med terms

Question 1

acute

Answer 1

sudden, sharp

Question 2

ambulatory

Answer 2

able to walk around

Question 3

aphasia

Answer 3

inability to express oneself properly through loss of speech and/or loss of verbal comprehension

Question 4

artery

Answer 4

large blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart to the tissues

Question 5

arthritis

Answer 5

inflammation of the joints and tissues

Question 6

attitudes

Answer 6

feeling and opinions one has or shows toward situations, or other people

Question 7

coma

Answer 7

an abnormal deep stupor- sleeplike- cannot be awakened

Question 8

comatose

Answer 8

used to describe the condition of a patient in a coma. sometimes the word unconscious is used

Question 9

constipation

Answer 9

infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation

Question 10

convulsion

Answer 10

violent, strong involuntary muscular contractions and relaxation

Question 11

CVA/ Stroke

Answer 11

cerebral vascular accident

Question 12

cognition

Answer 12

the ability to think, reason, and make and remember decisions

Question 13

decubitus ulcer

Answer 13

ulcerated, worn away area on the skin. also called a pressure sore

Question 14

deformity

Answer 14

distortion/ disfiguration

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degeneration

Answer 15

breakdown, deterioration

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defecate

Answer 16

bowel movement

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dementia

Answer 17

progressive deterioration of mental functions

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diarrhea

Answer 18

frequent water bowel evacuation

Question 19

edema

Answer 19

condition in which the body tissues contain an excessive amount of fluid

Question 20

ethics

Answer 20

standards of behavior; right and wrong

Question 21

ethnicity

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special customs, language, national origin and/or heritage

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exploitation

Answer 22

illegal use of vulnerable adults property or personal items

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geriatric

Answer 23

study of the elderly

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hemiplegia

Answer 24

paralysis of one side of the body (left/right)

Question 25

hemorrhage

Answer 25

abnormal loss or discharge of blood

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hypertension

Answer 26

high blood pressure

Question 27

hypotension

Answer 27

low blood pressure

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impaction

Answer 28

tightly wedged stool

Question 29

involuntary

Answer 29

uncontrollable

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incontinent

Answer 30

involuntary evacuation of bowel or bladder

Question 31

mental

Answer 31

relates to the mind

Question 32

myocardial infarction

Answer 32

heart attack

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neglect

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failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness

Question 34

pathogen

Answer 34

disease causing micro organism; germ

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paraplegia

Answer 35

paralysis of the lower half of the body- waist down

Question 36

physical

Answer 36

relates to the body

Question 37

prosthesis

Answer 37

artificial or man made part of organ

Question 38

pulse

Answer 38

rhythmical throbbing of an artery showing how fast the heart is beating

Question 39

reality orientation

Answer 39

assisting residents to be aware of time, place, and person

Question 40

respiration

Answer 40

the act of breathing

Question 41

shearing

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force of skin over a bone when the bone moves but the skin stays at point of contact

Question 42

sign

Answer 42

evidence of something abnormal in the body which is observed by the nursing team through seeing, listening, touching, and smelling

Question 43

standard precautions

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practices that reduce risk of disease transmission like wearing gloves or washing hands

Question 44

vein

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small blood vessel carrying blood to the heart to be reoxygenated

Question 45

voluntary

Answer 45

controllable

Question 46

void

Answer 46

urination