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| The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure. |
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| a condition in which there is reduced delivery of oxygen to the tissues; it is not actually a disease but rather a symptom of any of numerous different disorders and other conditions. |
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| The discharge of feces from the rectum. |
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| The determination of the quantity of each type of blood cell in a given sample of blood, often including the amount of blood, often including the amount of hemoglobin, the hematocrit, and the proportions of various white cells. |
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| Occurs as a result of impaired pumping capability of the heart that is not keeping up with the metabolic needs of body tissues and organs; it is associated with abnormal retention of water and sodium. |
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| is a state of mental confusion that develops quickly and usually fluctuates in intensity. |
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| is a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living, lasting more than six months, not present since birth, and not associated with a loss or alteration of consciousness. |
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| is a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body’s cells. |
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| a tracing representing the heart’s electrical action derived by amplification of the minutely small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart. |
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| a normal constituent of gastric juice in humans and other animals. |
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| is an infection in the lung that can be caused by nearly any class of organism known to cause human infections. |
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| convulsive inspiration, attended by contraction of the diaphragm and spasmodic closure of the glottis. |
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