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CMA Chapter 19
Vitals: Temperature
Term | Definition |
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Afebrile | Without fever |
Antipyretic | Agent reduces fever |
Axilla | Armpit |
Celsius scale | A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 and the boiling point is 100 |
Conduction | The transfer of energy from one object to another by direct contact |
Convection | The transfer of energy, such as heat, through air currents |
Crisis | A sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal |
Disinfectant | An agent used to destroy disease- producing microorganisms but not necessarily their spores |
Fahrenheit scale | A temperature scale on which the freezing point is 32 and the boiling point is 212 |
Febrile | Pertaining to a fever |
Fever | Body temperature above normal |
Frenulum linguae | Mid-line fold that connects under-surface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth |
Hyperpyrexia | Extremely high fever |
Hypothermia | Body temperature below normal |
Malaise | Vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, fatigue onset of a disease and continues through the course of the illness |
Radiation | The transfer of energy, which, in forms of waves |