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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:

1. genotype – actual gene composition
2. atresia – absence of a opening in a normal passageway like the esophagus
3. stenosis – narrowing of the passageway
4. diastasis – separation of the rectus muscle in pregnancy (in abdomen)
5. fecundation – other term for fertilization
6. sterility – inability to conceive
7. epispadias – opening of penis at the dorsal surface of penis
8. hypospadias – opening of the penis at the ventral surface (underside of penis)
9. hemorrhoids – varicosities of the rectal vein
10. Amelia / phocomelia – absence of one / more limbs upon birth maybe due to thalidomide
11. orthopnea – person needs to sit / stand to breath without difficulty
12. paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea – waking at night due to shortness of breath
13. ankle clonus – continuous motion of the foot, in eclampsia
14. pseudocyesis – false pregnancy, no fetus but there’s enlarged abdomen
15. duola – without professional credentials, assists the women in labor; a coach
16. pudendum – refers to the male or female external genitalia
17. diagonal conjugate – antero-posterior diameter of the pelvic inlet
18. phimosis – constriction of foreskin that obstruct the urinary opening in males; an indication for circumcision
19. thrush – manifests as a white gray patch on the cheeks of the newborn with Candida infection
20. 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.

These are the first 20 very important terms that nurses and those who are aspiring for a Nursing career should know. Tech friends can also learn this here online and add these words to your vocabulary.

1. agraphia – loss or inability to write due to damage of language center
2. agnosia – inability to distinguish familiar or common objects
3. astereognosis – inability to identify common objects by the sense of touch
4. graphesthesia – ability to feel writing on the skin
5. graphanesthesia – inability to feel writing on the skin
6. apraxia – purposeless movements
7. alexia – inability to comprehend written words (almost like Wernick’s aphasia)
8. concussion –bruising of the brain (preferably due to blunt force to brain)

9. confabulation – fabrication of experiences or situation
10. contusion – injury that doesn’t disrupt the integrity of the skin, there’s swelling
11. nystagmus – oscillation of the eyes, associated with ear disorders
12. presbycusis – hearing loss associated with aging
13. poikilothermia – body’s temperature like the atmosphere’s temperature
14. tenesmus – straining in defecation
15. empyema – pus in gallbladder
16. choledocholithiasis – stones in the common bile duct
17. cholangitis – inflammation of bile duct
18. asterixis – there’s flapping of digits (+ Babinski reflex), in severe metabolic disorders
19. fetor hepaticus – very bad breath associated with liver disorder
20. autonomic dysreflexia – due to Spinal Cord Injury at level T7 or above (quadriplegia and paraplegia) wherein there’s uninhibited sympathetic stimulation

The next set will come in the next posts under this same topic. So better watch out and learn Nursing concepts here online. This is a form of tech that will help you learn something good out of tech.