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Charting Terms A Flashcards

1
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large and extends outward

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protuberant, distended

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hard, board like

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hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut

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soft, flabby

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relaxed, flaccid

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swollen, rounded

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distended, edematous

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5
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filled with gas

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tympanic, flatulent

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6
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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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blood in urine

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hematuria

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16
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spitting up of blood

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hemoptysis

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17
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positive blood in stool

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Guaiac positive

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18
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unpleasant

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halitosis

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19
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foul

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fetid

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20
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with sweet fruit-like odor

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fruity, sweet

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21
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urinous odor

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odor of ammonia

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22
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breathing

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respiration

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23
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difficult breathing

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dyspnea

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24
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short periods when breathing has ceased

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apnea

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25
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inability to breathe while lying down

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orthopnea

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26
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rapid breathing

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hyperpnea

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27
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increasing dyspnea with periods of apnea

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Cheyne-Stokes respirations

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28
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laborious and noisy

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stertorous

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29
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alert, fully conscious, oriented to date, time, place

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alert, fully conscious

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30
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only partly conscious

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semi-conscious

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31
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unconscious, but can be aroused

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stuporous

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32
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unconscious, cannot be aroused

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comatose

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33
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type of cough

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continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive, dry, hacking

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34
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occurring in spasms

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spasmodic

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35
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coughing up or expectoration of blood

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Hemoptysis

36
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dead tissue

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tissue necrosis, necrotic

37
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frequent liquid defecation

38
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color of stool

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clay or 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, semiformed, constipated, undigested foods, mucoid

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containing pus

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bloody

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sanguineous

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of lymphatic fluid

43
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contains mucus and pus

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mucopurulent

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tough, sticky

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bloody, lymphatic (serous)

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serosanguineous

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indented 2 mm

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indented 4 mm

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indented 6 mm

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indented 8 mm

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produced by conscious effort of patient

51
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ejected a few feet distance

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projectile

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if blood is noticeable

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hematemesis

53
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sharpness of vision

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visual acuity

54
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yellow in color

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puffy, swollen

56
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drooping eyelids

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ptosis of lids

57
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unusually sensitive to light

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photophobia

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double vision

59
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cross eye, squinting

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strabismus

60
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abnormal protrusion of eyeball

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exophthalmos

61
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inflammation of conjunctiva

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conjunctivitis

62
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1 dilatation of the pupil

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1 mydriasis, pupil dilated

63
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1 contraction of the pupil

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1 myosis, pupil constricted, pin point

64
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1 near-sightedness

65
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far-sightedness

66
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fainting

67
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without fever

68
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temperature above normal

69
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temperature greatly above normal

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hyperpyrexia

70
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to urinate

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voiding, micturate

71
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no control over urination

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incontience

72
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large amount of urine voided

73
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total suppression of urine

74
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frequent voiding at night

75
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increased amount voided

76
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painful urination

77
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pus in urine

78
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blood in urine

79
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scantiness of urine

80
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1 sugar in urine

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1 glycosuria

81
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overweight

82
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abnormal thinness

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emaciated, wasting

83
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very underweigth

84
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discharging puss

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purating, purulent

85
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black or gray necrotic tissue

86
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wound drainage

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