Nursing Terms

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After lib

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As desired

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Alopecia

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Hair loss

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Ambulate

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Walk

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Oliguria

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Reduced urination

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Aphasia

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Inability to swallow

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Apnea

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Pause in breathing

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Asepsis

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Without microorganisms

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Atrophy

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Wasting of tissue/muscle

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Auscultate

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Listening to heart,lung, and tummy sounds (usually with a stethoscope)

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Bradycardia

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Slow heart rate below 60 BPM

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Bradypenia

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Respiratory rate below 12 breaths/minute

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Contralateral

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On the other side of the body

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Cyanosis

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A blue body tint caused by lack of oxygen

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Diaphoresis

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Excessive sweating

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Dysphasia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Dysuria

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Difficulty urinating

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Edema

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Swelling

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Emesis

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Vomit

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Epistaxis

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Nosebleed

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Eversion

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Turning inside out

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Expectorate

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Mucus from lungs

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Febrile

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Having a fever

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Gait

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How someone walks

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Halitosis

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Bad breath

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Hematemesis

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Blood in vomit

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Hematuria

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Blood in urine

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Hemiplagia

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One sided paralysis

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Hemoccult

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Test that checks for blood in stool

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing up bloody sputum from lungs

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Hypertrophy

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Enlargement

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Inversion

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Turn inward

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Isometric

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Muscle contraction without shortening

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Lateral

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Away from midline or middle

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Medial

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In middle or on midline

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Mydriasis

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Dilation of pupil

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Myosis

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Constriction of pupil

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Nocturia

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Excessive nightly urination

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Oliguria

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Reduced urination

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Orthopedic

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SOB when laying down

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Palpation

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Using hands to feel

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Paralysis

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Loss of ability to move or feel

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Paraplegia

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Loss of the ability to move or feel in lower body

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Paresthesia

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Feeling of burning or pins and needles

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Paroxysmal

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An acute occurrence or recurrence

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Pediculosis

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Having lice

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Prone

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Laying on stomach

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Pruritis

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Itching

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Purulent

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Pus

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Pyre is

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Increased temp or fever

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Sanguineous

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Containing blood

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Serous

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Serum-looking or watery like

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Supine

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Laying on back

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Syncope

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Fainting

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Systemic

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Impacting Whole body

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Urticaria

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Hives