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Vocabulario general Flashcards

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What is leukopenia?

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Abnormal decrease of white blood cells usually below 50000/mm3

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Fatigue

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An overwhelming sustained sense of exhaustion and decreased capacity for physical and mental work at the usual level.

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What causes fatigue?

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Excessive activity which causes the accumulation of metabolic waste e.g. lactic acid, malnutrition, circulatory disturbances which may interfere with the supply of oxygen, and infectious diseases

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Veins of the internal or external hemorrhoidal plexus and the immediately surrounding tissues. Only referred when diseased i.e. enlarged, painful, bleeding

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Hemorrhoid

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Without fever

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Afebrile

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Ischemia

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A temporary deficiency of blood flow to an organ or tissue. The deficiency may be caused by diminished blood flow either through a regional artery or through the circulation

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Located at or pertaining to the outside; occurring away from the center

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Peripheral

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Parenteral

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Denoting any medication route other than the alimentary canal such as intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or mucosal

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Purulent

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Forming on containing pus; suppurative

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The passage of fluid or unformed stools. It may cause dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.

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Diarrhea

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Iatrogenic

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Any injury or illness that occurs as a result of medical care. For example, nausea, vomiting, hair loss or depresses WBC counts due to chemotherapy or UTI due to Foley catheter insertion

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A blue, gray, slate, or dark purple discoloration of the skin or mucus membranes caused by deoxygenated or reduced hemoglobin in the blood; it is commonly found in hypoxemic patients.

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Cyanosis

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Inflammation

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An immunological defense against injury, infection, or allergy, marked by increase in regional blood flow, immigration of WBC and release of chemical toxins. It is one mechanism the body uses to protect itself from invasion by foreign organisms and to repair tissue trauma.

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Breathing; pertaining to interchange of gases between an organism and the medium in which it lives. The act of breathing.

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Respiratory

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Abdominal respiration

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Respiration in which chiefly the diaphragm exerts itself while the chest wall muscles are nearly at rest; used in normal quiet breathing and in pathological conditions such as pleurisy pericarditis and rib fractures

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Inability to perform purposive movements although there is no sensory or motor impairment; inability to use objects properly.

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Apraxia

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Discoloration or redness caused by inflammation. It is one of the four classic symptoms of inflammation. The other symptoms are calor (heat), dolor (pain), and tumor (swelling)

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Rubor

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The secretion or passage of large amounts of urine. It occurs as a complication of metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus and hypercalcemia.

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Diuresis

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Air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain.

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Dyspnea

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Signs and symptoms of dyspnea

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audibly labored breathing, tachypnea, hyperpnea, retraction of intercostal spaces, distressed facial expression, dilated nostrils, gasping, cyanosis, paradoxical movements of the chest and abdomen.

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Abnormally deep or rapid respiration

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Hyperpnea

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Partially or complete loss of sensation, with or without loss of consciousness, as a result of disease usually by injection or inhalation.

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Anesthesia

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Protein-rich fluid (exudate) containing WBC esp. neutrophils, and cell debris produced during inflammation. It is commonly caused by pyogenic (pus forming) bacteria such as streptococci, staphylococci, gonococci, and pneumococci. It may be yellow, red if blood is present, or green if it has Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pus

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Itch, tingling or burning skin sensation that prompts a person to rub or scratch. It may be a symptom of a disease process such as an allergic reaction or due to emotional factors

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Pruritus

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25
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Pain associated with menstruation

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Dysmenorrhea

26
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Impairment of speech resulting from brain lesion or neurodevelopmental disorder

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Dysphasia

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Aphasia

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Severe global language loss

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Inflammation of the lungs usually due to infection with bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms; clinically it indicates an infectious disease.

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Pneumonia

29
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A gland consisting of a median lobe and two lateral lobes that surrounds the neck of the bladder and the urethra in the male.

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Prostate

30
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Movement of bacteria or body cells (esp cancer cells) from one part of the body to another. The malignant cells may spread through the lymphatic circulation, the blood stream, or avenues such as cerebrospinal fluid.

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Metastasis

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Fainting; The transient, sudden loss of consciousness accompanied by an inability to maintain an upright posture, due to vasovagal (fainting spell) or cardiogenic (arrhytmogenic, valvular, or ischemic) causes.

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Syncope

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Lying with the body extended usually face down

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Prostrate

33
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Superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucus membrane

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Ecchymosis

34
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A synonym for ecchymosis

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bruise

35
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Absence of urine formation

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Anuria

36
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Peritoneum

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The serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and reflected over the viscera.

37
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Profuse sweating

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Diaphoresis

38
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Absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech, writing, or signs because of brain dysfunction

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Aphasia

39
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Inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing

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Dysphagia

40
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How do you care someone with dysphagia?

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Tucking the chin while swallowing or turning the head to the side

41
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Small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin that appear in patients with platelet deficiencies (thrombocytopenia) and in many febrile illness.

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Petechiae

42
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Structures occupying the pelvic outlet and constituting the pelvic floor. The external region between the vulva and the anus in a female or between the scrotum and anus in a male. It is made up of skin, muscle, and fasciae

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Peritoneum

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A measure time or movement; regularity of occurrence of action or function.
In electroencephalography, the regular occurrence of an impulse.

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Rhythm

44
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Urinary output of less than 400 ml/day and results in renal failure if not reversed. Scantiness of urine from inadequate perfusion of the kidneys (shock and dehydration), intrarenal disease (acute tubular necrosis), or from obstruction to renal flow (bilateral hydronephrosis)

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Oliguria

45
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Within or by way of the intestine

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Enteral

46
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Absence of a normal sense of pain

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Analgesia

47
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Pertaining to results obtained from treatment

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Therapeutic

48
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A healing agent; having medicinal properties.

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Therapeutic

49
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Health science dealing with the eye and its diseases

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Ophthalmology

50
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A small bine at the base of the spinal column in human formed by four fused rudimentary vertebrae. It is usually ankylosed and articulated with the sacrum above.

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Coccyx

51
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The vomiting of blood due to duodenal/gastric ulcers, esophageal varices, esophagitis, gastritis, duodenitis, Malory-Weiss tears in the esophagus, arteriovenous malformations, or rarely fistula between aorta and upper GI track.

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Hematemesis

52
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Blood loss

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Hemorrhage

53
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Describes episodes of bleeding that last more than a few minutes, compromise organ or tissue perfusion, or threaten life

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Hemorrhage

54
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An allergic reaction marked by multiple discrete swellings on the skin (wheals0 that are intensely itchy and last up to 24 hr. The wheals appear primarily on the chest, back, extremities, face, or scalp.

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Urticaria (hives)

55
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The expectoration of blood that arises from the larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs.

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Hemoptysis

56
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Jaundice

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Icterus

57
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A localized collection of pus in any body part resulting from invasion of a pyogenic bacterium or other pathogen. It is surrounded by a membrane of variable strength created by microphages, fibrin, and granulation tissue.

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Abscess

58
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The cyclic, hormonally generated sloughing of the uterine endometrium which occurs between puberty and menopause and is accompanied by bloody vaginal discharge.

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Menstruation

59
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A chronic liver disease characterized by liver scarring with loss of normal hepatic architecture and areas of ineffective regeneration.

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Cirrhosis

60
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This disease can be caused by alcoholism, chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune-biliary-cardiac-nutritional-toxic issues

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Cirrhosis

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