Sx Nursing Word List #1

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Abomasopexy

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Surgical fixation of the abomasums to the body wall

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Aerophagia

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Swallowing an excessive amount of air

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Ambu bag

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Equipment for providing manual ventilations, which is usually attached to the patient via an endotracheal tube or face mask and connected to an oxygen source

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Amputation

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Removal of a body part

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Anastomosis

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Suturing two tubular organs together (i.e. intestinal loops) so that substances inside the lumen of the sutured organs can freely move from one to the other

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Anthropomorphism

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Attribution of human characteristics to animals

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Antiseptic

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An antimicrobial agent that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms on external surfaces of the body

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Arthrodesis

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Surgical fusing of a joint

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Asphyxiation

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Act of cutting off the supply of oxygen; suffocation

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Atelectasis

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Collapse of a portion of or all of one or both lungs

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Benign

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Cancer is one that may grow but does not invade surrounding normal tissues and does not spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body

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Borborygmus

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Audible intestinal motility sound produced by intestinal peristalsis

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Buccotomy

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Surgical incision through the cheek

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Cachexia

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Weight loss, loss of muscle mass and general debilitation that may accompany chronic diseases

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Canthus

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Either of the angles formed by the meeting of the upper and lower eyelids

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Capnograph

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An instrument that noninvasively measures the carbon dioxide in exhaled air. This value is an indirect assessment of ventilation status.

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Catarrhal

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Inflammation of mucous membranes with discharge, especially inflammation of the air passages of the nose and traachea

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Celiotomy

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Incision into the abdominal cavity

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Colpotomy

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An incision through the wall of the vagina

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Coupage

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The act of striking the chest wall rhythmically with cupped hands

Cupping the hands creates air cushion on impact also that tenacious mucus is dislodged.

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Cystotomy

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Incision into the urinary bladder

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Dehiscence

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Breakdown of a surgical incision such that the tissue layers separate from each other

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Disinfection

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Destruction of the vegetative forms of bacteria but not the spores

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Dysphoria

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An uneasy emotional state characterized by anxiety and abnormal behavior

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Edema

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Accumulation of fluid in a space that is not normally fluid-filled resulting from venous or lymphatic obstruction or increased vascular permeability

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Emergence delirium

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Delirious behavior resulting from incomplete recovery from gas anesthesia. Usually lasts 1-2 minutes after removal from anesthesia

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Enterotomy

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Incision into a small intestinal lumen

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Ethylene oxide

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A gaseous substance used as a steriliant for instruments and articles that would be damaged by steam sterilization; it is suspected to cause cancer in some animals in some cases involving very large or long exposures

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Fetotomy

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Dissection of a dead fetus in utero

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Gastrotomy

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Incision into the stomach

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Glutaraldehyde

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A chemical disinfection solution used to sterilize hard surface instruments by immersion

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Hemoabdomen

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Abnormal accumulation of blood in the abdomen

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Hypertension

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Elevated blood pressure

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Hypoxemia

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Low blood oxygen levels

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Hypoxia

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Low tissue oxygen levels

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Intussusception

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The involution of one intestinal segment into another

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Ischemia

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Deficient supply of blood to a body part, such as the heart or brain, that is due to obstruction of the inflow of aterial blood

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Laparotomy

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A transabdominal incision into the peritoneal cavity

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Malignant

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A cancer that can invade and destroy surrounding normal tissues

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Mestectomy

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Removal of a mammary gland

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Miosis

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Constriction of the pupil of the eye

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Mucometra

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A uterus filled with mucus

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Mydriasis

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Dilation of the pupil or the eye

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Necrosis

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Tissue or cellular death

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Nephrectomy

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The surgical removal of a kidney

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Nystagmus

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A rhythmic, involuntary oscillation of both eyes

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Obtunded

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Mentally dull

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Omentopexy

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Surgical fixation of the omentum to the body wall

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Ovariohysterectomy

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Spay; removal of the ovaries, oviducts and uterus

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Pericardiotomy

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Surgical incision of the sac around the heart

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Pseudocyesis

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False pregnancy

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Rumenostomy

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Surgical procedure used for creation of a permanent or semipermanent ruminal fistula

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Septicemia

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Invasion of the bloodstream by microorganisms (usually bacteria) from a focus of infection. It is accompanied by fever, chills, prostration, pain, nausea, and diarrhea.

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Seroma

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A serosangineous accumulation of fluid between tissue planes

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Soda lime

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The white, granulated agent used in anesthetic machines to absorb carbon dioxide expelled from the patient in a rebreathing circuit.

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Splenectomy

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Removal of the spleen

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Sterilization

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Destruction of all disease-producing organisms and spores on am object

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Stoma

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A surgically created opening from.am area inside the body to the outside

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Tenesmus

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A distressing but ineffectual urge to evacuate the rectum or urinary blader

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Urethrostomy

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A permanent opening made in the urethra to allow urine diversion