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PN-120
NURSING WORDS MARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACUTE | SUDDEN |
| ADVERSE | UNFAVORABLE |
| AMBIVALENT | HAVING MIXED UNCERTAIN OR CONFLICTING FEELINGS ABOUT SOMETHING |
| AMBULATE | WALK |
| ANTICIPATORY | IN EXPECTATION OF SOMETHING |
| APENA | NO BREATHING |
| ASCENDING | MOVING UPWARD |
| ASEPTIC | WITHOUT DISEASE CAUSING GERMS, PREVENTING INFECTION |
| ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA | INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE LUNGS, CAUSED BY INHALING FLUID OR OTHER SUBSTANCE |
| AXILLA | ARMPIT |
| BACTERICIDAL | BACTERIA KILLER |
| BENIGN | HARMLESS |
| BILATERAL | TWO SIDES |
| BLUNT | NOT SHARP |
| BRADYCARDIA | SLOW HEART RATE |
| CARDIAC ARREST | HEART ATTACK |
| CHRONIC | LONG TERM |
| COMPETENT | FUNCTIONING NORMALLY |
| CONTRAINDICATED | LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ADVERSE REACTION |
| CYANOSIS | WITHOUT OXYGEN |
| DEFERRED | POSTPONE |
| DESCENDING | GOING DOWN |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | CHARACTERISTICS |
| DISCRIMINATE | NOTE DIFFERENCES |
| DISCRETE | COMPLETELY SEPARATE |
| DISTINCT | CLEARLY DIFFERENT |
| DIURESIS | EXTREME SWEATING |
| DOFF | TAKE OFF CLOTHING |
| DON | PUT ON CLOTHING |
| DYSPHASIA | DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING |
| DYSPNEA | DIFFICULTY BREATHING |
| EDEMA | SWELLING |
| ESSENCE | MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE |
| FEBRILE | FEVER |
| GAIT | WALK |
| HASTEN | TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN QUICKLY |
| INDIGENOUS | BELONING TO A PLACE |
| INVERTED | REVERSED |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPOTENSION | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
| INDURATION | LOCALIZED HARDENING OF SKIN |
| INVOLUTED | TURNED INWARD |
| LATERALIZATION | POSITIONING OF FUNCTION WITHIN THE BRAIN |
| LAUNCHING | START OF ACTIVITY |
| LUMEN | CAVITY |
| MALIGNANT | CANCEROUS |
| OBLITERATE | ERASE, DESTROY |
| ORGANOMEGALY | ENLARGED ORGAN |
| NOCTURIA | URINATION AT NIGHT |
| PALPATE | FEEL |
| PALPITATE | RACING HEART BEAT |
| PRECEDE | GO BEFORE SOMETHING |
| PROFICIENT | HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF SKILL IN SOMETHING |
| PROLIFERATION | INCREASE GREATLY |
| RELEGATED | DEMOTE SOMEBODY |
| SALIENT | NOTICEABLE |
| SATIETY | SOMEBODY HAS HAD ENOUGH TO EAT |
| TACHYCARDIA | FAST HEART RATE |
| THWART | PREVENT FROM BEING SUCCESSFUL |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | EAR DRUM |
| VIABLE | ABLE TO GROW |
| VOID | URINATE |
| VULNERABLE | WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROTECTION |
| A | WITHOUT |
| ALGE | PAIN |
| AMBI | AROUND |
| AN | WITHOUT |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
| CONTRA | AGAINST |
| CYAN | BLUE |
| DE | AWAY FROM |
| DERM | SKIN |
| DI,DIR,DIS | SEPARATE |
| DYS | PAIN |
| ECTOMY | OUT |
| EU | GOOD |
| EX | OUT, FROM, AWAY |
| GASTR | STOMACH |
| GLUCO | SUGAR |
| HEMA,HEMAT,HEMO | BLOOD |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| HYDRO | WATER |
| HYPER | HIGH |
| HYPO | LOW |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| LAPARO | ABDOMEN |
| MAL | BAD |
| MEGALY | ENLARGED |
| MY | MUSCLE |
| NECR | DEATH |
| MEPHR | KIDNEY |
| NEURO | NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| OR,ORI,ORO | MOUTH |
| PHLEB | VEIN |
| PNEA,PNEO | BREATHING |
| POLY | MANY |
| POST | AFTER |
| PRE | BEFORE |
| RRAGE,RRAGIA | BURST OOUT |
| RRHEA | DISCHARGE |
| SCOPY | VIEW |
| STASIS | STOP |
| STENO | NARROWING |
| TACHY | RAPID |
| THORA | CHEST |
| THROMB | BLOOD CLOT |
| TOMY | CUTTING OPERATION |
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