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| The frequent passage of loose, watery stools. May also contain mucus, pus, blood, fat. Accompanied by abdominal cramps and weakness |
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| A clinical condition characterized by the excessive excretion of urine. Diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. |
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| Pertaining to the area of the face around the mouth |
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| A domed-shaped musculofibrous partition that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities. |
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| Anticipation of impending danger and dread accompanied by restlessness, tension, tachycardia, and breathing difficulty. |
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| A flexible tube that may inserted into a duct or cavity to deliver medication or drain fluid |
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| An abnormal nuerological condition in which langauge function is disordered or absent beacuse of an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex. May be complete or partial. |
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| To practice auscultation, or to listen and interpret sounds produced within the body |
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| A lack or loss of appetite. Resulting in the inability to eat. |
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| A supplementory, desirable but not needed, item used for convenience or safety. 2. A structure that serves one of the main anatomic structures such as the sex organs, hair, nails, and skin. 3. One who aids in a perpetrating crime. |
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| A wasting or decrease in size or physiologic activity of a part of the body because of disease or other influences. |
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| A scraping or rubbing away of a surface, such as skin or teeth, by friction.As a result of normal use, trauma, and therapy. |
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| Without rhythm. Any deviation from the normal pattern of the heartbeat |
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| To draw two tissues surfaces together as in the repair of a wound or to draw the bones of a joint together as in physical therapy. Almost correct |
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| Showing cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to not enough oxygen in the blood) |
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| a recumbent or horizontal position , as in lateral decubitus, lying on one side. |
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| Having an excessive accumilation of a substance such as blood. The condition may be a result of increased production or outflow. Can also result from a decreased ability of the heart |
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| The moral, self critical sense of what is right and wrong. |
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| A soft pad used to apply heat, cold, or medication to the surface of a body area. Also applied over wound to help control bleeding |
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| The beaklike bone joined to the sacrum by a disk of fibrocartilage at the base of the vertebral column, |
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| To become pale. 2. To press blood away and wait for return, such as blanching of fingernails. 3. To become pale or white caused by fear or anger. |
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| To put to use or to put on |
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| The introduction of a catheter into a body cavity or organ to inject or remove a fluid. |
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| pertaining to a substance or condition, such as heat or emotional tension, that promotes sweating. |
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