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Abscess |
Collection of pus under skin |
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Antipyretic |
Medication used to reduced a fever |
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Afebrile |
without a fever |
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Anterior |
Located towards the front of the body |
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Appendicitis |
dangerous infection of appendix |
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Auscultation |
Listening to sounds arising within organs |
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Benign |
Normal, no danger to health |
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Bradycardia |
slow heart-rate <60bpm |
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Bronchitis |
infection of the bronchi - upper airway |
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Bronchiolitis |
infection of the bronchioles - smaller airway |
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Catheter |
tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or withdraw fluids or to keep a passage open |
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Chronic |
long standing |
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conjuctivitis |
infection of the outer layer of the eye |
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dialysis |
removing waste from the blood for people with renal failure |
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Diaphoresis |
sweating |
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diffuse |
spread out |
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distal |
farther from the trunk of the body |
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dyspnea |
difficulty breathing |
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dysuria |
painful urination |
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Ecchymosis |
a bruise |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal |
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Edema |
swelling |
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Emesis |
vomiting |
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Epilepsy |
seizure disorder |
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Epistaxis |
nose bleed |
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Erythema/ Erythematous |
Redness/Red |
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Exudates |
Pus-pockets on the tonsils |
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Febrile |
the state of having a fever >100.4 |
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Grossly |
obviously, a lot, wholly |
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Hematemesis |
Gross amounts of blood in vomit |
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Hematuria |
blood in urine |
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Hemoptysis |
coughing up gross amounts of blood |
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Hemorrhage |
Excessive or profuse bleeding |
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hepatomegaly |
enlarged liver |
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hernia |
protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it |
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Hyperlipidemia |
high cholesterol |
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Hypertension |
high blood pressure |
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hypotension |
low blood pressure |
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hypoxia |
low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood |
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ICD-10 |
A system to classify and code diagnoses, symptoms and procedures |
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infarct |
area of dead tissue after lack of blood supply |
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inferior |
lower on the body, father from the head |
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Ischemia |
lack of blood supply |
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itis |
inflammation |
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Laceration |
splitting of the skin due to trauma |
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Lateral |
father from the midline |
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lethargic |
septic, very sick, about to die |
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medial |
nearer to the midline |
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meningitis |
dangerous infection of the outer lining of the brain |
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Otitis externa |
infection of the outer ear |
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otitis media |
infection inner ear |
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Melena |
black tarry stool |
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Myalgia |
muscular pain "muscle aches" |
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pallor |
pale skin |
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palpation |
examine by touch |
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palpitation |
to beat rapidly, irregularly or forcibly |
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Peritoneal signs |
Guarding, Rebound, Rigidity, PE findings indicating a rupture in the abdomen |
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Pharyngitis |
Throat infection |
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Pneumonia |
bacterial infection of the lungs |
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Posterior/Dorsal |
rear or backside of the body |
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Prone |
Body position laying flat, face down |
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Proximal |
nearer to the trunk of the body |
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Pulmonary |
relating to the lungs |
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Purulence/Purulent |
Pus/Pus-like |
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Rales |
Crackles, wet crackling noise in lungs |
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Rhinorrhea |
clear nasal discharge "running nose" |
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Rhonchi |
rattling noise of mucous in the lungs |
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-scopy |
viewing with a scope |
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Sepsis |
dangerous infection of the blood |
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Small Bowl Obstruction |
Physical blockage of the small intestines |
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Streptococcal Pharyngitis |
strep throat |
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Superior |
higher on the body, nearer to the head |
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Supine |
Body position laying face up |
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Syncope |
Passing out |
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Tachycardia |
fast heart rate >100bpm |
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Trismus |
inability to open jaw due to pain |
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Tachypnea |
increased breating rate |
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Ulcerations |
blisters or open sores |
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Vertigo |
room spinning dizziness, not light headed |
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wheezing |
high pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease |
