Nur 101 Terminology
- Nosocomial
Answer hospital acquired infection
- Apraxia
Answer impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function
- Agnosia
Answer impaired ability to recognize or identify objects
- Dysarthria
Answer Difficulty speech
- Achalasia
Answer Difficulty to swallow
- Alopecia
Answer Hair loss
- Anhidrosis
Answer No sweating
- Anoxia 1 / 3
Answer Without oxygen
- Aphasia
Answer Lose the ability to communicate
- Ascites
Answer Buildup of fluid around or in abdomen
- Ataxia
Answer Difficulty with movement; without coordination
- Atrophy
Answer Shrinking
- Cachexia
Answer Unattended weight loss
- Cerumen
Answer Ear wax
- Clubbing
Answer Change in the areas under and around the toenails and fingernails 2 / 3
- Diaphoresis
Answer Sweating
- Edentulous
Answer No teeth
- Emaciated
Answer Under weight drastically
- Hemopytysis
Answer Coughing up blood
- Jaundice
Answer Yellowing of the skin, eyes, and oral membranes
- Leukocytosis
Answer Elevated WBC's
- Leukocytes
Answer Type of WBC
- Malaise
- / 3
Answer Not feeling well