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Definitions Final Flashcards

1
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Acute pain

A

Pain that arises from injury, trauma, or disease

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Amenorrhea

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Absence of menstruation

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Arthralgia

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Severe pain in a joint

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Aspermia

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Inability to secrete or ejaculate semen

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Congenital

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Present at birth, born with

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Contraceptive

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Birth control

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Diabetes mellitus

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A chronic disorder with increased fasting blood glucose level

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Dysmenorrhea

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Painful menstruation

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Dyspepsia

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Indigestion

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty/pain in swallowing

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Disuria

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Difficulty/pain in urinating

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Enteral

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By way of the intestine

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Febrile

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Fever

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease

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Reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus

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Hirsutism

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The presence of excessive body and facial hair, especially in women

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Hyperglycemia

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High blood glucose

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Hyperthyroidism

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High levels of thyroid hormone in the blood

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Hypothyroidism

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Low levels of thyroid hormone in the blood

20
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Mastication

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Chewing

21
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Osteoarthritis

A

Degenerative joint disease

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Osteoporosis

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Low bone mass and microarthitectural deterioration of bone tissue

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Osteomyelitis

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An inflammation of the bone marrow and surrounding bone

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Parenteral

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Intravenous route

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Perforation

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Hole

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Peptic ulcer disease

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Ulceration of upper GI tract

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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A systemic musculoskeletal disease that is characterized by symmetric inflammation of synovial tissues

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Sensitization

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An increased sensitivity of the receptors following repeated application of a noxious stimulus

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Somatic pain

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Pain result from activation of nociceptors in cutaneous and deep tissues

30
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Tension headache

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The most common type of headache complaint

31
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Uniparous

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Female who has had only one child

32
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Visceral pain

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Pain result from injury to sympathetically innervated organs

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