1. VITAL SIGNS - ALSO CALLED CARDINAL 16.

APNEA - ABSENCE OR CESSATION OF

SIGNS. (TEMPERATURE, PULSE, BREATHING.
RESPIRATORY RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE)
17. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE - PRESSURE OF
2. PYREXIA - ELEVATED BODY BLOOD DURING VENTRICULAR
TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HYPERTHERMIA. CONTRACTION.

3. HYPERPYREXIA - VERY HIGH FEVER; 18. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE - PRESSURE OF

TEMPERATURE IS 41° (105.8°) AND ABOVE.
4. HYPOTHERMIA - SUBNORMAL OR LOWER
BODY TEMPERATURE (e.g. 35.5°).
5. TACHYCARDIA - RAPID PULSE RATE,
ABOVE 100 BEATS PER MINUTE. (IN
ADULTS)
BLOOD DURING VENTRICULAR
RELAXATION.
19. PULSE PRESSURE - IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC
PRESSURE (SYSTOLIC - DIASTOLIC =
PULSE PRESSURE; E.G. 120 mmHg - 80
mmHg = 40 mmHg). NORMAL IS 30-40 mmHg.

6. BRADYCARDIA - SLOW PULSE RATE 20. HYPERTENSION - HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE;

BELOW 60 BEATS PER MINUTE.( IN ADULTS) OVER 140 mmHg SYSTOLIC PRESSURE AND
/ OR ABOVE 90 mmHg DIASTOLIC
7. EUPNEA - NORMAL BREATHING. IT IS QUIET PRESSURE FOR AT LEAST 2 READINGS, 30
AND NOISELESS, EFFORTLESS, AND DAYS APART.
RHYTHMIC BREATHING.
21. HYPOTENSION - LOW BLOOD PRESSURE;
8. TACHYPNEA - RAPID BREATHING; ABOVE SYSTOLIC PRESSURE BELOW 100 mmHg OR
TWENTY BREATHS PER MINUTE. (IN DIASTOLIC PRESSURE BELOW 60 mmHg.
ADULTS)
22. NORMOTENSION - IS NORMAL BLOOD
9. BRADYPNEA - SLOW BREATHING; LESS PRESSURE; AVERAGE BLOOD PRESSURE
THAN 12 BREATHS PER MINUTE. (IN IS 120/80 mmHg. (IN ADULTS)
ADULTS)
23. INSPECTION - ASSESSING BY USING
10. HYPERVENTILATION - DEEP, RAPID SENSE OF SIGHT.
RESPIRATION. ALSO CALLED KUSSMAUL’S
BREATHING. 24. PALPATION - EXAMINING THE BODY BY
USING SENSE OF TOUCH.
11. HYPOVENTILATION - SLOW, SHALLOW
BREATHING. 25. PERCUSSION - TAPPING BODY PARTS TO
PRODUCE SOUNDS.
12. POLYPNEA - DEEP RESPIRATION; RATE IS
NOT AFFECTED. 26. AUSCULTATION - LISTENING TO BODY
SOUNDS WITH THE USE OF A
13. OLIGOPNEA - SHALLOW RESPIRATION; STETHOSCOPE.
RATE IS NOT AFFECTED.
27. DORSAL OR SUPINE POSITION - BACK -
14. DYSPNEA - DIFFICULT AND LABORED LYING POSITION.
RESPIRATION.
28. FOWLER’S POSITION - HEAD OF BED IS
15. ORTHOPNEA - DIFFICULTY OF ELEVATED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES (LOW,
RESPIRATION IN SUPINE OR LYING SEMI-, AND HIGH - FOWLER’S POSITION)
POSITION, RELIEVED UP RIGHT SITTING
POSITION. 29. LITHOTOMY POSITION - BACK - LYING
POSITION WITH LEGS SUPPORTED BY
STIRRUPS AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE.

30. GENUPECTORAL / KNEE - CHEST
POSITION - KNEELING POSITION WITH
TORSO AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO HIPS.
31. LATERAL POSITION - SIDE - LYING
POSITION.
32. SIM’S POSITION - SEMI - PRONE, SIDE
LYING POSITION.
33. PRONE POSITION - ABDOMEN - LYING
POSITION WITH FACE TURNED TO THE
SIDE. ALSO CALLED FACE LYING POSITION.
34. OVERWEIGHT - THE WEIGHT OF THE
PERSON IS 10% GREATER THAN THE IDEAL
BODY WEIGHT.
35. OBESITY - THE WEIGHT OF THE PERSON IS
20% GREATER THAN THE IDEAL BODY
WEIGHT.
36. DEHYDRATION - FLUID LOSS; INADEQUATE
FLUID.
37. GASTRIC GAVAGE - NASOGASTRIC TUBE
FEEDING.
38. GASTRIC LAVAGE - IRRIGATION OF THE
STOMACH THROUGH THE NASOGASTRIC
TUBE.
39. GASTROSTOMY FEEDING - FEEDING A
CLIENT THROUGH A TUBE INSERTED
DIRECTLY INTO THE STOMACH THROUGH
AN INCISION OVER THE ABDOMEN
(GASTROSTOMY TUBE).
40. JEJUNOSTOMY FEEDING - FEEDING A
CLIENT THROUGH A TUBE DIRECTLY
INSERTED INTO THE JEJUNUM THROUGH
AN INCISION OVER THE ABDOMEN
(JEJUNUM TUBE).
41. DEFECATION - THE EXPULSION OF FECES
FROM THE RECTUM. ALSO CALLED BOWEL
MOVEMENT.
42. CONSTIPATION - IS A PASSAGE OF SMALL,
HARD, DRY STOOL OR NO PASSAGE OF
STOOL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
43. DIARRHEA - IS THE FREQUENT PASSAGE
OF WATERY STOOL.
44. FECAL IMPACTION - IS THE COLLECTION
OF HARDENED, PUTTY - LIKE FECES IN THE
FOLDS OF THE RECTUM.
45. OBSTIPATION - IS THE COLLECTION OF
HARDENED, PUTTY - LIKE FECES IN THE
COLON.
46. FLATULENCE - THE PRESENCE OF
EXCESSIVE GAS IN THE INTESTINES. ALSO
CALLED TYMPANITES.
47. FECAL INCONTINENCE - IS THE
INVOLUNTARY ELIMINATION OF BOWEL
CONTENTS.
48. FECES - WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION
PRESENT IN THE COLON.
49. STOOL - WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION
EXPELLED INTO THE EXTERNAL
ENVIRONMENT.
50. ACHOLIC STOOL - GRAY, PALE, OR CLAY -
COLORED STOOL. THIS IS DUE TO
ABSENCE OF STERCOBILIN IN BILIARY
OBSTRUCTION. STERCOBILIN IS THE BILE
PIGMENT DERIVATIVE THAT GIVES THE
YELLOW GOLDEN BROWN COLORING OF
THE STOOL.
51. STEATORRHEA - IS A GREASY/ FATTY,
BULKY, FOUL - SMELLING STOOL.
52. MELENA - PASSAGE OF BLACK TARRY
STOOL DUE TO UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL
BLEEDING. THE GASTRIC ACID TURNS THE
BLOOD BLACK AND TARRY.
53. HEMATOCHEZIA - PASSAGE OF STOOL
WITH BRIGHT RED BLOOD. THIS IS DUE TO
LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING.
COLOR IS BRIGHT RED BECAUSE THERE IS
NO GASTRIC ACID PRESENT.
54. ENEMA - ADMINISTRATION OF FLUIDS OR
MEDICATIONS INTO THE COLON THROUGH
A RECTAL TUBE.
55. MICTURITION - IS THE ACT OF EXPELLING
URINE FROM THE BLADDER. IT IS ALSO 71. HESITANCY - DIFFICULTY IN INITIATING
KNOWN AS URINATION OR VOIDING. VOIDING.

56. HEMATURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD 72. ENURESIS - REPEATED, INVOLONTARY

OR RBC IN THE URINE. VOIDING BEYOND 4 TO 5 YEARS OF AGE.
NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IS INVOLONTARY
57. PYURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF PUS IN THE VOIDING DURING SLEEP.
URINE.
73. POLLAKURIA - IS FREQUENT SCANTY
58. BACTERIURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF URINATION.
BACTERIA IN THE URINE.
74. URINARY INCONTINENCE - IS THE
59. ALBUMINURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF INVOLONTARY PASSAGE OF URINE.
ALBUMIN IN THE URINE.
75. URINARY RETENTION - IS THE
60. PROTEINURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF ACCOMODATION OF URINE IN THE
PROTEIN IN THE URINE. BLADDER, 500 MLS. OR MORE,
ASSOCIATED WITH INABILITY OF THE
61. CYLINDRURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF BLADDER TO EMPTY ITSELF. ALSO CALLED
CASTS IN THE URINE. URINARY STASIS.

62. GLYCOSURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF 76. CREDE’S MANEUVER - IS APPLICATIONS OF

GLUCOSE IN THE URINE. MANUAL PRESSURE THE SUPRAPUBIC
AREA TO INDUCE VOIDING.
63. KETONURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF
KETONES IN THE URINE. 77. ACNE - IS AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION
WHIHC OCCURS IN AND AROUMD
64. POLYURIA - IS EXCESSIVE URINE SEBACEOUS GLANDS.
PRODUCTION, MORE THAN 100 MLS/ HOUR
OR 2,500 MLS/ DAY OR MORE. ALSO 78. ERYTHEMA - IS REDNESS OF THE SKIN
CALLED DIURESIS. WHICH MAY ASSOCIATE WITH RASHES,
EXPOSURE TO THE SUN, ELEVATED BODY
65. OLIGURIA - IS INADEQUATE URINE TEMPERATURE.
PRODUCTION, LESS THAN 30 MLS/ HOUR
OR 500 MLS/ DAY. 79. HIRSUTISM - IS EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF
HAIR ESPECIALLY ON WOMEN.
66. ANURIA - IS ABSENCE OF URINE
PRODUCTION BY THE KIDNEYS, 0 - 10 MLS/ 80. HYPERHIDROSIS - EXCESSIVE
HOUR. ALSO CALLED URINARY PERSPIRATION ESPECIALLY IN THE PALMS
SUPPRESION. OF THE HANDS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.

67. FREQUENCY - VOIDING AT FREQUENT 81. BROMHIDROSIS - FOUL - SMELLING

INTERVALS. PERSPIRATION.

68. NOCTURIA - FREQUENT VOIDING DURING 82. VITILIGO - ARE PATCHES OF

THE NIGHT. HYPOPIGMENTED SKIN CAUSED BY
DESTRUCTION OF MELANOCYTES IN THE
69. URGENCY - IT IS STRONG DESIRE TO VOID. AREA.
THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GREAT
AMOUNT OF URINE IN THE BLADDER. 83. ALOPECIA - HAIR LOSS OR BALDNESS.

70. DYSURIA - VOIDING THAT IS PAINFUL OR 84. PEDICULOSIS - INFESTATION WITH LICE.
DIFFICULT.
85. BODY MECHANICS - IS THE EFFICIENT,
COORDINATED AND SAFE USE OF THE 100. REVERSE TRENDELENBURG
BODY TO PRODUCE MOTION AND MAINTAIN POSITION - SUPINE WITH THE FOOT PART
BALANCE DURING THE ACTIVITY. LOWER THAN THE HEAD PART.

86. MUSCLE ATROPHY - DECREASE IN SIZE OF 101. SUPINATION - IS MOVING THE

MUSCLES. FOREARM WITH THE PALMS FACING
UPWARD.
87. OSTEOPOROSIS - WEAK AND BRITTLE
BONES. 102. PRONATION - IS MOVING THE
FOREARM WITH THE PALMS FACING
88. ANKYLOSIS - STIFFNESS AND RIGIDITY OF DOWNWARD.
BONES.
103. PLANTAR FLEXION - MOVING THE
89. CONTRACTURE - INABILITY OF MUSCLES FEET DOWNWARD.
TO SHORTENED OR LENGTHEN, LIMITING
JOINT MOBILITY. 104. DORSIFLEXION - MOVING THE FEET
UPWARD.
90. THROMBOPHLEBITIS - INFLAMMATION OF
THE VEIN DUE PRESENCE OF BLOOD CLOT. 105. EVERSION - MOVING THE FEET
OUTWARD.
91. ATELECTASIS - COLLAPSE OF LUNGS.
106. INVERSION - MOVING THE FEET
92. ANOREXIA - LOSS OF APPETITE TO EAT. INWARD.

93. PRESSURE SORES - REDDENED AREA, 107. ABDUCTION - MOVING AN ARM OR

SORES OR ULCERS OF THE SKIN LEG AWAY FROM THE BODY.
OCURRING OVER BODY PROMINENCES.
THEY ARE DUE TO INTERRUPTION OF THE 108. ADDUCTION - MOVING ANARM OR
BLOOD CIRCULATION TO THE TISSUE, LEG TOWARDS THE BODY.
RESULTING IN A LOCALIZED ISCHEMIA AND
NECROSIS. 109. INSOMNIA - DIFFICULTY IN FALLING
ASLEEP.
94. ISCHEMIA - DECREASED BLOOD FLOW OR
PERFUSION OF TISSUES. 110. HYPERSOMNIA - EXCESSIVE DAY
OR NIGHTTIME SLEEP
95. HYPOXIA - DECREASED OXYGENATIONOF
TISSUES. 111. NARCOLEPSY - UNCONTROLLABLE
FALLING INTO SLEEP. ALSO CALLED “SLEEP
96. NECROSIS - IS DEATH OF TISSUES DUE TO ATTACK”.
IMPAIRED CIRCULATION AND
OXYGENATION. ALSO CALLED INFARCTION. 112. SLEEP APNEA - PERIODIC
CESSATION OF BREATHING DURING SLEEP.
97. DORSAL RECUMBENT POSITION - SUPINE ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY SNORING.
POSITION WITH KNEES FLEXED.
113. SOMNAMBULISM - SLEEP WALKING.
98. TRENDELENBURG POSITION - SUPINE
POSITION WITH HEAD OF BED LOWER 114. SOLILOQUY - SLEEP TALKING.
THAN THE FOOT PART.
115. BRUXISM - CLENCHING AND
99. MODIFIED TRENDELENBURG POSITION - GRINDING OF TEETH DURING SLEEP.
SUPINE POSITION, WITH LOWER
EXTREMITIES ELEVATED AT A 20 TO 30 116. LIBEL - DEFAMATION BY MEANS OF
DEGREE ANGLE, UP TO 45 DEGREE ANGLE. PRINT, WRITING , OR PICTURES.
 125. SUFFIX “PLASTY”, “ORRHAPHY”, “PEXY”
117. SLANDER - DEFAMATION BY INVOLVE REPAIR OF CONGENITALLY DEFECTIVE
SPOKEN WORD, STATING UNPRIVELEGED ORGAN OR DAMAGED ORGAN
OR FALSE WORDS BY WHICH A
REPUTATION IS DAMAGED. a. CHEILOPLASTY- REPAIR OF CLEFT LIP

118. ASSAULT - AN ATTEMPT OR THREAT b. URANOPLASTY- REPAIR OF CLEFT PALATE

TO TOUCH ANOTHER PERSON
UNJUSTIABLY. c. HERNIORRHAPHY- REPAIR OF HERNIA

119. BATTERY - THE WILLFUL TOUCHING d. ORCHIDOPEXY- REPAIR OF UNDESCENDED

OF A PERSON, INCLUDING PERSON’S TESTES
CLOTHES OR SOMETHING THE PERSON IS
e. RHINOPLASTY- REPAIR OF THE NOSE
CARRYING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE
HARM.
f. BLEPHAROPLASTY- REPAIR OF THE EYELIDS

120. FALSE IMPRISONMENT - IS THE 126. WOUND DEHISCENCE- DISRUPTION IN THE

UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT OR DETENTION OR
ANOTHER PERSON AGAINST HIS OR HER
WILL.
121. MALPRACTICE - IS THE NEGLIGENT
ACT OF A PERSON ENGAGED IN
PROFESSIONS OR OCCUPATIONS IN WHICH
HIGHLY TECHNICAL OR PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS ARE EMPLOYED.
COAPTATION OR APPROXIMATION OF WOUND
EDGEGES. IT IS WOUND BREAKDOWN
127. WOUND EVISCERATION- DISRUPTION OF
WOUND WITH PROTRUSION OF INTESTINES
128. HEMATOMA- SEEPAGE OR COLLECTION OF
BLOOD UNDER THE SKIN. ALSO CALLED BRUISE
OR BLUE AND BLACK MARK

122. SENESCENSE - THE NORMAL AGING 129. ONCOLOGY- MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT
PROCESS. DEALS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND
STUDY OF CANCER
123. SENILITY - AGING PROCESS
CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE MENTAL 130. HYPERPLASIA- INCREASE IN CELL NUMBER
DETERIORATION.
131. HYPERTROPHY- INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF
124. Suffix “ECTOMY”- REMOVAL OF AN THE CELL
ORGAN
132. CACHEXIA- SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS AND
a. APPENDECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE TISSUE WASTING DUE TO CANCER
APPENDIX
133. EPISTAXIS- NOSE BLEESING
b. HYSTERECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE
134. SUFFIX “ÏTIS” REFERS TO INFLAMMATION
UTERUS.

a. SINUSITIS- INFLAMMATAION OF THE SINUSES

c. OOPHORECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE
OVARY.
b. TONSILITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS

d. MASTECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE BREAST. c. LARYNGITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX

e. TONSILLECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE d. PHARYNGITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE

TONSILS PHARYNX
f. NEPHRECTOMY- REMOVAL OF THE KIDNEY
g. PNEUMONECTOMY- REMOCAL OF THE LUNG e. STOMATITIS- DRY, SORE, INFLAMED MUCOUS
h. THYROIDECTOMY- REMOVAL OF THYROID MEMBRANE OF THE MOUTH
GLAND
f. CONJUNCTIVITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE
CONJUNCTIVA
g. APPENDICITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE
APPENDIX
h. ARTHRITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT
i. GASTRITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
135. PNEUMOTHORAX- PRESENCE OF AIR IN THE
PLEURAL SPACE
136. PLEURAL EFFUSION- PRESENCE OF FLUID IN
THE PLEURAL SPACE
137. PULMONARY EDEMA- PRESENCE OF FLUID IN
THE ALVEOLI AND IN BETWEEN THE ALVEOLI
138. FLAIL CHEST- FRACTURE OF 2 OR MORE
ADJACENT RIBS OR DETACHMENT OF THE
STERNUM
139. HYPOXEMIA- LOW OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE
BLOOD
140. GANGRENE- DECOMPOSING NECROTIC
TISSUES
141. ANEURYSM- LOCALIZED, IRREVERSIBLE
DILATION OF AN ARTERY DUE TO AN ALTERATION
IN THE INTEGRITY OF ITS WALL
142. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS- HARDENING OF THE
ARTERIES
143. ATHEROSCLEROSIS- NARROWING OR
OCCLUSION OF LUMEN OF ARTERIES DUE TO
ACCUMULATION OF FATTY PLAQUES
144. PALLOR- IS PALENESS, DUE TO DECREASES
PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN SUPPLY
145. CYANOSIS- IS BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF
THE SKIN DUE TO INADEQUATE OXYGENATION
146. HYPERLIPIDEMIA- ELEVATED BLOOD LIPID
LEVELS
147. THROMBUS- BLOOD CLOT ATTACHED TO A
BLOOD VESSEL WALL. THE CONDITION IS CALLED
THROMBOSIS.
148. EMBOLUS- BLOOD CLOT IN BLOOD
CIRCULATION. THE CONDITION IS EMBOLISM
149. HOMAN’S SIGN- PAIN IN THE CALF OF THE
LEG
150. VARICOSE VEINS- DILATED VEINS, USUALLY
IN THE LOWER EXTREMETIES
151. THROMBOEMBOLISM- PRESENCE OF BLOOD
CLOTS ATTACHED TO BLOOD VESSELS AND
BLOOD CLOTS IN THE CIRCULATION
152. INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION- LEG PAIN ON
ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE, LIKE WALKING,
RELIEVED BY REST
153. ERYTHROCYTES- RED BLOOD CELLS
154. LEUKOCYTES- WHITE BLOOD CELLS
155. THROMBOCYTES- PLATELETS
156. POLYCYTHEMIA- ELEVATED RED BLOOD
CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS
157. POLYCYTHEMIA VERA- ELEVATED RED
BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND
PLATELET LEVELS
158. ANEMIA- LOW RED BLOOD CELLS AND
HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS
159. SYNCOPE- FAINTNESS DUE TO CEREBRAL
HYPOXIA. THERE IS SUDDEN AND TEMPORARY
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
160. PARESTHESIA- TINGLING AND NUMBNESS,
USUALLY IN THE ARMS AND LEGS DUE TO
INADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN SUPPLY
161. VERTIGO- DIZZINESS
162. TINNITUS- RINGING OF THE EARS
163. DYSPHAGIA- DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
164. ODYNOPHAGIA- PAINFUL SWALLOWING
165. CHEILOSIS- CRACKS AT THE LATERAL ANGLE
OF LIPS
166. KOILONYCHIA- SPOON- SHAPED FINGERNAILS
167. PICA- UNCONTROLLABLE CRAVING FOR NON-
EDIBLE SUBSTANCES LIKE CLAY, CRAYONS,
LAUNDRY STARCH, RICE CHIPS, UNCOOKED RICE.
THIS IS DUE TO ANEMIA
168. HEMOSIDEROSIS- IRON OVERLOAD. IT IS 187. ASTERIXIS- FLAPPING TREMORS, LIVER
INCREASED LEVELS OF IRON IN THE BLOOD FLAAP. IS A COURSE TREMOR CHARACTERIZED BY
RAPID, NONRHYTHYMIC EXTENSION AND FLEXION
169. LEUKEMIA- MALIGNANT DISORDER OF BLOOD ON THE WRIST AND FINGERS
AND BONE MARROW
188. CHOLELITHIASIS- PRESENCE OF
170. TERATOGENIC- SUBSTANCE OR DRUG THAT GALLSTONES
CAUSES CONGENITAL DEFECTS
189. CHOLECYSTITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE
171. LEUKOPENIA- LOW WHITE BLOOD CELLS GALLBLADDER
COUNT
190. GIGANTISM- EXAGGERATED GROWTH IN
172. LEUKOCYTOSIS- ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD HEIGHT AND WEIGHT DUE TO HYPERSECTION OF
CELLS COUNT GROWTH HORMONE IN CHILDREN

173. ERYTHROCYTOSIS- ELEVATED RED BLOOD 191. DWARFISM- FAILURE TO GROW IN HEIGHT
CELLS COUNT DUE TO HYPOSECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE

174. THROMBOCYTOPENIA- LOW PLATELETS 192. GALACTORRHEA- EXCESSIVE MILK

COUNT PRODUCTION DUE TO HYPERSECRETION OF
PROLACTIN
175. THROMBOCYTOSIS- ELEVATED PLATELETS
COUNT 193. DYSPAREUNIA- PAINFUL SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE
176. HERNIA- PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN
THROUGH WEAKENED MUSCLE WALL 194. DIAPHORESIS- EXCESSIVE SEWATING

177. JAUNDICE- YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION OF 195. EXOPTHALMOS- PROTRUSION OF THE

THE SKIN DUE TO ELEVATED BILIRUBIN LEVELS EYEBALLS

178. PRURITUS- ITCHINESS 196. HEMORRHAGE- BLEEDING

179. IMMUNECOMPROMISED- IS HAVING LOW 197. HYPERTHYROIDISM- HYPERSECRETION OF

RESISTANCE TO INFECTION THYROID HORMONES

180. HEPATOMEGALY- ENLARGEMENT OF THE 198. HYPOTHYROIDISM- HYPOSECRETION OF

LIVER THYROID HORMONES

181. SPLENOMEGALY- ENLARGEMENT OF THE 199. GOITER- ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID

SPLEEN GLAND

182. GYNECOMASTIA- ENLARGEMENT OF THE 200. DYSRHYTHMIAS- ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM.

BREAST ALSO CALLED ARRYHTHMIAS

183. ATROPHY- REDUCTION IN SIZE OF CELLS IN 201. HYPERGLYCEMIA- ELEVATED BLOOD

AN ORGAN GLUCOSE LEVELS

184. PUSTULE- PUS- FILLD LESION, LESS THAN 1 202. HYPOGLYCEMIA- DECRESED BLOOD
CM GLUCOSE LEVELS

185. PAPULE- ELEVATED SOLID LESIONS, LESS 203. STRIDOR- NOISY BREATHING DUE TO
THAN 1 CM LARYNGOSPASM

186. NODULE- ELEVATED SOLID LESION, 204. POLYURIA- EXCESSIVE URINATION. ALSO
EXTENDING DEEPER INTO THE DERMIS, LARGER CALLED DIURESIS
THAN PAPULE
205 .POLYDIPSIA- EXCESSIVE THIRST 228. MONOPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF ONE
EXTREMITY
206. POLYPHAGIA- EXCESSIVE HUNGER
229. OTORRHEA- CEREBROSPINAL LEAK FROM
207. PYORRHEA- INFECTION OF THE GUMS THE EAR

208. FURUNCLES- BOILS THAT GROW SINGLY 230. RHINORRHEA- DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE

209. CARBUNCLES- BOILS THAT GROW IN GROUPS 231. SHUFFLING GAIT- TIPTOE WALKING

210. CELLULITIS- DIFFUESE INFLAMMATION OF 232. PTOSIS- DROOPING OF AN ORGAN

TISSUES
233. SCOLIOSIS- EXAGGERATED LATERAL
211. ALEXIA- INABILITY TO READ CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

212. EXPRESSIVE APHASIA- INABILITY TO SPEAK 234. KYPHOSIS- EXAGGERATED ANTERO-

CLEARLY POSTERIOR CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

213. RECEPTIVE APHASIA- INABILITY TO 235. LORDOSIS- EXAGGERATED LUMBAR

UNDERSTAND OR INTERPRET SOUNDS OR CURVATURE OF THE SPINE
LANGUAGE
236. MYDRIASIS- DILATION OF PUPILS
214. AGRAPHIA- INABILITY TO WRITE

215. APRAXIA- INABILITY TO DO ACTIVITIES

PERFORMED BY FINGERS

216. ATAXIA- UNCOORDINATED MOVEMENTS

217. AGEUSIA- ABSENCE OF THE SENSE OF TASTE

218. ANOSMIA- ABSENCE OF THE SENSE OF SMELL

219. NYSTAGMUS- ROLLING OF EYEBALLS’

220. DIPLOPIA- DOUBLE VISION

221. STRABISMUS- DEVIATION OF EYEBALLS

222. STUPOR- STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS

223. CEPHALGIA- HEADACHE

224. HEMIANOPIA- LOSS OF HALF OF THE VISUAL

FIELD

225. HEMIPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF

THE BODY

226. QUADRIPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF THE FOUR

EXTREMITIES OF THE BODY

227. PARAPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER

HALF OF THE BODY