vocab Flashcards
The life skills of eating, dressing, toileting, and communicating are often referred to as…
ADL’s
An illness which is intense, usually short in duration is referred to as an ___________ illness.
acute
A disease which is capable of spreading from one person to another is…
communicable
A fixed false belief is called:
delusions
A condition in which the body tissues retain an excessive amount of fluids is called…
edema
A medical specialty concerned with care and treatment of the aged is…
Geriatrics
False sensory perceptions (such as feeling, hearing, smelling, or seeing things with no basis in reality)
hallucinations
High blood pressure is also known as…
hypertension
Lack of proper bladder and/or bowel control is…
incontinence
A spread of bacteria or body cells to other organs, as with cancer…
metastasis
An infection contracted while in the facility is called…
nosocomial
Damage to the skin or underlying structures, usually located on a bony prominence…
pressure ulcer
Disease of the eye characterized by increase in pressure within the eye…
glaucoma
Term for a clinical condition caused by an occlusion of a coronary artery…
heart attack
Disease of the bone characterized by a reduction in bone density associated with loss of calcium…
osteoporosis
