terminology and abbr Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
- q | every |
qid | four time a day |
q4h | every four hours |
qod | every other day |
qd | every day |
TPR | temperature,pulse and respiration |
BP | blood pressure |
- c | with |
- s | without |
prn | as needed |
V/S,VS | vital signs |
bid | twice a day |
tid | three times a day |
hs | bedtime(hour of sleep) |
Ad lib | as desired |
tachypnea | Abnormally rapid breathing. |
bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing rate |
tachycardia | An abnormally rapid heart rate. |
bradycardia | Abnormally slow heart action. |
systole | The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries. |
asystole | absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) |
eupnea | normal relaxed breathing. |
apnea | Temporary cessation of breathing, esp. during sleep. |
hyperpnea | energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders. |
thready | weak, thin; shallow. |
hyperventilation | abnormally increased pulmonary ventilation |
dyspnea | labored or difficult breathing. |
fever | body temperature elevation over 100 °F |
febrile | Of, relating to, or characterized by fever |
afebrile | Having no fever |
angina | a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle |
wheezing | To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound. |
Rales | An abnormal respiratory sound characterized by fine crackles |
rhonchi | a rattling or whistling respiratory sound resembling snoring, caused by secretions in the trachea or bronchi |
orthopnea | a respiratory ailment in which the sufferer can breathe only when standing upright. |
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