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| The measurement or quantification of a variable or the placement of a value on something. Assessment should not be confused with examination or evaluation. |
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| The person who is treating or working with the patient, examples are the therapist, therapist assistant, aide, or family member. |
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| The exchange of information through verbal (oral), written, or nonverbal (visual) means. |
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| Written or printed matter conveying authoritative information, records, or evidence. |
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| The use of an electrical current to assist with the diagnosis of a patient's condition. |
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| A dynamic process in which the practitioner makes clinical judgements based on data gathered during the examination. |
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| The process of obtaining a history, performing relevant systems reviews, and selecting and administering specific tests and measures. |
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| The measurement or the range of motion of a joing of the body. |
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| Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) |
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| A federal law enacted to protect health care-related information. |
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| The sense by which position, weight, and movement are perceived. |
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| An orthopedic appliance used to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities or to replace the function of parts of the body; a brace or splint is an example of orthosis. |
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| A quantifiable or objective means to determine the effectiveness of treatment or performance that is usually expressed with the use of functional terms. |
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| Problem-Oriented Medical Record (POMR) |
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| A system developed to organize a medical record that uses a common list of patient problems as its base. |
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| Perception mediated by proprioceptors or proprioceptive testing; sensation and awareness about the movements and position of body parts or the body. |
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| The artificial replacement of an absent body part; an artificial limb is an example of a prosthesis. |
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| An image or a record produced on exposed or processed film through radiography; a roetgenogram. |
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| The ability to recognize the form (shape) of an object by touch. |
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| A private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to encourage the attainment of uniformly high standards of institutional medical care. |
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| The ability to recognize or differentiate two blunt points when they are simultaneously applied to the skin. |
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| Absence of microorganisms that produce disease; the prevention of infection by maintaining a sterile condition. |
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| Inflammation of the liver. |
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| The production of a disease or harmful condition by the entrance of disease-producing germs into an organism. |
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| Practices that help to reduce the number and spread of microorganisms. |
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| A tiny living animal or plant that can cause disease. |
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| Pertaining to or originating in a hospital |
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| A microorganism that produces disease. |
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| The presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or tissues. |
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| A hard, thick-walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell. |
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| Containing no microorganisms; free from germs. |
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| Practices that render and keep objects and areas free of all microorganisms. |
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| A bodily injury caused by physical means, with disruption of the normal continuity of structures. |
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| Absence of oxygen in the tissues |
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| The pulse that is found when the stethoscope is placed on the chest wall over the apex of the heart; may also be found by palpatation. |
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| The absence of breathing. |
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| Variation from the normal rhythm. |
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| Listening for sounds produced within the body using the unaided ear or a stethoscope. |
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| The amount of blood that is pumped from the heart during each contraction. |
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| The period when the least amount of pressure is exerted on the walls or the arteries during the heartbeat; usually indicates the resting phase of the heart. |
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| Labored or difficult breathing. |
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| Arising or produced abnormally. |
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| The passive phase of respiration when the person breathes out; also referred to as exhalation. |
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| Abnormally high blood pressure |
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| Abnormally low blood pressure |
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| The active phase of respiration when the person breathes in; also referred to as inhalation. |
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| The insertion of a tube into the larynx to maintain an open airway. |
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| Sounds heard during auscultatory determination of blood pressure. Believed to be produced by vibratory motion of the arterial wall as the artery suddenly distends when compressed by a pneumatic blood pressure cuff. The origin of the sound may be within the blood passing through the vessel or within the wall itself. |
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| To fit close together; to close tight; to obstruct or close off. |
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| A condition in which breathing is easier when the person is seated or standning. |
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| A palpable wave of blood produced in the walls of the arteries with each heartbeat or contraction. |
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| An abnormal discontinuous nonmusical sound heard on auscultation of the chest, primarily during inhalation; also called crackle. |
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| An instrument used to measure blood pressure; it may use a mercury column or an enclosed air-pressure spring system. |
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| A shrill, harsh sound, especially the respiratory sound heard during inspiration in laryngeal obstruction. |
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| A temporary suspension of consciousness caused by cerebral anemia; fainting. |
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| The period when the greatest amount of pressure is exerted on the walls of the arteries during heartbeat; usually indicates the contractile phase of the heartbeat. |
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| An abnormally fast heartbeat (pulse greater than 100 beats per minute) |
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| Measurement of a person's body temperature, heart and respiration rates, and blood pressure. Also referred to as cardinal signs. |
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| Situated at or directed toward the front of a body or object. |
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| The area on which an object rests and provides support for the object. |
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| The point at which the mass of a body or object is centered. |
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| Disturbance, impairment, or abnormality of the functioning of a body part. |
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| The act of rubbing ones hands against one another. |
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| Maintaining or pertaining to the same length. |
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| Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side. |
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| Pertaining to a side; away from the midline of the body or a structure. |
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| A component of a mechanical lever. |
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| An increase in one of the forward convexities of the normal vertebral columns; a lumbar or cervical lordosis can occur. |
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| Pertaining to the lower region of the back superior to the pelvis. |
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| Pertaining to or situated toward the midline of the body. |
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| Pelvic Tilt (inclination) |
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| Movement of the pelvis so the anterior superior iliac spines move anteriorly or posteriorly to produce an anterior or a posterior tilt or inclination of the pelvis. |
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| Situated at or directed toward the back of the body or an object. |
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| Anteroposterior plane or body section that is paralell to the median plane of the body. |
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| To sit on the heels with the knees fully bent. |
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| To bed the body forward or downward by partially bending the knees. |
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| The expression of the effectiveness of a force in turing a lever system. |
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| Valsalva Phenomenon or Maneuver |
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| Increased intrathoracic pressure caused by forcible exhalation against a closed glottis. |
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| A quantity possessing magnitude and direction, such as a force or velocity. |
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| Vertical Gravity Line (VGL) |
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| An imaginary vertical line that passes through the center of gravity of an object. |
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| Movement of a body part away from the middle of the body. |
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| Movement of a body part toward the middle of the body. |
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| Shortening or tightening of the skin, muscle, fascia, or joint capsule that prevents normal movement or flexibility of the involved structure. |
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| Movement that increases or straightens the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones. |
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| External Rotation (lateral) |
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| Outward turning or pivoting around an axis. |
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| Movement that decreases the angle btween two adjoining body parts or bones. |
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| Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit. |
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| Internal Rotation (medial) |
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| Inward turning or pivoting around an axis. |
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| Deficiency of blood in a part because of functional constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel. |
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| The protuberane of the ischium; the inferior, distal portion of the pelvis. |
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| The softening of a solid by soaking. |
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| Morphological changes indicative of cell death. |
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| The protuberance of the occipital bone, the posterior area of the skull. |
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| The pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet. |
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| Lying face downward. Lying on the abdomen and chest. |
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| Medication used to control behavior or to restrict the patient's freedom of movement and is not a standard treatment for the patient's medical or psychiatric condition. |
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| Any manual method or physical or mechanical devis, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the patients body that he or she cannot easily move and restricts freedom of movement or normal access to the body. |
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| The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated at the shoulders and with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees. |
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| The involuntary confinement of a person in a room or area where the person is physically prevented from leaving. |
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| An applied force that tends to cause an opposite, but parallel, sliding motion of the planes of an object. Stress is created on the object. |
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| Continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle because of abnormally increased tension. |
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| Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal (back) surface of the body. |
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| The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and internally rotated at the shoulders with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees. |
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| Active Assistive Exercise |
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| Exercise performed by a person with manual or mechanical assistance, can be static or dynamic. |
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| Exercise performed by a person without any manual or mechanical assistance. |
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| Active Resistive Exercise |
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| Exercise performed by a person against manual or mechanical resistance. |
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| A decrease or reduction in the size of normally developed cells, tissues, organs, or body parts. |
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| A characteristic pattern for a given joint that limits joint motion and indicates that a problem exists within that joint. |
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| An overall shortening of a muscle as it develops tension and contracts, positive work is performed, or movement is accelerated. |
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| A drawing together or shortening or shrinking. |
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| Directed to or situated on the back surface. |
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| An overall lengthening of a muscle as it develops tension and contracts to control motion performed by an outside force. Negative work is performed or movement is decelerated. |
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| The quality of the movement a person senses when pressure is applied passively to a joint at the end of its available range of motion. |
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| Being, coming, or acting from the outside; not inherent. |
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| An increase in the cross-sectional size of a fiber or cell. |
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| A form of active resistive exercise. The speed of movement of the limb is controlled throughout the arc of ROM, and the resistance offered is in direct proportion to the force offered by the patient throughout the range of motion of the exercise. |
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| A muscle contraction that develops tension but does not perform any mechanical work; there is no appreciable joint motion, and the overall length of the muscle remains constant. |
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| A muscle contraction whereby tension is developed and movement of a joint or body part occurs; an eccentric or concentric contraction can occur, and the muscle may lengthen or shorten. |
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| The laxity or elasticity of a joint capsule that allows movement of the joint surfaces within the capsule. |
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| The curve that accounts for the active and passive elements of muscle tension and dictates that optimal tension is developed at one point known as rest length, the point in its range where peak torque is developed. |
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| Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) |
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| A treatment technique that uses various stimuli to affect the muscle or joint proprioceptors to facilitate or after movement responses. |
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| The normal extent of movement in a joint, the amount of motion allowed between two bony levers. |
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| A force external to the body that creates additional work for a muscle when it contracts. |
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| Any therapeutic technique or procedure designed to lengthen or elongate shortened soft-tissue structures, and increases ROM |
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| The position of the forearm that places the hand palm upward; lateral rotation of the forearm. The motion occurs in the forearm. |
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| Inflammation of a vein associated with the formation of a thrombus. |
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| An aggregation of blood factors, primarily platelets and fibrin, with entrapment of cellular elements that frequently leads to a clot and obstruction of a blood vessel. |
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| Pertaining to the palm; indicating the flexor surface of the forearm, wrist, or hand. |
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| A rounded projection on a bone. |
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| The metal bar on a door that disengages the door latch when it is pushed. |
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| To go down;proceed from a higher to a lower level. |
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| Pertaining to the femur (thigh bone) |
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| The ability to move from one place to another. |
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| Pertaining to the foot or feet. |
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| Of or containing air or gasses. |
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| Pertaining to the area behind the knee. |
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| The act of propelling; movement of a wheelchair by the person in the chair or by another person. |
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| The forcible confinement or restriction of movement of a person through the use of belts, straps, or other similar items. |
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| A device attached to a door that closes the door through the use of compressed fluid or air. |
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| Partially containing air or gasses. |
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| From the front to the rear of an object or living being. |
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| Field of medicine concerned with weight loss or that deals with causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. |
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| An increase in the severity of disease or any of its symptoms. |
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| Any tissue or organ for transplantation or implantation. |
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| Paralysis of one side of the body. |
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| Homolateral, on the same side. |
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| Indicates a position away from the median plane or midline of a body or structure. |
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| Related or located toward the midling of a body or structure. |
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| The ability to move in an enviroment with ease and without restriction. |
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| Partial or incomplete paralysis |
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| A padded table for a patient to sit or lie on while performing exercises. |
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| The moving of a patient from one surface to another surface. |
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| A sensation of rotation or movement of one's self or of one's surroundings. |
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