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| Any advrese condition in a patient that results from treatment by a physician or surgeon (e.g., side effects of medication) |
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| Disease or condition whose cause is unknown |
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| An artificial opening into the ileum |
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| Obstruction of the bowel, usually because of the inhibition of nerve impulses necessary to the maintenance of normal peristalsis |
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| A form used in hospitals to document the possible injury of a patient or an employee or a visitor |
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| Inability to hold urine or feces |
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| An area of necrosis resulting from a lack of blood supply |
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| Invasion of the body tissues by microorganisms, with multiplication of the microorganisms in the tissues |
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| The diffusion or accumulation in a tissue or cells of substances not normally found there |
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| A tissue response to injury. The signs are pain, heat, redness, and swelling |
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| Permission obtained from a patient to have a test or procedure performed after the patienet has been fully informed about the test or procedure. The consent may or may not be in writing, but written consent provides better legal protection for the health care professional |
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| See electronic infusioin devices |
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| The space between the ribs |
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| The boundary between two parts of matter |
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| Lying between; the spaces between the cells; intercellular |
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| Within a vein, often meaning an injection into a vein |
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| The insertion of a tube into a body opening |
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| Procedures that involve entering the body; tendency to spread to other parts of the body 9e.g., tumors) also known as interventional procedures |
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| The return of an enlarged organ to its normal size |
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| Exposure to any form of radiant energy, such as x-rays or radioisotopes |
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| Separation from contact with others to prevent contracting or spreading disease |
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| A yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes caused by excessive amounts of bile in the blood. May be normal in newborn infants. In adults it results from hepatitis, gallstones, or more serious liver problems |
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| An organization of health care institutions devoted to improving, regulating, and accrediting their member institutions, with the goal of providing safe and efficient patient care |
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| Filing system for necessary information that can be located readily. Most often found at nurses' stations |
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| Disturbance of the acid-base balance of the body |
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| A wound caused by tearing |
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| Allergic reactions to latex can include skin rash, itching, hives, swollen red skin, tears, itching or burning eyes, and swollen lips and tongue |
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| Irrigation or washing out of an organ or space |
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| Rules of conduct enforced by a controlling authority |
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| Any pathologic or traumatic change in a tissue |
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| The reduction in the number of leukocytes in the blood (count of <5000 per cubic mm) |
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| Permission granted by a component authority or agency to an organization or individual, to engage in a practice that otherwise would be illegal |
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| The application of a tie around a vessel or hollow tuge such as fallopian tubes |
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| Benign collection of fatty tissues |
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| Surgical removal of a stone; also a common gynecologic position |
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| Use of sound waves to break up kidney stones or gallstones |
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| A procedure used to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid |
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| A cavity or channel within a tube |
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| The primary infection fighters |
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| A type of white blood cell |
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| Presentation of temporal changes in echoes, in which the depth of echo-producing interfaces is displayed along one axis, and time is displayed along a second axis. Also known as motion modulation or time-motion mode |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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| A diagnostic imaging technique that provides high-quality, cross-sectional images of the organs and bony structures of the body without the use of radiographs or radiation |
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| Impaired internal absorption of nutrients |
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| Weakness, lack of energy, and vague sense of bodily discomfort |
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| Tending to become progressively worse and to result in death; usually pertains to cancer or other life-threatening conditions |
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| Pertaining to the breasts |
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| The surgical removal of a breast |
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| A dereliction from one's medical professional duty that results in injury, loss, or damage. A failure to excercise an accepted degree of medical professional skill/learning when rendering medical services |
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| The process of calling to mind things remembered |
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| The cessation of mensturation at the end of the reproductive period of life |
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| The periodic discharge of blood and endometrial tissue from the uterus |
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| The chemical processes of life |
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| The transfer of a disease from one part of the body to another |
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| Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MERSA) |
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| A specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance |
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| Abnormal bleeding from the uterus during the intermenstrual period |
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| A plane dividing the body or an organ into right and left halves |
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| Techniques or systems for improving memory by the use of certain formulas |
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| The head of the patient's bed or table is elevated 18 to 20 inches above the level; the patient's knees also are elevated |
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| Standards of right and wrong that are learned through socialization |
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| A type of membrane that lines body cavities that open to the outside of the body |
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| A secretion produced by mucous membranes |
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| A progressive disease of the nervous system |
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| A progressive disease characterized by wasting of the voluntary muscles |
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| Musculoskeletal Injuries (MSIs) |
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| Injuries of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, and spinal disk due to physical work activities or workplace conditions |
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| A disease characterized by progressive paralysis of muscles without any sensory disturbance |
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| Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
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| A disease caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormones |
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| Nasogastric Tube (NG tube) |
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| A tube inserted throught the nose and into the stomach or intestine |
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| National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) |
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| Patient safety requirements developed by The Joint Commission (TJC) for all TJC-accrediteed institutions |
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| The death or decay of one or more cells or a portion of tissue in which the growth is uncontrolled and progressive; usually results from and interruption of blood supply or injury |
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| The omission or commision of an act or action that a reasonably prudent sonographer would not have omitted or committed |
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| A mass of cells forming a new growth of tissue, such as a tumor, in which the growth is uncontrolled and progressive |
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| Proliferation of blood vessels in tissue not normally containing them. Proliferation of blood vessels of a different kind than usual tissue |
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| The surgical removal of a kidney |
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| Inflammation of the kidney |
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| A microscopic functional unit in the cortex of the kidney |
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| A downward displacement of the kidney |
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| A surgical procedure involving placment of a tube into the renal pelvis of the kidney for drainage purposes |
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| Functional disturbances or pathologic changes in the peripheral nervous system |
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| A psychic or mental illness usually characterized by anxiety and difficulties in adjusting to new or stressful situation |
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| Excessive urination at night |
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| Nonsterodial antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) |
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| Special class of drugs that reduce inflammation and relieve pain |
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| Communtication that does not invlove words |
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| a 0.9% solution of sodium chloride, frequently used for irrigations |
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| Infections acquired during a hospital stay |
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| Abbreviation of Latin phrase nil per os: nothing by mouth |
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| The condition of being excessively overweight |
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| Having to do with a known or perceived object as distinguished from something exisisting only in the mind of the thinker |
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| Medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth |
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| Pertaining to the base of the skull |
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| Secretion of a diminished amount of urine |
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| The surgical removal of an ovary` |
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| An instrument used to examine the interior of the eye |
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| Pertaining to living matter |
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| The entrance or outlet of a body cavity |
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| A medical specialty dealing with disorder of the skeletal system |
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| Difficulty in breathing except in an upright position |
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| Pertaining to body tissue |
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| A chronic degenerative disease of the joints |
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| A disease in which the there is a decrease in bone density |
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| Any operation in which an artificial opening is formed between two hollow organs or between viscera and the abdominal wall |
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| Release of a mature ovum from the ovary |
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| The mature female sex call formed in the ovary |
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| Determining the oxygen saturation of arterial blood |
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| In medicine, oxygen saturation measures the percentage of hemoglobin binding sites in the bloodstream occupied by oxygen; a value below 90% is termed hypoxia |
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| Treatment that eliminates the symptoms but does not affect the cause of the symptoms |
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| Examination of the body by means of feeling with the hand |
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| Rapid heart action felt by the patient |
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| Small nipple- or finger-shaped elevations |
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| The removal of fluid from the peritoneal cavity |
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| Restating the person's message in your own words |
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| Paralysis of the lower extremities |
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| Pertaining to autonomic nerves that originate in the lower part of the brain and the sacral portion of the spinal cord |
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| The distinguishing or specific cells (functional elements) of a gland or organ as distinct from the connective tissue framework, or stroma |
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| Piercing of mucous membranes or skin via needle sticks, cuts, abrasions, or bites |
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| Slight of incompleter paralysis |
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| Pertaining to the body wall; also the region of the head |
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| A woman's reproductive history viable/nonviable offspring. Also known as gravidity |
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| A progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by stiffness; slow movements; and rhytmic, fine tremors of resting muscles |
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| Anything that causes disease |
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| A branch of medicine concerned with structural and functional changes caused by disease |
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| Patient Care Profiles (PCPs) |
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| A list of patient care plans, including drugs and other treatments |
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| Standards created by the American Hospital Association in 1993. Replaced by the Patient Care Partnership |
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| The new standard to replace the Patient's Bill of Rights, established by the American Hospital Association |
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| Pertaining to the breast or chest |
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| A medical specialty that deals wtih diseases of children |
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| Radiographic measurment of the pregnant woman's pelvis to determine wheater vaginal delivery is possible |
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| A soft tube-shaped rubber or silicone drain, named for American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose. Frequently used in postsurgical procedures |
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| A diagnostic procedure in which a part is struck with short, sharp blows to aid in determining the condition of the parts beneath by the sound obtained |
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| Performed through the skin |
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| Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) |
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| PUBS, or fetal blood sampling, involves taking a small sample of blood from the fetal umbilical cord. PUBS generally are performed after the eighteenth week of pregnancy; however, the timing depends on the reason the test is being done |
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| A liquid pouring over or through something |
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| The membraneous sac that contains the heart |
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| The anatomic region at the lower end of the trunk between the thighs |
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| Contractions of smooth muscle, causing wavelike motion |
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| A serous membrane that surrounds the abdominalorgans and lines the abdominal cavity |
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| Inflammation of the peritoneum |
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| The quality of personal identity: friendly, kind, humorous, and so on |
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| The symbol relating to the hydrogen ion concentration or activity of a solution to that of a given stadard solution |
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| An organism's physical appearance |
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| Inflammation of the veins |
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| Insertion of needles into veins |
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| Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) |
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| Computer-assisted programs that allow the electronic storage, management, distribution and viewing of images |
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| The property of certain crystals that causes them to produce voltage when a mechanical pressure such as sound vibrations is applied to them |
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| An ifussion system that provides a primary line and a secondary line |
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| A substance with no pharmacologic action that is given to satisfy a patient's desire for drug treatment; also used in research to ensure that a medication rather than psycologic factors have caused a response |
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| The nutrient and excretory organ of the fetus |
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| The fluid portion of the circulating blood |
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| One of the formed particles of the blood that is important in clot formation |
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| The surgical removal of a lung |
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| Air in the pleural cavity |
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| An abnormal growth from a mucous membrane |
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| Greatly increased urinary output |
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| Situated behind or toward the rear |
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| Abbreviation of Latin phrase pro re nata: as the situation demands; as needed |
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| Visual inspection of the rectum |
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| An opinion of the probable outcome of a disease or injury |
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| Downward displacement of a tissue or organ outside of its normal position |
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| The prevention of disease |
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| An artificial replacement for a part of the body that has been lost |
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| Closest to the point of attachment |
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| Caused by emotional factors |
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| A severe form of mental illness in which the patient may have hallucinations and personality changes |
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| A type of illness in which thought processes may disturb organic functions |
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| A drooping or prolapse of an organ or part |
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| A product of inflammation consisting of fluid, white blood cells, and bacteria |
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| A small elevation filled with pus |
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| Any disease of the kidney and its pelvis |
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| Paralysis of all four extremities |
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| A program that is intended, by its actions, to guaruntee a standard level of quality and standard performance requirements |
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| The emmission of radiant energy |
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| The spontaneous emission of alpha, beta, and gamma rays |
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| A radioactive element used as a tracer in the body because it can be detected and followed by its radioactive emissions |
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| Radiology Information System (RIS) |
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| Computer programs designed to streamline scheduling/ordering of appointments, patient registration, work lists, billing, and medical and management reporting |
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| Not readily penetrated by x-rays or other types of radiation |
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| An abormal respiratory sound usually associated with fluid in the air passages |
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| The backflow of material in the body |
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| The process of placing one's name on a list of those eligable to practice a profession, by making an application in the prescribed way |
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| Disappearance of the symptoms of a disease |
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| Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs) |
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| Tendon and nerve disorders resulting from many repeated, strong wrist motions |
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| Surgical removal of an organ or structure |
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| Although breathing stops, the heart still pumps blood several minutes |
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| A forceful confinement device |
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| A summing up of a job applicant's previous employment, experience, education |
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| Resoration to life or consciousness |
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| A substance in the red blood cells important in the typing of blood for transfusions and in obstetric care |
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| An inflammatory disease of the connective tissue characterized by cycles of remission and exacerbation of joint pain and stiffness |
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| Entitlements that one deserves according to just claims, legal guaruntees, or moral principles. The categories of rights are freedom of choice, legal rights, and moral rights |
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| Assuming a character or playing a part |
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| Folds inside some ot the hollow organs (e.g., stomach, urinary bladder) |
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| Pertaining to a plane that divides the body into right and left portions |
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| Inflammation of the fallopian tubes |
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| Sudden, uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain that can cause reactions ranging from mild feelings of fear to loss of consciousness and generalized twitching (convulsions)` |
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| Experiencing one's potential. Full development of one's abilities, ambitions, and so on |
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| Belief in oneself; self-respect |
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| Bacteria (circulatin in the blood) that multiply and produce toxins; blood poisioning |
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| The study of antigen-antibody reactions in vitro |
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| Pertaining to or containing both serum and blood |
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| The fluid portion of the blood obtained after removal of the fibrin clot and blood cells |
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| Rigid containers for the safe disposal of needles and other sharp items |
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| An objective manisfestation of disease |
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| The type of communication people use out of habit; superficial chitchat |
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| Describing involuntary muscle spasms |
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| The mature sex cell formed in the testes |
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| A muscle that closes an orifice |
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| An instrument used to measure blood pressuring |
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| Suggested program to provide safety to both patient and caregiver from blood or airborne infections. The Centers for Disease Control and other federal agencies have compiled these recommendations |
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| A stoppage of the flow of any body fluid |
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| Laws established and enforced by federal or state legislators in response to perceived needs for social regulation |
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| A device used to provide support for tubular structures that are being attached within the body |
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| A process by which materials are made free of microorganisms, a procedure that makes an individual incapable of reproduction |
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| An instrument used to listen to sounds produced within the body |
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| A narrowing of a passageway |
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| Affected or produced by the mind, or a particular state of mind, resulting from the person thinking |
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| Lying on the back, face upward |
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| A court document that requires a witness to appear and testify or to produce documents or papers pertinent to a pending controversy |
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| Goal oriented and information bearing |
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| Surgical stitch or the material used to make the stitch |
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| Fibers of the autonomic nervous system that originate in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord |
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| The place where the pubic bones join; common landmark for pelvic scanning |
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| Subjective evidence of disease |
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| A set of signs and symptoms |
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| The contraction of the heart |
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| During liver-transplant surgery, a small tube called a T-tube is placed into the bile duct to allow bile to drain out of the patient's body into a small pouch, known as a bile bag |
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| An abnormally fast heart rate. can be caused by heart problems, fever, an overactive thyroid, or drugs |
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| An estrogen antagonist used to treat brest cancer. Female patients may present with endometrial thickening |
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| The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining phenomena. Teleologists believe that an act is right if it results in a good outcome |
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| Pertaining to the region of the body anterior to the ear; the temple |
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| Muscle twitching and cramps caused by hypocalcemia |
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| Sound at a controlled high-level dose that is used to selectively break down diseased or damaged tissues |
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| A procedure used to remove fluid from the pleural cavity |
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| Formation of a stationary clot (thrombus) inside a blood vessel |
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| Twisting; any organ that moves freely can becaome twisted. Surgical correction required to deter organ death from lack of blood supply |
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| A wrongful act, other than breach of contract, that results in injury to another's person, property, or reputation and for which the injured party is entitled to seek compensation |
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| A general intoxication resulting from the absorption of bacterial products; also may occur in pregnancy for reasons not completely understood |
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| Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) |
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| A technique used to relieve pain in an injured or diseased part of the body in which elctrodes applied to the skin deliver intermittent stimulation to surface nerves, blocking the transmission of pain signals |
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| Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) |
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| A two-dimensional, real-time imaging of the heart employing the placement of a specialized transducer within the esophagus |
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| Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) |
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| A noninvasive, two-dimensional, real-time imaging technique used to evaluate cardiac structure and function through the chest wall |
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| Transvaginal Sonography (TVS) |
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| The ultrasonic examination of the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and bladder achieved by inserting a specialized transducer int the vagina |
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| Invlountary shaking or trembling |
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| The head of the patient's table or bed is tilted downward 30 to 40 degrees, and the table or bed also is angled beneath the knees |
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| Any swelling or new growth |
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| Sound with frequncies above the upper limits of the human ear |
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| Occuring on only one side of the body |
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| A nitrogenous substance that is one of the end products of protein digestion |
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| A condition in which there is an excess accumulation of waste products in the bloodstream |
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| The tube leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder |
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| The tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
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| Labratory examination of the urine |
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| A medical specialty that deals with disorders of the urinary system |
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| A preperation made from killed or weakend pathogen |
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| Concepts, goals, and ideals that provide a framework for one's decisions and actions and give meaning to one's life |
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| An expiratory effort against a closed glottis, which increases pressure within the thoracic cavity and thereby impedes venous return of blood to the heart |
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| Vancomycin-Resistant Enteroccus (VRE) |
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| Virus commonly found in hospital patients |
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| Enlarged and tortuous veins |
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| A decrease in blood vessel diameter, which leads to decreased blood flow |
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| An increase in blood vessel diameter, particularly the peripheral arterioles |
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| Presiding over the expansion or contraction of blood vessels |
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| Exchange of air (breathing) |
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| Pertaining to the anterior surface |
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| Communication that uses written and spoken words |
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| A small disease-causing particle too tiny to be seen by conventional microscopes. Most viral infections are untreatable; the patient's own immune defenses must eliminate the virus |
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| Internal organs of the body (particular within the abdominal and thoracic cavities) |
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| Envisioning or forming a mental image of something not present to the sight |
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| The amount of air that can forcibly be expelled after the largest possible inhalation |
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| Temperature, pulse, repirations, and blood pressure |
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