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Stack #31177
Stack #31177 ModuleC Unit IV Emergency Assisting
| words/word parts | definitions |
|---|---|
| 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 |