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| Adventitious Sounds | Abnormal breath sounds.
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| Afebrile | Without fever: the body temperature is normal.
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| Alveolus | A thin-walled air sac of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
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| Antecubital space | The space located at the front of the elbow.
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| Anitpyretic | An agent that reduces fever.
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| Aorta | The major trunk of the arterial syster of the body. The aorta arises from the upper surface of the left ventricle.
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| Apnea | The temporary cessation of breathing.
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| Axilla | A pulse with an increased volume that feels very strong.
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| Bounding Pulse | A pulse with an increased volume that feels very strong and full.
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| Bradycardia | An abnormally slow heart rate(less than 60 beats per minute).
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| Bradypnea | An abnormal decrease in the resirtory rate of less than 10 respirations per minute.
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| Celsius scale | A temperature scale on which the frezzing point of water is 0 degress and the boiling point of water is 100 degress: also called the centigrade scale.
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| Conduction | The transfer of energy, such as heat, from one object to another by direct contact.
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| Convection | The transfer of energy, such as heat through air currents.
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| Crisis | A sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal.
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| Cyanosis | A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
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| Diastole | The phae in the cardiac cycle in which the heart relaxes between contrations.
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| Diastollic Pressure | The point of lesser pressure on the arterial wall, which is recorded during diastole.
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| Dyspnea | Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
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| Dysrhythmia | An irregular rhythm: also termed arrhythmia.
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| Eupnea | Normal respiration. The rate s 16 to 20 respirations per minute, the rhythm is even and regular and the depth is normal
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| Exhalation | The act of breathing out.
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| Fahrenheit scale | A temperature scale on which the freezing point or water is 32 degress and the boiling point of water is 212 degress.
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| Febrile | Pertaning to fever.
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| Fever | A body temp. that is above normal: synonym for pyrexia
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| Frenulum linguae | The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth.
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| Hyperpnea | An abnormal increase in the rate and depth of respiration
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| Hyperpyrexia | An extremely high fever.
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| Hypertension | High blood pressure.
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| Hyperventilation | an abnormaly fast and deep type of breathig, usually associated with acute anxiety conditions.
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| Hypopnea | An abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of resperation.
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| Hypotension | Low blood pressure.
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| Hypothermia | A body temperature that is below normal.
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| Hypoxemia | A decrease in oxygen saturation of the blood. Hypoxemia may lead to hypoxia.
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| Hypoxia | A reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues of the body,
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| Inhalation | The act of breathing in.
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| Intercoastal | Between the ribs.
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| Korotkoff sounds | Sounds heard during the measurement of blood pressure that are used to determine the systolic and diastolic blood ressure readings.
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| Malaise | A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue that often marks the onset of a disease and continues through the cource of the illness.
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| Manometer | An instrument for measuring pressure.
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| Meniscus | The curved surface on a column of liquid in a tube.
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| Orthopnea | The condition in which breathing is easier when an individual is in a sitting or standing position.
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| Pulse oximeter | A computerized device consisting of a probe and a monitior used to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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| Pulse oximetry | The use of pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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| Pulse pressure | The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures.
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| Pulse rhythm | The time interval between heartbeats.
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| Pulse volume | The strength of the heartbeat.
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| Radiation | The transfer or energy, such as heat, in the form of waves.
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| SaO2 (saturation of peripheral oxygen) | Abbreviation for the percentage of hemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen in rterial blood as measured by a pulse oximeter.
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| Stethoscope | An instrument used for amplifying snd hearing sounds produced by the body.
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| Systole | The phase in the cardiac cycle in whi h the ventricles contract, sending blood out of the heart and into the aorta and pulmonary aorta.
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| Systolic pressure | The point of maximum pressure on teh arterial walls, which is recorded during systole.
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| Tachycardia | An abnormaly fast heart rate. (more than 100 bpms).
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| Tachypnea | An abnormal increase in the resiratroy rate of more than 20 respirations per minute.
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| Thready Pulse | A pulse with a decreased volume that feel weak and thin.
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| Sphygmomanometer | An instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure
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| Sp02 (saturation of peripheral oxygen) | Abbreviation for the percentage of hemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen in arterial blood as measured by a pluse oximeter
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