Definition Terms

Question 1

Coma

Answer 1

Stuporous condition due to an injury or a disease

Question 2

Convalescence

Answer 2

Stage of recovery following illness

Question 3

Cyanosis

Answer 3

Blueness of skin, m.m. (Mucus membrane) and nail-beds- indicates low oxygen

Question 4

Decubitus

(Act of lying down)

Answer 4

Bedsore caused by pressure

Question 5

Defecation

Answer 5

Stool, bm (act of)

Question 6

Dentures

Answer 6

False teeth

Question 7

Diarrhea

Answer 7

Frequent liquid bowel movements

Question 8

Disinfectant

Answer 8

Anything that kills bacteria

Question 9

Disoriented

Answer 9

Confused as to time, place, identity

Question 10

Dysmenorrhea

Answer 10

Painful (difficult) menstruation or monthly flow

Question 11

Dyspnea

Answer 11

Difficult (painful) breathing

Question 12

Embolism

Answer 12

Obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign substance moving in blood stream

Question 13

Emesis

Answer 13

Vomitus or vomit

Question 14

Enema

Answer 14

An injection of fluid into the rectum

Question 15

Fecal impaction

Answer 15

A collection of hard feces in the lower bowel

Question 16

Feces

Answer 16

Bowel discharge

Question 17

Flatus

Answer 17

Gas

Question 18

Fracture

Answer 18

A break or discontinuity of the bone

Question 19

Gangrene

Answer 19

Death of tissue usually due to loss of blood supply to the area

Question 20

Gastric

Answer 20

Pertaining to the stomach