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Chapter 8
Flash Cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SPLENALGIA | pain in the spleen |
| PETECHIA | small bruise |
| ECCHYMOSIS | large bruise |
| ANEMIA | reduction of red blood cells noticed by the patient as weakness and fatigue |
| LYMPHEDEMA | swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph |
| HEMORRHAGE | excessive blood loss |
| SPLENODYNIA | pain in the spleen |
| HEMOPHILIA | a condition in which the blood doesn't clot thus causing excessive bleeding. |
| HEMATOMA | a mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue |
| RE PERFUSION INJURY | injury to tissue that occurs after blood flow is restored |