Charting Terms A Flashcards
1
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large and extends outward
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protuberant, distended
2
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hard, board like
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hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut
3
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soft, flabby
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relaxed, flaccid
4
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swollen, rounded
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distended, edematous
5
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filled with gas
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tympanic, flatulent
6
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hangs down
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pendulous
7
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large amounts of drainage
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profuse, copious
8
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medium amount of drainage
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moderate
9
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small amount of drainage
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scant
10
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loss of appetite
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anorexia
11
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Hunchback
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kyphosis
12
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small of back
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lumbar region
13
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swayback
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lordosis
14
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nose bleed
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epistaxis
15
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blood in urine
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hematuria
16
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spitting up of blood
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hemoptysis
17
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positive blood in stool
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Guaiac positive
18
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unpleasant
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halitosis
19
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foul
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fetid
20
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with sweet fruit-like odor
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fruity, sweet
21
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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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short periods when breathing has ceased
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apnea
25
inability to breathe while lying down
orthopnea
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rapid breathing
hyperpnea
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increasing dyspnea with periods of apnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
28
laborious and noisy
stertorous
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alert, fully conscious, oriented to date, time, place
alert, fully conscious
30
only partly conscious
semi-conscious
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unconscious, but can be aroused
stuporous
32
unconscious, cannot be aroused
comatose
33
type of cough
continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking
34
occurring in spasms
spasmodic
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coughing up or expectoration of blood
Hemoptysis
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dead tissue
tissue necrosis, necrotic
37
frequent liquid defecation
diarrhea
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color of stool
clay or dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood
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constituents of stool
liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semiformed, constipated, undigested foods, mucoid
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containing pus
purulent
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bloody
sanguineous
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of lymphatic fluid
serous
43
contains mucus and pus
mucopurulent
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tough, sticky
tenacious
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bloody, lymphatic (serous)
serosanguineous
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indented 2 mm
1+ edema
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indented 4 mm
2+ edema
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indented 6 mm
3+ edema
49
indented 8 mm
4+ edema
50
produced by conscious effort of patient
induced
51
ejected a few feet distance
projectile
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if blood is noticeable
hematemesis
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sharpness of vision
visual acuity
54
yellow in color
jaundiced
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puffy, swollen
edematous
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drooping eyelids
ptosis of lids
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unusually sensitive to light
photophobia
58
double vision
diplopia
59
cross eye, squinting
strabismus
60
abnormal protrusion of eyeball
exophthalmos
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inflammation of conjunctiva
conjunctivitis
62
1 dilatation of the pupil
1 mydriasis, pupil dilated
63
1 contraction of the pupil
1 myosis, pupil constricted, pin point
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1 near-sightedness
1 myopia
65
far-sightedness
hyperopia
66
fainting
syncope
67
without fever
afebrile
68
temperature above normal
pyrexia
69
temperature greatly above normal
hyperpyrexia
70
to urinate
voiding, micturate
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no control over urination
incontience
72
large amount of urine voided
diuresis
73
total suppression of urine
anuria
74
frequent voiding at night
nocturia
75
increased amount voided
polyuria
76
painful urination
dysuria
77
pus in urine
pyuria
78
blood in urine
hematuria
79
scantiness of urine
oliguria
80
1 sugar in urine
1 glycosuria
81
overweight
obese
82
abnormal thinness
emaciated, wasting
83
very underweigth
cachectic
84
discharging puss
purating, purulent
85
black or gray necrotic tissue
eschar
86
wound drainage
exudate
