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TERM 11-1-11
TERMS
| TERM | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 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 |