA
Total Hip Arthroplasty (Surgical replacement/ repair of the hip)
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TKA
- Total Knee Arthroplasty
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TPR
Temperature, Pulse, Respirations
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TTWB
Toe Touch Weight Bearing
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Abduction
Moving away from the body
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Adduction
Moving toward the body
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Anterior
Toward the front
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Distal
Futher from the center or point of origin
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Dorsal Recumbant
Same as supine
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Fowler's Position
The head of the bed is at 45 to 60 degrees
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High Fowler's Position
The head of the bed is at 60 to 90 degrees
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Lateral
Away from the middle or midline of the body
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Medial
Toward the middle or midline of the body
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Orthopneic Position
- The person sits leaning forward over a bedside table to expand their lungs
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Prone
Lying face down or on the stomach
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Proximal
Nearest to the center or point of origin
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Proximal
Nearest to the center or point of origin
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Reverse Trendelenberg
- Head of bed raised and foot lowered
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Semi Fowler's Position
Head of the bed is 30 degrees and the knees are at 15degrees
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Sims Position
Used for rectal examination or enema
Lying on left side with Rt knee flexed
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Trendelenburg Position
- Head of bed lowered and feet raised
- (used for shock)
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Abdominal
- Abdomen
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CAD
Coronary Artery Disease
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Cardio
Having to do with the Heart
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Ceph
Has to do with the head
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coronary
Having to do with the Heart
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Embolus
A moving blood clot
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Neph / Nephro
Having to do with the kidneys
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Neuro
Nervous System/ brain
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Phlebe
Having to do whth veins
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Pleural
Having to do with the lungs
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Thrombus
A stationary blood clot
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a/an/anti
Absence of or without
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Brady
Slow, Slower than Normal
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Chole
prefix meaning bile
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Ger/i
referring to the elderly
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Heme, Hema
Having to do with Blood
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Hemi
- Half
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Hyper
Excessive, Above nomal
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Hypo
Under, Less than nomal
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Para
- Alongside
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Sub Q
for subcutaneous, or just under the skin
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Tachy
Fast, Faster than Normal
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static/ stasis
Unchanging, Level
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Angina
Chest Pain (from the heart)
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Apical
Having to do whigh the Apex(tip) of the Heart
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Artery
Carries blood away from the heart
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Atrial Atrium
Upper chambers of the heart
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MI
- Myocardial Infarction, Heart Attack
- (Death of the Heart Muscle)
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Systole
Working Phase of the heart
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Thrombus
A stationary or non moving blood clot
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Vein
Carries blood toward the heart
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Ventricular/ Ventricle
Lower Chambers of the Heart
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Apnea
Absence of Breathing
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Bronch/us
From the Latin word for windpipe
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COPD
Congestive Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Cyanosis
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucosa from insufficient Oxygen
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Emphysema
Disease in which the alveoli are distended and clogged
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Orthopnea
- Shortness of breath when lying flat,
- meaning that the person has to sit up to breathe
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Pleura/ Pleural
Having to do with Lungs
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Pnea
Suffix having to do with Lungs or Air
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Pulmo, pulmonary
Having to do with Lungs
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Respiration
- To Breathe
- One Respiration is one breath in and one breath in and one breath out
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Sputum
Substance ejected from the mouth containing saliva and mucous
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Trachea
Part of the throat, from the Greek word for windpipe
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Afebrile
Not having a fever
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Apical pulse
Taken over the apex of the heart with a stethoscope
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Diastole
Resting phase of the heart
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Diastolic
When you stop hearing the beat when taking a B/P
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Fahenheit/Centigrade
- Measurements for Temperature
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Orthostatic hypotension
A sudden drop in blood pressure caused by standing up too quickly
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Pulse
The heartbeat, felt or heard over an artery
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Pulse Deficit
The difference between the apical and radial pulse
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Pulse Rate
Howfast the heart is beating, heart rate
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Systole
Working phase of the heart
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Systolic
The first beat you hear when taking a B/P
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TPR
Temperature, pulse, respiration
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Chole
Bile / Gall bladder
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Gastro
Having to do with the Stomach
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Peristalsis
The involuntary muscle contraction in the digestive system that moves food
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Thyro
Having to do with the Thyroid
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Vagus Nerve
A nerve in the rectum that if over stimulated can slow the heart rate
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Defecation
Passing a bowel Movement
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Feces/ Fecal
Having to do with Fecal matter still inside the body
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impaction
- Condition of being tightly wedged in the body
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Stool, Excrement
Fecal matter that has passed ouside the body
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Micturate, Void
to Urinate
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Neph
Has to do with the kidneys
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Renal
Having to do with the kidneys
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Ur/ia
Having todo with the urinary system
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Cutaneous
Having to do with the skin
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Decubitus Ulser
- Pressure Sore, Pressure Ulcer
- Breakdown in the skin from lying in one position
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Derma/o
Having to do with skin
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Atrophy
A decrease in size or wasting away of tissue
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Contracture
Lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle
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Ligament
Attaches bones to bones
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Ortho
Has to do Bones and Skeletal system
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Tendons
Connects muscle to bone
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Cap/
- Having to do with the head
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Cephalo/cephalic
Having to do with the skull
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Cranio
Having to do with the brain
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CVA
Cerebral Vascular Accident/Attack (Stroke)
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Neur/o
Having to do with the nervous system and brain
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TIA
- Transient Ischemic Attack
- (small temporary stroke)
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Asepsis
Being free of disease producing microbes.
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Clean technique
in medical asepsis(means the same thing)
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Fomite
inanimate object(as a towel or money) that can tranmit infections from one person to another
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Medical asepsis
Removing pathogens ie-handwashing
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Normal flora
A micorbe that lives in a certain area without causing disease
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Pathogen
A microbe that is harmful and causesinfection
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Sterile
The absence of All microbes
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Surgical asepsis
The process of getting it clean of all micobes
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Antibody
A cell that fights infections
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Auto Immune
When a person's immune system attacks it's own cells
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Immunity
Being protected against something
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Metastatic / Metastasis
Cancer that has spread to other parts of the body
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Tumor
An over growth of cells
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