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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blue-like discolouration of the skin due to lack of oxygen | cyanosis |
| yellow coloured skin | jaundice |
| swelling | edema |
| a disease-producing organism | pathogen |
| to distribute | dispense |
| something you can see | sign |
| something a patient feel | symptom |
| probable outcome of a illness/injury | prognosis |
| identifying of an illness/injury | diagnosis |
| short-term illness | acute disease |
| long-term illness | chronic disease |
| hypersensitivity to an allergen | allergy |
| foreign object | allergen |
| severe allergic reaction | anaphylaxis |
| arms and legs | extrimities |
| hair loss | alopecia |
| bed sore | decubitis |
| bad breath | halitosis |
| vomit | emesis |
| substance brought up from lungs | sputum |
| inability to control urination or bowel movements | incontinent |
| gas | flatus |
| hard feces that are difficult and painful to eliminate | constipation |
| instillation of fluid into rectum to relieve constipation or give medication | barium enema |
| stretched out | distention/distened |
| emptying of stool from rectum | bowel movement |
| stop | cessation |
| preventive messure | prophylactically |
| deadly | leathal/fatal/mortality |
| poisonous | toxic |
| hospital-acquired infection | nosocomial infection |
| stationary blood clot | thrombus |
| blood clot that originates elsewhere | embolus |
| dizziness | vertigo |
| ringing in the ears | tinnitus |
| nosebleed | epistaxis |
| loss of memory | amnesia |
| sluggish, drowsy, loss of energy | lethargic |
| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen | ascites |
| diminishment of muscle due to lack of use | atrophy |
| non cancerous | benign |
| cancerous | malignant |
| removal and examination of a living tissue | biopsy |
| to change from a liquid to a thick mass | coagulate |
| progressive decline in thinking | dementia |
| cause of a disease | etiology |
| under-arm region | axillary |
| groin region | inguinal |
| region above the stomach | epigastric |
| apex of the heart | apical |
| generalized feeling of discomfort | malaise |
| spreading to another area | metastasis |
| death of tissue | necrosis |
| supportive | palliative |
| care of terminally ill patients w/ -6 months to live | hospice |
| open | patent |
| lying on stomach | prone |
| lying on back | supine |
| intense itching | puritis |
| intense sweating | diaphoresis |
| fainting | syncope |
| skin condition with areas of no pigment | vitiligo |
| coughing up blood | hemoptosis |
| low blood supply to an area | ischemia |
| paleness | pallor |
| neck region | cervical |
| lower back region | lumbar |
| belly button | navel/umbilical |
| gingivitis | inflammation of the gums |
| purulent | containing pus |
| contusion | bruise |
| abrasion | skin scrape |
| laceration | cut in skin |
| prosthesis | artificial body part |
| amputation | surgical removal of a body part |
| stable | constant condition |
| ausculation | act of listening |
| coronary | pertaining to the heart |
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