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Details Title: Terminology Description: Medical terms Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 01/05/2005 00:45:41	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Definition A condition marked by weakness, edema (An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity), and shortness of breath that is caused by the inability of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation in the peripheral tissues and the lungs; heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation Term Anorexia Definition Appetite loss Term Thrombocytopenia Definition Decrease in thrombocytes counts, may increase bleeding in patient. Term Ventricular arrhythmia Definition Irregular movement of left ventricles of heart. Term Pulmonary toxicity Definition Lung toxicity Term Gingival hyperplasia Definition Gum inflammation and bleeding Term Ataxia Definition Unsteady movement of body Term Nystagmus Definition Rapid involuntary movement of eyes that may be from side to side, up and down, or rotary Term S.L.E. Definition Systemic lupus erythematosus (Chronic inflammatory disease of connective tissue) Term Blood dyscrasia Definition Abnormality in blood; A diseased state of the blood, usually one in which the blood contains permanent abnormal cellular elements. Term A.V. node suppression Definition Slowing down in conduction (the transmission of excitation through living tissue and especially nervous tissue ) velocity of heart Term Negative Inotropic effects Definition slowing in heart rate