care of geriatric/pediatric pt's vocabulary
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| alzheimer's disease | degenerative disease of the cns characterized by premature senile mental deterioration
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| aging | process of growing old
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| term | a baby born at 38 or more gestational weeks
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| antrophy | wasting;a decrease in size of an organ/tissue
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| anxiety | abnormal/overwhelming apprehension/fear about upcoming events
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| defense mechanisms | habitual behaviors/patterns of behavior that allow people to avoid experiencing anxiety or physiological threat
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| coping | attempt to deal w/unpleasant, uncomfortable, unknown,stressful or anxiety-producing situations
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| analegsia | absence of normal sense of pain
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| premature | baby born before 38 wks of gestation regardless of birth weight
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| bias | prejudice;unreasonable distortion of judgment
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| mourning | expressing grief/sorrow for a person's death, especially wearing black clothing, armband as outward expressions
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| death | permanent cessation of all vital functions; loss of brain stem/spinal reflexes w/flat encephalogram over 24 hrs
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| anastomosis | union of parts so as to intercommunicate
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| culture | customary beliefs/traits of a racial,religious or social group
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| APGAR | assessment scoring system for newborns
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| terminal | pertaining to the end
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| grief | emotion of sorrow,sadness or anguish usually related to the death/loss of someone/something that was much loved,respected/highly regarded
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| skin turgor | resistance of the skin to deformation
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| depression | psychological disorder marked by feelings of sadness & hopelessness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking/concentrating, increase/decrease in normal eating/sleeping patterns & sometimes suicidal tendencies
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| libido | sexual drive, conscious or unconscious
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| fetal death | death of a fetus after 20 wks of gestation & before delivery, regardless of gestational age, w/no signs of life following birth
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| needs | physiological/psychological requirements for the well-being of an organism
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| stenosis | narrowing/constriction of a passage/orfice
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| pediatrics | branch of medicine dealing w/the development,care & diseases of children
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| prognosis | projection of the course & end of a disease, and the estimate of chance of recovery
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