Definition
Explanation:
1. Objective analysis to form a judgement.
2. To think logically.
3. To make broad generalizations from specific observations.
4. To go from a statement to reach a logically certain conclusion.
5. Technique based on repetition for a quickly recall.
6. To assign authority to another person to carry out specific activities.
7. Excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner for support.
8. Central or primary principle.
9. Technique where the listener interprets to paraphrase the speaker's words.
10. Ruling governing procedures of any system.
11. Identification of the nature of an illness by examination of the symptoms.
12. Real identification... see 11.
13. Identify the patient´s vulnerability for a potential problem.
14. see # 6
15. Group of genetic disorders of partial or total lack of the pigment melanin in the eyes, skin, and hair.
16. Bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood.
17. Redness of the skin that results from capillary congestion with inflammation.
18. Bleeding into the surface of the skin.
19. Yellow staining of the skin and the whites of the eyes and other tissues and body fluids by abnormally high blood levels of the bile pigment bilirubin.
20. Unhealthy pale appearance.
21. The skin turns white due to the loss of pigment from the melanocytes destruction, cells that produce the pigment melanin that gives the skin color.
22. Evidenced-based tool, developed by Nancy Braden and Barbara Bergstrom, that predicts the risk for developing a hospital or facility acquired pressure ulcer/injury.
23. Part of the clinical decision-making process and precedes judgment and action or integrated response to patient.
24. Process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to distant locations in the body.
25. Degree of elasticity of skin.
26. Swelling of soft tissues as a result of excess fluid accumulation.
27. Nonraised skin discoloration or in mucous membranes caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels.
28. It is also known as baldness.
29. It also known as itching.
30. From pustule, which is a small collection of pus in the top layer of skin or beneath it in the dermis.
31. Short, thin, slight-colored hair, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood in the lips, the back of the ear, the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot, some external genital areas, the navel, and scar tissue.
32. Sebum is an oily secretion of the sebaceous gland which helps to preserve the flexibility of the hair.
33. Callus is a localized hardening and thickening of the upper layer of skin as a result of continious rubbing or the hard new bone substance that forms in an area of bone fracture.
34. Paronychia is the inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail due to infection or inflammation.
35. Hydrocephalus is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of the brain. The fluid is often under increased pressure and can compress and damage the brain.
36. Ptosis is a downward displacement or drooping.
37. Nystagmus is the rapid, rhythmic, repetitious, and involuntary eye movements as a sign of disease within the eye or the nervous system.
38. Strabismus is a condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear to be looking in different directions.
39. Extraocular is the external part of the eye.
40. Acuity is the wellness measurement.
41. Xanthelasma are tiny (1-2 mm) yellowish fat plaques that are slightly raised on the skin surface of the upper or lower eyelids.
42. Uniocular related to one eye only.
43. Exudate is to sweat out a fluid rich in protein and cellular elements that oozes out of blood vessels due to inflammation and is deposited in nearby tissues.
44. Cerumen also known as earwax, is a brown, orange, red, yellowish or gray waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals to protect the skin of the human ear canal.
45. Tinnitus is the ringing in the ears due to many causes.
46. Equilibrium is a state of balance between opposing static or dynamic forces or actions.
47. Epistaxis is the medical term for nosebleed.
48. Tortuosity is a property of a curve being twisted to describe diffusion and fluid flow in porous media, such as soils and snow.
49. Phlebitis is the inflammation of a vein or veins.
50. Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the body, such as numbness, tingling, or burning.
51. Osteoporosis is the thinning of the bones, with reduction in bone mass, due to depletion of calcium and bone protein.
52. Asymmetrical is lacking symmetry.
53. Peristalsis is the rippling motion of muscles in the digestive tract, to mix food with gastric juices, turning it into a thin liquid.
54. Â Narrowing.
55. To turn outward or turn inside out.
