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A-D Layman - Medical Terminology Flashcards

1
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( Abdomen )
large and extends outward

A

Protuberant, distended

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Abdomen
Hard, board like

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Hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut

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3
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Abdomen
Soft, flabby

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Relaxed, flaccid

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4
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Swollen, rounded

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Distended, edematous

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5
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Abdomen
Filled with gas

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Tympanic, flatulent

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6
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Abdomen
Hangs down

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Pendulous

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7
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Large amounts of drainage

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Profuse, copious

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8
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Medium amount of drainage

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Moderate

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9
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Small amount of drainage

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Scant

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10
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Loss of appetite

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Anorexia

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11
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Hunchback

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Kyphosis

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12
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Small of back

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Lumbar region

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13
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Swayback

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Lordosis

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14
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Nose bleed

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Epistaxis

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15
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Bleeding
Blood in urine

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Hematuria

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16
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Bleeding
Spitting up blood

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Hemoptysis

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17
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Bleeding
Positive blood in stool

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Guaiac positive

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18
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Breath
Unpleasant

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Halitosis

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19
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Breath
Foul

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Fetid

20
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Breath
With swee fruit like odor

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Fruity, sweet

21
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Breath
Urinous odor

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Odor of ammonia

22
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Breathing

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Respiration

23
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Difficult breathing

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Dyspnea

24
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Breathing
Short periods of when breathing has ceases

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Apnea

25
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Rapid breathing

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Hyperpnea

26
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Inability to breath while lying down

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Orthopnea

27
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Increasing dyspnea with periods of apnea

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Cheyne- Stokes respirations

28
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Consciousness
Alert, fully, conscious, oriented to date, time, place

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Alert, fully conscious

29
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(Consciousness )
Only partly conscious

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Semi-conscious

30
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Consciousness
Unconscious but can be aroused

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Stuporous

31
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Consciousness
Unconscious, cannot be aroused

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Comatose

32
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Type of cough

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Continous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking

33
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Cough
Occuring in spasms

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Spasmodic

34
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Coughing up or expectoration of blood

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Hemoptysis

35
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Decay
Dead tissue

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Tissue necrosis, necrotic

36
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Defecation
Frequent liquid defecation

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Diarrhea

37
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Defecation
Color of stool

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Clay or dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood

38
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Defecation
Constituents of stool

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Liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semiformed, constipated, undigested foods, muciod

39
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Drainage
Containing pus

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Purulent

40
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Drainage
Bloody

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Sanguineous

41
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Drainage
Of lymphatic fluid

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Serous

42
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Drainage
Contains mucus and pus

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Mucopurulent

43
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Drainage
Tough, sticky

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Tenacious

44
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Drainage
Bloody, lymphatic (serous)

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Serosanguinous

45
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Edema
Swelling in extremities after depressing for 5 secs
Intended 2mm

A

1+ edema

46
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Edema
Swelling in extremities after depressing for 5 secs
Intended 4mm

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2+ edema

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