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14 Cards in this Set
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Cachexia |
Weakness and wasting of the Body due to severe chronic illnesses |
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Enteral Nutrition |
Delivering nutrition to stomach or small intestines |
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Bariatrics |
Surgical procedure performed on the stomach or intestines to introduce weight loss |
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Hypoxia |
Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissue. |
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Anoxia |
An absence of oxygen. |
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Atrophy |
(Of body tissue or an organ) Waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells. |
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Hypertrophy |
The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of it's cells. |
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Dysplasia |
The presence of cells of an abnormal type within a tissue. Which may signify a stage preceding the development of cancer. |
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Metaplasia |
Abnormal change in the nature of a tissue. |
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Ischemia |
A deficient amount of blood supply to an organ or part of the body. (Especially the Heart muscle) |
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Necrosis |
The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to a disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply. |
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Gangrene |
Localized death and decomposition of body tissue. Either resulting from obstructed circulation or bacterial infection. |
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Morbidity |
The condition of suffering from a disease or medical condition. |
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Signs and symptoms of cancer |
Sign: • Yellowing, darkening, or redness of the skin. • Mole, freckle, or wart • Lumps or neoplasm
Symptom: • Persitant Pain, Headache, or Joint Pain • Fatigue • Dysphagia
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