Important Nursing Terms To Remember (41-60)
Nurse enthusiasts and tech friends, this is the third batch of the most important Nursing terms that every nurse wannabee and would-be nurse should remember. With this list, you will come to be more familiar with Nursing terms that are commonly used at school and also at the work-place such as in the hospital and other clinical field. Go on and read on the list below:
- genotype – actual gene composition
- atresia – absence of a opening in a normal passageway like the esophagus
- stenosis – narrowing of the passageway
- diastasis – separation of the rectus muscle in pregnancy (in abdomen)
- fecundation – other term for fertilization
- sterility – inability to conceive
- epispadias – opening of penis at the dorsal surface of penis
- hypospadias – opening of the penis at the ventral surface (underside of penis)
- hemorrhoids – varicosities of the rectal vein
- Amelia / phocomelia – absence of one / more limbs upon birth maybe due to thalidomide
- orthopnea – person needs to sit / stand to breath without difficulty
- paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea – waking at night due to shortness of breath
- ankle clonus – continuous motion of the foot, in eclampsia
- pseudocyesis – false pregnancy, no fetus but there’s enlarged abdomen
- duola – without professional credentials, assists the women in labor; a coach
- pudendum – refers to the male or female external genitalia
- diagonal conjugate – antero-posterior diameter of the pelvic inlet
- phimosis – constriction of foreskin that obstruct the urinary opening in males; an indication for circumcision
- thrush – manifests as a white gray patch on the cheeks of the newborn with Candida infection
- witch milk – newborn’s breast secrete this fluid
Look out for the next batch of the most important Nursing terms that every nurse and some tech friends should master.
