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Chapter 8
Flash Cards
Term | Definition |
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SPLENALGIA | pain in the spleen |
PETECHIA | small bruise |
ECCHYMOSIS | large bruise |
ANEMIA | reduction of red blood cells noticed by the patient as weakness and fatigue |
LYMPHEDEMA | swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph |
HEMORRHAGE | excessive blood loss |
SPLENODYNIA | pain in the spleen |
HEMOPHILIA | a condition in which the blood doesn't clot thus causing excessive bleeding. |
HEMATOMA | a mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue |
RE PERFUSION INJURY | injury to tissue that occurs after blood flow is restored |