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| Adventitious sounds | Abnormal breath sounds.
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| Afebrile | Without fever,body temp 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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| Antipyretic | An agent that reduces fever.
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| Aorta | The major trunk of the arterial system of the body.
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| Apnea | The temporary cessation of breathing.
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| Axilla | The armpit.
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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
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| Bradypnea | An abnormally decrease in respitory rate.
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| Celsius scale | The temp scale in which the frezzing point of water is 0 degrees and poiling point is 100 degrees.
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| Conduction | The transfer of energy to on object to another by direct contact.
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| Convection | Transfer of energy by air currents.
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| Crisis | A sudden falling of an elevated body temp to normal.
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| Cyanosis | A bluish discoloration of the skin.
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| Diastole | The fase in the cardiac cycle in which the heart relaxes between contractions.
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| Diastolic pressure | the point of less pressure on the arterial wall.
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| Dyspean | Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
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| Dysrhythmia | An irregular rhythm.
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| Eupnea | Normal Respirations.
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| Exhalation | The act of breathing out.
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| Fahrenheit scale | A temp scale on which the freezing point is 32 and the boil point is 100.
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| Febrile | Pertaining to fever.
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| Fever | A body temp that is above normal.
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| Frenulum linguae | The mid line 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 abnormally fast and deep type of breathing.
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| Hypopnea | An abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of respiration.
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| hypotension | Low blood pressure.
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| Hypothermia | A body temp that is below normal.
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| Hypoxemia | A decrease in the oxygen saturationof the blood.
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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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| Intercostal | Between the ribs.
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| korotkoff sounds | sounds used to determine systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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| Malaise | A vague sense of body disacomfort.
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| Manometer | An istrument for measuring pressure.
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| Meniscus | The curved surface on a colum of liquid in a tube.
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| Orthopnea | The condition in which breathing is easier when an individual is in a sittin or standing position.
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| Pulse oximeter | A computerized device consiting of a probe and monitor used to measue the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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| Pule oximetry | The use of a pulse oximeter to to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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| Pulse pressure | The difference between the systolic and diasolic 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 of energy in the form of waves.
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| Sa02 | Refers to oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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| sphygmomanometer | An instrument for measuring systolic pressureblood pressure.
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| Stethoscope | An instrument for amplifying and hearing sounds produced by the body.
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| Systole | is the contraction of the heart.
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| systolic pressure | The point of maximum pressureon the arterial wall.
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| Tachycardi | An abnormally fast heart rate.
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| Tachypnea | An abnormal increase in respiratory rate.
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| Thready pulse | A pulse with a decrease volume that feels weak and thin.
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