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Cardiology
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
02/07/2012

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Term
Disphagia
Definition
difficulty swallowing
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Phag
Definition
to swallow or swallowing
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Disphagia
Definition
difficulty swallowing
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Hemato
Definition
blood
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Emesis
Definition
throwing up
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Hematemesis
Definition
throwing up blood
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Megaly
Definition
enlarged
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Hematomegaly
Definition
enlarged liver
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pyro
Definition
heat
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Claudication
Definition
can be a temporary disease, when someone sits down they begin to get clots but it goes away after they start moving again
Term
Constipation
Definition
hard stule
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Hemorrhoid
Definition
vericose vein in colon or rectum.
Term
Melena
Definition
blood in stule
Term
pruritis
Definition
itching anyware
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Torticollis
Definition
(wryneck) contraction of the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck
Term
Scoliosis
Definition
S shaped curvature of the thoracic spine
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Sciatica
Definition
nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
Term
Ataxia
Definition
inability to perform coordinated movements
Term
Synovial joints
Definition
freely movable joints that are enclosed in a joint cavity
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Bursa
Definition
enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
Term
Nucleus pulposus
Definition
center of the intervertebral disk
Term
Glenohumeral joint
Definition
Articulation of the humerus with the glenoid fossa of the scapula. Ball and socket joint
Term
Hematopoiesis
Definition
production of blood
Term
Subacromial bursa
Definition
Helps during the abduction of the arm, so that the greater tubercle of the humerus moves easily under the acromion process of the scapula
Term
Non synovial joint
Definition
non moveable joint like in skull
Term
Epiphyses
Definition
the groth plates, where lengthening occurs
Term
Crepitation
Definition
dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone
Term
plasm
Definition
growth
Term
neoplam
Definition
new growth
Term
prostatitis
Definition
inflamed prostate
Term
atophy
Definition
loss of muscle
Term
joint effusion
Definition
swelling from excess fluid in the joint capsule, best observed anteriorly.
Term
frozen shoulder
Definition
adhesive capsulitis: fibrous tissues form in the joint capsule, causing stiffness, progressive limitation of motion, and pain
Term
Subacromial bursitis
Definition
inflammation and swelling of subacromial bursa over the shoulder
Term
Gouty arthritis
Definition
joint effusion or synovial thickening on either side of the olecranon process
Term
subcutaneous nodules
Definition
raised, firm, non-tender nodules that occur with rheumatoid arthritis
Term
Epicondylitis
Definition
tennis elbow, chronic disabling pain at lateral epicondyle of humerus
Term
Phalen Test and Tinel Sign
Definition
ask patient to hold both hands back to back while flexing the wrists 90 degrees.
Term
Ganglion
Definition
Round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on dorsum of wrist
Term
Colles' fracture
Definition
nonarticular fracture of distal radius
Term
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Definition
atrophy occurs from the interference with motor function from compression of the median nerve inside the carpal tunnel
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