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Flashcards by Kelly Winstanley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kelly Winstanley
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| Question | Answer |
| TACHYCARDIA | AN ABNORMALLY HIGH HEART RATE |
| BRADYCARDIA | AN ABNORMALLY LOW HEART RATE |
| TACHYPNOEA | AN ABNORMALLY HIGH RESPIRATORY RATE |
| BRADYPNOEA | AN ABNORMALLY LOW RESPIRATORY RATE |
| HYPOXIA | DEFICIENCY IN OXYGEN |
| HYPERTHERMIA | AN ABNORMALLY HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE |
| HYPOTHERMIA | AN ABNORMALLY LOW BODY TEMPERATURE |
| PYREXIA | A HIGH BODY TEMERATURE, TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FEVER OR INFECTION (THOUGH CAN BE IDIOPATHIC) |
| IDIOPATHIC | USED TO DESCRIBE A CONDITION FOR WHICH THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN (e.g. idiopathic pain) |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPOTENSION | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
| SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE | THE PRESSURE WHEN THE HEART IS CONTRACTING |
| DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE | THE PRESSURE WHEN THE HEART IS BETWEEN CONTRACTIONS |
| POLYURIA | INCREASED URINARY OUTPUT |
| OLIGURIA | REDUCED URINARY OUTPUT |
| ANURIA | CESSATION OF URINE PRODUCTION |
| CESSATION | ENDING OR STOPPING |
| DYSURIA | DIFFICULTY PASSING URINE |
| STRANGURIA | DIFFICULT URINATION, BUT COUPLED WITH A STRONG DESIRE TO URINATE. ASSOCIATED COMMONLY WITH INFLAMMATION AND URETHRAL BLOCKAGE |
| CYSTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER TISSUES |
| NOCTURIA | URINATING OVERNIGHT |
| VOMITING | AN ACTIVE PROCESS INVOLVING FORCEFUL EXPULSION OF THE STOMACH CONTENTS |
| REGURGITATION | A PASSIVE PROCESS INVOLVING UNDIGESTED, OR PARTIALLY DIGESTION FOOD BEING EXPELLED FOR THE STOMACH AND OESOPHAGUS |
| GASTRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH LINING |
| ENTERITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE INTESTINES |
| GASTROENTERITIS | INFLAMATION OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES |
| DIARRHOEA | PRODUCTION OF LOOSE, WATERY FAECES |
| STEATORRHOEA | AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FAT CONTENT IN THE FAECES, GIVING THEM A PALE 'MASHED POTATO' LIKE APPEARANCE |
| CONSTIPATION | IMPACTION OF THE FAECES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE ANIMAL TO PASS THEM COMFORTABLY |
| MELAENA | DIGESTED BLOOD IN THE FAECES, CAUSING THEM TO HAVE A DARK, TARRY APPEARANCE. INDICATIVE OF A BLEED HIGH IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT |
| HAEMATOCHEZIA | THE PRESENCE OF FRESH, UNDIGESTED BLOOD IN THE FAECES. INDICATIVE OF A BLEED IN THE LOWER DIGESTIVE TRACT |
| TENESMUS | INAFFECTUAL STRAINING TO ELIMINATE |
| ELIMINATION | THE PASSING OF INDIGESTIBLE OR WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE BODY (e.g. urine, faeces, vomit) |
| SYNCOPE | FAINTING |
| TUSSIS | COUGHING |
| HYPOSTATIC PNEUMONIA | GATHERING OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS DUE TO A LACK OF NORMAL BREATH MOVEMENT OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF PRESSURE |
| ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA | A PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY THE INHALATION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL (most commonly food or vomitus) |
| CYANOSIS | BLUE COLOURED MUCOUS MEMBRANES DUE TO HYPOXIA |
| ICTERUS | JAUNDICE |
| MICTURITION | URINATION |
| HAEMATURIA | BLOOD IN THE URINE |
| MENTATION | AN ANIMALS APPARENT MENTAL STATE (e.g. depressed, anxious) |
| LETHARGY | A LACK OF ENERGY OR WILLINGNESS TO INTERACT |
| MALAISE | A GENERAL SENSE OF FEELING UNWELL WITH NO IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS CAUSE |
| ANOREXIA | A LOSS OF APPETITE |
| DYSPHAGIA | DIFFICULTY EATING OR SWALLOWING |
| PICA | A DEPRAVED APPETITE RESULTING IN THE CONSUMPTION OF NON-FOOD ITEMS/MATERIALS |
| COPROPHAGIA | EATING OF FAECES. |
| PREHENSION | THE ACT OF GRASPING OR PICKING UP FOOD |
| MASTICATION | CHEWING |
| HAEMATEMESIS | VOMIT CONTAINING BLOOD |
| STERCORACEOUS VOMITING | THE VOMITING OF FAECAL MATTER |
| GAIT | THE WAY IN WHICH AN ANIMAL MOVES |
| ATAXIA | UNCO-ORDINATED MOVEMENTS |
| LAMENESS | UNABLE TO WALK WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. DEGREE OF LAMENESS IS OFTEN MEASURED ON A SCALE OF 1-10 |
| POLYDIPSIA | INCREASED DRINKING |
| POLYPHAGIA | INCREASED EATING OR APPETITE |
| DEHYDRATION | A LOSS OF FLUIDS FROM ALL COMPARTMENTS OF THE BODY |
| HYPOVOLAEMIA | A LOSS OF FLUID FROM WITHIN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM |
| AUSCULTATION | USING A STETHOSCOPE TO LISTEN TO INTERNAL ORGANS (e.g. heart, lung and gut sounds) |
| PALPATION | EXAMINATION USING TOUCH |
| ALLODYNIA | A NON-NOXIOUS STIMULI ELICITS A GENUINE PAIN RESPONSE |
| HYPERALGESIA | A MODERATELY UNCOMFORTABLE STIMULI ELICITS A DISPROPORTIONATE PAIN RESPONSE |
| PARAPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE HINDLIMBS |
| TETRAPLEGIA/QUADRIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ALL FOUR LIMBS |
| HEMIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| PSEUDOCYESIS | FALSE/PHANTOM PREGNANCY |
| BLEPHAROSPASM | KEEPING THE EYE CLOSED, OR BLINKING VERY RAPIDLY |
| NOCTURNAL | ACTIVE AT NIGHT |
| CREPUSCULAR | ACTIVE DURING DAWN AND DUSK |
| DIURNAL | ACTIVE DURING THE DAY |
| ARBOREAL | TREE DWELLING |
| TERRESTRIAL | LAND DWELLING |
| ZOONOSIS | AN INFECTION THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM ANIMAL TO HUMAN |
| ANTHROPONOSIS | AN INFECTION THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM HUMAN TO ANIMAL |
| PATHOGEN | A DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISM |
| ANTIBODY | AN IMMUNE DEFENCE MOLECULE, PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO AN ANTIGEN |
| ANTIGEN | A TOXIC OR FOREIGN SUBSTANCE THAT STIMULATES AN IMMUNE RESPONSE FROM THE BODY |
| NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION | AN INFECTION CONTRACTED WITHIN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT |
| ANTHELMINTIC | A DRUG USED TO ELIMINATE WORMS (HELMINTHS) |
| ECDYSIS | THE PROCESS OF SHEDDING, OBSERVED IN REPTILES |
| DYSECDYSIS | DIFFICULTY SHEDDING |
| PARAPHIMOSIS | INABILITY TO RETRACT THE PENIS BACK IN TO THE PREPUCE |
| PETECHIAL HAEMORRHAGE | HAEMORRHAGE FROM SUPERFICIAL CAPILLARIES, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF PIN PRICK BLEEDS. ASSOCIATED MOST COMMONLY WITH CLOTTING DYSFUNCTION AND OBSERVED ON THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
| PROPTOSIS | ABNORMAL PROTRUSION OF THE EYES |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA OF THE EYE |
| ENTROPION | WHEN THE EYELID IS ROLLED INWARDS, CAUSING IRRITATION OF THE CORNEA |
| ECTROPION | WHEN THE EYELID IS ROLLED OUTWARDS, CAUSING OCULAR DRYNESS AND INCREASED RISK OF FOREIGN MATERIAL |
| ANISOCORIA | PUPILS OF UNEQUAL SIZE |
| PLAQUE | THE THIN FILM COATING TEETH THAT CONSISTS OF BACTERIA AND MICROSCOPIC FOOD PARTICLES. GIVEN TIME IT WILL DEVELOP IN TO TARTAR. |
| GINGIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS |
| MALOCCLUSION | MISALIGNMENT OF THE UPPER AND LOWER JAW, OFTEN RESULTING IN ABNORMAL DENTITION. |
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