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COMMON NURSING TERMS
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07/29/2010
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CHEYENNE-STOKES RESPIRATIONS
 Definition
INCREASING DYSPNEA WITH PERIODS OF APNEA
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CHOLURIA
 Definition
BILE IN THE URINE
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CLONIC TREMOR
 Definition
SHAKING WITH PERIODS OF REST
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CORYZA
 Definition
WATERY DRAINAGE FROM THE NOSE
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DORSAL RECUMBANT POSITION
 Definition
LYING ON BACK, KNEES FLEXED AND APART
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DYSMENORRHEA
 Definition
PAINFUL MENSTRUAION
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FOWLER'S POSITION
 Definition
SEMI-ERECT, KNEES FLEXED, HEAD OF BED ELEVATED 45-60 DEGREES
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HEMOPTYSIS
 Definition
SPITTING OF BLOOD
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LATERAL POSITION
 Definition
ON THE SIDE, KNEES FLEXED
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LITHOTOMY POSITION
 Definition
ON BACK, BUTT NEAR EDGE OF TABLE, KNEES WELL FLEXED AND SEPARATED
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MYDRIASIS
 Definition
DILATION OF PUPIL
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MYOPIA
 Definition
NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
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MYOSIS
 Definition
CONTRACTION OF THE PUPIL
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OLIGUIRA
 Definition
LESS THAN 400mL IN 24 HRS
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PAROXYSM
 Definition
SPASMS OR CONVULSIVE SEIZURE
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PRONE POSITION
 Definition
ON ABDOMEN, FACE TURNED TO ONE SIDE
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PRURITIS
 Definition
ITCHING
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PTOSIS
 Definition
DROOPING EYELID
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PURULENT
 Definition
DRAINAGE CONTAINING PUS
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PYREXIA
 Definition
ELEVATED TEMPERATURE
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PYURIA
 Definition
PUS IN URINE
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SANGUINEOUS
 Definition
BLOODY DRAINAGE
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SEROUS
 Definition
DRAINAGE OF LYMPHATIC FLUID
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SIM'S POSITION
 Definition
ON LEFT SIDE, LEFT ARM BEHIND BACK, LEFT LEG SLIGHTLY FLEXED, RIGHT LEG SLIGHTLY FLEXED
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SEMI-FOWLER'S POSITION
 Definition
SEMI-ERECT, HEAD OF BED ELEVATED 30-45 DEGREES
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STRABISMUS
 Definition
SQUINTING
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SUPPURATING
 Definition
DISCHARGING PUS
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SYNCOPE
 Definition
FAINTING
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TENACIOUS
 Definition
TOUGH AND STICKY
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TONIC TREMOR
 Definition
CONTINUOUS SHAKING
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URTICARIA
 Definition
HIVES OR WHEALS, ERUPTIONS ON SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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TRENDELENBURG POSITION
 Definition
FLAT ON BACK WITH PELVIS HIGHER THAN HEAD, FOOT OF BED ELEVATED 6 INCHES