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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Large and extended outward (Abdomen)

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Protuberant, distended

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Hard, board like (Abdomen)

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Hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut

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Soft, Flabby (Abdomen)

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Relaxed, flaccid

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Swollen, rounded (Abdomen)

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Distended, edematous

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filled with gas

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tympanic, flatulent

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hangs down

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pendulous

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large amount of drainage

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profuse, copious

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medium amount of drainage

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moderate

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small amount of drainage

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scant

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loss of appetite

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anorexia

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hunchback

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kyphosis

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small of back

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lumbar region

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swayback

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lordosis

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nose bleed

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epistaxis

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blood in urine

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hematuria

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spitting up of blood

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hemoptysis

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positive blood in stool

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guaiac positive

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unpleasant (breath)

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halitosis

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foul

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fetid

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with sweet fruit like odor

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fruity or sweet

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urinous odor (breath)

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odor of ammonia

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breathing

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respiration

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difficult breathing

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dyspnea

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short periods when breathing has ceased

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apnea

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inability to breathe while lying down

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orthopbea

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rapid breathing

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hyperpnea

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increasing dyspnea with periods of apena

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations

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alert, fully conscious, oriented to date, time, place

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alert, fully, conscious

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only partly conscious

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semi-conscious

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unconscious, but can be aroused

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stuporous

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unconscious, but cannot be aroused

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comatose

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types of cough

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continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive dry, hacking

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occurring in spasm

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spasmodic

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coughing up or expectoration of blood

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hemoptysis

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dead tissue

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tissue necrosis, necrotic

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frequent liquid defecation

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diarrhea

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frequent liquid defecation

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diarrhea

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color of stool

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clay, dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood

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constituents of stool

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liquid, soft, or hard formed, watery, semi formed, constipated , undigested foods, mucoid

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containing pus

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purulent

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bloody (Drainage)

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sanguineous

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of lymphatic fluid

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serous

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contains mucus and pus

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mucopurulent

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tough, sticky

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tenacious

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bloody, lymphatic (Drainage)

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serosanguinous

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indented 2mm

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1+ edema

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indented 4mm

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2+ edema

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indented 6mm

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3+ edema

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indented 8mm

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4+ edema

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produced by conscious effort of patient

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induced

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ejected a few feet of distance

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projectile

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if blood is noticeable (vomit)

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hematemesis

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sharpness of vision

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visual acuity

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54
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yellow in color

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jaundiced

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puffy, swollen

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edematous

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drooping of eyelid

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ptosis of lids

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unusally sensitive to light

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photophobia

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double vision

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doplopia

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cross eye, squinting

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strabismus

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abnormal protrusion of eyeball

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exophthalmos

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inflammation of conjunctiva

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conjuctivitis

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Dilatation of pupil

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mydriasis, pupil dilated

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Contraction of pupil

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Myosis, pupil constricted, pin point

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near-sightedness

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myopia

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far-sightness

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hyperopia

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fainting

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syncope

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without fever

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afebrile

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temperature above normal

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pyrexia

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temperature greatly above normal

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hyperpyrexia

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forehead

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frontal region

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region over temple

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temporal region

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back of head

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Occipital region

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base of skull

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Basilar region

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having a large head

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macrocephaly, hydrocephalus

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having a small head

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microcephalus

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top of head

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parietal

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hive

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urticaria

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itching

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pruritus

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bending

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flexion

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to straighten (ROM)

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extension

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revolve

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rotation

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move away from median line

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abduction

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move toward median line

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adduction

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blue in color

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cyanotic

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by mouth

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orally

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by rectum

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rectally

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breathing in

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inhalation

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rubbing into skin

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topically

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under the skin

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subacutaneous

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within the skin

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intradermal

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within the muscle

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intramuscular

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within the spinal canal

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intraspinal, intraecal

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within the vein

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intravenous

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pouring into body cavity

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instillation

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if present when admitted (menstruation)

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menses present

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painful (menstruation)

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dysmenorrhea

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total absence of (menstruation)

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amenorrhea

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profuse or prolonged flow (menstruation)

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menorrhagia

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cessation of (menstruation)

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menopause

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very unpleasant (Odor)

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offensive, foul

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paralysis of the muscles of the face

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facial

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paralysis of the legs

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paraplegia

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paralysis of one side of the body

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hemiplegia

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paralysis of a single limb

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monoplegia

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paralysis of all four extremities &usually the trunk

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quadriplegia

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large amount of profusing perspiration

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diaphoresis, diaphorectic

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number of beats per minutes

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rate

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Types of heart rhythms

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regular, irregular, coupling, galloping

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beats missed at interval

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intermittent

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> 100bpm

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rapid, fast, tachycardia

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slow in rate <50 bpm

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slow bradycardia

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only scarcely perceptible

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thready, weak

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pulseless

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imperceptible, absent

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normal skin

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healthy, normal for race

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blue in color

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cyanotic, mottled

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very white

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extreme pallor, ashen

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redness

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erythema

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shines

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glossy

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raw surface

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excoriation

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yellow in color

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jaundiced

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containing colored areas

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pigmented

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scaped

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abraded, denuded

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cold and moist

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clammy

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not understandable

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incoherent

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meaningless, wondering

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rambling

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words run together

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slurring

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difficulty speaking

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dysphasia

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unable to speak

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asphasia

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difficulty swallowing

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dsyphagia

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inability to swallow

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aphagia

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other descriptive terms (throat)

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red, swollen, inflammed, ulcerated

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descriptive terms (tongue)

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Pink, moist, dry, cracked, swollen, coated, inflammed, ulcerate

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to urinate

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voiding, micturate

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no contol over urination

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incontinence

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large amount of urine voided

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diuresis

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total suppression of urine

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anuria

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frequent viodinging at night

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nocturia

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increased amount voided

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polyuria

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painful urination

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dysuria

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pus in urine

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pyuira

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blood in urine

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hematuria

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scantiness of urine

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oliguria

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sugar in urine

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glycosuria

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overweight

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obese

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abnormal thinness (weight)

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wasting, emaciated

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very underweight

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cachectic

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discharging pus (wound)

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suppurating, purulent

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black or gray necrotic tissue

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Eschar

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Wound drainage

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Exudate

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