Nursing Terms

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Mydriasis

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Dilation of the pupil

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Antitussive

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Medicines that suppress coughing

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Affinity

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Liking/Attraction

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Efficacy

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Ability to produce a desired or intended result

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Dysphoria

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State of unease

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Intracranial

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Within the skull

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Antipyretic

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Medicines that work against a fever

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Perfusion

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Passage of a fluid through circulatory system or lymphatic system to an organ or a tissue

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Perforation

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Holes form through the stomach or intestines

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Inotropic

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Affect the contraction of the heart

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Hyperosmolar

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Concentration of body fluids is abnormally increased

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Oliguria

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Production of abnormally small amount of urine

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Ischemia

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Restriction in blood supply to tissues

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Hypoxia

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Body or region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level

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Chronotropic

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Medicines that affect heart rate

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Hyperkalemia

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Potassium level that is higher than normal

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Ptyalism

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Excessive saliva

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Pallor

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Unhealthy pale appearance

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Lacrimation

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Abnormal/excessive secretion of tears

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Cardiac output

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Amount of blood the heart pumps through circulatory system in a minute

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Icteric

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Presence of jaundice in the sclera of the eye

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Thromboembolism

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Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that was dislodged from a different location

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Anuria

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Failure of the kidneys to produce urine

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Hypernatremia

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Rise in serum sodium concentration

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Hypercholia

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Abnormally large amounts of bile formed in the liver

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Proprioception

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Unconscious perception of movement & spatial orientation

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Nephrosis

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Kidney disease

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Paraesthesia

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Damage to/pressure on peripheral nerves that causes abnormal sensation

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Paresis

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Partial paralysis - muscular weakness caused by nerve damage/disease

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Prolapse

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Slipping of a part of the body or an organ

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Cytotoxic

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Toxic to living cells

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Dyspepsia

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Indigestion - painful, difficult or disturbed

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty or discomfort swallowing

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Encephalocele

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Sac-like protrusion of the brain & covering membranes through an opening in the skull

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Hyperchylia

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Excessive secretion of gastric juice

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Laparotomy

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Surgical incision into abdominal cavity

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Mastitis

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Inflammation of the breast tissue

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Nystagmus

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Eye moves rapidly & uncontrollably

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Renomegaly

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Condition in which one or both kidneys are abnormally large

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Metritis

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Inflammation of the wall of the uterus

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Asystole

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Cardiac arrest rhythm with no discernible electrical activity on the ECG

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Pruritus

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Itching

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Erythema

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Redness of the skin

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Euvolemia

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Presence of the proper amount of blood in the body

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Sepsis

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Body’s response to harmful bacteria in tissues

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Parenchymal Disease

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Any disease involved with a functional part of an organ (ex. Renal)

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Hypercapnea

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Too much carbon dioxide in the blood

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Cardiac tamponade

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Compression of the heart by accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac

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Atelectasia

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Collapse/closure of the lung

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Portion of heart muscle is enlarged

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Inanition

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Exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment

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Intussusception

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Inversion if one portion of the intestine within another

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Orthopnea

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Shortness of breath in recumbent position

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Osmolality

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Osmoles of solute per kg of solvent

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Osmolarity

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Osmoles of solute per L of solution

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Isosthenuria

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Urine specific gravity between 1.008-1.012 .. kidneys aren’t working

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Pyrogen

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Fever inducing substance

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Thrombosis

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Formation of a blood clot

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Hypercalcemia

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High calcium level

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Gluconeogenesis

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Formation of glucose by using amino acids, glycogen or lactate

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Alloantibodies

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Antibodies formed against foreign antigens from one’s own species

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Urticaria

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Red, itchy bumps on the skin

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Idiopathic

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Disease with an unknown cause

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Stranguria

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Difficulty/pain urinating

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Pollakiuria

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Excessive/frequent urination

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Enophthalmos

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Backward displacement of the eye into the orbit

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Polydipsia

Back 67

Excessive drinking

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Ptosis

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Dropping upper eyelid

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Iatrogenic

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Adverse condition resulting from health professionals treatment

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Anisocoria

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Unequal sized pupils

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Hypoxemia

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Low blood oxygen

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Colloid Oncotic Pressure

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Pressure exerted on the cardiovascular system by proteins found in the blood plasma

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Trocarization

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Using a trocar to penetrate an organ/tissue

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Gastropexy

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Procedure in which the stomach is sutured to the abdominal wall

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Hydrocephalus

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Accumulation of CSF within the brain

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Necrosis

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Death of body tissue

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Central Venous Pressure

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Blood pressure in the vena cava

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Syncope

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Temporary loss of consciousness & posture (fainting)

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Pulmonary Contussion

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Bruised lung due to chest trauma

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Polyphagia

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Excessive hunger

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Thrombopathia

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Disorder of blood coagulation - Platelets fail to release ADP

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Chyme

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Fluid/partly digested food passed from the stomach to small intestines

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Exogenous

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Developing outside of the organism

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Glaucoma

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Eye diseases that damage the optic nerve

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Orthotonos

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Tetanic spasms - body is held in a straight, rigid line

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Polyp

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Growth/mass from a mucous membrane

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Ablation

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Separation or detachment (surgical procedure)

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Subcutaneous Emphysema

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Presence of air or gas in the SQ tissues

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Infarction

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Area of tissue necrosis caused by impairment of blood supply

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Erythropoiesis

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Production of RBCs