Word Definitions

Question 1

Afebrile

Answer 1

not feverish

Question 2

Febrile

Answer 2

Feverish

Question 3

Hyperthermia

Answer 3

abnormally high body temperature

Question 4

Hypothermia

Answer 4

A significant and dangerous drop in body temperature

Question 5

Hyperpyrexia

Answer 5

where the body temperature goes above 41.5 degrees Celsius

Question 6

Tachycardia

Answer 6

Rapid Heart rate

Question 7

Bradycardia

Answer 7

Slow Heart rate

Question 8

Arrhythmia

Answer 8

Uneven heart beat

Question 9

Weak or thready pulse

Answer 9

A week or absent pulse

Question 10

Full or bounding pulse

Answer 10

a pulse that feels as though your heart is pounding or racing

Question 11

Pulse Deficit

Answer 11

This means that every time the heartbeats, there is a pulse rate. However, there are times when the heart beats faster than the pulse rate.
When there are fewer pulses than heartbeats, a pulse deficit develops

Question 12

Tachypnoea

Answer 12

Rapid Breathing

Question 13

Bradypnoea

Answer 13

Slow Breathing

Question 14

Apnoea

Answer 14

slowed or stopped breathing

Question 15

Hyperventilation

Answer 15

rapid or deep breathing, left feeling breathless

Question 16

Hypoventilation

Answer 16

breathing that is too shallow or too slow to meet the needs of the body

Question 17

Haemoptysis

Answer 17

Coughing of blood

Question 18

Dyspnoea; Orthopnoea; Shortness of breath (SOB)

Answer 18

Shortness of breath

Question 19

Substernal retraction

Answer 19

If your belly pulls beneath your breastbone

Question 20

Suprasternal retraction

Answer 20

When the skin in the middle of your neck sucks in

Question 21

intercostal retraction

Answer 21

due to reduced air pressure inside your chest