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Nursing Arts
Vital Sign Terminology -Temperature Terms
Question | Answer |
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Crisis | Rapid drop of body temperature to normal. |
Hypothermia | Body temperature that is below average normal range. |
Intermittent Temperature | Periods of normal temperature broken by periods of elevated temperature |
Lysis | Gradual return of body temperature to normal |
Pyrexia | An elevated body temperature (above their normal). |
Remittent Temperature | An above normal fluctuating temperature. |