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48 Cards in this Set
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DEBRIDEMENT
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REMOVAL OF DEAD TISSUE FROM A WOUND
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ESCHAR
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SCAB OR DRY CRUST THAT RESULTS FROM EXCORIATION OF THE SKIN
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EXUDATE
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FLUID CELLS OR OTHER SUBSTANCED THAT HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DISCHARGED FROM CELLS OR BLOOD VESSELS THROUGH SMALL PORES OR BREAKS IN THE CELL MEMBRANES
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MACERATION
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THE SOFTENING AND BREAKING DOWN OF SKIN RESULTING FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE
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SHEAR
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APPLIED FORCE OR PRESSURE EXERTED AGAINS THE SURFACE AND LAYERS OF THE SKIN AS TISSUES SLIDE IN OPPOSITE BUT PARRELL LINES
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NECROSIS
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LOCOLAIZED TISSUE DEATH THAT OCCURS IN GROUPS OF CELLS IN RESPONSE TO DISEASE OR INJURY
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ISCHEMIA
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A DECREASED SUPPLY OF OXYGENATED BLOOD TO A BODY ORGAN OR PART
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GRANULATION TISSUE
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SOFT PINK, FLESHY PROJECTIONS OF TISSUE THAT FORM DURING THE HEALING PROCESS IN A WOUND THAT IS NOT HEALING BY PRIMARY INTENTION
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DEHISCENCE
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SEPARATION OF A WOUND'S EDGES THAT REVEALS UNDERLYING TISSUES
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STERILE
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FREE OF LIVING MICROORGANISMS
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SURGICAL ASEPSIS
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PROCEDURES USED TO ELIMINATE ALL MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING PATHOGENS AND SPORES FROM AN OBJECT OR AREA
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MICTURITION
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URINATION ACT OF PASSING OR EXPELLING URINE VOLUNTARILY THROUGH THE URETHA
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STERILE FIELD
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SPECIFIED AREA SUCH AS WITHIN A TRAY OR ON A STERILE TOWEL THAT IS CONSIDERED FREE OF MICROORGANISMS
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RESIDUAL URINE
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VOLUME OF URINE REMAINING IN THE BLADDER AFTER A NORMAL VOIDING; THE BLADDER NORMALLY IS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY AFTER MICTURITION
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URINE SPECIFIED GRAVITY
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A MEASURE OF THE DEGREE OF CONCENTRATION OF A SAMPLE OF URINE
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DORSAL RECUMBENT
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LYING ON THE BACK LIKE IN A SUPINE POSITION
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FENESTRATED
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HAVING NUMEROUS SMALL HOLES OR OPENINGS
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PEAK ACTION
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THE AMOUNT OF MEDICATIONS IN THE BLOOD THAT REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST LEVEL DURING A DRUG ADMINISTRATION
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IDIOSYNCRATIC REACTION
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INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVITIES TO DRUG EFFECTS CAUSED BY INHERITED OR OTHER BODILY CONSTITUTION FACTORS
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ALLERGY
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A HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION TO INTRINSICALLY COMMON, HARMLESS ANTIGEN MOST OF WHICH ARE ENVIROMENTAL
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SIDE EFFECT
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ANY REACTION OR CONSEQUENCE THAT RESULTS FROM MEDICATION OR THERAPY
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MDI
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METERED DOSE INHALER: INHALER DESIGNED TO PRODUCE LOCAL EFFECTS SUCH AS BRONCHODILATION
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OTIC
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PERTAINING TO THE EAR
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ANAPHYLAXIS
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AN EXAGGERATED LIFE THREATENING HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO A PREVIOUSLY ENCOUNTERED ANTIGEN
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MYDRIATICS
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ANYONE OF SEVERAL OPHTHALMIC PHARMACEUTIC PREPARATIONS THAT DILATE THE PUPIL AND PARALYZE THE OCULAR MUSCLES OF ACCOMODATION
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PRURITUS
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SYMPTOM OF ITCHING
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ASPIRATE
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TO WITHDRAW FLUID OR AIR FROM A CAVITY
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DEBRIDEMENT
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REMOVAL OF DEAD TISSUE FROM A WOUND
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ESCHAR
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SCAB OR DRY CRUST THAT RESULTS FROM EXCORIATION OF THE SKIN
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EXUDATE
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FLUID CELLS OR OTHER SUBSTANCED THAT HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DISCHARGED FROM CELLS OR BLOOD VESSELS THROUGH SMALL PORES OR BREAKS IN THE CELL MEMBRANES
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MACERATION
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THE SOFTENING AND BREAKING DOWN OF SKIN RESULTING FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE
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SHEAR
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APPLIED FORCE OR PRESSURE EXERTED AGAINS THE SURFACE AND LAYERS OF THE SKIN AS TISSUES SLIDE IN OPPOSITE BUT PARRELL LINES
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NECROSIS
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LOCOLAIZED TISSUE DEATH THAT OCCURS IN GROUPS OF CELLS IN RESPONSE TO DISEASE OR INJURY
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ISCHEMIA
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A DECREASED SUPPLY OF OXYGENATED BLOOD TO A BODY ORGAN OR PART
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GRANULATION TISSUE
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SOFT PINK, FLESHY PROJECTIONS OF TISSUE THAT FORM DURING THE HEALING PROCESS IN A WOUND THAT IS NOT HEALING BY PRIMARY INTENTION
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DEHISCENCE
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SEPARATION OF A WOUND'S EDGES THAT REVEALS UNDERLYING TISSUES
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STERILE
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FREE OF LIVING MICROORGANISMS
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SURGICAL ASEPSIS
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PROCEDURES USED TO ELIMINATE ALL MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING PATHOGENS AND SPORES FROM AN OBJECT OR AREA
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MICTURITION
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URINATION ACT OF PASSING OR EXPELLING URINE VOLUNTARILY THROUGH THE URETHA
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STERILE FIELD
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SPECIFIED AREA SUCH AS WITHIN A TRAY OR ON A STERILE TOWEL THAT IS CONSIDERED FREE OF MICROORGANISMS
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DILUENT
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A SUBSTANCE USUALLY A FLUID THAT MAKES A SOLUTION OR A MIXTURE LESS CONCENTRATED LESS VISCOUS OR MORE LIQUID
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INDURATION
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HARDENING OF A TISSUE PARTICULLARLY SKIN BECASUE OF EDEMA OR INFLAMMATION
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INTRADERMAL
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WITHIN THE DERMIS OF THE SKIN
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TRANSDERMAL
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TOPICALLY
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GRANULATION
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the formation of granulation tissue, esp. in healing
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PRIMARY DRESSING
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a covering (as of ointment or gauze) applied to a lesion
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STERILE FLUID
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free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "aseptic"
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PLATEAU
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period of little or no apparent progress in an individual's learning, marked by an inability to increase speed, reduce number of errors, etc., and indicated by a horizontal stretch in a learning curve or graph.
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