F-L Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
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fatigued
A
tired
2
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feigned
A
pretended
3
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fetid
A
foul
4
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fixed
A
motionless
5
Q
flaccid
A
soft, flabby
6
Q
flatus, flatulence
A
gas in the digestive tract
7
Q
flexion
A
bending
8
Q
flushed
A
pink or hot
9
Q
fowler’s position
A
semi-erect, knee flexed head of bed elevated 45-60 degrees
10
Q
gavage
A
forced feeding through tube passed into the stomach
11
Q
glossy
A
shiny
12
Q
glycosuria
A
glucose in the urine
13
Q
guaiac
A
test for occult blood
14
Q
gustatory
A
dealing with taste
15
Q
heliotherapy
A
using sunlight as a therapeutic agent
16
Q
hematemesis
A
blood in vomitus
17
Q
hematuria
A
blood in urine
18
Q
hemiplegia
A
paralysis of one side of the body
19
Q
hemoglobinuria
A
hemoglobin in the urine
20
Q
hemoptysis
A
spitting of blood
21
Q
horizontal
A
flat
22
Q
hydrotherapy
A
using water as a therapeutic agent
23
Q
hypernea
A
rapid breathing
24
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hypertonic
A
concentration greater than body fluids
25
infrequent
not often
26
insomnia
inability to sleep
27
instillation
pouring into a body cavity
28
intermittent
starting and stopping not continuous
29
intradermal
within or through the skin
30
intramuscular
within or through the muscle
31
intraspinal
within or through the spinal canal
32
intraveneous
within or through the vein
33
involuntary, incontinent
unable to control bladder or bowels
34
isotonic
having the same tonicity or concentration as body fluids
35
Jack-Knife position
prone with hips over break in table and feet below level of head
36
jaundice
yellow color
37
knee-chest postition
in face down position resting on knees and chest
38
kyphosis
hump back concavity of spine
39
labored
difficult, requires an effort
40
lacerated
torn, broken
41
lateral position
on the side, knees flexed
42
lithotomy position
on back, buttocks near edge of table, knees well flexed and spread
43
lochia
drainage from the vagina after delivery
44
lordosis
sway back, convexity of the spine
