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Abrasion

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Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

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Acute

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New, usually rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic

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Ambulate

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To walk from place to place

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Auscultate

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Listening with a stethescope

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Bony Tenderness

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Pain elicited by pressing on a bone, rather than soft tissue

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Bradycardia

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Heart rate less than 60 BPM

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7
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Cariomegaly

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Enlarged heart

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Cholecystitis

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Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder)

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Chronic

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Long lasting, constant. Opposite of acute

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COPD

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung disease commonly seen in smokers

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Coronary artery

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The artery that supplies the heart with blood

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

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aka stroke, lack of blood supply to the brain causing brain damage

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13
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Diophoresis

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Sweating

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14
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Diffuse

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Everywhere. Opposite of focal

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Deep Vein Thrombosis

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A blood clot in a deep vein, most often an extremity

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16
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Dyspnea

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Problems breathing

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Dysuria

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Painful urination

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18
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Ecchumosis

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A bruise

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Edema

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Swelling

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Epitaxis

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Nose bleed

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Erythema/Erythematous

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Redness/Red

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Febrile

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Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infection

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Focal

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Localized to one specific area. Opposite of diffuse

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Grossly

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Obviouslly, a lot

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Hematemesis

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Very large amounts of blood in the vomit

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Hematuria

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Very large amounts of bllod in the urine

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing up very large amounts of blood

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Hemorrhage

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Excessive of profuse bleeding

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Heptamegaly

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Enlarged liver

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

33
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Hypoxia

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Low oxygen saturation of the body/blood

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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

36
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Laceration

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Splitting of the skin due to trauma, a cut from something sharp

37
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Melena

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Black tarry stool

38
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Myocardial Infarction

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Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia

39
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Myalgia

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Muscular pain, aches

40
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Oriented x3

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Oriented to person, place and time

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Pallor

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Pale skin

42
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Palpate

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Using a hand to pressure on an area

43
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Palpitations

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Feeling a heart-racing, pounding, or fluttering sensation in the chest

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Point Tenderness

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When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain

45
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Pruritic

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Itchy

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Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

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blocing of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

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Purulent

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puss like

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Rales

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crackles, wet crackling in nose and lungs

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Rhinorrhea

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Clear nasal discharge

50
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Rhonchi

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Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs

51
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Sepsis

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Dangerious infection of the blood

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Soft tissue tenderness

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Tenderness of a soft tissue, muscle, fat, skin

53
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STEMI

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ST elevationMI real-time ongoing death of heart tissue dude to ischemia

54
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Syncope

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Loss of consciousness, fainting

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Tachycardia

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Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)

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Tachypnea

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Increased breathing rate

57
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Tenderness

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physicians assessment if an area is painful (tender) or not (non-tnder)

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

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minor stroke;; where neurological function is regained quickly with time

59
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vertigo

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condition of dizzyness

60
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Wheezing

A

high pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease

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