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37 Cards in this Set
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Constipation |
Difficult passage of stool, infrequent defecation |
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Defecation |
Evacuation of bowels |
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Diarrhea |
Frequent passage of watery bowel movements |
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Dysuria |
Painful urination |
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Eructation |
Passage of gas from oral cavity |
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Fecal impaction |
Colon filled with hard or soft stool which cannot be expelled, liquid stool can ooze around hardened mass |
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Feces |
Excrement |
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Flatus |
Gas |
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Frequency (urinary) |
Urination at short intervals without increase in volume, r/t anxiety, infection, enlarged prostate, decreased bladder capacity |
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Guaiac |
Hematest, hemocult. Test on stool for occult blood |
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Hemorrhoid |
Tortuous veins in anorectal area-- internal or external |
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Melena |
Black tarry stool-- r/t action of intestinal juices on free blood |
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Peristalsis |
Wave like movements in the GI tract, heard in abdomen |
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Stool |
Bowel movement, feces |
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Suppository |
Semisolid substance introduced into rectum, vagina, or urethra where it dissolves. |
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Nausea |
Feeling of gastric upset, often precedes vomiting |
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Nocturia |
Excessive urination at night |
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Protruberant |
Bulging, prominent beyond surface |
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Schapoid |
Hollow |
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Striae |
Lines or bands elevated above or depressed below surrounding tissue of differing color and texture |
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Symphysis pubis |
Junction of the pubic bones on midline in front |
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-ectomy |
Excision of I.e.- appendectomy |
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-itis |
Inflammatory I.e.- arthritis |
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Oscopy |
Instrumentation view of Ie endoscopy |
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Osis |
Condition of I.e. Scoliosis |
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Ostomy |
Surgical opening which serves as exit
I.e. Colostomy |
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Otomy |
Surgical opening
I.e. Laparotomy |
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Areola |
Darkened area surrounding nipple |
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Breast clock |
Method of localizing findings on breast, describing locations in terms of time zones on clock |
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Cysts |
Sac containing liquid or semisolid substance |
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Dimpling |
Retraction |
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Nipple |
Pigmented projection at tip of breast, outlet to milk |
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Nipple retraction |
Being drawn or pulled back-- when coppers ligaments are invaded by bhy Ca, become fibrotic, pulls back skin over lesion>> dimpling |
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Nodules |
Small mass of tissues in form of swelling, protuberance |
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Peau d'orange |
Orange peel consistency to skin. Abnormal |
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Pendulous |
Hanging loosely |
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Tail of spence |
Are extending into Axilla from the upper outer quadrant of the breast |
