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TERM 11-1-11
TERMS
TERM | MEANING |
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DYSKINESIA | IMPAIRMENT OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT |
DYSPAREUNIA | PAINFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE |
DYSPONIA | DEFFECTIVE USE OF VOICE |
DYSURIA | PAINFUL URINATION |
EMESIS | VOMIT |
HEMATURIA | BLOOD IN THE URINE |
HEMOPTYSIS | COUGHING UP BLOOD |
INCONTINENCE | THE INABILITY TO CONTROL ONES BOWELS OR KIDNEYS |
NOCTURIA | WAKING UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO URINATE |
DEFECATATION | TO VOID FECES FROM THE BOWELS |
ENEMA | THE PROCEDURE OF INTRODUCING LIQUIDS INTO THE RECTUM AND COLON VIA THE ANUS |
EFFERVESCENT SALTS | SALTS THAT RELEASE GASSES WHEN DROPPED INTO WATER |
EXPECTORANT | THINS THE MUCUS THAT BLOCKS THE AIR TUBES LEADING TO THE LUNGS |
OCCLUSIVE DRESSING | AN AIR AND WATER TIGHT TRAUMA DRESSING USED IN FIRST-AID |
PRECIPITATE | TO CAUSE TO SEPARATE FROM SOLUTION OR SUSPENSION |
REBOUND CONGESTION | A CONSTANT NASAL STUFFINESS THAT DEVELOPS FROM THE OVER USE OF DECONGESTANT MEDICATION SPRAYS |
SEDATITIVE | A SUBSTANCE THAT INDUCES SEDATON BY REDUCING IRRITABILITY OR EXCITEMENT |
STIMULANT | SOMETHING THAT INCREASES ALERTNESS, ATTENTION, AND ENERGY, AS WELL AS ELEVATES BLOOD PRESSURE, HEARTRATE, AND RESPIRATIONS. |
VEHICLE | HOW THE MEDICINE IS PUT INTO THE BODY |
DEPRESSANT | A DRUG THAT REDUCES THE FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY OR A SPECIFIC PART OF THE BODY OR BRAIN |