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18 Cards in this Set
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ascites |
an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
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cirrhosis |
a chronic degenerative disease of the liver characterized by scarring |
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diverticula |
a small pouch or sac occurring in the lining or wall of a tubular organ |
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dyspepsia |
pain or discomfort in digestion |
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flatus |
gas in or from the stomach |
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hepatitis |
inflammation of the liver |
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melena |
the passage of black, tarry, and foul smelling stools |
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cholelithiasis |
the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder or bile ducts |
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cardiac arrest |
an event in which the heart abruptly stops beating or develops an arrhythmia that prevents it from pumping blood |
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endarterectomy |
a surgical removal of the plaque from the inner lining of arteries |
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myocardial infarction |
the occlusion of one or more coronary arteries caused by plaque buildup |
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aneurysm |
a localized weak spot or balloon like enlargement of the wall of an artery |
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arrhythmia |
loss of a normal rhythm of the heartbeat |
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ductal carcinmoa in situ |
breast cancer at its earliest stage before the cancer has broken through the wall of the milk duct |
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infiltrating ductal carcinoma |
starts in the milk duct, breaks through the wall of the duct and invades the fatty breast tissue |
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PVD |
peripheral vascular disease |
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NPO |
nothing by mouth |
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BM |
bowel movement |
