Charting Terms Flashcards
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Large and extended outward (Abdomen)
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Protuberant, distended
2
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Hard, board like (Abdomen)
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Hard, rigid, distended, tympanic, taut
3
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Soft, Flabby (Abdomen)
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Relaxed, flaccid
4
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Swollen, rounded (Abdomen)
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Distended, edematous
5
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filled with gas
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tympanic, flatulent
6
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hangs down
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pendulous
7
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large amount of drainage
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profuse, copious
8
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medium amount of drainage
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moderate
9
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small amount of drainage
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scant
10
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loss of appetite
A
anorexia
11
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hunchback
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kyphosis
12
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small of back
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lumbar region
13
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swayback
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lordosis
14
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nose bleed
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epistaxis
15
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blood in urine
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hematuria
16
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spitting up of blood
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hemoptysis
17
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positive blood in stool
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guaiac positive
18
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unpleasant (breath)
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halitosis
19
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foul
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fetid
20
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with sweet fruit like odor
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fruity or sweet
21
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urinous odor (breath)
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odor of ammonia
22
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breathing
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respiration
23
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difficult breathing
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dyspnea
24
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short periods when breathing has ceased
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apnea
25
inability to breathe while lying down
orthopbea
26
rapid breathing
hyperpnea
27
increasing dyspnea with periods of apena
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
28
alert, fully conscious, oriented to date, time, place
alert, fully, conscious
29
only partly conscious
semi-conscious
30
unconscious, but can be aroused
stuporous
31
unconscious, but cannot be aroused
comatose
32
types of cough
continuous, persistent, productive, nonproductive dry, hacking
33
occurring in spasm
spasmodic
34
coughing up or expectoration of blood
hemoptysis
35
dead tissue
tissue necrosis, necrotic
36
frequent liquid defecation
diarrhea
37
frequent liquid defecation
diarrhea
38
color of stool
clay, dark brown, black, mustard, yellow, green, tarry, streaked with blood
39
constituents of stool
liquid, soft, or hard formed, watery, semi formed, constipated , undigested foods, mucoid
40
containing pus
purulent
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bloody (Drainage)
sanguineous
42
of lymphatic fluid
serous
43
contains mucus and pus
mucopurulent
44
tough, sticky
tenacious
45
bloody, lymphatic (Drainage)
serosanguinous
46
indented 2mm
1+ edema
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indented 4mm
2+ edema
48
indented 6mm
3+ edema
49
indented 8mm
4+ edema
50
produced by conscious effort of patient
induced
51
ejected a few feet of distance
projectile
52
if blood is noticeable (vomit)
hematemesis
53
sharpness of vision
visual acuity
54
yellow in color
jaundiced
55
puffy, swollen
edematous
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drooping of eyelid
ptosis of lids
57
unusally sensitive to light
photophobia
58
double vision
doplopia
59
cross eye, squinting
strabismus
60
abnormal protrusion of eyeball
exophthalmos
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inflammation of conjunctiva
conjuctivitis
62
Dilatation of pupil
mydriasis, pupil dilated
63
Contraction of pupil
Myosis, pupil constricted, pin point
64
near-sightedness
myopia
65
far-sightness
hyperopia
66
fainting
syncope
67
without fever
afebrile
68
temperature above normal
pyrexia
69
temperature greatly above normal
hyperpyrexia
70
forehead
frontal region
71
region over temple
temporal region
72
back of head
Occipital region
73
base of skull
Basilar region
74
having a large head
macrocephaly, hydrocephalus
75
having a small head
microcephalus
76
top of head
parietal
77
hive
urticaria
78
itching
pruritus
79
bending
flexion
80
to straighten (ROM)
extension
81
revolve
rotation
82
move away from median line
abduction
83
move toward median line
adduction
84
blue in color
cyanotic
85
by mouth
orally
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by rectum
rectally
87
breathing in
inhalation
88
rubbing into skin
topically
89
under the skin
subacutaneous
90
within the skin
intradermal
91
within the muscle
intramuscular
92
within the spinal canal
intraspinal, intraecal
93
within the vein
intravenous
94
pouring into body cavity
instillation
95
if present when admitted (menstruation)
menses present
96
painful (menstruation)
dysmenorrhea
97
total absence of (menstruation)
amenorrhea
98
profuse or prolonged flow (menstruation)
menorrhagia
99
cessation of (menstruation)
menopause
100
very unpleasant (Odor)
offensive, foul
101
paralysis of the muscles of the face
facial
102
paralysis of the legs
paraplegia
103
paralysis of one side of the body
hemiplegia
104
paralysis of a single limb
monoplegia
105
paralysis of all four extremities &usually the trunk
quadriplegia
106
large amount of profusing perspiration
diaphoresis, diaphorectic
107
number of beats per minutes
rate
108
Types of heart rhythms
regular, irregular, coupling, galloping
109
beats missed at interval
intermittent
110
>100bpm
rapid, fast, tachycardia
111
slow in rate <50 bpm
slow bradycardia
112
only scarcely perceptible
thready, weak
113
pulseless
imperceptible, absent
114
normal skin
healthy, normal for race
115
blue in color
cyanotic, mottled
116
very white
extreme pallor, ashen
117
redness
erythema
118
shines
glossy
119
raw surface
excoriation
120
yellow in color
jaundiced
121
containing colored areas
pigmented
122
scaped
abraded, denuded
123
cold and moist
clammy
124
not understandable
incoherent
125
meaningless, wondering
rambling
126
words run together
slurring
127
difficulty speaking
dysphasia
128
unable to speak
asphasia
129
difficulty swallowing
dsyphagia
130
inability to swallow
aphagia
131
other descriptive terms (throat)
red, swollen, inflammed, ulcerated
132
descriptive terms (tongue)
Pink, moist, dry, cracked, swollen, coated, inflammed, ulcerate
133
to urinate
voiding, micturate
134
no contol over urination
incontinence
135
large amount of urine voided
diuresis
136
total suppression of urine
anuria
137
frequent viodinging at night
nocturia
138
increased amount voided
polyuria
139
painful urination
dysuria
140
pus in urine
pyuira
141
blood in urine
hematuria
142
scantiness of urine
oliguria
143
sugar in urine
glycosuria
144
overweight
obese
145
abnormal thinness (weight)
wasting, emaciated
146
very underweight
cachectic
147
discharging pus (wound)
suppurating, purulent
148
black or gray necrotic tissue
Eschar
149
Wound drainage
Exudate
