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Advanced Pharm
Adv Pharm YBI Chap 27 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anorexia | Loss of appetite |
| Incontinence | Inability to hold or retain urine |
| Pyuria | Pus in the urine |
| Ascites | Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
| Urinary frequency | Frequent urination |
| Nocturia | Excessive urination at night |
| Hematuria | Blood in the urine |
| Replacement therapy | Therapeutic replacement of lost body substances |
| Malaise | Discomfort or a nonspecific feeling of uneasiness, often a sign of illness |
| Diuresis | Loss of water in the body |
| Kernicterus | Jaundice occuring in infants during the second to eighth day of life |
| Solute | Substance dissolved in a solution or in body fluids |
| Lethargy | Feeling of sluggishness |
| Enuresis | Involuntary discharge of urine after an age when bladder control should be achieved; usually called "bedwetting" |
| Oliguria | Scanty urination |
| Urgency | Sudden, uncontrollable need to urinate |
| Dysuria | Painful urination |
| Electrolyte | Substance that uncouples into loss in solutions and then conducts an electrical charge |
| Solvent | Liquid in which substances are dissolved |