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Assessment Test #3
Test #3
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
04/15/2013
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Anorexia
 Definition
Emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
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Ascites
 Definition
Fluid (specifically in the abdomen)
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Borborygmi
 Definition
Hyperactive bowel sounds
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Diastasis recti abdominis
 Definition
Separation of the rectus abdominus
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dysphagia
 Definition
difficulty swallowing
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Eructation
 Definition
process of belching
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Flatus/Flatulence
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Gas
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Hernia
 Definition
A condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it
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