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| Any of the tiny, interconnecting, longitudinal channels in bone tissue through which blood vessels, nerve fibers, and lymphatics pass. |
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also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, or advance decision, are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and appoints a person to make such decisions on their behalf. |
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To move from place to place. |
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Pertaining to or towards the front of the body |
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disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language |
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suspension of external breathing
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: preventing infection <aseptic techniques>
b : free or freed from pathogenic microorganisms aseptic operating room |
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Decrease in size
or waste away (body part)-progressive decline |
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shortening of a muscle or joint |
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large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful |
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indicating a cyst or bladder |
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is a blue coloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to the presence of greater than, or equal to, 2.5 g/dL of deoxygenated hemoglobin in blood vessels near the skin surface |
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an act of lying down; the position assumed in lying down |
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To void feces from the bowels
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The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases |
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The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things
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Of or relating to endocrine glands or the hormones secreted by them
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| urinary and reproductive systems |
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The patient is placed in a semi-upright sitting position (45-60 degrees) and may have knees either bent or straight |
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A semi-sitting or semi-reclined body position whereby the head is elevated on an angle of approximately 30 degrees |
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| Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms can be physical, emotional, spiritual or social in nature |
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| A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling ... |
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| unable to control bladder or bowels: unable to control the bladder or bowels and liable to urinate or defecate involu |
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| the organ system that protects the body from damage, comprising the skin and its appendages[2][3] (including hair, scales, feathers, and nails |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| at side: relating to, located at, or affecting the side |
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| is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of women and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period. |
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behind: situated at the rear or behind something
- near back: situated near or toward the back of the body of a person or animal
- following in series: coming after something in an order or series |
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| an artificial extension that replaces a missing body part |
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| - nearer center of body: nearer to the point of reference or to the center of the body than something else is. |
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| relating to pus: relating to, containing, or consisting of pus |
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1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
2. reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.
3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4. bloody; sanguinary.
5. blood-red; red.
6. Heraldry . a reddish-purple tincture. |
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| Thin and watery, like serum. |
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| inadequate: not sufficient |
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The position is described as follows:
1. Patient lies on their left side.
2. Patient's left leg is extended behind their back
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free from infective organisms: free from living bacteria and other microorganisms
- infertile: incapable of becoming pregnant or of inducing pregnancy
- barren: incapable of supporting vegetation |
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| is a position of the body: lying down with the face up, |
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| the body is laid flat on the back (supine position) with the feet higher than the head |
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| study of urine. The organs covered by urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis). |
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