Miscellaneous Flashcards

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-itis (suffix)

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Inflammation

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-scopy (suffix)

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Viewing with a scope

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Auscultation

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Listening with the stethoscope

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Baseline

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The normal state of being for each specific patient

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Benign

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Normal, of no danger to health

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Catheter

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Tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open

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Grossly

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Obviously; a lot; wholly

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Hemorrhage

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Excessive or profuse bleeding

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Infarct

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Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply

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Ischemia

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Lack of blood supply to a specific area

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Palpation

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Examine by touch

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