Clin app defintions - Final Flashcards
1
Q
Achalasia
A
Cant swallow food
2
Q
Adjunctive therapy
A
The use of more than one type of therapy
3
Q
Agnosia
A
Loss of ability to recognize familiar objects or stimuli
4
Q
Anisocytosis
A
RBCs are of unequal size
5
Q
Anorexia
A
Loss of appetite
6
Q
Aphasia
A
Difficulty reading writing or speaking
7
Q
Aphthous ulcer
A
Canker sore
8
Q
Apraxia
A
Difficulty carrying out purposeful movements, sometimes accompanied by aphasia
9
Q
Bradykinesia
A
Slow movement
10
Q
Delirium Tremens
A
The shakes sometimes accompanying alcohol withdrawl
11
Q
Dysmetria
A
Lack of coordination of movement under overshoot intended motion
12
Q
Dysomnia
A
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
13
Q
Empiric therapy
A
Initiation of treatment prior to determination of a firm diagnosis
14
Q
Hordeolum
A
Stye
15
Q
Intussusception
A
One bowel slides into the next telescope
