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Vocab. Wk. 3 Flashcards

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Alopecia

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Sudden hair loss that starts with one or more circular bald patches that may overlap.

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Anisocoria

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A condition characterized by unequal pupil sizes

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Ascites

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A condition in which fluid collects in spaces within the abdomen

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Atrophy

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The partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.

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Axillary

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relating to the armpit.

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Blepharospasm

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blinking or other eyelid movements, like twitching, that you can’t control.

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Bradycardia

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Slow heart rate. (under 80bpm)

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Cachexia

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weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness

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Canthus

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the outer or inner corner of the eye, where the upper and lower lids meet.

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Caudal

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Of or like a tail.

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Clinical sign

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changes in the normal healthy state, bodily function, or behavior

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Conscious proprioception

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The ability to sense the position of your body in space and to feel where your natural range of movement is

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Cornea

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The transparent layer forming the front of the eye.

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Cranial

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Towards the head

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Crepitus

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a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone.

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Cyanosis

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bluish color in the skin, lips, and nail beds caused by a shortage of oxygen in the blood

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Distal

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Away from the body trunk

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Dorsal

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The upper side or back of an animal

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Dyspnea

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difficult or labored breathing

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Ecchymosis

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a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising.

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Ectropion

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lower eyelid droops away from the eye and turns outwards

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Edema

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swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body’s tissues.

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Emesis

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the action or process of vomiting

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Entropion

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inward turning of the eyelid margin and appendages such that the pilosebaceous unit and mucocutaneous junction are directed posteriorly towards the cornea and ocular surface.

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Epiphora

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a watering eye

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed

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Erythema

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superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of injury or irritation causing dilatation of the blood capillaries.

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Etiology

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manner of causation of a disease or condition

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Febrile

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fever

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Halitosis

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bad breath

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Hematemesis

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Vomiting blood

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Hematochezia

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Frank blood in stool

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing up blood

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Hernia

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a gap in the muscular wall that allows the contents inside the abdomen to protrude outward

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Hyperemic

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when excess blood builds up inside the vascular system

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Hyperplasia

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the enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the development of cancer.

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Hypertension

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Higher than normal blood pressure

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Hyperthermia

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Abnormally high body temp

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Hypothermia

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Abnormally low body temp

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Hypovolemia

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condition that occurs when your body loses fluid, like blood or water. (shock)

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Hypoxia

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low levels of oxygen in body tissues

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Hypoxemia

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below-normal level of oxygen in your blood, specifically in the arteries

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Icterus

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An excess of bile pigments in the blood

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Idiopathic

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relating to or denoting any disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.

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Inguinal

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Groin

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Ischemic

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the blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted or reduced in a part of the body

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Lateral

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side of body

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Lesion

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a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumor.

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Lichenification

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hard, thickened areas of skin

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Medial

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situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.

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Melena

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dark sticky feces containing partly digested blood.

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Mentation

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A patients mental status (BAR,QAR,Depressed)

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Nares

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nostrils

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Nystagmus

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an involuntary rhythmic side-to-side, up and down or circular motion of the eyes

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Nictitating membrane

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transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus

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Orthopnea

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sensation or appearance of breathlessness in the recumbent position, relieved by sitting or standing

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Palmar

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Paw pad side of front feet

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Pathogenesis

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the manner of development of a disease.

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Petechiae

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pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding

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Pinna

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the external part of the ear; the auricle.

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Pitting edema

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edema in which external pressure leaves a persistent depression in the tissues.

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Plantar

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Paw pad side of rear feet

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Pleural effusion

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blood or other fluid may leak into the pleural space from another part of the body

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Pneumothorax

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Collapsed lung

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Pollakiuria

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frequent, abnormal urination.

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Polydipsia

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abnormally great thirst

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Polyuria

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excessive or an abnormally large production or passage of urine

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Proximal

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situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment.

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Pruritic

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itchy

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Pulmonary edema

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a condition that results from the accumulation of fluid in the lungs

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Pulse deficit

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difference between the apical and peripheral pulse rates

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Purulent

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consisting of, containing, or discharging pus.

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Pyrexia

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raised body temperature; fever.

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Regurgitation

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the action of bringing swallowed food up again to the mouth. (undigested)

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Sclera

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the white outer layer of the eyeball. At the front of the eye it is continuous with the cornea.

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Strabismus

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misalignment of the eyes, causing one eye to deviate inward (esotropia) toward the nose, or outward (exotropia), while the other eye remains focused.

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Stertor

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a noise created in the nose or the back of the throat

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Stridor

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noisy breathing that occurs due to obstructed air flow through a narrowed airway.

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Syncope

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fainting or passing out.

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Tachycardia

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Abnormally fast heart rate

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Tachypnea

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Abnormally fast respiratory rate

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Tenesmus

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feeling that you need to pass stools, even though your bowels are already empty.

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Tympanic membrane

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Eardrum: separates the outer ear from the middle ear

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Ventral

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of, on, or relating to the underside of an animal; abdominal.

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Zoonoses

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a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.

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