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Stack #31177
Stack #31177 ModuleC Unit IV Emergency Assisting
words/word parts | definitions |
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crisis | critical period of a disease |
ambulat/o | to walk |
ana- | up, apart, backward, excessive |
anti- | against |
arteri/o | artery |
asphyxi/o | lack of O2 (oxygen) |
capill/o | hair |
cris/o | turning point |
cyan/o | blue |
diaphor/o | sweat |
-dipsia | thirst |
edem- | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
emet/o | vomit |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
epi- | upon, above, on |
erythr/o | red |
-esis | state or abnormal condition |
hem/o | blood or relating to blood |
-ia | state or condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
ket/o | ketones |
-osis | disease or abnormal condition |
-phylaxis | protection |
-rrhage | hemorrhage |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-stasis | controlling or stopping |
syncope/o | cut off |
ventilat/o | breathing, exposing to air or fan |
ambulatory | able to walk |
anaphylaxis | severe allergic reaction |
antiemetic | drug used to stop vomiting & nausea |
asphyxia | suffocation |
cyanosis | bluish discoloration of skin |
diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
edema | swelling |
epistaxis | nosebleed |
syncope | fainting |
assessment | brief examination |
dehydration | excessive loss of body fluid |
immobilize | prevent from moving |
NVD | nausea vomiting & diarrhea |
primary | occuring first |
respondeat superior | "Let the Master Answer" |
secondary | occuring after first |
shock | condition in which patient presents with pale clammy skin, rapid weak pulse & decreased BP |
trendelenburg | position with head lower than feet |
triage | priority of treatment |