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Intro spelling #3
Spelling and defin.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Infusing | to introduce or adminster or inject by infusion especially by IV |
| Impaired | Weakened, diminished, or damaged |
| Palpate | to touch or feel |
| Perineal | area that includes the penis / vagina and rectum |
| Perineun | Area between the anus and the scrotum / vulva |
| Incontinence | the inability to control urination or defecation |
| Orthopnea | An abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably |
| Peripheral | pertaining to the outside, surface, or surrounding area of an organ, other structure, or field of vision |
| Paralysis | the loss of muscle function, sensation or both |
| Pallor | an unnatural paleness or absence of color in the skin |
| Occult | Hidden or difficult to observe directly |
| Nausea | a sensation accompanying the urge but not always leading to vomiting |
| Mucus | Slippery secreations of the mucus membrane and glands |
| Mucous Membrane | any obe of four major kinds of thin sheets of tissue that cover or line various parts of the body |
| Menstruation | the periodic discharge through the vagina of a bloddy secretion containing tissue debris. Lasting 4-5 days occuring approximately ever 28 days |
| Malaise | A vague uneasy feeling of body weakness, distress, or discomfort |
| Lethargic | Sluggishness, serious, drowsiness, prolonged sleepiness |
| Laceration | a torn jagged wound |
| Irrigated | A body cavity or wound that has been washed out with a stream of water or other fluids |
| Insulin | Hormone secreated by the pancreas in response to increased levels of glucose in the blood |
| Infiltrated | Tissue or substance that has been penetrated |
| Incision | a cut produced surgically by a sharp instrument that creates an opening into an organ or space in the body |
| Hypoglycemia | a low level of glucose in the blood |
| Hyperglycemia | a greater that normal amount of glucose in the blood |
| Oriented | having psychological orientation |
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