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Moving around a central axis
Rotation
Moving an arm or leg away from the body
Abduction
Moving an arm or leg toward the body
Adduction
Raising a body part
Elevation
Lowering a body part
Depression
Moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground
Protraction
Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
Retraction
Stiffness and rigidity of joints
Ankylosis
Inability of muscles to shorten or lengthen limiting joint mobility
Contracture
Legs: Thigh to knee
Upper leg
Legs: Knee to ankle
Lower leg
Fully awake and conscious
Alert
Not fully awake, drifts off to sleep
Lethargic
Sleeps most of the time and difficult to arouse
Obtunded
Spontaneously unconscious
Stupor/semi-coma
Completely unconscious
Coma
Acute confusion or clouding of consciousness
Delirium
Head, body, pubic lice
Pediculi
Administration of medicine by mouth
Orally or per orem
Administration of medicine by rectum
Rectally
Medicine: Act of breathing in of air or of vapor
Inhalation
Administration of medicine under the skin
Subcutaneous
Administration of medicine within the skin
Intradermal
Administration of medicine within the muscle
Intramuscular
Administration of medicine within the vein
Intravenous
Administration of medicine by pouring into body cavity
Installation
Painful menstruation
Dysmenorrhea
Absence of menstruation
Amenorrhea
Excessive bleeding during menstruation
Menorrhagia
Bleeding in between menstrual period
Metrorrhagia
Physiologic cessation of menstruation
Menopause
Mental: distrustful
Suspicious or paranoid
Mental: Happy
Optimistic or cheerful
Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive; external danger is known and identified
Fear
Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of danger whose source is unknown
Anxiety
Mental: loss of memory
Amnesia
Mental: restlessness
Agitated
Mental: irritable
Easily provoked or impatient
Pleasant odor
Aromatic
Not pleasant odor
Foul
Very unpleasant odor
Offensive-foul
Great pain
Severe
Little pain
Slight
Sudden attack of pain
Paroxysmal
Pain that spreads to distant areas
Radiating
Pain that started all at once
Sudden onset
Joint pain
Arthralgia
Muscle pain
Myalgia
Pain in the ear; earache
Otalgia
Paralysis of the muscles of the face
Facial paralysis
Paralysis of lower half of the body
Paraplegia
Paralysis of one extremity
Monoplegia
Paralysis of one side of the body
Hemiplegia
Paralysis of four extremities
Quadriplegia
Motor weakness in half of the body (divided vertically, right)
Hemiparesis
Admission of walking patient
Ambulatory
Admission of carried patients
In arms
Admission of patient by wheelchair
Per wheelchair
Admission of patient by stretcher
Per stretcher
Positions: one side lying
Lateral
Semi prone, side lying position
Sim’s (left or right)
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 45 to 90°
Fowler’s
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 15 to 45°
Semi fowler’s / low
Positions: head and trunk are raised to 90°
High fowler’s
Positions: On back, buttocks near edge of the table, knees well flexed and separated
Lithotomy
Positions: On back, knees flexed and apart, feet flat on the table or bed
Dorsal recumbent
Positions: Resting on knees and chest
Knee-chest
Positions: On back, pelvis higher than head
Trendelenburg
Positions: On abdomen, face turned to one side
Prone
Positions: Prone with hips over break in the table and feet below level of head
Jackknife
Number of beats per minute
Rate
Rhythm
Regular or irregular (arrythmia)
Beats missed at intervals
Intermittent
Rapid pulse rate
Tachycardia
Slow pulse rate
Bradycardia
One scarcley perceptible
Thready
Small, rapid pulse
Wiry
With excessive recoil wave
Dicrotic
Pulseless
Asphyctic
Pressure of blood during ventricular contraction
Systolic pressure
Pressure of blood during ventricular relaxation
Diastolic pressure
Difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure
High blood pressure, over 140/90 mmHg
Hypertension
Low blood pressure, below 100/60 mmHg
Hypotension
Normal blood pressure
Normotension
Removal of appendix
Appendectomy
Removal of uterus
Hysterectomy
Removal of ovary
Oophorectomy
Removal of breast
Mastectomy
Removal of tonsils
Tonsillectomy
Removal of kidney
Nephrectomy
Removal of a lungs
Pneumonectomy
Removal of thyroid gland
Thyroidectomy
Pink, hot skin
Flushed
Skin that is blue in color
Cyanotic
Very white skin
Extreme pallor
Skin that shines
Glossy
Skin: Raw surface
Excoriation
Skin that is yellow in color
Jaundiced
Torn skin
Lacerated
Skin containing pigments
Pigmented
Moist skin
Wet
Scraped skin
Abraded, denuded
Small ecchymosis of skin
Petechia
Excessive sweating of skin
Diaphoresis
Spoon shaped fingernails
Koilonychia
Red and area, sores or ulcers of the skin occurring over bony prominences
Pressure sore or bed sore
Accumulation of fluids in between the cells of the skin
Edema
Difficulty in falling asleep
Insomnia
Excessive daytime or nighttime sleep
Hypersomnia
Periodic cessation of breathing during sleep and is characterized by snoring
Sleep apnea
Sleepwalking
Somnambulism
Sleep talking
Soliloquy
Cleansing and grinding of teeth during sleep
Bruxism
Solution having same tension as of that of blood
Isotonic
Solution of greater tension
Hypertonic
Solution of less tension
Hypotonic
Symptoms observed by patient only
Subjective
Symptoms oberved by someone other than the patient
Objective
Act of expelling urine from the bladder
Micturition, voiding, urination
Involuntary passage of urine
Urinary incontinence
Application of manual pressure over the super pubic area to induce voiding
Crede’s maneuver
Absence of urine production
Anuria
Frequent voiding during the night
Nocturia
Excessive urine production
Polyuria or diuresis
Inadequate urine production
Oliguria
Painful or difficult urination
Dysuria
Voiding at frequent intervals
Frequency
Strong desire to void
Urgency
Difficulty in initiating voiding
Hesitancy
Repeated involuntary voiding beyond 4 to 5 years old
Enuresis
Frequent scanty urination
Pollakuria
Presence of pus in the urine
Pyuria
Presence of blood in the urine
Hematuria
Presence of hemoglobin in the urine
Hemoglobinuria
Presence of glucose in the urine
Glucosuria
Presence of albumin in the urine
Albuminuria
Presence of acetone in urine
Acetonuria
Presence of bile in urine
Choluria
Presence of sugar in urine
Glycosuria
Presence of bacteria in the urine
Bacteriuria
Presence of protein in the urine
Proteinuria
Presence of casts in the urine
Cylindruria
Presence of ketones in the urine
Ketonuria
Overweight
Obese
Thin, underweight
Emaciated
Severe weight loss and tissue wasting
Cachexia
Deep wound
Deep
Slight, surface only wound
Superficial
Not infected wound
Clean
Wound discharging pus
Suppurating
Infected wound
Infected
Torn wound
Lacerated
Inability to read
Alexia
Difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume
Dysphonia
Distorted speech sounds
Dysarthia
Inability to speak clearly
Expressive aphasia
Inability to understand or interpret sounds and language
Receptive aphasia
Inability to write
Agraphia
Inability to do activities performed by fingers
Apraxia
Uncoordinated movements
Ataxia
Absence of sense of smell
Anosmia
Absence of sense of taste
Ageusia
Inability to recognize or interpret meaning of visual, auditory, or tactile sensory information although ability to perceive primary sensory modalities is intact
Agnosia
