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Abrasion - Correct answer Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Abscess - Correct answer Collection of pus underneath the skin
Antipyretic - Correct answer Medication used to reduce a fever
Acute - Correct answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Afebrile - Correct answer Without a fever (Temperature of less than 100.4)
Anterior - Correct answer Located towards the front of the body
Appendicitis - Correct answer Dangerous infection of the appendix
Auscultation - Correct answer Listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs)
Benign - Correct answer Normal, of no danger to health
Bradycardia - Correct answer Slow heart-rate (HR<60bpm)
Bronchitis - Correct answer Infection of the bronchi (upper airway)
Bronchiolitis - Correct answer Infection of the bronchioles (smaller air-tubes in the
lungs)
Catheter - Correct answer Tube inserted into vessels or body cavities to permit injection
or withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open
Chronic - Correct answer Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
Cellulitis - Correct answer Infection of skin cells
Conjunctivitis - Correct answer Infection of the outer layer of the eye
Dialysis - Correct answer Process for removing waste from the blood for people with
renal failure
Diaphoresis - Correct answer Sweating
Diffuse - Correct answer Spread out (not localized)
Distal - Correct answer Farther from the trunk of the body
, Dyspnea - Correct answer Difficulty breathing
Dysuria - Correct answer Painful urination
Ecchymosis - Correct answer A bruise
-ectomy (suffix) - Correct answer Surgical removal (e.g. tonsillectomy)
Edema - Correct answer Swelling
Emesis - Correct answer Vomiting
Epilepsy - Correct answer Seizure disorder
Epistaxis - Correct answer Nose bleed
Erythema/Erythematous - Correct answer Redness/Red
Exudates (tonsillar) - Correct answer Pus-pockets on the tonsils
Febrile - Correct answer The state of having a fever (Temperature of more than 100.4)
Grossly - Correct answer Obviously; a lot; wholly
Hematemesis - Correct answer Gross amounts of blood in the vomit
Hematuria - Correct answer Blood in the urine
Hemoptysis - Correct answer Coughing up gross amounts of blood
Hemorrhage - Correct answer Excessive or profuse bleeding
Hepatomegaly - Correct answer Enlarged liver
Hernia - Correct answer Protrusion of an organ through the wall of the cavity that
normally contains it
Hyperlipidemia - Correct answer High cholesterol
Hypertension - Correct answer High blood pressure
Hypotension - Correct answer Low blood pressure
Hypoxia - Correct answer Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the
blood
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