Charting Terms A Flashcards
large and extends outward
protuberant, distended
hard, board like
hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut
soft, flabby
relaxed, flaccid
swollen, rounded
distended, edematous
filled with gas
tympanic, flatulent
hangs down
pendulous
large amounts of drainage
profuse, copious
medium amount of drainage
moderate
small amount of drainage
scant
loss of appetite
anorexia
Hunchback
kyphosis
small of back
lumbar region
swayback
lordosis
nose bleed
epistaxis
blood in urine
hematuria
spitting up of blood
hemoptysis
positive blood in stool
Guaiac positive
unpleasant
halitosis
foul
fetid
with sweet fruit-like odor
fruity, sweet
urinous odor
odor of ammonia
breathing
respiration
difficult breathing
dyspnea
short periods when breathing has ceased
apnea
inability to breathe while lying down
orthopnea
rapid breathing
hyperpnea
increasing dyspnea with periods of apnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
laborious and noisy
stertorous
alert, fully conscious, oriented to date, time, place
alert, fully conscious
only partly conscious
semi-conscious
unconscious, but can be aroused
stuporous
unconscious, cannot be aroused
comatose
type of cough
continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking
occurring in spasms
spasmodic