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Questions: ?Answers: Localised formation of PUS in a , ORGAN or confined space.
Questions: Abortion ?Answers: of the Foetus before it is capable of independant life.
Questions: ?Answers: An Acid IMBALANCE in the Body : Respiratory Acidosis - Excess of Carbon Dioxide, Metabolic Acidosis - of Lactic Acid.
Questions: (of Disease) ?Answers: Severe, Rapidly Developing, or of sudden .
Questions: Adduction ?Answers: towards the midline of the body.
Questions: ?Answers: Loss of .
Questions: ?Answers: A patient who has the loss of one or more limbs.
Questions: Anaemia ?Answers: A of Haemoglobin in the Blood.
Questions: (Pectoris) ?Answers: Condition of Gripping Pain associated with of the Arteries of the Heart.
Questions: ?Answers: of Oxygen.
Questions: ?Answers: Before .
Questions: Haemorrhage ?Answers: Bleeding from the in late Pregnancy.
Questions: Anterior ?Answers: In Front of, forward.
Questions: Antibody ?Answers: Substance produced in the body as a Defence against the of a specific foreign substance.
Questions: Antitoxin ?Answers: Substance capable of Neutralising a Toxin.
Questions: ?Answers: Loss of .
Questions: Asphyxia ?Answers: Suffocation not only by Smothering, but by any condition that prevents Oxygen being taken up by the Blood.
Questions: ?Answers: of Difficult Breathing accompanied by a sence of Suffocation or Tightness of the Chest.
Questions: ?Answers: of Cardiac Activity evidenced by a straight line ECG.
Questions: Ausculation ?Answers: of Listening for & Interpreting Sounds that occur within the Body with a Stethoscope.
Questions: Autonomic System ?Answers: That part of the System which Regulates the Functions of the Internal Organs independently of the will power.
Questions: Bacterium (PL ) ?Answers: Type of Germ.
Questions: ?Answers: Not to Grow Worse or Recur, Non-Malignant.
Questions: Bradycardia ?Answers: Abnormally Low Heart Rate Contractions & consequent slow Pulse below 60bpm. Absolute Bradycardia is less than .
Questions: Delivery ?Answers: A where the Infant's Buttocks appear 1st insted of the head.
Questions: Bright's ?Answers: A Disease of the .
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the Tubes.
Questions: ?Answers: A new Growth of Bony around a Fracture.
Questions: ?Answers: A Growth.
Questions: ?Answers: Form of .
Questions: Cardiac ?Answers: Relating to the .
Questions: ?Answers: Relating to the Heart & Cirulatory .
Questions: Nervous System ?Answers: The Brain & Cord.
Questions: Cerebral ?Answers: to the Brain.
Questions: Cerebrovascular ?Answers: Stroke.
Questions: ?Answers: The Treatment of , usually Cancer,by drugs.
Questions: Cholecystectomy ?Answers: The Removal of the Gall .
Questions: Cholecystitis ?Answers: Inflammation of the Gall .
Questions: (of disease) ?Answers: a Long Time.
Questions: ?Answers: Movement of a Limb.
Questions: ?Answers: Severe Sudden Prostration; Sagging of an Organ of together of its walls.
Questions: Colles ?Answers: Of the Radius at the , typically produces a dinner fork defromity.
Questions: Colic ?Answers: gripping Pain.
Questions: Colitis ?Answers: Inflammation of the .
Questions: Coma ?Answers: Compleate .
Questions: Congenital ?Answers: Present from .
Questions: Contagious ?Answers: by bodily contact.
Questions: Haemorrhage ?Answers: Bleeding which occurs within the on the Opposite side of the Skull.
Questions: Thrombosis ?Answers: Blockage of one of the Arteries which supply the Muscle with blood.
Questions: ?Answers: The Outer Layer of an .
Questions: Crackles ?Answers: Coarse or fine sounds through a Stethoscope which would signify Alveolar Malfunction.
Questions: Cranial ?Answers: to the Skull.
Questions: ?Answers: Dusky Bluish to the Skin due to Lack of Oxygen.
Questions: Cyst ?Answers: A Hollow Swelling containing or soft material.
Questions: Cystitis ?Answers: Inflammation of the Urinary .
Questions: ?Answers: The state in which, in the opinion of a Doctor, life is .
Questions: Debility ?Answers: .
Questions: ?Answers: of Ventricular Fibrillation by Electric Shock.
Questions: ?Answers: Involving Deterioration of a or Organ.
Questions: ?Answers: of the Skin.
Questions: ?Answers: The of the Skin & its Disease.
Questions: Diabetes ?Answers: Disease caused by Insulin .
Questions: ?Answers: A Persistant Lossening of the .
Questions: Diastole ?Answers: The resting between Heartbeats when Blood flows into the Heart.
Questions: ?Answers: An Infectious caused by a Bacillus attacking the Mucous Membrane of the Throat.
Questions: ?Answers: leaving the body. An in-patient who is been sent home.
Questions: Disinfection ?Answers: Destruction of .
Questions: ?Answers: from Lice, Fleas, or other Parasites.
Questions: ?Answers: Fluid in the Tissues, especially the Legs.
Questions: Dysentery ?Answers: Inflammation of the Intestine resulting in frequent Bloodstained Motions.
Questions: ?Answers: Interference with the act of .
Questions: ?Answers: or Laboured Breathing.
Questions: ?Answers: Fits which may occur when patient is suffering from Toxaemia of .
Questions: Eczema ?Answers: An Eruption of the skin.
Questions: -Cardiogram (ECG) ?Answers: A tracing of the Heart's Action made by recording its Activity.
Questions: -Convulsive Treatment (ECT) ?Answers: Treatment of Mental Disorders by passing Electric through the Brain whilst the patient is Anaesthetised.
Questions: -Encephalograph (EEG) ?Answers: A machine the Rhythmical Changes of the Electric Potential of the Brain caused by the Discharges of Energy by Nerve Cells.
Questions: ?Answers: Blockage of a Blood Vessel by a Blood Clot, an Air Bubble, Fat or a Foreign Body from elsewhere in the body.
Questions: ?Answers: The Abnormal of an Air in Tissues or Cavities in the body.
Questions: Encephhalitis ?Answers: Inflamation of the .
Questions: Endemic ?Answers: Occuring Repeatedly in a Place.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the of the Heart.
Questions: Endocrine ?Answers: Secreating within. Applied to those Glands whose secreations (Hormones) flow into the Blood.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the .
Questions: Entonox ?Answers: An Analggesic of Nitrous Oxide & Oxygen to give relief to patients in Severe Pain.
Questions: ?Answers: An Infectious Disease which Attacks a large of people in a locality at the same time.
Questions: Epilepsy ?Answers: Convulsive Fits caused by a Disorder of the .
Questions: ?Answers: Nose .
Questions: ?Answers: Turning .
Questions: ?Answers: The natural Discharges from the body: Feaces, & Sweat.
Questions: Exhalation ?Answers: The act of out.
Questions: ?Answers: A pull applied to a , dislocated or contracted limb to keep it straight.
Questions: ?Answers: Outer.
Questions: Exudate ?Answers: of Fluid in body Tissue or Cavities.
Questions: Faeces ?Answers: The discharge from the .
Questions: ?Answers: A rise in body .
Questions: ?Answers: Uncoordinated of Muscle Fibres in the Heart.
Questions: ?Answers: Abnormal passage from one Internal Cavity to another or to the .
Questions: ?Answers: Gauge attached to the outlet of a gas cylinder to indicate the rate of flow of the gas in per minute.
Questions: Foetus ?Answers: An unbord child, after the end of the month of pregnancy.
Questions: ?Answers: Articles (eg , bedding, books,etc) which have been used by a patient suffering from Contagious Disease & are capable of Transmitting it.
Questions: Gangrene ?Answers: Death of Tissues due to of its Blood Supply.
Questions: Gas ?Answers: associated with Infection by an Aerobic Gas producing Germ.
Questions: ?Answers: Relating to the .
Questions: -Enteritis ?Answers: Inflammation of the & Intestines.
Questions: Glandular ?Answers: An Infectious Disease charicterised by Fever & the Enlargement & Tenderness of the Glands.
Questions: ?Answers: of the Eye.
Questions: Trinitrate ?Answers: A Substance given to Increase the Coronary Blood flow by Coronary Artery Vasodilation.
Questions: ?Answers: Vomiting Blood from the .
Questions: Haematology ?Answers: The of Blood & Diseases of the Blood.
Questions: ?Answers: A Swelling filled with : a Bruise.
Questions: ?Answers: Blood in the .
Questions: ?Answers: Filtering by use of Kidney machine.
Questions: Haemophillia ?Answers: An Inherited Disease in which the Blood the power to Clot.
Questions: ?Answers: up Blood.
Questions: Haemorrhage ?Answers: .
Questions: Haemothorax ?Answers: Bleeding in the Cavity.
Questions: ?Answers: of one side of the body.
Questions: ?Answers: to the Liver.
Questions: Hepatitis ?Answers: of the Liver.
Questions: ?Answers: Transmitted from on's .
Questions: ?Answers: Rupture.
Questions: Zoster ?Answers: Shingles.
Questions: Hodgkin's ?Answers: Malignant Disease of Tissue.
Questions: ?Answers: Enlargement of the of the Brain.
Questions: Hygiene ?Answers: The Science of Health.
Questions: ?Answers: Excessive .
Questions: ?Answers: Excessive in the Blood - a feature of Diabetes Mellitus.
Questions: Hyperpyrexia ?Answers: Excessiely High Body (over 40'C)
Questions: Hypoglycaemia ?Answers: Low Blood .
Questions: ?Answers: Low Body Temperature (below 35'C)
Questions: Hysterectomy ?Answers: removal of the Womb.
Questions: Ilness ?Answers: Any , Mental or Physical, requiring treatment or nursing.
Questions: Immunisation ?Answers: Introduction of a Substance into the Body in to Prodeuce Immunity.
Questions: ?Answers: The Ability of the Body to Resist Infection by a Disease.
Questions: Impetigo ?Answers: Contagious Sptty Inflammation of the Skin.
Questions: Incontinent ?Answers: Unable to control the of faeces or urine or both.
Questions: Infarct ?Answers: An area of Dead Tissue in an , caused by Obstruction of an Artery.
Questions: Infectious ?Answers: A which can be Passed from person to person, directly or indirectly.
Questions: ?Answers: Lower.
Questions: Infusion ?Answers: The introduction of Fluid (eg Blood, solution, Dextrose) into the Body Intravenously.
Questions: Ingestion ?Answers: The process of taking food into the body the mouth.
Questions: ?Answers: The act of in.
Questions: Inoculation ?Answers: .
Questions: ?Answers: Endocrine Secretion of the Pancreas regulates Sugar Mtabolism.
Questions: Intubation ?Answers: The Introduction of a Tube through the Larynx into the Trachea to maintain a clear, Airway.
Questions: ?Answers: Deficiency of in a part of the body.
Questions: Isolation ?Answers: Separation from the other of a person suffering from infectious disease.
Questions: ?Answers: Discolouration of the Skin. Disease causing this Discolouration.
Questions: Laryngectomy ?Answers: A person who has had total or surgical Removal of the Larynx.
Questions: ?Answers: Box.
Questions: ?Answers: to the side;away from the Midline.
Questions: ?Answers: An Injury, Wound or structural change in an .
Questions: Leukaemia ?Answers: A of the Blood charicterised by an Increase of White Blood Cells.
Questions: ?Answers: Pain in the of the Back.
Questions: Lumbar ?Answers: Pertaing to the .
Questions: ?Answers: Reccurrent or Incurable & to become increasingly severe.
Questions: ?Answers: Near the .
Questions: ?Answers: On the .
Questions: ?Answers: The Membranes covering the Brain & Spinal Cord.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation ot the .
Questions: Metabolisim ?Answers: The process of Transfoming Foodstuffs & Oxygen into Body , Energy & Waste Products.
Questions: Miscarriage ?Answers: Abortion; the Expulsion of the Foetus before the 28th week of .
Questions: Monoplegia ?Answers: of One Limb.
Questions: Extractor ?Answers: An for Withdrawing Mucus from the Air Passages, usually in newborn babies.
Questions: Multiple ?Answers: Sclerosis.
Questions: ?Answers: A state of produced by a Narcotic Drug.
Questions: Neoplasm ?Answers: An Abnrmal Formation of New .
Questions: Nephritis ?Answers: Inflammation of the .
Questions: Nephroma ?Answers: Kidney .
Questions: ?Answers: The Study of Diseases of the Nervous .
Questions: Neurosurgery ?Answers: Surgery of the System.
Questions: Oxide (N2O) ?Answers: Laughing gas; Analgesic Compound better as Entonox.
Questions: ?Answers: The .
Questions: ?Answers: to the Eye.
Questions: ?Answers: to the Prevention & Treatment of Bone illnesses.
Questions: ?Answers: The of Bones.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of Bone & .
Questions: ?Answers: Paralysis of the Lower .
Questions: ?Answers: An Disease resembling Typhoid Fever.
Questions: Pathogenic ?Answers: Disease.
Questions: ?Answers: The Study of Diseases. The Examination of & Body products for evidence of Disease.
Questions: ?Answers: On the Outside or Edges.
Questions: Peritonitis ?Answers: Inflammation of the of the Abdominal Cavity.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of a Vein which to the Formation of a Blood Clot.
Questions: ?Answers: Afterbirth.
Questions: Pleurisy ?Answers: Inflammation of the of the Lungs.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the .
Questions: ?Answers: Disease affecting Central Nervous System, sometimes producing Paralysis.
Questions: Post-Natal ?Answers: After the .
Questions: Post-Partum ?Answers: After .
Questions: Posterior ?Answers: .
Questions: ?Answers: Lying with the Face .
Questions: ?Answers: to the Interaction.
Questions: Pulmonary ?Answers: Relating to the .
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the Cavity of the .
Questions: Pyrexia ?Answers: Body Higher than normal.
Questions: ?Answers: Paralysis of all Four .
Questions: ?Answers: An Abscess on the .
Questions: ?Answers: Abnormal Breath Sounds that usually signal the presence of in the Lower Airways.
Questions: ?Answers: Down.
Questions: Renal ?Answers: Relating to the .
Questions: Repiratory ?Answers: The of Breathing.
Questions: Retention (of ) ?Answers: to pass Urine.
Questions: ?Answers: Rattling Respiratory Sounds Usually caused by Secreations in the Bronchial .
Questions: Ringworm ?Answers: Contagious Skin charicterised by Circular Pink Patches.
Questions: ?Answers: German .
Questions: ?Answers: Escape of all or part of an Internal Organ through or between the structures whish contain it (eg of the Bowels through a small gap in the Abdominal Wall)
Questions: ?Answers: A Contagious Itching Skin caused by a Mite.
Questions: ?Answers: Scarlet .
Questions: Sedation ?Answers: Reduction of Anxiety by the use of .
Questions: Semi-Recumbent ?Answers: In half Position.
Questions: Sepsis ?Answers: Describes the condition of of the Body by Pus-Forming Bacteria.
Questions: ?Answers: Disease in which Small, Painful Blisters are distributed on the Skin along the area of Disturbance of a due to Infection by Herpes Zoster Virus.
Questions: Sinus ?Answers: a Cavity connecting with the of the Body.
Questions: ?Answers: Inflammation of the .
Questions: ?Answers: Condition in Spinal Bones Lock.
Questions: Sputum ?Answers: .
Questions: Stoma ?Answers: An Artificially created Opening, such as that made by .
Questions: ?Answers: The Contraction of the , associated with Ejection of Blood.
Questions: ?Answers: Abnormally Rapid Heart action resulting in Rapid .
Questions: ?Answers: Respirations.
Questions: Tetraplegia ?Answers: of all Four Limbs.
Questions: ?Answers: Healing or .
Questions: ?Answers: The Formation of a .
Questions: ?Answers: A Blood Clot.
Questions: ?Answers: of the Blood by the Absorption of Toxins.
Questions: Toxic ?Answers: .
Questions: Toxoid ?Answers: A Toxin that has been Deprived of some of its properties, but which remains capable pf producing Immunity.
Questions: ?Answers: A wound or .
Questions: Triage ?Answers: Sorting of Casualties to Priority.
Questions: ?Answers: Disease produced by the Tubercle Bacillus.
Questions: Tumour ?Answers: .
Questions: Uraemia ?Answers: Abnormal Accumulation in the bloo of Urea which is Excreted in the Urine.
Questions: Urea ?Answers: The Nitrogenous Waste of Protein Metabolism.
Questions: ?Answers: The Womb.
Questions: Ventricular ?Answers: An Uncoordinated Tremor of the Ventricules resulting in Contractions & Cardiac Arrest.
Questions: ?Answers: A Germ than Bacterium.
Questions: Viscera ?Answers: The Internal
Questions: ?Answers: High Pitched Whistling sound charicterising or Spasm of the Lower Airways.
 
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