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Question | Answer |
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Dyskinesia | impairment of the power of voluntary movement |
Dyspareunia | difficult or painful sexual intercourse |
Dysphonia | defective use of the voice |
Dysuria | difficult or painful urination |
Emesis | the act of vomiting |
Hematuria | the presence of blood in the urine |
Hemoptysis | the expectoration(coughing up) of blood or bloody stained sputum |
Incontinence | inability of the body to control the evacutive functions |
Nocturia | excessive urination in the night |
Defecation | to discharge feces from the bowels |
Enema | the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement |
Effervescent Salts | granular salts that release gas and dispense active ingredients into solution when placed in water |
Expectorant | an agent that decreases the thickness and stickiness of mucus, enabling the patient to rid the lungs and airway of mucus when coughing |
Occlusive dressing | dressing that seals a wound from infection |
Precipitate | a substance separated from a solution or suspension |
Sedative | a substance that depresses the central nervous system resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, or sleepiness |
Stimulant | an agent that produces a temporary increase of the functional activity or efficiency of an organism or any of its parts |
Vechile | a substance of no therapeutic value that is used to convey an active medicine for administration |
Depressant | agent that decreases the rate of vital physiological activities |