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Definitions Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Agnosia

A

The inability to recognize or identify objects or people.

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Angina

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A severe constricting pain in the chest.

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Anhedonia

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Absence of pleasure from acts that otherwise would be pleasurable.

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Anticoagulant

A

Blood thinner.

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Apraxia

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Impaired abilities to perform motor activities despite intact function.

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Arrhythmia

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Loss of rhythm; denoting especially an irregularity of the heart-beat.

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Arteriostenosis

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Narrowing of the arteries.

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Arteriosclerosis

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Hardening and thickening of the arteries.

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Asystole

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The absence of contractions of the heart.

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Benign

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Not harmful, not cancer.

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Bilateral

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On both sides.

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Blood pressure

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The force of the blood as it pushed against the vessel walls.

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Bruit

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A blowing, murmur-like sound of vascular.

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Cardiac output

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Volume of blood pumped out of a ventricle in one minute (Stroke Volume x Heart Rate).

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Cerebral hemorrhage

A

Stroke, blood clot in the brain.

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Chronotropic

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Affecting the rate of rhythmic movements such as the heart beat.

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Coronary

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The blood vessels that bring blood to the heart.

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Crohn’s disease

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A chronic transmural inflammatory process involving any GI tract.

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Deep vein thrombosis

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A blood clot deep in the vein.

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Delirium

A

Alteration in consciousness and change in cognition over a short period of time.

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Delusions

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Fixed, false belief.

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Dementia

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A decline on social/occupational functioning and cognitive deficits including memory impairment.

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Dysgeusia

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Abnormal sense of taste.

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Enuresis

A

Bedwetting.

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Epilepsy

A

Two or more unprovoked seizures without an identifiable cause.

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Epistaxis

A

Nose bleeding.

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Generalized anxiety disorder

A

Excessive and uncontrolled worry.

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Halitosis

A

Bad breath.

29
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Hyperhidrosis

A

Excessive sweat

30
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Inotropic

A

Influencing the contractility of muscular tissue

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Ischemia

A

Lack of blood to a part of the body, usually due to blockage of a blood vessel.

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Insidious

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Denoting a disease that progresses with few or no symptoms to indicate its gravity.

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Murmur

A

Soft, swishing sound heard on the chest wall with cardiac or vascular source.

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Myocardial infarction

A

Myocardial cell death and necrosis.

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Parkinson’s disease

A

A chronic, progressive disease related progressive dopamine loss.

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Peptic ulcer disease

A

Ulceration of upper GI tract.

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Photosensitivity

A

Sensitivity or responsiveness to light.

38
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Polyphagia

A

Eating in excess.

39
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Polyuria

A

Excessive passage of urine, as in diabetes.

40
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Postcoital

A

After intercourse.

41
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Post-traumatic stress disorder

A

Response to a catastrophic life event.

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Post-operative (post-op)

A

After surgery.

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Priapism

A

Persistent , usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal.

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Proteinuria

A

Protein in the urine.

45
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Pyelonephritis

A

Inflammation of kidneys due to infection.

46
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Pyuria

A

Pus in urine.

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Rhabdomyolysis

A

Break down of striated muscle fibers with excretion of myoglobin in the urine.

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Serum creatinine

A

Normal product of the breakdown of skeletal muscle, used to measure kidney function.

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Seizure

A

A focal and/or generalized disturbance of neuronal electrical activity.

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Stroke volume

A

Amount of blood ejected in one heart beat.

51
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Transient ischemic attacks

A

Mini-strokes.

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Tension headache

A

The most common type of headache complaint.

53
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Uremia

A

Toxic urine substances accumulated in the blood.

54
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Urinalysis

A

Examination of urine with a dipstick.

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