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temperatures/fever
vital/ bio metrics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hypothalamus | Small part of the brain near the pituitary gland that regulate temp and releases hormones. |
| Febrile | presence of a fever |
| afebrile | absence of a fever |
| Intermittent Fever | fluctuating fever that returns to or below base temp that up again. |
| Remittent fever | Fluctuating fever that remains high and doesn't return to base temp. |
| Continuous fever | Fever that remains high with no fluctuation |
| axillary temp | least accurate temp in armpit |
| Rectal | most accurate temp. |
| tympanic | temp in the ear, for kids and confused pts. |